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A compellingly readable contemporary fantasia set in a vivid New York of the mind." - Kirkus John, part radicalised anarchist, part ticking time bomb, is haunted by a particular story, that of Willow, a 9-year old mute who flees to New York after her brutal rape. The only way his girlfriend, Felicity, can stop the clock counting downis by disentangling the riddle of their pasts , before their entwined futures are blown to pieces. Quentin Cante...

Nine-year old Sebastian lives with his wealthy parents in an affluent area of the city and attends a private school. He enjoys board games, playing piano and mucking about in his best friend's tree house. But when the government abolishes private education, Sebastian is forced to go to a new and very different school where he just can't seem to fit in. His teacher and classmates have some peculiar ideas and are hell-bent on brainwashing his ol...

1914. At 17, Norman Woodcock is called up and leaves the warmth and comfort of the family bakery in Leeds with little more than the uniform on his back. 1919. He returns having witnessed unspeakable horrors, survived stormy seas, blistering deserts and days of shell fire. Often, his only solace was his horse - Timbuc. Like most men who returned, he was reluctant to talk about the war. It was not until later life that he began to tell his...

A comprehensive introduction to typographic design featuring many examples of typefaces and letter carving : old and new, European, American, etc. A good reference for anyone studying typefaces today.

Hello, the name's Bone, James Bone, and I'm just the dog to get you out of trouble. Me and my other canine friends are busy working behind the scenes on top-secret missions to keep this great nation of ours safe. We risk our paws all over the globe so that you good people can carry on in a civilised society. And after a hard day's work protecting our green and pleasant land, I like to relax with my owner and celebrate with a dish of water, sha...

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With ever decreasing funding, the word which abounds in the cultural sector is 'resilience'. But what does it mean to 'be resilient'? How can organisations become resilient? An expert in enterprise, Professor Peter Latchford has been working internationally with cultural organisations including museums, galleries, theatres, archives, libraries and heritage sites to enable them to achieve a state of resilience and succeed in challenging times. ...

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Evil wakes while the people sleep. Amongst the strip malls, concrete blocks and empty parking lots of the Southern town of Hokum, the American dream lies broken. A helpless immigrant the state has declared dead finds himself unable to prove otherwise. Abused Mexican kids abduct their schoolteacher escaping back across the border. A haunted hillbilly dangles from a flagpole refusing to believe his wife and children aren't ghosts. The Warden, a ...

Paul Ballman has helped some of the biggest companies in the world get their leadership strategies on track. He has conducted detailed interviews with 2, 000 leaders about what has worked for them and why. He has studied the simple success formulas and models that are peddled by gurus across the industry, and come to the conclusion that in the real world they just don't work. He now invites you to take the Red Pill and discover the truth about...

I Want" is the story of eighteen months in the life of Sarah Knowles, a gorgeous 32-year-old fiercely independent sexually-charged woman with numerous passions - her own sense of image and style, her body, sex, vodka, her cat, the sanctuary of her flat, her car, art, mortality, and above all, the freedom to do whatever takes her fancy. Along the bumpy road that is her life, she encounters obstacles in her path that threaten her very existe...

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It is a full moon on the summer solstice, a time of powerful magic and when Mailliw breaks his sister's moondial, she becomes desperately ill. The doctors have no cure and Mailliw only has two weeks before his sister disappears from their world. As she starts to fade, his quest to find a cure begins, but magic alone is not enough! He needs help from friends, dragons and a vampire cat to face a carnivorous swamp, an icy kingdom and deal with a ...

What happens when the Manhattan zoo empties its cages? John, part radicalised anarchist, part ticking time bomb, is haunted by a particular story, that of Willow, a 9-year old mute who flees to New York after her brutal rape. The only way his girlfriend, Felicity, can stop the clock counting downis by disentangling the riddle of their pasts , before their entwined futures are blown to pieces. Quentin Canterel's second novel presents a collage ...