Outside an east Belfast mission hall, pastor and family man Samuel Orr meets Anna, a young Beckett scholar. They embark on an intense love affair, their connection fuelled by their respective passions. When Anna falls pregnant, the affair is revealed. The repercussions are slow to emerge but inescapable, and the fallout is shocking, cruel and violent.More than thirty years later Sam, their son, is in New York, living a steady, guarded life, his childhood and family safely abandoned...

Inside the Hermit Kingdom charts the history of Albanian football from 1945 to 1991, when the country was ruled by modern Europe's most brutal and oppressive regime.The book features a chronology of Albanian football history interspersed with iconic games that shaped the nation's favourite sport. It details the matchday experience in Stalinist Albania, tells the story of a league footballer during the regime years and charts the growth of street football i...

You can tell a lot about British society by its television. More than any other country, Britain still gets a sense of itself from the output of its national broadcasters. So what can we learn from the TV of the last two decades? Beginning in 2000, this book explores the televisual contours of Britain, via five themed chapters, taking in (among others) Big Brother, The Great British Bake Off, The Thick of It, The Apprentice, This Is England, Detectorists, Killing Eve and Fleabag. Over this...

Discover the rock-bottom moments in the histories of 19 disparate football clubs, through stories rich in colour and context that rarely have a happy ending but which every fan can relate to. By Phil Harrison, author of the critically acclaimed Inside the Hermit Kingdom: Football Stories from Stalinist Albania as featured by The Guardian and Daily Mail. Showcasing a miscellany of spectacularly diverse stories from the last five decades from across Europe, this unique book includes:Six gues...

“Fully engaging, well-written, very imaginative . . . A wonderful debut.” — Irish Times“When you read a novel cover to cover in one day, you know it’s something exceptional.” — John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped PajamasOutside an east Belfast mission hall, pastor and family man Samuel Orr meets Anna, a young Beckett scholar. They embark on an intense, passionate affair, their connection both intellectual and erotic. When Anna falls pregnant, the ...

'Visceral and unpredictable, Silverback is doing what novels do best . . . Told with real intelligence, skill and compassion, this is a seriously impressive novel' COLIN WALSH'Silverback is both a murder mystery and a knottily impressive portrait of a peculiarly Ulster form of masculinity' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Highly original . . . Many novels about The Troubles depict...

First Published in 1999. The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence and significance. The series in which this work appears, the Arguments of the Philosophers, should, ideally, identify the arguments of a particular philosopher and then subject them to relentless, modern, critical examination. The work whi...

Une anthologie Warhammer 40,000Faites vos premiers pas dans la fiction bourrée d'adrénaline du 41e Millénaire grâce à ce recueil de récits passionnants, dont un roman court riche en action qui oppose les nobles Ultramarines aux sinistres Nécrons.POURQUOI LIRE CE LIVREQue vous découvriez à peine la galaxie de Warhammer 40,000 ou que vous soyiez déjà un vétéran de cet univers, voilà une anthologie toute trouvée pour découvrir les nomb...

A Warhammer 40,000 anthologyTake your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st Millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister necrons.READ IT BECAUSEWhether you're dipping a toe into the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 or are a hardened veteran of the universe, this anthology is the perfect way to discover the many factions of the games in...

Eine Warhammer-40.000-AnthologieMache den ersten Schritt in die adrenalingetriebenen Geschichten des 41. Jahrtausends mit dieser Sammlung packender Geschichten, inklusive einer actiongeladenen Novelle, in der die edlen Ultramarines gegen die finsteren Necrons in den Kampf ziehen.WARUM DU DIESES BUCH LESEN SOLLTESTEgal, ob du einfach mal in die Galaxis von Warhammer 40.000 reinschnuppern möchtest oder bereits ein abgehärteter Veteran...

A Warhammer 40,000 anthologyMany are the noble warriors of the 41st Millennium, and many more still are the vile warlords daemonic, alien and treacherous who stand against them. In this action-packed anthology, you will find tales of battle to defend the Imperium, and to destroy it.READ IT BECAUSEExplore the grim darkness of the far future in a dozen tales that will take you across sun-baked deserts and into daemon-haunted cities wi...

Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for coordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the series conforms to a concise style, while providing a wealth of tips, case studies and photocopiable material that teachers can use immediately. subject they are called on to co-ordinate, these books provide guidance and examples to tackle the job.; There are special volumes dedicated to dealing with OFSTED, creating whole school policy and the dem...