In her second book of poems Sinead Morrissey's worlds grow more diverse, encompassing the Orient, the Antipodes, America & an Ireland which recent history has changed & yet not deeply, a country observed through eyes that travel & time have made dispassionate & disabused. ...

This is a bawdy & joyous novel. It's a throwback to the British novels of two decades ago
- messy & offends everyone (over-the-top
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Details: An extraordinary record of the last 40 years of road racing, bringing together iconic images of the races,
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Between the Lines explores the enigmatic story of Haven, possibly one of the most overlooked bands of the last decade. It is in turn a critique of the demise of the music industry which has arguably lost its way, shrivelling under conservative conglomerates & allowing little room for innovation, creativity or true excitement. ...

Dana De Lacey, bestselling romance novelist, has the world at her feet. The words on the page flow easily; an exciting new book deal beckons, & life at home in Dublin is good. But Dana's self-confidence & success depend on one person: her gorgeous husb&, Gus. Without him, she has no fall-back. No children, no close family of her own to call upon. When Gus leaves her, she is devastated. The words fail to come. The alcohol flows too freely. She cannot sleep. Then her estranged brother, Ed, arrives to take care of her out of the blue, & memories which she has buried for many years begin to surface: startling recollections of a childhood & a little girl long-forgotten, which inspire Dana at last to write from the heart. Which Dana was it that Gus walked out on -- the glamorous party girl, whose romantic novels always have a happy ending? Or someone with a different name, whose life tells a very different story? Forced to face up to the past, can she find the real Dana, recover her career, & try to make Gus love her for the person she really is? ...

In 2013, Alan Hodgkinson marks 60 years spent playing & coaching at clubs including Sheffield United, Manchester United & Engl&. This is the story of his life ? & the life of the game ? in that time. In 2013, Alan Hodgkinson marks 60 years spent playing & coaching at clubs including Sheffield United, Manchester United & Engl&. In ? Between the Sticks?, Alan tells the story of a life in football: from his days as a trainee at Worksopp Town in the 50s, to his big-money move to Sheffield United (where his signing-on fee was a new suit for ?courting?), to England duty, as well as a glittering coaching career at Man United, Rangers, Villa among others. It is a story that features legends of the game such as Matthews, Charlton, Best, & Pele, all of whom Alan has played with or against. ? Between the Sticks? will transport the reader back to a golden age of football, when pig skins were hoofed around with hobnail boots, to the modern day where as a coach at Oxford United Alan sees the realities of 21st century football first-h&. It is a story that no football fan will want to miss. ...

Details: The acclaimed travel writer's youthful journey
- as an 18-year-old
- across 1930s Europe by foot began


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On the morning of January 31, 2009, Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist working in Iran, was forced from her home by four men & secretly detained in Iran's notorious Evin Prison. This account describes the methods that Iranian hard-liners are using to try to intimidate & control many of the country's people. ...

'A gripping psychological thriller with a level of tension that will leave you breathless.'
- Tracy Book Lover They say every marriage
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A little girl looks out at the cold snowy night, while her mother is busy at the kitchen stove. " What's out there?" she wonders. " Don't go!" a voice inside her warns. But curiosity prevails over fear, & she steps out into the snow towards the dark wood. Who knows what scary things await her there? ...