Michael imprint: 765 books
by Les Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
A startling exposé of crime and corruption, in which private eye Marlowe - alias Les Dawson, fresh from his conquests in Come Back With the Wind - takes the lid off the underworld to reveal gangsters, shysters, traffic wardens, good time girls, bad time girls who get better, traffic wardens . . . Meet...
Keats
'Ode to a Nightingale' and Other Poems
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Arguably the greatest of all the English Romantic poets, John Keats left behind him an astonishingly large body of work almost as remarkable for its maturity as for its beauty. Whether in longer narrative works like ‘The Eve of St Agnes’, or in such sonnets as ‘On First Looking Into Chapman’s...
A Classical Education
The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught At School
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
How many times have you wished that your history stretched all the way back to Greek and Roman myths and legends? Or that you'd been taught Latin at school? Or perhaps you wish you knew all about the great inventions and medical developments that have made our world what it is today? A Classical Education...
A Dyslexic Walks Into a Bra
A compendium of the best jokes, gags and one-liners
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
It's the classic gags that keep people laughing time after time, and Nick Harris has collected together a bumper batch of the best jokes that are guaranteed to have anyone rolling in the aisles. With jokes ranging from the classic subjects (man walks into a bar, an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman,...
by Candice Hill
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Life's way to short to fret about waistlines, ex-lovers or whether you've got the latest 'it' handbag. It's time for a return to old-fashioned glamour, to start enjoying life at full-throttle and have men falling at your feet. The Naughty Book for Girls shows you how to achieve all this, including:...
Black Cats and Evil Eyes
A Book of Old-Fashioned Superstitions
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
An amusing and scholarly look at the fascinating stories behind old-fashioned legends and superstition
This collection investigates the origins of history's most intriguing old-fashioned superstitions, many of which people still find themselves abiding by today. Hundreds of the beliefs passed...
100% Essex
Doing It The Essex Way
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2011
There's only one Essex - and due to the phenomenal popularity of the hit reality-show The Only Way is Essex, the county has transformed from somewhere to be scoffed at to somewhere to be celebrated. 100% Essex is a hilarious book that does just that! Crammed full of bling, banter, Essex birds and blokes,...
Memo from the Story Department: Secrets of Structure and Character
Secrets of Structure and Character
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Memo From the Story Department offers a battery of storygenerating engines and storyimproving tools, and reliable methods tested on hundreds of Hollywood productions. It goes far beyond the standard advice given in most screenwriting manuals. Drawn from sources as varied as vaudeville, classical Greek...
by Dominique Enright
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
An absorbing collection of Jane Austen's sharpest, most profound, and most amusing observations
*"A lady without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world." -*Persuasion
Featuring wry insights on human nature, money, marriage, life,...
by Shelley Klein
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
A fascinating collection of some of the finest examples of Dickens' wit, humor, and comedy, containing wry reflections and razor-sharp remarks on such subjects as childhood and family, women and love, politics and wealth, and many more
*"Mr. Squeers's appearance was not prepossessing....
The Way of Story
The Craft & Soul of Writing
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Offering an integrative approach to writing all forms of narrative, this illustrated book contains evocative insights from the authors own professional journey. The emphasis on the integration of both a solid craft and an experiential inner discovery make
The Weather Book: Why It Happens And Where It Comes From
Why It Happens and Where It Comes From
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
The Weather Book is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological. It is jam-packed with enlightening facts, practical diagrams, and clear explanations about weather phenomena and why they form.
The Good Samaritan Bites the Dust
The Amazing Way the Bible Influences Our Everyday Language
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Ever claimed that there is 'no rest for the wicked', judged something as 'sour grapes', or rallied friends by shouting 'eat, drink and be merry'? Knowingly or not, you have been quoting from the Bible. The English language features countless biblically-derived phrases that are used by people on a day-to-day...
Burns
'A Red, Red Rose' and Other Poems
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
In his short life, Robert Burns forged for himself a reputation as a poet and songwriter that has never been eclipsed. Today, more than 200 years after his death, his verse remains among the most popular in the world. Best known for his dialect lyrical verse on nature, love, patriotism and rural life,...