When ten Pakistani men walk into Kathleen Jamie's small Scottish town on a peace march in November 2001 she is thrown back to her own travels in Northern Pakistan & a book she wrote a decade earlier. Among Muslims" is the account of Jamie's time travelling alone & living among the Shia & Ismaili Muslims in the Northern Areas
- the mountainous regions wedged between Afghanistan India & China & one of the most volatile borderlands in the world. A bold sympathetic & superbly written book " Among Muslims" delves into Jamie's own Scottish upbringing to find links with the purdah-observing lifestyle of her Shia Muslim hosts. It is a privileged account from an acclaimed poet who during her travels was often literally the only woman on the bus. " Among Muslims" was originally published as " The Golden Peak". For this edition Kathleen Jamie returned to Pakistan to write an Afterword & Preface."
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Virginia Nicholsons Among the Bohemians" is a portrait of Englands artistic community in the first half of the twentieth century engaged in a grand experiment. Subversive eccentric & flamboyant
- the Bohemians ate garlic & didnt always wash; they painted & danced & didnt care what people thought. They sent their children to co-ed schools; explored homosexuality & Free Love. They were often drunk broke & hungry but they were rebels. In this fascinating book Virginia Nicholson examines the way the Bohemians refashioned the way we live our lives. " Interesting gorgeous wonderful...this book displays the best of bohemia itself
- playful dazzling original". (Julie Burchill " Spectator"). " Racy vivacious warm-hearted. Offers an illuminating & well-researched portrait of life among the artists a century ago". ("TLS"). Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She has worked as a documentary researcher for BBC Television & her first book " Charleston
- A Bloomsbury House & Garden" (written in collaboration with her father Quentin Bell) was an account of the Sussex home of her grandmother the painter Vanessa Bell. Her second book " Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939" was published by Penguin in 2002. She lives in Sussex."


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In this absorbing memoir Duff Hart Davies looks back over fifty years of watching stalking & writing about deer. From his first experience of fallow in South-East England to his many sojourns among the reds of the Scottish highlands he has spent countless hours in the woods & on the hill learning more with every excursion. Along the way he describes some memorable characters & captures the grace & mystery of this elusive quarry. ...

Journalist think-tank report writer & mother Harriet Sergeant befriended a teenage gang when she was researching a report on why so many black Caribbean & white working class boys are failing. Gangs like this are responsible for the majority of crime in our inner cities. During the riots of August 2011 they were the young men setting our streets ablaze. All the issues we all associate with Britains gang culture
- single mothers absent fathers lack of education & social mobility the criminal justice system
- take on a new meaning for Harriet as she enters their world & sees institutions through their eyes. It is a revelation. By the end of the book Tuggy Tug was found guilty of committing over a hundred street robberies. He & two other gang members are in prison one is in mental hospital & one appears to be a successful criminal. In this remarkable challenging angry book Harriet Sergeant reports from a world of teenagers who have been abandoned by the state & in many cases their parents & provides a valuable insight into an ignored corner of our society. As Britain faces up to the aftermath of the riots this book should be required reading for us all.

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They changed me a lot more than I changed them...I went in as Anne Widdecombe & came out an anarchist." In 2008 Harriet Sergeant
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Among the Russians" is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St. Petersburg & the Baltic States south to Georgia & Armenia. A gifted writer & intrepid traveller Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity & relays his extraordinary journey in characteristically lyrical style. This is an enthralling & revealing account of the habits & idiosyncrasies of a fascinating nation along with a sharp & insightful social commentary of Russian life." ...

On the night of the St Patrick celebrations in 1990 some of the world's most famous & valuable paintings were stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. They were never recovered & there were no clues as to their whereabouts -- that is until now. When Boston attorney Scott Finn takes on well-known thief Devon Malley as a client he gets much more than he bargained for. Not only is he asked to care for Devon's teenaged daughter Sally while Devon awaits bail but his investigations into what he believed was a case of petty theft lead him to the underworld of Boston's organized crime gangs links with the IRA & the realization that he may be close to solving the mystery of the stolen paintings all those years ago. But an Irishman who at nine years old saw his entire family murdered before his eyes is determined to avenge their death. His commitment to the cause is frightening & unrelenting & he will never give up until the job is finished.. .'A knock-out; Grisham with a passion even a touch of the great Michael Connelly thrown in.. . Crackles from the first page & doesn't let up for a second' Daily Mail ...

Among You is the gripping real-life story of a soldier serving on the front line in Iraq & Afghanistan & an unforgettable unflinching account of the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. Jake Wood lives parallel lives: encased in the glass tower of an international investment bank by day he is also a dedicated TA soldier who serves on the front line during the invasion of Iraq later returning to the war zone to conduct surveillance on insurgents. Disillusioned with the dullness & amorality of the banking world he escapes back to the army for a third tour of duty. But in Afghanistan he discovers the savage dehumanising effects that war has on both the body & the mind. Diagnosed with chronic PTSD on his return he must now fight the last enemy
- himself
- in order to exorcise the ghosts of his past. Brutally honest & beautifully written Among You brings home the harsh reality of front-line combat in Iraq & Afghanistan & the courage of the troops who risk their lives for their country as well as revealing the devastating after-effects of service.

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Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the War of Independence. Now in old age living out in the country Moran is still fighting
- with his family his friends even himself
- in a poignant struggle to come to terms with the past.

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Guitarists love amps-really love them. Amplifiers may look dull to the rest of the world but to guitarists they are full of mystique romance & rockin sound. & while there are many strong-selling electric guitar histories available heres the first illustrated history of the electric guitars best friend the amp. World-famous guitar & amp historian Dave Hunter tells the story of 60 of the greatest amps ever built including classics from Fender Marshall Vox the bizarre Echo Sonic that created Elvis sound & the ultimate esoteric $75 000+ Dumble amps. The story is illustrated with hundreds of technical photos rare machines catalogs memorabilia & the amps of the stars from Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughan to Eric Clapton. This is a book guitarists will drool over. ...