Abacus imprint: 104 books
by Domingo Villar
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
One misty autumn dawn in a quiet fishing port in northwest Spain, the body of a sailor washes up in the harbour. Detective Inspector Leo Caldas is called in from police headquarters in the nearby city of Vigo to sign off on what appears to be a suicide. But details soon come to light that turn this...
by Cyrus Moore
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
Nic Lamparelli works for a leading US investment bank in London. Starting at the bottom, he rises rapidly through the ranks to reach the pinnacle of his profession. Even at the top, he holds true to his principles while those around him abandon theirs. And that's what makes him special. Soon he has...
by Jennie Erdal
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
When translator Edgar Logan arrives from his home in Paris to work in Edinburgh he anticipates a period of enlightenment and calm. But when he is befriended by the philosopher Harry Sanderson and his captivating artist wife, Edgar's meticulously circumscribed life is suddenly propelled into drama...
The Learning Game
A Teacher's Inspirational Story
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
We are all caught up in our children's lives. We all remember our own schooldays and, as parents, we watch anxiously as our children go through it. As we look at the world of teaching from the outside we wonder not only what is going on but what we can do to help. Jonathan Smith, a born teacher and...
Racing Pigs And Giant Marrows
Travels around the North Country Fairs
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Following his acclaimed book about football in the north-east,THE FAR CORNER, Harry Pearson vowed that his next project would not involve hanging around outdoors on days so cold that itinerant dogs had to be detached from lamp-posts by firemen. It would be about the summer: specifically, about a summer...
Nansen
The Explorer as Hero
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
Behind the great polar explorers of the early twentieth century - Amundsen, Shackleton, Scott in the South and Peary in the North - looms the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the mentor of them all. He was the father of modern polar exploration, the last act of territorial discovery before the...
The Only Way Was Essex
Tough Times and simple pleasures: growing up in an Essex village in the 1920s
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
In a remote corner of rural Essex, when ploughs were drawn by heavy horses and children walked shoeless to school, young Spike Mays lived with his family in a two-up, two-down cottage, where there was no electricity, no bathroom, no running water and just a shared privy in the back yard. Beset by...
White Rajah
A Biography of Sir James Brooke
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Sir James Brooke was an extraordinary 'eminent' Victorian, whose life was the stuff of legend.His curious career began in 1841 when he was caught up in a war in Brunei which had started because a party of local Dayaks had refused to furl their umbrellas in the presence of the Sultan. Brooke was an...
by Adam Fairclough
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Part of a series of biographies of statesmen and women who have shaped the modern world, this book concerns Martin Luther King, who from both the pulpit and from jail, inspired black Americans to defy white supremacy and in so doing, re-invigorated American democracy.
The Unfinished Revolution
How New Labour Changed British Politics Forever
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
The Unfinished Revolution is the definitive story of New Labour from its genesis to its election defeat 2010 - covering over 25 years and six general elections of strategy, rebuilding and reinvention. In this extraordinary book, Philip Gould, one of the world's leading political strategists and a...
Holden On Hold'em
How to Play and Win at the Biggest Deal in Town
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Holden is an experienced poker player who does not pretend to be as expert as the world's top pros; but he can write better than them - and he knows most well enough to milk them for personalized advice, tips and subtle strategies.
HOLDEN ON HOLD'EM thoroughly analyses the difference between home...
Stamping Grounds
Exploring Liechtenstein and its World Cup Dream
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
STAMPING GROUNDS follows the Liechtenstein national football team through their defeat-strewn qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup. Drawn in a group with Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria and mighty Spain, it was hard to see the principality's part-time players scoring even one goal, never...
by Rich Hall
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
Comic genius Rich Hall introduces a series of magnificent bastards and lost souls in this hilarious collection of tall tales.
Meet the man who vacuums bewildered prairie dogs out of their burrows; a frustrated werewolf who roams the streets of Soho getting mistaken for Brian Blessed; a smug...
Dribble!
The Unbelievable Encyclopaedia of Football
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Ten years in the making, Dribble! is an A-Z of credulity-twanging facts and stories about what Pele once memorably dubbed 'my bloody job'. It includes definitive explanations of everyday phrases such as 'the magic of the cup' and 'low centre of gravity'; a complete guide to becoming a terrace character...