Lem Gulliver (25, maths teacher), can't seem to leave home. His mother (46, courtroom artist) & step-father (49, AA patrol man), make no secret of the fact that he's become a cuckoo in the nest but since Dawn (27, animal rights activist) left him for a dog trainer, Lem has returned to his natural state of emotional drift. He can't understand how the people around him manage the plot of a grown-up life -careers, mortgages, marriages, homes, friends. With no girlfriend, no place of his own, no ambition & no prospects, the only real direction in his life seem to be the tracks of the Victoria line which take him daily to work. There, the likes of Emily, Nokia, Jason & Kemal stubbornly resist his efforts to make the Fibonacci code fun. One day in June, Lem gets the distinct feeling that he is unravelling; he needs to take control of his life & change it radically before he reaches the end of the line, but who will show him the way?

Original, inventive & wry, Sabrina Broadbent's second novel is a vision of uncertainty, the unsaid & the untouched; a place where people lose their bearings & ultimately, a place of realignment. A Boy's Guide to Track & Field starts at Walthamstow & travels southbound towards Brixton, & the reader is swept along with Lem in a review of the past which gradually accelerates into the present.

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Growing up in rural Yorkshire in the 1940s & 50s, Terry Wilson spent his school days hunting down Just William books, cutting ...

Growing up in rural Yorkshire in the 1940s & 50s, Terry Wilson spent his school days hunting down Just William books, cutting ...

As the 1960's drew to a close, parents across Britain raised a curious eyebrow as their long-haired children suddenly returned home with shaven heads, sporting Levi's jeans & vicious looking army boots, pleading for three quid to buy a Harrington jacket from the market. The skinhead was born & a youth culture stronger & more widespread than any other, before or since, took Britain by storm. Marting King was one of them. Boys & girls alike embraced this new working-class fashion & music
- the West Indian reggae sounds of Blue Beat & the strong sense of identity they fostered. For a couple of summers the media would have it that England was under seige, when the young skins paraded at seaside resorts on bank holidays & later on terraces at nearly every football ground acros the country. With his passion for Chelsea FC & their growing reputation as the skinhead club forming a backdrop, King artfully & humorously describes the heady mix of pleasures which were all part of life as a teenager growing up in working-class south London in the late 60's
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Their love has survived the test of time. But can it survive fate?

America, 1772. It is only a few years before the war of

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12 year old Joel lives with his father in the cold northern part of Sweden. At night he often sneaks out of his father's house to look for a lonely dog he has seen from his window. On the bridge across the icy river he starts a secret society & has adventures. But one night he discovers that his father's bed is also empty & will have to come terms with his father's new-found love. The harsh reality of Joel's world comes vividly to life & leaves the reader spellbound. ...

12 year old Joel lives with his father in the cold northern part of Sweden. At night he often sneaks out of his father's house to look for a lonely dog he has seen from his window. On the bridge across the icy river he starts a secret society & has adventures. But one night he discovers that his father's bed is also empty & will have to come terms with his father's new-found love. The harsh reality of Joel's world comes vividly to life & leaves the reader spellbound. ...

Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has become an international publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, ...