After three years of teaching at Truss, and inner-city sink school, Francis Gilbert has been offered a job in the English department at his old school, a nice suburban comprehensive. Like a prisoner o
In 1919 the author's great-grandmother, Beth, gave birth to triplets. One of the babies died at birth and eleven days later she drowned the surviving twins in a bath of cold water. She was sentenced t
The author admits he wasnAt a particularly nice kid. He picked on others - anyone different from himself. A tough childhood and a stint in the RAF prepared him for almost everything that life would th
How often have you found yourself talking wistfully with friends of relocating to the country, as if it will offer a magical answer to everything wrong with city living? Most of these assumptions are
On average, people cook no more than two dishes from each cookbook they buy. Why? Because the other recipes seem just too daunting. This book aims to solve frustrating kitchen conundrums - why do some
Nero wanted to be a singer. But his mother wanted him to be emperor of the most powerful empire in the world. Through lies, scheming and murder she achieved her goal with terrible consequences At firs
As Agatha Bilke sits in A and E at the Rottington Hospital, she knows she's done something awful . . . or has she? The trouble is she can't remember a thing. Covered in bandages, she finds herself adm
Have you ever dated a psycho? Are you dating one right now? These questions and more are answered in this hilaraious collection of true-life dating horror stories.
Tom Smith is the doctor you wish you had and he's got all the time in the world. This is your chance to corner a doctor at a party. Dr Tom Smith, gently urbane and seemingly unshockable, answers your
On average, people cook no more than two dishes from each cookbook they buy. Why? Because the other recipes seem just too daunting. This book aims to solve frustrating kitchen conundrums - why do some
How do you know if you've ever dated a psycho? How can you tell if you're dating one right now? And if you are, do you: love it? This book answers these and other questions. It is a collection of true
As every one who has patted a dog, smelled a rose, taken a walk, or even had a drink in the garden well knows, humans have a soul-deep need for non-human forms of life. This book is about pushing our
You know that Aga you coveted? It will soon reveal itself to be a living, breathing antichrist waging a slow-burn, personal vendetta against you. And that dream of horny-handed self-sufficiency? If yo
These never-before published diaries and letters will be a MUST for every Iris Murdoch fan...These collected writings, never published before, comprise a diary which Iris Murdoch kept in her last summ
When Stephen Foster departed for London from his hometown of Stoke, he was wearing an army surplus jacket accessorised with a CND badge, and he took with him a distinct set of attitude problems. It wa
Freya knows that her people are doomed. Warned by the fates of an impending catastrophe, she goes in search of a magnificent gold necklace that will save her people from destruction. But to obtain the
A Chance Acquaintance is a beautifully crafted novel of reparative love, of two misfits drawn together and the bewildering resilience of the human spirit.
On paper, Judy B is a successful journalist, the author of a column in a Sunday newspaper, in which she documents the life of a fabulously social young professional. In reality, she is a friendless de
