Peter Clive: 6 books

As an influential and well-connected composer, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) had encountered, befriended, and collaborated with hundreds of people over his significant career. In Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary, author Peter Clive provides extensive and up-to-date information on the...

In each of these stories from some of greatest writers of horror and dark fiction, water plays the dual role of accomplice and executioner. With accidental drownings, irresistible calls of sirens from the deep, strange whisperings from household plumbing, faces of the dead in droplets of water, rabid...

Stop smoking isn't like other books out there on the market. Addicts know the risks they take every time they inhale. They hear all the negative publicity and government warnings too. They may be smokers but they arent stupid. What they want is tried and tested methods to help them to stop. Thats where...

‘Rugby may borrow the language of warfare, but in war injury time may last a whole lifetime and not all of the team go home after a shower and a beer.’  ~ Stephen Cooper: The Final Whistle, 2012. In this fascinating WWI centenary e-publication, rugby historian Clive Akers explores the impact...

Millions of us want to quit smoking and live healthier lives, and theres plenty of advice out there to help us. But whos got time to wade through it all to find the stuff that works? We need failsafe short cuts to break the cycle of addiction so we can stop the cravings and quit smoking for good. Quit...

Although Religious Education (RE) is a legal requirement in UK schools, it is an oft-neglected and misunderstood subject. It is important to seriously re-think this key subject at this time of low religious literacy and rising extremism, to protect communities from the consequences of hatred and misunderstanding....