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King's Cross Kid
A London Childhood between the Wars
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Victor Gregg, born in 1919, has had a rich and fascinating life. King's Cross Kid follows his London childhood from the age of five, when life was so hard that the Salvation Army arranged for young Vic to be taken to the Shaftesbury Home for Destitute Children. Home again a year later, the scallywag...
A Line in the River
Khartoum, City of Memory
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
'A travelogue and memoir to rank alongside anything by Chatwin or Thubron' Jim Crace
'A most absorbing and rewarding book' Michael Palin
In 1956, Sudan gained independence from Britain. On the brink of a promising future, it instead descended into civil war and conflict. When the 1989...
by Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Following its bestselling edition of Bradshaw's Handbook 1863, Old House brings you this fascinating guide to Europe's rail network on the very brink of the First World War. Published in 1913, it is divided into three sections: timetables for services covering the continent, short guides to each city...
How to Write About Music
Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading Writers
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid clichés (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How to Write About Music offers a selection of the best writers on what is perhaps our most universally beloved...
Amir Khan
A Boy From Bolton: My Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2009
Seventeen-year-old Amir Khan became Britain's youngest Olympic boxer since 1976 when he won silver at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He turned professional in 2005, winning his first pro fight last summer in 109 seconds, and has remained unbeaten ever since.
His fights are now regularly shown...
by John Niven
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
'I love John Niven's writing – OBVIOUSLY – but came late to his first book, and was blown away by what vivid, delicate time-travel it is. Every The Band fan in the world MUST read it - it's like living in the music. Just smoky, ravishing magic' Caitlin Moran
Timed to coincide with the fiftieth...
Why Write?
A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
**From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring study of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.
Why write?
Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their...
by Tor Udall
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
'A masterful exploration of love, loss and the healing power of the natural world. Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure' Observer
LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2018
Jonah roams Kew Gardens trying to reassemble the shattered pieces of his life after the...
by Celia Imrie
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
The deliciously effervescent new novel from Celia Imrie, beloved character actress and author of Not Quite Nice, follows the exploits of two women on a cruise ship.
The phone hasn't rung for months. Suzy Marshall is discovering that work can be sluggish for an actress over sixty--even for the...
Nightmare Movies
Horror on Screen Since the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Now over twenty years old, the original edition of Nightmare Movies has retained its place as a true classic of cult film criticism. In this new edition, Kim Newman brings his seminal work completely up-to-date, both reassessing his earlier evaluations and adding a second part that assess the last...
MOB Rule
Lessons Learned by a Mother Of Boys
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
You know you've joined the MOB when you hear...
'My, are they all yours?'
'Bless you!' (Occasionally)
'Poor you!' (Frequently)
'Lucky you!' (Once)
And of course, the ultimate: 'So ... are you going for a girl?'
Hannah Evans has three small boys. In her world, farting is so much more interesting...
Literary Non-Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion
Writing About Everything From Travel to Food to Sex
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Literary Non-Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companionis an essential guide to writing in a wide range of genres, from travel writing to feminist polemic and writing on nature, history, death, friendship and sexuality.
Part 1 explores the full range of genres and asks the question: what...
by Celia Imrie
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
In this witty third novel in the Nice series, from beloved actress Celia Imrie, the retired expats in the South of France must rally to save their failing restaurant, and protect Theresa from an unsavory stalker.
The beautiful town of Bellevue-sur-Mer, tucked between glitzy Monte Carlo and...
by Samantha Shannon
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
The New York Times bestselling "epic feminist fantasy perfect for fans of Game of Thrones" (Bustle).
A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive...