Shortlisted for THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017 ‘The best popular account of the lives of otters written so far’ Richard Shelton, Times Literary SupplementWhen Simon Cooper bought an abandoned water mill that straddles a small chalkstream in southern England, little did he know that he would come to share the mill with a family of wild otters. Yet move in they did, allowing him to begin to observe them, soon immersing himself in their daily rout...

This delightful book records a year in the life of an essentially English waterscape, one that is home to a vast array of wildlife and natural habitat of the keen angler – the chalkstream.Simon Cooper grew up in Hampshire, where he first fell in love with fly fishing. Only after moving away did he realise how little people knew about the secret world of the chalkstreams.Chalkstreams are nearly exclusive to England, ranging from Dorset to Yorkshire and including the famous R...

From Paris Olympics star and legendary gymnast Simone Biles’s longtime coach, an insider’s look at the making of a championWith a Foreword by Simone BilesThe Balance is coach Aimee Boorman’s inside account of the growth of a transcendent athlete and the tumultuous events—from the dictatorial coaching of Martha Karolyi to the sexual abuse by Larry Nassar—that upended the lives of many girls, including Biles.Simone Biles is o...

The Hairy Lemon Cookbook was put together after decades of preparing delicious and well-loved food for the people of Dublin as well as its visitors to the point of the Hairy Lemon Restaurant receiving awards from the city council and being consecutively rated as the best of its kind for traditional food in Dublin. The pub itself is named after a well-known street character from the forties who had jaundice from drinking too much “poitín,” a homemade potato vodka renowned for its potency, a...

In horse racing greatness is defined by speed. Being the second fastest counts for little. You have to win. And win. And keep winning until every challenger of your generation is put to the sword. Of the twelve horses lined up on Newmarket Heath that 2011 day, one would do just that. And more. To become the greatest racehorse that has ever lived.Frankel was born on 11 February 2008, with four white socks and a blaze, from impressive equine lines on both his parents’ sides. Simon Co...

From play-off heartbreak and double relegation to the verge of bankruptcy and the depths of the National League, The Fall and Rise Of Leyton Orient is the story of a community who fought back.It's Saturday, 22 April 2023. Everyone is talking about Wrexham AFC winning the National League. Meanwhile, in east London, Leyton Orient are quietly securing the League Two title. And their story is even better . . .It's the story of a club saved by a lifelon...

This book tests critical reassessments of US radical writing of the 1930s against recent developments in theories of modernism and the avant-garde. Multidisciplinary in approach, it considers poetry, fiction, classical music, commercial art, jazz, and popular contests (such as dance marathons and bingo). Relating close readings to social and economic contexts over the period 1856–1952, it centers in on a key author or text in each chapter, providing an unfolding, chronological narrative, w...

In today’s business world, brilliant leadership is not an option, it is essential. By using the right skills and techniques, you can transform your workplace and inspire those around you.How to Be a Brilliant Leader provides you with all the tools you need for leadership success. You will learn how to find and nurture the best talent around, manage work and team synergy to achieve maximum results and, most importantly, learn how to act and communicate as a...

They've come from the stars, and when they're finished with Earth, humanity will be finished. Can anyone survive their violent takeover?The fourth in the Alien Science Fiction series by Simon J. Cooper, this is an alien takeover story told from the perspective of a hive minded species determined to eliminate humanity. But can humanity, unwittingly, convince the hive mind to change itself, and stop the carnage.Opening:Twenty-three years and two months after reaching ...

The fifth in the Modern Irish Fantasy series by award winning writer, Simon J. Cooper.First paragraph:The hospital appointment card floated into the bin like a mini Concorde. The envelope it came in had URGENT written in red letters front and back. I scrunched that into a ball and flung it with the other rubbish. It was four thirty. Katie was due home in an hour. I rolled up the dressing gown sleeve on my right arm, picked up the loaded syringe and pressed the needle agains...

The third in the Wild Edged Magic series by award winning writer, Simon J. Cooper, this is a story about why gods shouldn't meddle in human affairs, and, why they should!First paragraph:After a century in the constant oneness of the Universal Mind, Chuang Tzu was glad of the cold December air in Prague. Around his temporarily human form, a flood of tourists viewed the Baroque statues that lined Charles Bridge. These included, amongst others, three of St. Wenceslas, two of M...

True Names Crush. True Names Control. True Names Kill.In a world where every person is born with a true name, only the Nameless know them all... except one.Continuing the Nameless Magician series, 'The Deathless Spell' sees Kyle up against a force even the Nameless can't control.