Mainstream Publishing: 404 books
by Trevor Royle
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
The Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature is the most comprehensive reference guide to Scotland's literature, covering a period from the earliest times to the early 1990s. It includes over 600 essays on the lives and works of the principal poets, novelists, dramatists critics and men and women...
80s Chart-Toppers
Every Chart-Topper Tells a Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
The '80s were a decade of musical change. As the '70s disco stranglehold was broken, rock, gay, dance and pop music competed with funk and soul, romantic ballads and political protest, computerised music and controversy.
The glamour of costume, greasepaint and cross-dressing was put to good...
The Soul Stylists
Six Decades of Modernism - From Mods to Casuals
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
The Soul Stylists is about six decades of Modernism and a highly influential world of clothes and music, but one deliberately hidden away for years from the mainstream media. This book explores the enduring relationship that exists between American black music and British working-class style, tracing...
Ossie
King of Stamford Bridge
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
In a 16-year career spent with Chelsea and Southampton, goal-scoring legend Peter Osgood made 560 appearances, scoring 220 goals and winning two FA Cup-winner's medals. He was part of the victorious Chelsea side that defeated the mighty Real Madrid in the 1971 European Cup-Winners Cup final and is...
Scum Airways
Inside Football's Underground Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
Football is big business and it doesn't come much bigger than Manchester United – commercial giants and the richest club in the world. But in the shadow of Old Trafford a black economy is growing to rival the commercial power of the official sales channels. Scum Airways is an inside investigation...
A Waxing Moon
The Modern Gaelic Revival
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Thirty years ago, the Gaelic language and culture which had been eminent in Scotland for 1,300 years seemed to be in the final stages of a 200-year terminal decline. The number of Gaelic speakers in Scotland had fallen tenfold over the previous century. The language itself was commonplace only in...
High Stakes
How I Blew £14 Million
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Nigel Goldman wrote the autobiographical High Stakes while in prison paying the price for two decades of risk-taking on the financial markets. Through his dealings in the tempestuous silver futures market and a sideline in rare coin investments, Goldman developed a taste for the champagne lifestyle....
John Denver
Mother Nature's Son
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
John Denver was America's biggest-selling solo star of the '70s. In commercial terms he was on a par with Sinatra in the '40s, Elvis in the '50s and the Beatles in the '60s. He experimented with a variety of styles and won fans from such diverse worlds as folk, pop and country music.
Beneath...
Behind Enemy Lines
The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a L�gion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.
Yet for 65 years the Highlander's story has remained untold. Few know how,...
The Palace Diaries
Twelve Years with HRH Prince Charles
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Sarah Goodall spent 12 years working for Prince Charles as a Lady Clerk from 1988 to 2000 - the period during which his marriage to the Princess of Wales broke down amid a frenzy of media attention.
Her experiences of life behind the scenes of the Royal Establishment have inspired this hilarious...
Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape
The Remarkable Life of Jacques Anquetil, the First Five-Times Winner of the Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape is the astonishing biography of French cycling star Jacques Anquetil. For the first time since his death in 1987, it reveals the extraordinary truth behind the legend, the man and the cyclist.
His list of 'firsts' alone makes him worthy of a place in the cycling...
Stephen Jones
A Thinking Man's Game: My Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Since making his national debut in 1998, Stephen Jones has emerged from the shadows of the true greats of Welsh rugby, such as Barry John, Phil Bennett, Jonathan Davies and Neil Jenkins, to make the fly-half position his own. In this revealing autobiography, he provides a rare insight into the demands...
Tougher Than Bullets
The Heroic Tale of a Black Watch Survivor of the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
As Harold Davis fell under heavy machine-gun fire, his body riddled with bullet wounds and life seemingly slipping away from him, he could not have realised that he was one of the Korean War's more fortunate soldiers. American medics sprang into action and, against all odds, saved the plucky young...
In Strength And Shadow
The Mervyn Davies Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Few rugby players have matched the achievements of Welshman Mervyn Davies, the shrewd, gutsy number 8 with the heart of a lion. In what was a remarkable career, he won two Grand Slams, three Triple Crowns, earned thirty-eight consecutive Wales caps, was captain of his national team and played in two...