Harry the Hyena has an embarrassing problem. He keeps laughing at all of his animal friends in the zoo and offending them all, but he can't help it. Mr Gates, the kind keeper appears to explain all about embarrassment.

These tales from the author's life experiences are mostly light-hearted but they all true. They start with Nellie the dinghy who eventually became the long, red, sleek speedboat named The Phantom. Some of the tales also involve the caravan that the author's father bought when Borry was thirteen years old. The family spent almost every weekend from March to October at St. Lawrence Bay in the wilds and farmlands of Essex, by the River Blackwater with recurring battles against screaming winkles, the bog of eternal stench and the evil mud sucking monster. Fun and frolics ensued for over forty-eight years.

From her earliest days, Margaret Tudor knows she will not have the luxury of choosing a husband. As daughter of Henry VII, her duty is to gain alliances for England. Barely out of girlhood, Margaret is married by proxy to James IV and travels to Edinburgh to become Queen of Scotland. Despite her doubts, Margaret falls under the spell of her adopted home. But she has rivals. While Jamie is an affectionate husband, he is not a faithful one. And providing an heir cannot guarantee Margaret's safety when Jamie leads an invading army against her own brother, Henry VIII. In the wake of tragic loss she falls prey to the attentions of the ambitious Earl of Angus--a move that brings Scotland to the brink of anarchy. Beset by betrayal, secret alliances, and the vagaries of her own heart, Margaret has one overriding ambition--to preserve the crown of Scotland for her son, no matter what the cost. Exquisitely detailed and poignant, The Forgotten Queen vividly depicts the life and loves of an extraordinary woman who helped shape the fate of two kingdoms--and in time, became the means of uniting them. Praise for the novels of D.L. Bogdan "A story of love and redemption, beautifully told." --Christy English on The Sumerton Women "Throbs with intensity as it lays bare the secret delights of Tudor court life and the sudden, lethal terrors. A tale of innocence and ruthless ambition locked in a love-hate embrace." --Barbara Kyle on Secrets of the Tudor Court

Strange Whispers... From his birth Scott senses there is something different about him, but he doesn't know what it is or how to go about finding the truth. Stranger Truths... Then on his twenty-ninth birthday the bottom of his world gives way beneath him and in its place open the doors to a floodgate of pain, evil, and misdeeds. He learns the truth about his parents. About the sordid details of some this country's less savory historical practices while proclaiming "all for the good". Caught in a world of lies and deception, Scott flees his life. Refusing to acknowledge his adoption, his father's forced sterilization and eugenics. He falls head first into the destructive throes of drugs and crime. Strange Revelations... But eventually Scott begins to realize there is a higher calling for his life. One of acceptance, faith and spreading the news of the truths he has fought so hard to learn. Once he steps out of that chasm of darkness he knows there is no turning back. He learns to love and share his life with his two children, one a severely autistic child with medical problems. Step into Scott's world and share in the triumph of his journey.

Set in the hottest summer Durban has ever known, this debut novel follows six quirky characters as they muddle their way through life.