Douglas Thompson: 28 books
Sunlight Rippling in the Wheat
An Expanded Version of Wheat Rippling in the Sunlight
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
This book is an expanded version of an earlier work entitled Wheat Rippling in the Sunlight published by RoseDog in 2005. In this work the Table of Contents is enhanced by grouping the poems into eight sections by year. The primary purpose of this new book is to incorporate ten poems that did not...
by Douglas Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
By turns wistful, haunting and macabre, 'The Sleep Corporation' is a major collection of thirty-one stories by Douglas Thompson, a self-proclaimed 'Glasgow Surrealist' and one of the most original and individual voices to have emerged in the field of British speculative and dark fiction over the last...
by Douglas Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
'IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO KNOW AND LOVE HER'- Paul McCartney
The news that Cilla Black had died in August at the age of seventy-two triggered an outpouring of love and a wave of sadness that spread around the world. Her infectious personality and her common touch made her one of Britain’s best...
Stephen Ward
Scapegoat
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
The subject of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Stephen Ward the Musical, Ward was the social cavalier who knew everyone who mattered, and who played an enigmatic role in one of the great political scandals of the 20th Century
The tragic story of the persecution, trial, and death of Stephen Ward...
by Douglas Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Clint Eastwood is a true living legend. For over forty years he has dominated Hollywood and his success both in front of and behind the camera has assured his place in cinema history alongside such superstars as Marlon Brando, John Wayne and Robert De Niro..."Clint" reveals the man behind...
Super Frank
Portrait of a Hero
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
One of our leading sports icons, Frank Lampard is set to be Chelsea's midfield lethal weapon as they set the Premiership alight for another fantastic, record-breaking season. this is the must-read story of a modern footballing hero. The King of King's Road and a vital player in England's bid for victory...
by John Gribbin, Rhys Hughes, Christopher Nuttall
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
The title, Existence is Elsewhen, paraphrases the last sentence of André Breton’s 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism, perfectly summing up the intent behind this anthology of stories from a wonderful collection of authors. Different worlds… different times. It’s what Elsewhen Press has been about...
The Rhymer
an Heredyssey
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
The Rhymer, an Heredyssey by Douglas Thompson defies classification in any one literary genre. A satire on contemporary society, particularly the art world, it is also a comic-poetic meditation on the nature of life, death and morality.
A mysterious tramp wanders from town to town, taking a new...
The Hustlers
Gambling, Greed and the Perfect Con
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Invitations to John Aspinall and John Burke's illegal gambling parties were the most sought after in 1950s London - only the wealthy and well-connected were allowed past their door. When the police finally arrested them, Aspinall and Burke challenged the law - and won. As a result gambling was legalised....
Secrets and Lies
Now Profumo is Dead, I Can Finally Reveal the Truth About the Most Shocking Scandal in British Politics.
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Christine Keeler’s name is as synonymous with the sixties sexual revolution as the Pill. Having found fame and success as a model—the portrait of her naked astride a chair is iconic—her short affair with the Minister for War, John Profumo, led to his downfall and the end of Harold Macmillan’s...
Shall We Dance?
The True Story of the Couple Who Taught The World to Dance
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
On the eve of World War I, they had the world at—and watching—their feet, enchanting New York, London, and Paris with their dizzying steps. The intimate and tragic biography of America's pioneering ballroom couple.Vernon and Irene Castle were the world's first true celebrity couple. He, an Englishman,...
by Douglas Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful port/city of Gdańsk, Poland.
Gdańsk (also known by its German name Danzig) along with nearby Sopot and Gdynia are often referred to as the Tricity area with Gdańsk being considered the most beautiful city on the Baltic Sea, having...
Inside the Muslim Brotherhood
The Truth about the World's Most Powerful Political Movement
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The authorized biography of Youssef Nada, known as the Muslim Brotherhood's international political foreign emissary, a man who knows most of the untold story of more than half a century of rage and revolution
Through war, global terrorism, and complex international crises, Youssef Nada was...
by Douglas Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
In 2180, travel to neighbouring star systems has been mastered thanks to quantum teleportation using the 'entanglement' of sub-atomic matter; astronauts on earth can be duplicated on a remote world once the dupliport chamber has arrived there. In this way a variety of worlds can be explored, but what...
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