Historia y biografías
A Solitary War
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Volume thirteen of A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. In September 1939, war with Germany casts its long shadow over the town and countryside. Phillip Maddison, now farming in East Anglia, still stubbornly believes that Hitler's chief aim is the defence of Europe against Stalin; but he is engaged in (...)
The Possessions of Doctor Forrest
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Three respected Scottish doctors - psychiatrist Steve Hartford, paediatric surgeon Grey Lochran and cosmetic surgeon Robert Forrest - have been close friends since their Edinburgh boyhoods, and now live handsomely in suburban London. But for each, midlife has brought certain discontents, (...)
The Road to Inver
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The Road to Inver gathers the verse translations of Tom Paulin from four decades, and brings together distinguished versions of classical and European poets which have appeared in his previous collections, from Liberty Tree (1983) to The Wind Dog (1999). But The Road to Inver also includes dozens (...)
No Angel
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Private, mysterious and some say sinister, 79 year-old Bernie Ecclestone criss-crosses the globe in his private jet mixing with celebrities, statesmen and sporting heroes. Ecclestone s success has not just been to create a multi-billion pound global business but to resist repeated attempts to (...)
Old Men Forget
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Politician, poet and diplomat, Lord Norwich better known as Duff Cooper compiled his autobiography with the aid of his detailed and frank diaries. The many entries he quotes in these pages lend immediacy and humour to some of the most important events for twentieth-century Britain. During his (...)
Bob Dylan
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His foremost interpreter revisits more than forty years of listening to Dylan - weaving individual moods and moments into a brilliant history of their changing times. The book begins in Berkeley in 1968, and ends with a piece on Dylan's show at the University of Minnesota on election night (...)
The Art of Happiness
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'It is not our struggle to be happy that is mistaken; it is our false idea that we can find happiness anywhere but in ourselves... happiness does not depend on outward things. It is born of the mind, it is nourished by the mind, it is what rises, like breath in a frosty air, from the mind's (...)
Weeds and Wild Flowers
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Weeds and Wild Flowers is a magical meeting of the poems of Alice Oswald and the etchings of Jessica Greenman. Within its pages everyday flora take on an extraordinary life, jostling tragically at times, at times comically, for a foothold in a busying world. Stunningly visualised and skilfully (...)
An Evil Eye
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When the body of a Russian agent is found down a monastery well, Yashim knows exactly who to blame. Fevzi Ahmet Pasha, commander of the Ottoman fleet.Years ago, when Yashim first entered the sultan s service, Fevzi Ahmet was his mentor. Ruthless, cruel, and in Yashim s eyes ultimately (...)
Like Punk Never Happened
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A controversial and honest account of My Life On The Road With Rock Group, a potted history of pop from '79 '85, and a serious analysis of the whole mess… Dave Rimmer has one great weapon at his disposal. He was there. David Quantick, NME As sharp a study of British pop as we'll get ... Rimmer s (...)