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Stephen Black's latest collection of stories captures the spirit of today's Tiong Bahru. A historic part of Singapore, Tiong Bahru is known for its traditional food and it's colonial era British architecture. Recently, however, the area has become a favorite for expatriates and Singaporeans searching...

Scouse One-Liners is the latest collection showcasing the Scouse skill for straightforward insults, sly digs and outright threats, culled from pubs and clubs Liverpool-wide by Ian Black, master of the quick sidestep. Uproariously witty and full of unforgettable sidesplitting sayings, this is one book...

It's an eternal argument which divides people all over the world. People fight about it. Couples divorce over it. But, when the chips are down, you're either cool for cats or hot for dogs. Some people even pretend to like both but, if you could only save your dog or your cat from a grisly fate, which...

On the first day of January 1973, eleven men wrote a very special chapter in the history of Hibernian Football Club. They were the famous Turnbull's Tornadoes and they humbled arch-rivals Hearts in an epic 7-0 victory at Tynecastle stadium in Edinburgh. Now, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of that...

A sensational murder trial brings a young African American attorney, Kevin Johnson to Briarton, Connecticut to represent a black drug dealer accused of murdering a Caucasian socialite, Charlotte Knowles. Kevin does his best to defend his client, even though he knows the real reason his two white law...

The rivalry between Cardiff and Swansea is one of the fiercest there is anywhere. Each city has its own point of view about the other and over the years their citizens have developed a fine line in humour. Now Ian Black turns his rapier-like wit to this tale of two cities to bring this (mostly) friendly...

Greatest Manc One-Liners is the latest collection of the Manc's knack for the straightforward insults, the sly digs, and the outright naked threats, gleaned from pubs and clubs Manchester-wide by Ian Black, master of the quick sidestep. Hilarious, witty and full of priceless quirky quips, this book...

The biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled. Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train—a bullet couldn’t pass through it. Here...

Greatest Geordie One-Liners is the latest collection of the Geordies' knack for the casual insults, the sly digs, and the outright naked threats, culled from pubs and clubs Newcastle-wide by Ian Black, master of the quick sidestep. Hilarious, witty and full of sidesplitting quips, this book will make...

Tom Robertson has spent a lifetime hunting for ghosts. His quest to uncover the supernatural started at the tender age of seven with his first terrifying encounter with the Black Lady of Larkhall. It was a day he would never forget. Since then, Tom has embarked on countless investigations of the weird,...

When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, it looks like a simple case of alienated affections. Things look different when the mysterious foreigner turns out to be connected to a seven-year-old suicide and a mountain of...

Library Cat – the resident cat of Edinburgh University Library – is not like other cats. He is a thinking cat. You can tell by the canny glint in his eye, his arched, disdainful whiskers and his unrelenting interest in books and piles of paper. This is Library Cat’s story. Join him on...

When someone describes a bitter woman as having 'a mouth like a kirby grip', or a depressed man as having 'a face like a horse in the huff', you can be fairly sure that you have strayed into Weegie Wan-Liners territory. Greatest Weegie Wan-Liners is the latest collection of Glaswegiana, the straightforward...

I will continue my work on my land, building a future. It is the only thing that is certain to me now and I want to advance while I can. I am trying to light the fire in our young men and women. We are setting fires to our own lives as we really should, and the flame will burn and intensify – an...