Paperback, 352pp, 14 illus Dover Press, 2010 A dynamic combination of sports and social history, this narrative traces the champion’s rise from abject poverty in the segregated South to his …
Paperback, 328pp, 16 illus Yale University Press, 2012 Joe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing title an astonishing twenty-five times and reigned as world champion for more than eleven years. He …
Paperback, 224pp Routledge Historical Americans, 2018 This insightful study offers a fresh perspective on the life and career of champion boxer Joe Louis. The remarkable success and global popularity of …
Hardback, 352pp, illus Pitch Publishing, 2019 Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world for nearly 12 years, the ‘Brown Bomber’ defended his title 25 times. His classic fights with Max Baer, …
Paperback, 480pp University of Illinois Press, 1994 The “Great John L.” reigned supreme as world heavyweight champion from his victory over Paddy Ryan in 1882 until James J. Corbett knocked …
1911, East London. The police collaborate with racketeers to keep an uneasy peace, periodically broken by vicious street wars. Dido Peach comes to prominence running protection rackets by breaking the …
Elizabeth Fair’s rollicking second novel takes place in Little Mallin, where village life is largely dominated by preparations for the August Festival. Out of such ordinary material Fair weaves a …
Paperback, 468pp Scribner, 2011 This book explores the origins, implementation, and failure of that great American delusion known as Prohibition. “Last Call” explains how Prohibition happened, what life under it …
Short pieces set in Spain, Italy, Ireland, Greece, the East End and Hungary are like love letters pasted onto the wall of European history. Along with the familiar Northern attraction to …
This volume was published the year after Edward Thomas had died. This edition has an introductory essay by Tom Cook. RETRO POETS : RP03 C format paperback (210mm x 135mm) …
In his heyday, during the 1960s and early 1970s, B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known young novelists in Britain. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde in both literature and …
This was Stella Benson’s third novel, published by Macmillan in 1919. It blends comedy and social commentary, fantasy and reality. It is the fictional account of Sarah Brown (who shares …
In the months before the First World War, Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle’s illusionist act on the Music Hall stage where he comes into contact with larger than life, garish …
This was Sara Teasdale’s fourth collection, published in 1917, after she had moved to New York. The organizers of the Pulitzer lists this book as the first recipient of a …
BRITISH RETRO : BR04 C format paperback (216mm x 135mm) gatefold cover. 160pp colour illustrations by Christopher Vinz cover design by Alexandra Andries
First published in 1936, May Day is an inventive, fluent, experimental and above all very readable novel. Set over a three-day period in mid-1930s London, it follows the fortunes of …
Baret Magarian’s novella is a tale of the shadow self set amidst the backdrop of Venice. It is about the changing nature of identity and the inescapability of the past. …
It’s the final months of World War II and Georgina Carter, a single woman in her late forties with a drab job in the Censorship office, is convinced that “nothing …
Nathanael West’s novel was published in 1933 and became the basis for several Hollywood films. It was written while he worked as the night manager of a Manhattan hotel. Miss …
Hester Christie, the delightful heroine last met in Mrs. Tim Gets a Job, has spent a blissful 18 months living in Kenya where husband Tim is posted. But now it’s …