Bloomsbury

This exceptional memoir by one of Britain’s most distinguished living soldiers describes a life lived against the backdrop of the most significant military events of the last century. David Fraser was raised in a military family deep in the shadow of the First World War. He absconded from school to enlist at the earliest possible moment after...

Fully updated for this 6th annual edition, the Good Small Business Guide 2012 is packed with essential advice for small business owners or budding entrepreneurs. Offering help on all aspects of starting, running and growing a small business, including: planning, setting up or acquiring a business, getting to grips with figures, marketing, selling...

Set in the early thirties, this excellent story for boys comes from an author who is better-known as a playwright and deals with the escapades of Corky and Ginger, two of the scores of Pony Boys employed to deliver light loads - a common sight in City streets in those days. In the later chapters the urge takes the boys to see the world and they...

April, 1986: American airplanes stationed in Britain attack Libya. Civilian casualties are heavy; world opinion is outraged.University lecturer Loretta Lawson is staying in the country for a few days’ rest. But she is soon pitchforked into an alarming world of vigilante attacks, peace protesters, domestic violence and international intrigue -...

Beautifully written, intelligent and provocative reflections on the world scene as Ascherson looks first at the painful business of being English in a period of decline marked by public nastiness and private confusion. He goes on to attack - in an important and original series of arguments -the politics of 'Stonehenge': the UK's archaic and...

The Road to Writing takes early years practitioners on a journey; the journey youngchildren make when they learn their first words and make their first marks. Sue Cowley offers activities and practical advice to inspire practitioners totry a wide range of creative approaches to improve mark making in the earlyyears. There are ideas for building...