Mainstream Digital imprint: 404 books
by Andrew Lees
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Scousers believe they live in a special place, one that has more in common with Salvador da Bahia, New Orleans or Gdansk than anywhere in England, and the city has always punched above its weight. In less than a hundred years, however, Liverpool's image has declined from a major mercantile player...
Alive and Kicking
A Story of Crime, Addiction and Redemption in Glasgow's Gangland
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
From running with the infamous Calton Tongs to running Calton Athletic, David Bryce's life story is a remarkable account of crime, violence, alcoholism and drug addiction in Glasgow's gangland.
A respected 'hard man', Bryce worked his way through most of HM's prisons in Scotland before an epiphany...
House of Pain
Through the Rooms of Mayo Football
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
No Gaelic Athletic Association football county has endured more anguish and disappointment in the quest for the Sam Maguire Cup than Mayo. More than half a century has passed since Mayo were the All-Ireland football champions in 1951. That year has become a bright and poignant touchstone, and while...
Kicked into Touch
Plus Extra Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Fred Eyre's sporting life began full of promise when he became Manchester City's first-ever apprentice. He never made their first team. In fact, he seldom made anyone's first team. Injuries played a part but limited talent was a greater curse. As he plummeted down the leagues, he had something few...
The Sack Race
The Story of Football's Gaffers
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
The future of football management is a hot topic of debate. An unprecedented spate of sackings in the 2001-02 season and the manner of many of the dismissals filled the back pages. There has even been talk of managers going on strike to defend their ill-treated colleagues.
Packed with big names...
by Hector MacLeod, Malcolm McLeod
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Peter Manuel was an icy-eyed psychopath and sexual predator, a petty thief and a relentless liar given to violent and uncontrollable rages. His unprecedented crimes presented the Scottish police and public with a new sort of criminal: the ruthless serial killer.
Manuel was hanged at the age...
Natural Hazard
The Diary of an Accident-Prone Golf Watcher
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Norman Dabell, journalist, broadcaster and notorious jinx, has been covering the European golf circuit for over 20 years, though after reading this hilarious account of his mishaps, you may well come to wonder how he has managed to survive for so long.
Join Norman as he retraces his pursuit...
Roof of the World
Man's First Flight Over Everest
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
On the morning of 3 April 1933, two single-engine biplanes set off on a flight into history. From their base near the Indian border with the mystery country of Nepal, the two young pilots, one a British Marquis and a Scottish Member of Parliament, the other a dynamic flight commander, flew towards...
A Waxing Moon
The Modern Gaelic Revival
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Thirty years ago, the Gaelic language and culture which had been eminent in Scotland for 1,300 years seemed to be in the final stages of a 200-year terminal decline. The number of Gaelic speakers in Scotland had fallen tenfold over the previous century. The language itself was commonplace only in...
The Kray Files
The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Murderers
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
When Ron and Reg Kray were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1968, most people thought that was the last they'd hear of two of the most notorious and vicious criminals Britain has ever produced. Instead, the twins and their evil doings have since achieved almost iconic status. Simultaneously, they...
West Ham
Irons in the Soul
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Many feared that West Ham would fade and die during the 2001-2002 season. Former gaffer Harry Redknapp had been sacked in mysterious circumstances and would never again exclaim that a Hammers side is 'down to the bare bones'. Meanwhile, Glenn Roeder - the man who was initially told not even to apply...
Ghost on the Wall
The Authorised Biography of Roy Evans
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Ghost on the Wall is the official biography of one of Liverpool Football Club's greatest ever servants: Roy Evans. Born in Bootle in 1948, Evans attracted the attention of many First Division club managers while playing for England's schoolboys team in the early 1960s. In 1964, legendary Liverpool...
Build a Bonfire
How Football Fans United to Save Brighton and Hove Albion
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
How would you feel if your football club was bought by a businessman who saw your ground as real estate? And what if your ground was demolished leaving you with nowhere to play next season?
Many fans believe that when Bill Archer, a Blackburn-based entrepreneur, bought Brighton and Hove Albion,...
Trouble in Mind
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Trouble in Mind is bernard o'mahoney's unblinkingly honest account of his eventful life so far.
Growing up in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, O'Mahoney regularly bore the brunt of his father's psychotic violence. After a spell in the army, he served two prison sentences for wounding, before moving...