Mainstream Publishing: 404 books
by Steve Bunce
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Ray Lester is a fixer in the boxing business. He makes fights happen. He builds a bridge and guides boxers across to the negotiating table. Ray Lester is good at his job.
One morning, a girl arrives at Ray's door and asks him for help finding her father, an old-school Vegas crooner called Eddie...
The Pleader
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Len Murray, described by a High Court judge as the most respected pleader of his generation, practised as a solicitor in Glasgow for over 40 years. As part of a triumvirate of top lawyers based in the city during its period of renaissance, he built up one of the most respected law practices in the...
Spoken in Whispers
The Autobiography of a Horse Whisperer
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
SPOKEN IN WHISPERS is the autobiography of a remarkable woman. Nicci Mackay is a horse whisperer, one of only a few people in the world who can calm agitated horses or revive their broken spirits by translating what they say.Nicci, who has had the extraordinary gift of being able to communicate with...
by Jan de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
The ever-growing problems of diabetes and hypoglycaemia are addressed clearly in this long-awaited book by Jan de Vries, who is himself a diabetic.The renowned healer points the possible cause and misunderstandings of the condition and advises authoritatively on its management. MY LIFE WITH DIABETES...
Say Nothing
The Harrowing Truth About Auntie's Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Say Nothing is the moving true story of four neglected siblings who were taken into care following the breakdown of their parents' marriage. Sent to a small croft in the north-east of Scotland, they endured an onslaught of physical and mental abuse at the hands of an elderly, inexperienced foster...
by Eileen Munro
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
In her bestselling memoir As I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Eileen Munro vividly documented the abuse she experienced at the hands of her adoptive parents and, later, within the care system. The birth of Eileen's son, Craig, and her escape from the authorities' clutches should have seen her turn a corner,...
Annie's Girl
How an Abandoned Orphan Finally Discovered the Truth About Her Mother
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Maureen Coppinger's earliest memory is of watching the woman she believed to be her mother walk away and abandon her to the care of the nuns at one of Ireland's notorious industrial schools. She was just three years old.
She remained in the orphanage until the age of 16, subjected to cruelty...
Londoners' Larder
English Cuisine from Chaucer to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
In a vivid panorama, Londoner's Larder presents the food of a great city. Annette Hope has used biography, literature and social history to explore the city of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Pepys, Johnson, Dickens, Wilde and Virginia Woolf, and to show in lively detail what these writers and their contemporaries...
by Jan de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2011
The stress and anxieties of modern life can take their toll on the digestive system. If not treated in their early stages, simple digestive and absorption disorders can develop into serious conditions such as ulcers, colitis or irritable bowel syndrome. Jan de Vries shares the results of 30 years'...
by Jan de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
It is clear that asthma and bronchitis are on the increase, especially in Britain, and there are strong indications that this rise may be linked to atmospheric influences. Jan de Vries has over 30 years' experience of treating these conditions and in this important title in the By Appointment Only...
by J Vries
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
The Pharmacy Guide to Herbal Remedies is the first in a series of books by Jan de Vries. It is written with a common sense approach and explains how herbal remedies can complement today's lifestyle by combining natural cures with pharmaceutical and orthodox medicines. The book demonstrates that, despite...
Scots And The Sea
A Nation's Lifeblood
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
With over six thousand miles of rugged coastline, nowhere in Scotland is more than forty-five miles from tidal waters, and seven of the biggest towns and cities are seaports. No wonder then that the sea has shaped Scotland, and in turn the Scots have helped to shape maritime history, trade and communications.
Scots...
Fabulous
Thoughts on Being a Woman
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2011
Writer and broadcaster Peta Mathias is a woman who has never been afraid to embrace life with all its glorious inconsistencies, joys and heartbreaks. In Fabulous, she becomes every woman's confidante, as she shares with us the wisdom she has learnt over years of living outrageously. She is a woman...
Hero of the Fleet
Two World Wars, One Extraordinary Life - The Memoirs of Centenarian William Stone
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
William Stone died on 10 January 2009 aged 108. He received a hero's funeral. Born in rural Devon, he joined the navy during the First World War, travelled the globe just before the British Empire's light began to fade and saw action in some of the most significant sea battles of the Second World...