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Walking In Ruins is Geoff Nicholson's response to those who ask him to name a favourite walk. He walks by ruins ancient and modern, picturesque and mundane and he reports on what he sees with his eye for the unusual, and his habitual erudition and humour.Ruins are his muse. So he spends the book doing exactly what its title suggests. Locations include an abandoned Los Angeles zoo, now inhabited by two homeless men, a Sheffield housing estate whose road layout survives even though its houses don’t, and a desert town that’s been, er, deserted. Nicholson keeps finding shoes there, though never a matching pair. (The Spectator)

Ian Blackwater was surprised when film rights to his novel Volkswagens and Velociraptors were sold. And more surprised to find himself on location in California, particularly as the novel was set in London. However Ian knows better than to interfere with the creative process and he wants to see how the director Josh Martin goes about transforming the novel into film. Ian gets to see not just the movie making but also Motorhead's Phil's Famous Automotive Freak Show - an assortment of petrol heads and vagabonds rehearsing their own brand of culture fest on the neighbouring lot. Relations between the two - filmmakers and Automotive Freaks - are less than cordial and before long Ian finds himself far more involved with both than he intended.

A collection of short stories by young British writers, this provides an introduction to the work of Iain Banks, Peter Benson, H.S. Bhabra, James Buchan, Patricia Ferguson, Ronald Frame, Patrick Gale, Carlo Gebler, James Lasdun, Deborah Levy, Adam Lively, Aidan Mathews, Candia McWilliam, Geoff Nicholson, Tim Parks, Philip Ridley, Joan Smith, Rupert Thomson, Daisy Waugh and Mathew Yorke. Many of these have already received critical acclaim. The collection is introduced by Graham Swift, author of "Waterland" and "Out of this World".

The author of "Bleeding London" and "Sex Collectors" turns his eye to the intellectual and cultural history of that most common of activities--walking. This fascinating rumination by a skilled cultural commentator analyzes the hows, wheres, and whys of walking through the ages.

Mick is on his way to the Smoke from the provinces. He¿s got six guys to find with only their names to go on and no more help than the phone book and an A-Z. Stuart is determined to walk each of the capital¿s roads, streets and alleyways. But what will he do when there¿s nothing left of his A-Z but blacked out pages? Judy is set on creating her own unique map of each of the metropolis¿ boroughs . . . an A-Z of sex in the city. Three strangers in search of London¿s heart and soul, mapping out their stories from Acton to Hackney, Chelsea Harbour to Woolwich, in a comic dance of sex and death.

Dieser Roman lockt den Leser wie ein Kaufhaus den Käufer am Monatsersten! Willkommen in der aufregenden Welt von Kaufkraft und Sprengkraft. Willkommen in der einzigartigen Welt von "Haden Brothers". Ein wirklich spannender Roman über ein Kaufhaus und seine Mittarbeiter, die alle verschiedene Neurosen aufweisen.

Ihre Lebensumstände können sich schnell ändern, selbst im Urlaub! Motiviert von einer existenziellen Krise, beschließt Eric, die Freuden des Camping mit der Familie auszuprobieren. Trotz seiner hartnäckigen guten Absichten und einer moderaten Vorliebe für das Unerwartete, überschlagen sich die verwirrenden und beängstigenden Ereignisse. Seine Frau wird von unkontrollierbaren sexuellen Impulsen erfasst, seine Tochter durchlebt eine mystische Krise, und sein Sohn kehrt in einen naturhaften Zustand zurück. Zu dieser verrückten Familie gesellen sich skurrile Urlauber, ein verrückter Polizist und kopflose Leichname. In dieser bissigen Komödie stehen komische, sogar urkomische Szenen neben tragischeren Situationen. Das subtil dosierte satirische Elixier verstärkt den burlesken Stil, den Geoff Nicholson meisterhaft beherrscht.

Eric, ein gestresster Familienvater, plant einen Wohnwagenurlaub, um die Familienharmonie wiederherzustellen. Doch der idyllische Urlaub verwandelt sich schnell in einen Alptraum voller kopfloser Leichen, sadistischer Polizisten und religiöser Eiferer. Ein humorvoller Sommerroman über unerwartete Ereignisse.