Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, and unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new … [Read more...] about A Kesterel for a Knave by Barry Hines
Fiction
Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man by Norman Mailer
Although Mailer relies heavily on previous Picasso biographies and memoirs, from which he quotes extensively, this inspired, lavishly illustrated biography offers an uncanny psychological portrait of … [Read more...] about Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man by Norman Mailer
Shadow Voices edited by John Connolly
Now, for the first time, John Connolly's one volume presents the history of Irish genre writing and uses it to explore how we think about fiction itself. Deeply researched, and passionately argued, … [Read more...] about Shadow Voices edited by John Connolly
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
It is difficult to think of a book which has had a greater impact on 20th-century culture and language than Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. It introduced phrases such as Big Brother, Newspeak, and … [Read more...] about Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry edited by Patrick Crotty
The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry features the work of the greatest Irish poets. From the monks of the ancient monasteries to the Nobel laureates W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, from Jonathan Swift … [Read more...] about The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry edited by Patrick Crotty
Colomba translated by Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh
This is an Irish language a translation of a story by Prosper Mérimée. This translation was published by An Gúm in 1929. Like many of the An Gúm books it has a vibrant dust jacket. The book is … [Read more...] about Colomba translated by Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You is a new novel by Sally Rooney, the bestselling author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends. Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and … [Read more...] about Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
The Lord of The Rings 3 Book Box-Set
Comprising three oversized hardback volumes housed in a full-colour slipcase. This edition of Tolkien's classic masterpiece is fully illustrated in watercolour throughout by the acclaimed and … [Read more...] about The Lord of The Rings 3 Book Box-Set
Ulysses by James Joyce
This is described as a reader's edition. The text has been edited by Danis Rose. The text of Joyce's "Ulysses" has been in dispute since its first publication in February 1922. Here, Danis Rose … [Read more...] about Ulysses by James Joyce
The Flash Archives Volume 1
This is DC comics archive collection of The Flash. The Flash first appeared in DC comics in 1940. He was the first Scarlet Speedster. Now for the first time DC re-present the final Flash tale from … [Read more...] about The Flash Archives Volume 1