--- a/uk/index.php	Sun Jul 30 05:36:48 2017 -0400
+++ b/uk/index.php	Sat Jan 05 06:21:12 2019 -0500
@@ -127,21 +127,45 @@
 				include "../../private/db.php"; 
 				$query = "CALL b_getBookInfo('$isbn', $countryCode)";
 				//echo $query;
-				$res = mysqli_query($link, $query) or exit( mysqli_error( $link ));
+				$res = mysqli_query($link, $query);
+				if (!$res) {
+				  $err=mysqli_error( $link );
+				  mysqli_close($link);
+				  exit($err);
+				}
 				include "../xml/aws_signed_request.php";
 				include "../xml/getAmazonInfo.php";
 				if ( mysqli_num_rows( $res ) > 0 )
 				{
 					$rows=mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQLI_ASSOC);		
+					mysqli_close($link);
 					$title = $rows["Title"];
 					$author = $rows["Author"];
 				}		
 				else
 				{
+				  mysqli_close($link);
 					$bookDetails = getAmazonDet($isbn,1,'uk'); 
 					$bookXML = new SimpleXMLElement($bookDetails);
-					$title = $bookXML->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes->Title;
-					$author = $bookXML->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes->Author;
+					if ($bookXML->Items && $bookXML->Items->Item[0] &&
+					    $bookXML->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes)
+					  { $attrs=$bookXML->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes;
+					    if ($attrs->Title) {
+					      $title = $attrs->Title; }
+					    else {
+					      $title ="[no Title]";
+					    }
+					    if ($attrs->Author) {
+					      $author = $attrs->Author;
+					    }
+					    else {
+					      $author ="[no Author]";
+					    }
+					  }
+					else {
+					  $title ="[no Title]";
+					  $author = "[no Author]";
+					}
 				}
 
 				$linkedBooks = include "../php/read/getLinkedBooks.php"; 
@@ -158,16 +182,30 @@
 					if ( mysqli_num_rows( $res ) > 0 )
 					{
 						$rows=mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQLI_ASSOC);		
+						mysqli_close($link);
 						$titleL = $rows["Title"];
 						$authorL = $rows["Author"];
-						mysqli_close($link);
 					}		
 					else
 					{					
+						mysqli_close($link);
 						$bookLDetails = getAmazonDet($linkedISBN,1,'uk'); 
 						$bookLXML = new SimpleXMLElement($bookLDetails);
-						$titleL = $bookLXML->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes->Title;
-						$authorL = $bookLXML->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes->Author;
+						if ($bookLXML->Items &&
+						    $bookLXML->Items->Item[0] &&
+						    $bookLXML->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes) {
+						  $attrs=$bookLXML->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes;
+						  if ($attrs->Title) {
+						    $titleL = $attrs->Title; }
+						  else {
+						    $titleL = ""; }
+						  if ($attrs->Author) {
+						    $authorL = $attrs->Author; }
+						  else {
+						    $authorL = ""; }
+						}
+						else {
+						  $titleL = ""; }
 					}
 					if($titleL != "")
 					{