An anthology of poetry to celebrate All Hallows, edited by Jenny Lewis and Dennis Harrison. The anthology was produced for a poetry workshop with Mimi Khalvati, organized by Jenny Lewis …
Post free to UK addresses only Paperback | 288pp Collins, 2018 | 9780008226893 Growing up in a dilapidated house by the sea where men were forbidden, Sally’s childhood world was filled …
This is the story of Hazel Woodus, a child of nature who loves wild animals and the weather and seasons of the countryside and wants simply to be herself. She …
Anne Palliser is insecure, morbid, and a bit off-balance – in other words, a perfect Elizabeth Eliot narrator. She escapes an overbearing mother and moves to London, working as secretary …
Home To An Empty House tells, in Alun Richards’ incisive style, the story of a marriage that has long since lost its sparkle. Walter, the wisecracking paranoiac and Connie, teacher …
Paperback, 448pp Simon & Schuster, 2014 WINNER OF THE 2002 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE In 1936 athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin …
Through his letters home and six short stories, Alun Lewis paints a vibrant picture of life in India as a British serviceman during World War II. Intimate, vivid, observational and …
Hardback, 464pp, illus Win By KO Publishers, 2007 Bob Fitzsimmons was boxing’s first pound for pound great, winning the world middleweight title before becoming the world heavyweight champion (and later …
Hardback, 360pp, illus Win By KO Pubs, 2012 This is the most thoroughly researched boxing-detailed biography of James J. Corbett’s career ever written. It reveals new dates, bouts, and facts, …
Hardback, 688pp, illus Win By KO Pubs, 2009 James Jeffries’ bouts from the 1890s up to 1905 (including round by round accounts as well as pre- and post-fight analysis), his …
Hardback, 492pp, illus Win by KO Pub, 2016 John L. Sullivan was so special that he made gloved boxing, the type of boxing we watch today, a popular national and …
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Paperback, 64pp Faber, 2003 The best ink stones are slates from Chinese riverbeds, but in the long history of their use these have all been found. As one expert writes, …
A powerful, atmospheric novel that captures the every day flavours of London’s East End in the 1930’s. Dreams meet reality as the rain keeps falling, family arguments rage, a young …
Paperback, 376pp, illus University of California Press, 2013 In his day, Jack Johnson – born in Texas, the son of former slaves – was the most famous black man on …
Paperback, 232pp, illus Win By KO Publishers, 2015 When Jack Sharkey retired in 1936 after twelve years of boxing, he had carved out a career that was both exciting and …
Jampot Smith is story of a group of friends as they edge towards adulthood in the sunshine and shadow of Llandudno during the years of the Second World War. For Bernard, …
Alec is a Jewish tailor working in the sweatshops of 1930s Whitechapel. He is part of an immigrant community which fills the streets around Brick Lane with colour and vitality. …
Hardback, 448pp, illus Win By KO Publishers, 2013 In this first and only biography of New Jersey heavyweight boxing contender Joe Jennette, author Joe Botti chronicles the life and career …