Andrew Ward: 30 books
River Run Red
The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
On April 12, 1864, on the Tennessee banks of the Mississippi River, a force of more than 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen under General Nathan Bedford Forrest stormed Fort Pillow, overwhelming a garrison of some 350 Southern white Unionists and over 300 former slaves turned artillerymen. By the next day,...
by Andrew Ward
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Extraordinary but true stories from over 150 years of racing. This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 150 years of the sport's history. Andrew Ward recalls the time when spectators mounted two fallen horses and rode...
Horse-Racing Strangest Races
Extraordinary but true stories from over 150 years of racing
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 150 years of the sport's history. Andrew Ward recalls the time when spectators mounted two fallen horses and rode them to second and third places; the race which had to be re-run...
Orderly Britain
How Britain has resolved everyday problems, from dog fouling to double parking
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2020
All societies, in their very different ways, are orderly. The very term 'society' implies the existence of a degree of organisation and predictability to human life. Orderliness, however, is a matter of degree. It is neither total, nor totally absent.
In recent times, however, such concerns...
No Milk Today
The Vanishing World of the Milkman
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Traditionally, in British society, the milkman has been a family friend, a sex symbol and a cheerful chappie. He has been the eyes and ears of the community, and his genetic legacy has supposedly passed into the lineage of housewives.
This collection of folk tales about milkmen covers the history...
Golf's Strangest Rounds
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of golf
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
‘The most eccentric golf book ever’ Sports and Leisure Magazine Golf’s Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales from the lengthy annals of the sport’s history. There are stories of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slipups and ones that defy categorization altogether –...
Football's Strangest Matches
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
‘It’s a funny old game.’ The world’s favourite sport has certainly given us its fair share of strange moments, and this absorbing collection gathers together the best of them, from more than a century of the beautiful game. From Blackburn Rovers’ one-man team to Wilfred Minter’s seven-goal...
by Andrew Ward
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
This collection of oddities shows how Contract Bridge has played its part in embezzlement, murder, suicide, kidnapping, imprisonment and battle. The stories feature similar hands to those of bridge - the complete misfit, the two-way slam and men against women - while others, like 'Thirteen Spades'...
Cricket's Strangest Matches
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
A fascinating collection of true stories about cricket's oddest matches - ranging from the bizarre to the downright hilarious. Drawn from the lengthy annals of the game's history, Cricket's Strangest Matches is a must for all cricket enthusiasts and for anyone interested in the history of the sport.Other...
Cricket's Strangest Matches
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Cricket’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness – and there’s a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages you’ll find a game that was played on ice, meet a plague of flying ants who failed to dampen players’ enthusiasm, and examples of the grand old tradition...
Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture
Putting research into use in low income countries
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development...
by Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Mary A. Turzillo
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers...
Strange World
A Biff Bam Pop Short Story Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
A writer learns to craft a murder mystery the hard way. A trucker with a craving for coffee finds his family at the end of the highway. A couple faces the zombie apocalypse. Strange World is the first short story anthology to be curated by the pop culture website Biff Bam Pop. It features...
Steam
9 Tales Powered By Steampunk
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
9 Tales Powered By Steampunk
Table of Contents 1. "Blazing Bodices" by Robert Jeschonek 2. "From the Files of Her Majesty's Clandestine Service" by James Palmer 3. "Aetherium, Book 1: Assassins of the Steam Age" by Joseph Robert Lewis 4. "Heart" by Leslie Claire Walker 5. "Riding the Mainspring"...