Giving voice to the dispossessed & crafting stories of lives on the edge lives almost lost lives held in the balance James Kelman writes about the things that touch us all. With honesty toughness & humour he confronts the issues of language class politics gender & age
- identity in all its forms
- with a sympathetic pen & a sharp & observant eye. No other British writer today penetrates so deeply into the hearts minds & desperation of his characters & this collection is as uncompromising & as beautiful as anything he has ever written.

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Get ready to embark on the ride of your life with this thrill-fuelled thriller for fans of Karin Slaughter & Karen Rose. Mirror mirror on the wall whos the fairest of them all? The victims are found face-down in the murky waters of Cherokee Pointe Tennessee. The murders all share the same characteristics: the victims are found naked except for a black satin ribbon tied around theyre necks
- & theyre all redheads. Meanwhile Reve Sorrell has come to Cherokee Pointe seeking answers about her connection to bad girl Jazzy Talbot. With their stunning looks the two redheads are mirror images of each other
- but raised in very different worlds. As the serial killer leaves another chilling calling card Reve turns to Sheriff Jacob Butler to help her unravel the deadly secrets of her past. But one person will do anything to stop her
- & they are closer than she could ever imagine...


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This is a practical resource packed with 'philosophical thought experiments'
- imaginary situations designed to test an idea or
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Ben Joe is the only boy in a family of six sisters Mama & Gram. He is studying for a law degree in New York when he hears his eldest sister Joanne has left her husband & returned home with her baby girl. Out of a mixture of homesickness & duty Ben Joe returns to the home in which he has always felt like an outsider. ...

This novel owes as much to poetry as it does to prose. Its opening an invocation of the life of the city is strongly reminiscent of Audens Night Mail in its hypnotic portrait of industrialised society... An assured debut Erica Wagner The Times. On a street in a town in the North of England ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence
- street cricket barbecues painting windows...A young man is in love with a neighbour who does not even know his name. An old couple make their way up to the nearby bus stop. But then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening. That this remarkable & horrific event is only poignant to those who saw it not even meriting a mention on the local news means that those who witness it will be altered for ever. Jon Mc Gregors first novel brilliantly evokes the histories & lives of the people in the street to build up an unforgettable human panorama. Breathtakingly original humane & moving IF NOBODY SPEAKS OF REMARKABLE THINGS is an astonishing debut. The work of a burning new talent.. . Jon Mac Gregor writes like a lyrical angel Daily Mail
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Calvinos masterpiece opens with a scene thats reassuringly commonplace: apparently. Indeed its taking place now. A reader goes into a bookshop to buy a book: not any book but the latest Calvino the book you are holding in your hands. Or is it? Are you the reader? Is this the book? Beware. All assumptions are dangerous on this most bewitching switch-back ride to the heart of storytelling. ...

Fresh out of Veterinary College & shoulder-deep in an uncooperative cow James Herriots first job is not panning out exactly as expected.. . To a Glaswegian like James 1930s Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges. On the one hand there are his new colleagues Siegfried & Tristan Farnon two brothers who attract a constant stream of local girls to whom James is strangely invisible. On the other he must contend with herds of semi-feral cattle gruff farmers with incomprehensible accents & an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo... Heartbreaking & hilarious in equal measure If Only They Could Talk is a book for all those who find laughter & joy in animals & who know & understand the magic & beauty of Britains wild places. Bulls with sunstroke pigs on the run & a cake-eating Peke with a betting habit.. .I grew up reading James Herriots book & Im delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming heartwarming & laugh-out-loud funny as they were then Kate Humble Its a pleasure to be in James Herriots company Observer After an evening among his tales anyone with as much as a dog or a budgerigar will feel he should move to Darrowby at once Yorkshire Post ...

When the newly qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby he has no idea of the new friends he will meet or adventures that lie ahead. From the author whose books inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great & Small this first volume of unforgettable memoirs chronicles James Herriots first years as a country vet with the signature storytelling magic that has made him a favourite the world over. Here is a book for all those who find laughter & joy in animals & who know & understand the magic of wild places & beautiful countryside ...

Berlin 1934. The Nazis have been in power for just eighteen months but already Germany has seen some frightening changes. As the city prepares to host the 1936 Olympics Jews are being expelled from all German sporting organisations
- a blatant example of discrimination. Forced to resign as a homicide detective with Berlin's Criminal Police Bernie is now house detective at the famous Adlon Hotel. Two bodies are found
- one a businessman & the other a Jewish boxer. As Bernie digs to unearth the truth he discovers a vast labour & construction racket designed to take advantage of the huge sums the Nazis are spending to showcase the new Germany to the world. It is a plot that finds its dramatic & violent conclusion twenty years later in pre-revolutionary Cuba.

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This is the new paperback edition of a beautiful & unique book which explains facts about the worlds population in a simple & fascinating way. Instead of unimaginable billions it presents the whole world as a village of just 100 people. We soon find out that 22 speak a Chinese dialect & that 17 cannot read or write. We also discover the peoples religions their education their standard of living & much much more... This book provokes thought & elicits questions. It cannot fail to inspire childrens interest in world geography citizenship & different customs & cultures whether they read it at home or at school. ...