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Can you describe these seven hundred and ninety-four paragraphs as a collection of stories each of that length? Or are they more glimpses into the thoughts and feelings of other people: fleeting...

Up on the hills above the town Geoffrey Harland's body lies in the snow with a bullet through his skull. Was it suicide or murder? Intrigue, romance, and the solidarity of a mining community in the...

A Whole New Ball Game: The Games People Play 2Author: Gary ThackerPublisher: 1889 BooksPublication Date: Nov 25, 2021Number of Pages: 246 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

A contemporary political thriller based on the ridiculous notion of a left-wing, Labour leader, resurgent despite all the attempts by the media to discredit him. The ultra right will stop at nothing...

Based on the true story of PC John Higgins - a "pretty policeman" whose evidence convicted twelve ordinary men for what was a victimless crime. He gained their trust and was invited to their private...

A book for fans, for amateur players and lovers of the beautiful game. As well as an easy to follow look at the laws of the game, there are insights into how the laws developed, and a humorous take...

This collection of our favourite Filipino recipes has been put together with a Western shopper in mind, using ingredients readily available in larger conurbations. They retain authenticity and are...

Henry is a mouse who lives in a theatre with his friends. When a visitor from the outside world arrives at the theatre with an ice-cream delivery they come up with a plan to fulfil their dreams of...

Joseph and Winifred Gales, 18th and early 19th century newspaper publishers were giants of UK and US history. 230 years on, when there is more than a hint of the rotten boroughs still hanging over...

Alice falls in love with rakish Harry at too young an age. Faced with the burden of making ends meet, a rapidly expanding family and an uncaring patriarchy, she battles to hold it together. Something...

A collection of short stories with a war theme: how it affects people and changes lives. Stories to make you smile, to make you cry, to give you hope and to make you think. Royalties will go to the...

Glover's collection of poems pays tribute to Lorca's extraordinary lyrical gifts. Spoken by an imagined lover, it conjures, fleetingly, poignantly, the irrepressible gusto of his life: his talent as...

Nellie'S Devils And Other StoriesAuthor: Michael GloverPublisher: 1889 BooksPublication Date: Mar 28, 2022Number of Pages: 102 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1915045053ISBN-13:...

The play On Behalf of The People was commissioned by The National Coal Mining Museum for England to mark the seventieth anniversary of the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. This is a...

David Vassall's father was an ex-England international centre-forward, so when David starts at Repington, there are high expectations for the school football team. In his trial match, however,...

I've always looked on the edges - interesting things happen at the edge - all the blood and thunder is centre stage, but if you avert your eyes, where the noise falls away, you see more: little...

King Mortuus seeks to unleash the dark forces of Sceadu on our world - he is just missing the final element: four child sacrifices. Can Isabella, her brother Emilio and their cousins cross over into...

Mather was one of Sheffield's greats. His was the voice of the common man in the turbulent, revolutionary times of the late 18th century. His songs, composed to the rhythm of his file-cutter's...

Sharpe as a BladeAuthor: Ronnie SharpePublisher: 1889 BooksPublication Date: April 12, 2021Number of Pages: 362 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1916362265ISBN-13: 9781916362260

The best poetry takes your mind to unexpected places. But is it the poet's quirkiness that carries you there, or your own?These poems are too good to be just for children - grown-ups will enjoy...

Sally-Ann is suffocating in her parents' house, fed up with their old-fashioned rules and bored with her job. Then Terry comes in to the library where she works to look at maps and she embarks upon a...

Spirit of Old Essex draws together Arthur Morrison's lost treasure of a novel Cunning Murrell, a tale of witchcraft and smuggling, together with additional background information on Morrison's...

The Bantams is Sheffield's second oldest novel, telling the tales of Sheffielders in the 19th century: their loves, rivalries, and struggles. The characters jump to life on the page: the author...

Is this a "football book" ? Not really. No more than The Mayor of Casterbridge is a "farming book." It is a story of a man who happens to be a footballer: his loves, dilemmas, and choices as he...

The Games People PlayAuthor: Gary ThackerPublisher: 1889 BooksPublication Date: Oct 01, 2020Number of Pages: 252 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1916362230ISBN-13: 9781916362239

Sometimes, after a night match, once the crowds and players have gone and the floodlights snap off, the ghosts come out: people, for whom it meant just as much as it does to us today. They dissolve...

A forgotten classic of mid-century literature. The coming of age story of a young rebel, post WW2. If written in the US it would be regarded as a Great American Novel. A lion that kills a deer is not...

Did you know the first cup final at England's new national stadium built in the 1920s was between Downside FC and Wildwood Town in front of 100,000 spectators ? No ? Then read on."Sadness hung about...

The Lives Of Stanley BAuthor: Mat GuyPublisher: 1889 BooksPublication Date: Nov 01, 2021Number of Pages: 248 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1915045002ISBN-13: 9781915045003

The Timely Lift-Off Of The Famous Harlequin-FishAuthor: Michael GloverPublisher: 1889 BooksPublication Date: Mar 28, 2022Number of Pages: 230 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...