Maya Angelou's poetry
- lyrical & dramatic exuberant & playful
- speaks of love longing partings; of Saturday night partying

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Roy & Silo are just like the other penguin couples at the zoo
- they bow to each other walk together & swim together But Roy &
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In this candid & revealing memoir award-winning foreign correspondent & anchorman Mark Austin reveals the stories behind the headlines 352 pages 2x 8pp colour plates Austin Mark ...

And the Ass Saw the Angel
- Nick Cave's classic Gothic novel in its full & original form Outcast mute a lone twin cut from a drunk
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And the Land Lay Still is the sweeping Scottish epic by James Robertson And the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of a nation James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives & immigrants journalists & politicians drop-outs & spooks all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great & rapid change It is a moving sweeping story of family friendship struggle & hope
- epic in every sense The winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010 & the Land Lay Still is a masterful insight into Scotland's history in the twentieth century & a moving beautifully written novel of intertwined stories' Toweringly ambitious virtually flawlessly realized a masterpiece & without a doubt my book of the year' Daily Mail'A jam-packed dizzying piece of fiction' Scotland on Sunday' Gripping vivid beautifully realized' The Times' Engrossing' Daily Telegraph' Powerful & moving A brilliant & multifaceted saga of Scottish life in the second half of the twentieth century' Sunday Times' Brilliant & thoughtful Eminently readable subtle & profound' Independent on Sunday' Bold discursive & deep Robertson's sweeping history of life & politics in 20th-century Scotland should not be ignored' Ian Rankin Observer Books of the Year James Robertson is the author of three previous novels The Fanatic Joseph Knight & The Testament of Gideon Mack which is available in Penguin Joseph Knight was awarded the two major Scottish literary awards in 20034
- the Saltire Book of the Year & the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year
- & The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize picked by Richard & Judy's Book Club & shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award


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WINNER OF THE NEW WRITER AWARD AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE THE GORDON BURN PRIZE & FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDSFEATURED IN THE OBSERVER'S SPORTS WRITERS' BOOKS OF THE YEARAnd the Sun Shines Now is a book about why Hillsborough happened & how the flawed response to the disaster created a 'whole new ball game' but destroyed a culture The Taylor Report All-seater stadia Police lies Political neglect Murdoch The oligarchs & an FA plan to gentrify football But what happens when you take the people's game away from the people? What happens to the game & what happens to the people? Powerful funny soulful & brutal Adrian Tempany's acclaimed book exposes the real cost of the modern game & the forces that shaped it ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER& If you ever doubt what is at stake in Europe
- read Varoufakis&s account& Guardian A spectre
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For as long as she can remember Barbro Karlen has recalled a previous existence as Anne Frank author of the famous diary Now prompted by a series of events that culminated in a struggle for survival she tells her amazing story She takes us from her early fame as a best-selling child literary sensation in her native Sweden to her years as a policewoman & successful horse trainer But this is no ordinary life history As the victim of discrimination personal vendettas media assassination libel & attempted murder Karlen is eventually shown the karmic background to these events Glimpsing fragments of her former life she begins to understand how forces of destiny reach out from the past into the present & she is finally free to be herself This the story of a supernatural struggle for truth in the face of discrimination & lies Eight pages of illustrations ...

A lesbian-themed twist on Tom Tykwer&s frenetic indie speedball RUN LOLA RUN co-directors Ellen Seidler & Megan Sidler&s sexy romantic comedy follows skilled but perpetually tardy photographer Lola (Ashleigh Sumner) as she races through the streets of San Francisco to make an important meeting With her career & her relationship hanging in the balance Lola switches into high gear & speeds toward her destination ...

Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans & book lovers Ten strangers apparently with little in common are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious UNOwen Over dinner a record begins to play & the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret That evening former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again & again ...