Obsessed with money and class and all the appearances of a sophisticated life, but coming herself from genteel poverty, Cathie Martell rarely loses her focus on getting what she wants, …
Bestselling author D.E. Stevenson’s charming fictional alter ego, Hester Christie – or “Mrs. Tim” as she is affectionately known to friends of her military husband – was first introduced to …
This volume, first published in 1947, is a sequel to Mrs. Tim Carries On and brings Hester into the immediate post-war years. Her exploits continue in Mrs. Tim Flies Home. …
Paperback, 544p, illus Pavilion, 2012 Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of The Year Award In the words of over two hundred of Ali’s family members, associates, opponents, friends …
Paperback, 352pp, illus Birlinn, 2020 Muhammad Ali is one of the most remarkable sports personalities and celebrities of our time. He is a legend who transcended boxing and rose above …
Hardback, 32pp, illus Frances Lincoln, 2019 ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling series …
Paperback, 256pp, illus Dover Press, 2019 A reprint of the National Sports Publishing Co., Chicago, 1927 edition. The first African American to win the world heavyweight championship, Jack Johnson (1878–1946) …
Robert Frost’s first Pulitzer Prize winning volume, published in 1923. It contains many of his best loved poems. Frost was championed by Amy Lowell in 1914, when he was living …
Harry Fabian is a ponce, a Flash Harry in an expensive suit, a cockney wide boy who adopts American tones and talks big, yet will never make it to the …
Post free to UK addresses only Paperback | 270pp Collins, 2022 | 9780008318925 A literary story of working class childhood, absent or broken men and the power of literature to save …
Unmarried and nicknamed “Button” by her friends, Mary Morrison is a (very mildly) distressed gentlewoman. She no longer lives in her family home, but remains at the very centre of …
A collection of three short stories that explore nostalgia and eroticism in the fragments of modern Europe. From the youthful Ilke, through the middle-aged Ignacio to the elderly Catherin, these …
From the author of the celebrated Great War memoir Old Soldiers Never Die, Old Soldier Sahib in Frank Richards’ account of his experiences as a Royal Welch Fusilier in India …
Arguably the greatest of all published memoirs of the Great War, Old Soldiers Never Die is Private Frank Richard’s classic account of the war from the standpoint of the regular …
£9.99 Proust, In Search of Lost Time vol 1 £9.99 Empire of the Ants, Werber £8.99 Vernon Subutex 1, Despentes £8.99 Fear & Tremling, Nothomb Books reserved, to be collected …
Paperback | 64pp Faber, 2012 Jamie McKendrick’s sixth collection starts from the far flung (‘out there’ is the nothing or the something of outer space), ascertaining the mood of an …
SIMON COLLINGS is an Oxford-based writer. His poems, stories and essays have appeared in various journals. Out West is his first chapbook. 36pp, C format paperback, card wrapper. introduction by …
The word for ‘path’ in Arabic means so much more than can be translated into English. It signifies a familiar or even intimate neighbourhood with connotations of home and safety. …
Set just after World War II, Peace, Perfect Peace is a poignant and humorous tale about women readjusting and rebuilding their lives after the upheavals of war. Frances Smallwood has …
Edward Thomas wrote all of his poems in just 30 months. He died at the Battle of Arras in April 1917. Only six of Thomas’s poems were published in his …