This Boy (Johnson Alan)(Paperback / softback)

This Boy (Johnson Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. This book tells the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to try to ensure a

Long and Winding Road (Johnson Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (Alda Alan)(Paperback / softback)

A funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only begun to grow. This book presents the story of turning points in his life, events that would make him what he is - if only he could survive them. It is filled with curiosity about nature, good humour and

macCloud Falls (Jamieson Robert Alan)(Paperback / softback)

MacCloud Falls follows bookseller Gilbert Johnson who, after a cancer diagnosis, embarks on a journey to discover the story of an early settler in Canada, whom he believes may have been his runaway

Selected Essays (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback / softback)

This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of

Boy Called Arsenal (Hill Alan J)(Paperback / softback)

A Boy Called Arsenal is an honest and emotional true story about a man who, after a life-long battle with mental and physical problems, finally became diagnosed with autism at the age of forty-nine in 2011. The catalyst for his diagnosis was his daughter's attempted suicide, which drove this

Please, Mister Postman (Johnson Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Paints a picture of England in the 1970s, where no celebration was complete without a Party Seven of Watney's Red Barrel, smoking was the norm rather than the exception, and Sunday lunchtime was about beer, bingo and

Invisible Friends (Ayckbourn Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Alan Ayckbourn's play is about a very ordinary teenager called Lucy. The moral of this cautionary tale is carefully spelt out - that when you get what you want it's not what you wanted - as Lucy's dream family turns out to be a

In My Life - A Music Memoir (Johnson Alan)(Paperback / softback)

From being transported by the sound of 'True Love' by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly on the radio, as a small child living in condemned housing in ungentrified West London in the late 1950s, to going out to work as a postman humming 'Watching the Detectives' by Elvis Costello in 1977, Alan Johnson's

Equus (Shaffer Peter)(Paperback / softback)

When a deranged boy, Alan Strang, blinds six horses with a metal spike he is sentenced to psychiatric treatment. Dr Dysart is the man given the task of uncovering what happened the night Strang committed his crime, but in doing so will open up his own wounds. This work uses an act of violence to

Talking Heads (Bennett Alan (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 groundbreaking monologues, originally filmed for BBC

This Boy (Myracle Lauren)(Paperback / softback)

Paul Walden is just trying to make sense of life. After all, it's not easy being a teenage boy. He worries about things like death and if he's looking sharp enough, and he spends way too much time thinking about girls.As Paul navigates high school friendships, his parents' divorce, first love and

Around Crystal Palace & Penge (Johnson David R)(Paperback / softback)

This South London neighbourhood has a strong community spirit, and this collection of photographs bring its past to

Spider! (MacDonald Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Dirty Bertie, the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits, is back for another dose of comic chaos! Join Bertie in his 31st adventure as he shocks and amazes his classmates with his huge pet spider, is tricked into wearing one of Gran's knitted horrors to school, and finds nothing but trouble

Burger Boy (Durant Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Benny liked burgers. Benny LOVED burgers. Burgers were the only food that Benny would eat. 'You'll turn into a burger one day,' his mum warned.And one day, Benny did.And that is just the start of a madcap chase in which the hapless Benny is pursued across the countryside by a mob of hungry dogs,

Sustainable Compromises: A Yurt, a Straw Bale House, and Ecological Living (Boye Alan)(Paperback)

Living simply isn't always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise--until rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities-free yurt he'd built in New Mexico. Thirty-five years later,

River Boy (Bowler Tim)(Paperback / softback)

Tim Bowler's award-winning and breathtaking book River Boy is now available in this stunning new edition with cover artwork by Tom Clohosy Cole and an introduction by award-winning writer, David

Ghostly Whisper (Johnson Pete)(Paperback / softback)

Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin - An Anthology by Alan Bennett (Bennett Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. In this personal anthology, the author has chosen over seventy poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their verse in his customary conversational style through anecdote, shrewd appraisal and spare but telling

Doing the Double (Sharp Shades) (Durant Alan (Alan Durant))(Paperback / softback)

Dauntless (Evans Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Clownfish (Durant Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Margate (Kay Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Elidor (Garner Alan)(Paperback / softback)