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JOHN F. LEVIN is an American playwright, novelist and journalist. He has written a number of historically based screenplays including: Pacheco, the story of the Seminole Wars for Warner Brothers, (Danny Glover producer), Dust in the Wind, (Wayne Wang director and Oliver Stone, Producer) and South of Market for American Zoetrope, (Francis Ford Coppola, Producer). His novel, The Great Divide (co-authored with Frank Robinson), was published by To...

RED DREAMSSet in the political turmoil of McCarthy's America, a young man searches forhis father gone into hiding to escape the witch-hunts. Red Dreams is a coming-of-age adventure that leads from the straight-laced provinces of the AmericanMidwest to the anarchy of 50's Hollywood. A compelling story - warm andhumorous.LETTERS TO NANETTEFrom the Beatnik cafes of San Francisco, hanging out with the likes ofGinsberg, to an Army boot camp in Geor...

A famous problem found in books on mathematical recreations was first proposed in an annual in 1850 by a vicar and amateur mathematician, Thomas Kirkman. Fifteen schoolgirls walk out three abreast for seven days and it was required to arrange each day's walk so that any pair of girls were only once in the same row during the week. The puzzle arose from Kirkman's work on a more general mathematical problem which he was to explore in a number o...

In his Constantinople Trilogy, Tahta examines the momentous epoch, from 1915 through 1923, with insight and compassion. Intellectually challenging and sometimes provocative, Tahta has written an inspired literary account of a critical time too often ignored but essential in understanding the roots of contemporary European hostilities. Compellingly told through stories of personal lives, this is historical fiction at its best - humane and deepl...

He opened the cupboard and stared in disbelief at the emptiness within. There wasn't any coffee left...' So begins this marvellous foray into a wondrous London-based coffee adventure combining literature, fantasy, history and art into a frothy cappuccino. Bob Biderman is a social historian and author of numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction, including A People's History of Coffee and Cafes.

Brothers carries forward the story of Conrad and Billy, the sons of Harry Bridgeman and his Armenian wife Olga, the two principal characters in Haig Tahta's Constantinople Trilogy. Conrad, 9 years older than Billy, cool, reserved and overflowing with empathy for anyone younger or more vulnerable than himself, has loved and looked after his little brother since childhood. Separated during World War II, Conrad joins the British Army as an Intell...

The Universe for Breakfast chronicles a journey of transformation in verse. Joy Magezis has been ordained as a member of the Core Community of the Order of Interbeing, established by Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh. She was part of his official delegation to Vietnam, when Thich Nhat Hanh returned after 39 years of exile. A series of poems about the trip appear in this collection, as well as poems about her experiences practicing with the Sangha co...

When Anna came to England with her mother and father, she hadn't quite expected to end up with the Queen's jewels sewn into the lining of her coat. Nor did she think she'd be helping an inept gang of would-be robbers dispose of the loot in Paris. A whimsical tale that grows funnier as each page turns. Lots of slapstick and satire for children nine to ninety!

A strange disease is threatening Cambridge. Is it a new type of virus or does it involve something more sinister? The clock is ticking as famed epidemiologist, Peter Grant, races to find the mysterious toxin and its source before the city succumbs to a serious plague. Timely and alarming as today's headlines!

WHEN ANNA CAME to England with her mother and father, she hadn't quite expected to end up with the Queen's jewels sewn into the lining of her coat. Nor did she think she'd be helping an inept gang of wouldbe robbers dispose of the loot in Paris. A whimsical tale that grows funnier as each page turns, this wonderful children's classic is brought to life with delightful illustrations by David Kelley. A rollicking adventure with barrels of laughs...

The Poetics of Land is the result of Marc Hatzfeld's personaljourney of discovery where West Bengal became a microcosmin his attempts to understand the mythic notions of land inthe context of globalised development. It was first conceivedin 2008 when Marc was living in Calcutta and became involvedin the debates triggered by the dramatic events of Nandigramconcerning landless peasants and sharecroppers who foughtfor their survival on the land w...

When he first saw Atom Egoyan's film, Ararat, Dick Tahta was intrigued by the many associations it summoned up for him. The film is crammed with brief conversations and scenes that linked with memories of his childhood in a small Armenian community in Manchester in the nineteen-thirties and with the various aspects of Armenian culture that are - as in any immigrant community - carefully nourished by Armenians all over the world. Above all, the...

Uneasy Listening tells the story of the epic battle over five listener-supported radio stations that rocked the American Left and raised difficult questions about public broadcasting in the United States that have yet to be answered. Praise for Matthew Lasar's first book on community broadcasting, Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Network: "Pacifica Radio outstrips anything that has ever been produced not only about the Pacifi...

Constantinople - End of Empire is the third and final book in Haig Tahta's marvellous trilogy set in and around the city from April 1915 to the end of 1923. It carries forward the characters from the first novel, April 1915, which explored the fateful consequences of the entry by the Ottomans into the Great War, and continued through the second book, Constantinople 1920, revolving round the Greco-Turkish War and reaching its climax in the horr...

Voices in my Head by Terence Moore is an accessible and moving selection of sonnets, villanelles and lyrics charting one man's experience of living and loving, of hiding and revealing self, of communicating and not, of ageing and nudging up to death. Terence Moore was brought up in Horsham. After two years as a miner, he read English at Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduating he became an apprentice bookbinder then taught English to sp...

Constantinople 1920, the second book in Haig Tahta's projected trilogy, chronicles the impending fall of the Ottomans and explores the circumstances and atmosphere of Constantinople during the British occupation of the city from 1920 to 1922. It carries forward the same characters from Mr. Tahta's first novel, April 1915, set in the Ottoman Empire at a critical moment following its fateful decision to join the Great War in November 19...

In Darkest London is a social documentary of the East End in the 1880s. It was originally published in 1889, as Captain Lobe: A Story of the Salvation Army by John Law. Margaret Harkness, who wrote under the pen name of John Law, is considered one of the important expounders of 'social realism' in late 19th century England. Her passionate sense of justice and determined desire for social reform are paramount in all her writings, and her desc...