The Robson Press imprint: 52 books
by Grant Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
My mate told me that I just don’t understand irony.
Which was ironic because we were at a bus stop at the time.
A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
An onion just told me a joke.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
A priest, a rabbi and a blind man walk into a...
The Odd Couple
The Curious Friendship between Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Kingsley Amis was a mimic, jester, father, husband, atheist, pseudo-socialist and clubland Tory boozer with a limitless taste for adultery; Philip Larkin a glum misanthrope who lived in self-imposed solitude. And yet, after meeting at St John's, Oxford in 1941, this unlikely pair struck up a friendship...
The Boxer's Story
Fighting for My Life in the Nazi Death Camps
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Before 1940, Nathan Shapow, a young Latvian, had nothing more on his mind than enjoying his teenage years and becoming a champion boxer. But the Nazis’ systematic extermination of the Jews quickly put paid to his dreams. Soon he was to face a different sort of fight, where the prize for victory...
The Lost Words
A Feast of Forgotten Words, Their Origins and Their Meanings
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Philip Howard's legendary 'Lost Words' column has been appearing weekly in The Times for many years, wittily illuminating a raft of the most obscure, esoteric words the English language has to offer. At the same time, his 'Word Watching' puzzles have provided readers with the chance to pit their lexicographical...
Twin Tracks
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
It was a blustery late spring day in 1954 and a young Oxford medical student flung himself over the line in a mile race. There was an agonising pause, and then the timekeeper announced the record: three minutes, fifty-nine point four seconds. But no one heard anything after that first word - 'three'....
The Shark that Walks on Land
And Other Strange but True Tales of Mysterious Sea Creatures
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... When you dive into the sea, do you ever wonder what's down there, beneath you, poised to take an inquisitive bite? Author of Jaws Peter Benchley and film director Steven Spielberg certainly did, for below the waves lies a world we neither...
Pets by Royal Appointment
The Royal Family and their Animals
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
The royal family say they can do without many things, but not their animals. Countless monarchs and their consorts have relied on dogs, cats, horses and even the occasional parrot to act as their constant, faithful companions, unquestioning allies and surrogate children.
With intimate anecdotes...
Henry Cooper
A Hero For All Time
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
When Sir Henry Cooper died in May 2011, the depth of affection in the tributes was a testament to his remarkable popularity. Put simply, Henry Cooper was the nation's favourite boxer: a gentleman and a great sportsman of whom Muhammad Ali - famously floored by Enery's 'Ammer in 1963 - remarked, 'Henry...
Fan-tastic Sporting Stories
300 True Tales of Fans Who Stole the Limelight
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
For some fans, a ringside seat just isn't close enough to the action. Stretching from the benign to the malign, from the entertaining to the insane, and from the sublime to the ridiculous, this compelling compendium contains over 300 true tales of fanatical fans who stole the spotlight from their...
Bobby Moore
The Definitive Biography
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
The new edition of the bestselling biography. Bobby Moore was the embodiment of all that was great about English football. Captaining England to glory in 1966 and West Ham to victory in several major tournaments, he was loved and respected throughout the world as football's golden boy. This definitive...
Rula
My Colourful Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Rula Lenska's is an extraordinary life. Born in Britain to Polish aristocrats, refugees from the Nazis and then the Soviets, Rula found fame in the 1970s as 'Q' in the TV series Rock Follies. Shortly afterwards, she accidentally conquered America with the infamous VO5 hair advert, prompting Johnny...
Is That Mic Off?
More Things Politicians Wish They Hadn't Said
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
If you want to hear something stupid, just listen to the nearest politician. From the authors of Read My Lips and Mission Accomplished!, this completely new collection of politicians' gaffes, slips and brain freezes brings the verbal misstep into the present era of coalition government in Britain,...
Music, Sense and Nonsense
Collected Essays and Lectures
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of our time, is renowned for his masterly interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, and has been credited with rescuing from oblivion the piano music of Schubert's last years. Far from having merely one string to his bow, however,...
by Ken Hom
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
As a boy, Ken Hom lived hand-to-mouth in the slums of Chicago's Chinatown. Today, he is one of the most celebrated TV chefs of all time, the man who showed the British how to cook Asian food and introduced the nation to the wok.
This is the story of that remarkable journey.
Aged just...