Christopher Fowler's foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. Whether male or female, domestic or international, flash-in-the-pan or prolific, mega-seller or prize-winner - no author, it seem...
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Peacock, Paul
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When Prewitt's shamefully scraggly tail develops the appearance of a scary greeneyed monster, the other peacocks decide it has to go.
John Skillpa, a quiet bank clerk living in tiny Peacock, Nebraska, prefers to live an invisible life. Then, in a moment, everything changes. A train caboose runs off its tracks and crashes into John's backyard and destroys more than the weathered planks of his wood fence. When ne...
Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, had their lives turned upside down when they adopted their pig-daughter Esther -- the so-called micro pig who turned out to be a full-sized commercial pig growing to a whopping 600 pounds -- as they describe in their bestselling memoir Esther the W...
Jim thought he'd seen the last range wars, but the cattle grazed on bloodied grass. Jim wanted to settle down but many men and many guns were between himself, June and the home they wanted.
It is late Christmas Eve and the London streets are almost empty. It is then that an attack is made on the Joint Intelligence Bureau's office to gain access to the MIDAS computer, the linchpin of the intelligence network.
Warren Littlefield was the NBC president of entertainment who oversaw the Peacock Network's rise from also-ran to a division that generated a billion dollars in profits. In this fast-paced and exceptionally entertaining oral history, Littlefield and NBC luminaries including Jerry...
Jemima Shore investigates a ghost in a Cotswold stately home, and ends up in the middle of a murder investigation.
"While the youth counterculture remains the most evocative and best-remembered symbol of the cultural ferment of the 1960s, the revolution that shook American business during those boom years has gone largely unremarked. In this fascinating and revealing new study, Thomas Frank s...
In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved. Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid. Th...