Souvenir Press imprint: 97 books
The Town That Died
The Story of the World's Greatest Man-Made Explosion Before Hiroshima
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
On Thursday, December 6th 1917, a French freighter loaded with over 2,500 tons of high explosives collided with another vessel in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and caught fire. At exactly 9.06am she blew up. The explosions, which was seen and heard fifty-two miles away, unleashed a man-made...
Autogenic Training
The Effective Holistic Way to Better Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Autogenic training is one of the most powerful techniques ever developed for reducing stress, promoting relaxation and awakening the innate healing power we all possess. With this practical, comprehensive book you can learn for the first time how to practise it yourself. Simple step-by-step instructions...
The Day a Team Died
The Classic Eye-Witness Account of Munich 1958
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Returning from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade the plane carrying Manchester United Busby Babes stopped at Munich airport to refuel. On its third attempt to take-off in atrocious weather conditions the plane veered off the runway, crashed and burst into flames. 21 people died, 8 members...
Nagasaki
Life After Nuclear War
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
On August 9th, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
It killed a third of the population instantly, and the survivors, or hibakusha, would be affected by the life-altering medical conditions caused by the radiation for the rest of their lives. They were also marked with the stigma of their...
by China Keitetsi
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
China's story of her life as a child conscript in the Ugandan National Resistance Army starts at age 8 and continues for ten years of terror, humiliation and sexualassault. After rejoining the army years later she serves as bodyguard to the Minister for Records who is disgraced and China is then captured...
The Heart of Care: Dignity in Action
A Guide to Person-Centred Compassionate Elder Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
I felt like a caged animal.' This damning indictment by Dame Dorothy Tutin of her treatment in hospital at the age of 70 propelled her daughter Amanda Waring into a crusade to ensure that all older people in care are treated with kindness, compassion and dignity. Amanda is now a widely respected filmmaker,...
by Jane Darke
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Jane Darke loves Cornwall. It is where she raised her family with the acclaimed Cornish writer Nick Darke. The family have lived for generations on Porthcothan beach and kept the traditions of beachcombing, lobster fishing and preservation of coastal ecology alive. After Nick's death Jane struggled...
The Only Child
How to Survive Being One
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Drawing on the experiences of a wide range of 60 only children, this book explains the difficulties they are faced with and how, as adults, they have learnt to cope with these problems.
Growing up as an only child can foster a greater sense of responsibility and social skills, only children are often...
by Alexander McKee
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The River Rhine and its delta in Holland, protecting Germany's vital industrial area of the Ruhr, helped dictate the course of events in three land campaigns of the Second World War. Some towns and bridges were so important that they were fought over two or even three times in the space of five years....
The Quest for Gaia
A Book of Changes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Kit Pedler, the scientist who co-created the 'Doomwatch' television series to warn us of the dangers of technology, presents his vision of a totally different way of being in the world. Mankind, Pedler believes, stands at a critical point in history and has to reassess its relationship and the web...
Welcome to Biscuit Land
A Year in the Life of Touretteshero
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2012
A witty, yet stirring firsthand account of dealing with the daily difficulties of Tourette's Syndrome--a neurological disorder characterized by physical and verbal tics--Jess Thom shares a year of her life, detailing the entire spectrum of her experiences. From arm and leg tics that can occasionally...
by Neil M. Gunn
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Butcher's Broom is one of Gunn's epic recreations of a key period in Scottish history, the Highland clearances of the nineteenth century. Gunn captures the spirit of Highland culture, the sense of community and tradition, in a manner that speaks to our own time.
At the centre of the novel is Dark...
by John Masters
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
First published in 1954 in the wake of the partition of India, John Masters' great novel Bhowani Junction has increased in stature over the years. Standing between E.M. Forster's A Passage to India and the acclaimed works of later writers such as Paul Scott and Salman Rushdie, Bhowani Junction is...
I Ching in Plain English
A Concise Interpretation of the Book of Changes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
The I Ching focuses on the belief that change is always possible, the only mistake in life is to be inflexible and not open to the opportunity of growth. It can be consulted about any situation where you desire to change an aspect of your life or your relationship with another. The I Ching seeks to...