Adrian's
biography of Bernar Nahum is finished being edited and translated by
it's publisher and will hopefully be released simultaneously in English and
Turkish during the last quarter of 2009.
...and the next book in the uniform series features the ladies from 1941 to
1991.
This book will be followed by one covering Soviet Naval officer
uniforms, 1952 to 1991 and includes; Sea qualified, Non sea qualified,
Medical, Veterinarian, Justice, Administration and Political branches.
KGB Naval Border Guard, Marine Infantry, Coastal Artillery and Aviation
officers.
Adrian has started researching the life of his step-father who served in
the Royal Army Service Corps from April 1939 to March 1946 with the
intention of writing a book about Harold's war time service, from him
landing in France in 1939 with the ill fated British Expeditionary Force
(BEF), his evacuation from Dunkirk and all the other adventures and
tight scrapes he got himself into until he was demobilised in March
1946. Harold often found himself attached to other services (RN) and
even another Army at one stage (US 5th). These attachments varied from
sitting in a truck loaded with ammunition in an American Landing Ship
Tank (LST) heading for Anzio to being the personal driver for a well
known Royal Navy, Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) Squadron Commander. Harold
was also a keen tourist and visited every famous landmark from Iraq to
Pompeii during his service.
Adrian is also putting together a book with the working title "Aspects
of." In this project Adrian will take 150 thoughts from the person
selected as the book's star and turn them into images. He will combine
the images with either his own words in the form of an explanation of
what thought the image is portraying or use poetry written by his Walker
family ancestors in the 19th century to achieve the same result. This
type of book may appear to be an unusual departure from what Adrian
usually writes, but in reality it's not. Adrian always combines words
and images regardless of the core subject of his books. This book will
be purer, more artistic and emotional than his previous works, but does
not indicate a change of direction just a new angle from which to create
from.
Adrian is writing a movie script and musical stage
based on the true story of his X4 great grandparents in Ireland in 1798.
This is going to take sometime as this is a tough industry to try and
break into. Persistence and determination help along with a good dose of
luck.
Adrian is devoting some time to write a book explaining and guiding in
his down to earth way, how to find your ancestors. However, this book is
not just about lists of resources and records of where to search for
names, which are important, but only part of the story. Adrian will be
providing guidance on how to become a family history detective, offering
his own experiences including many mistakes and wrong tracks in this
challenging obsessive hobby.
Adrian has submitted the draft manuscript of a new
and significantly improved 964 book to the original 964 book's publisher
and this project is now underway.
Adrian is
still trying to find another worthwhile automotive subject on which to
write.
