In Poe's Literary Battles, Sidney Phil Moss offers a penetrating study of Edgar Allan Poe's career as a literary critic, situating him firmly within the contentious world of 19th-century American letters. Moving beyond the familiar image of Poe as the master of macabre fiction, Moss reveals the sharp-minded, combative critic who wielded his pen with surgical precision against the literary mediocrity of his time.Moss examines the cultural and professional environment in whi...

A PHIL RICKMAN STANDALONE NOVELA supernatural thriller from the author of the chilling Merrily Watkins Mysteries.Though dead for two millennia, he remains perfectly preserved in black peat. The Man in the Moss is one of the most fascinating finds of the century.But, for the isolated Pennine community of Bridelow, his removal is a sinister sign. A danger to the ancient spiritual tradition maintained, curiously, by th...

The city of Gloucester has been the subject of many publications in recent years that have detailed its long and eventful history. Gloucester From Old Photographs is a unique addition to the list as it records the old city during a very short time frame. The photographs were taken by the late John Rowden, mostly between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s, when he diligently captured images of the many areas in the city before and during their redevelopment. Apart from the well-known main thor...

Childhood: Services and Provision for Children provides an important and timely contribution to the field of Childhood and Youth Studies. This cutting-edge text brings together, within a critical framework, an understanding and discussion of a broad range of services, ideas and themes, and debates the impact of them on childrens lives.The text takes a truly multi-disciplinary perspective, reflecting the wide-ranging experience and backgrounds of the authors and contributor...

An entertaining guide to some of our commonest and most curious coastal wildlife.Brett Westwood is joined by naturalist Phil Gates in this informative and entertaining guide to a variety of common coastal wildlife. Recorded in early summer along the coast of Northumberland, each programme focuses on a different habitat – rock pools, sandy beaches, sea cliffs, strandlines and mudflats adjoining saltmarshes.The series offers helpful advice on the appearance, behaviourand soun...

“What do you think a hero is? It’s just the right person in the right place making the right choice at the right time. Heroes aren’t born. They’re made.”A demonic assassin. A half-orc boxer. A ratman necromancer. Though they take many different shapes and forms, there are heroes all around us.Bravery can be found in the most unexpected places: a subterranean dwarven city; the sands of a temple courtyard in Ancient Egypt; a besieged castle, a Victorian brothel, a go...