Ian Valentine: 3 books
Station 43
Audley End House and SOE's Polish Section
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2004
Audley End House in Essex - or Station 43 as it was known during the Second World War - was used as the principal training school for SOE's Polish Section between 1942 and 1944. Polish agents at Audley End undertook a series of arduous training courses in all aspects of guerrilla warfare before being...
Out for a Duck
A Celebration of Cricketing Calamities
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Cricket is usually told from its viewpoint of the winners. Out for a Duck: A Celebration of Cricketing Calamities champions the unfortunate cricketers who made those victories possible. For every record knock or wicket haul, every partnership or brilliant catch, there will be a batsman, bowler or...
by Nicholas Royle, Claire-Louise Bennett, Neil Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.
Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British...