Spiers: 43 books

The partier. The playboy. The popular one. That's what I've always been. Never serious about anything. Especially not girls. I had my fun. Lived it up. Made friends. Did my time in high school just like everyone else. Inhaled college experience at an uncontrollable rate. Me and my cousin Joel—my...

You know what they say . . . once a porn star always a porn star. Especially when you were born with the tools and the talent.  I wouldn't be the porn king of the west coast if it weren't true. Ladies, I sense your hand on the remote or computer ready to see for yourself. I promise...

What's done in love may end in war. There is always someone worth going to battle for. Often after there is a brief moment of peace. A time to reflect. To love. To be thankful you survived. To stand at the fork and decide which way you're going to go. Here we are. Together. We made it to the end....

I love her. After all these years, I admit to it. Something I've been denying my entire life. But it's true. I can't imagine a life without her. I barely have any memories she isn't in. We've had more sleepovers than I can count. Our adventures started small and have escalated over time. She's...

I've known what it's like to be at the top of the world looking down. I had the girl, the band, fans, and a deal on the table. It was the opportunity of a lifetime, and not many get to experience it. I knew what I wanted and was unstoppable. No one was going to stand in our way. She supported...

Love at first sight? Most would say yeah right. It's bullshit, especially for a kid in high school. But for me, it was real. I met her at a rock concert. There I was lost in a crowd, hands in the air and listening to my favorite band, when suddenly all I could see was her out of hundreds of...

I'd waited my whole life for this. Nothing and no one was going to stand in my way. From the moment Lux opened her mouth that night I wanted to be pissed at her, but with one outburst she'd given me everything I'd fucking dreamed of since I was a kid. He gave me the chance of a lifetime, despite his...

They say your childhood paves the way to adulthood, and maybe it does. I know mine was lit up in flames. I walked the roads of Hell until I figured out that the only way to survive was to exist under a cloak of darkness—to deal with the devil himself. It was the only way to escape the pain, the...

I got a taste of blood.  Tainted blood. Since that day I think about it often, wondering what it would be like to do it again—to drain worthless life with my own two hands. I shouldn't, but I do. When you were raised in Hell you take a piece with you when you leave. That nagging fire will...

'Full of new material, fresh insights and perceptive analysis.' Ian Knight

The defence of Kimberley – and the mission to relieve it – was one of the great dramatic sagas of the South African War. The actual relief, following a spectacular cavalry charge, represented the first decisive upturn...

Edward Spiers, a leading authority on the Victorian British army, presents here a select edition of letters from the siege of Ladysmith (1899–1900) that have not been seen since their original publication in metropolitan and provincial newspapers. The 250 letters were published in different British...

In Pop-Feminist Narratives, Emily Spiers explores the recent phenomenon of 'pop-feminism' and pop-feminist writing across North America, Britain, and Germany. Pop-feminism is characterised by its engagement with popular culture and consumerism; its preoccupation with sexuality and transgression in...

A childhood recollection of events surrounding an unusual tree that grew at the home of his grandparents.

The neighbourhood will never be the same after the two eminent scientists Sir Isaac Newt and Albert Ironstone find themselves neighbours. Frank scientific debate descends into chaos as each man endeavours to outwit the other and thereby gain the plaudits of that most august of institutions, the Royal Academy.