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Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd NICKED!: Parking fines and how to avoid them
This light-hearted book is not wholly about the perils of trying to park but it has a strong theme about cricket and football, and it is also a memoir as a veteran sports writer for the Daily Mail. I write about 350 or more personalities I've interviewed or known about. My hero was Denis Compton. I used to listen to a portable radio in hospital aged 11 about his dynamic batting after WW2. Another hero was the great all-round cricketer, Lord Learie Constantine, whom I wrote his articles in the Daily Sketch. He was the first Afro-Caribbean to be a Lord and as a barrister he broke the colour bar in the High Court when he won damages of five guineas, also gave advice for the Race Relations Acts. No-one has done more for diversity than this remarkable, lovable man - and today's generation haven't heard of him, sadly. We are campaigning for a statue of him in the Parliament Estate to add to the three black statues there compared to nearly 300 white statues in the borough of Westminster.
£14.29
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Colin from the Clouds
Colin lives in the sky with his mum and dad. He comes down to Earth to meet other animals and to make friends, but because he is different to them, he is rejected. Colin feels sad and alone, and he is about to return to his cloud home in the sky when he meets a raccoon who needs his help. Colin learns that being different can be an advantage, and he sets off on a quest to help the animals in the Kingdom over the Mountains. Can he help to stop the animals fighting each other and bring everyone together? Find out in this inspiring story of self-discovery and acceptance.
£11.50
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Death By Candlelight: How We Succumb
Sarah-Jane is a young woman living alone in the house she grew up in. She is celebrating her 31st birthday with her friends; they go for dinner, drinks and live music afterwards. Her friends give her an unusual birthday gift at dinner, a subscription to a sex website. This gift isn't something Sarah-Jane would have visited but she thinks why not give it a go. During this time of self-discovery, she meets different men and has very different emotional experiences, having never before gone through these types of sexual waves that flood over her with every meeting. Unfortunately for Sarah-Jane, during this journey she encounters death. Spiralling out of control, she goes through a dark transformation with each murder. Her sanity was long ago broken as her childhood trauma breaks free from the prison of her repressed memories. Her friendly, kindhearted, happy life slowly vanishes as she becomes a seductress, luring her victims to their death with the offer of sex. Sarah-Jane devises a cunning plan...
£11.99
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd France A Journey Part Two
A first family holiday in France in 1979, which did not end as planned, but which led to at least one visit every year, a compelling annual mission, for some 35 years.
£32.64
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Never a Girl
An honest and very personal account of my life through transition from female to male, to finally becoming the man I always was.
£13.50
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Fizzle and Fuzz's First Christmas
This little story, is based on a Christmas episode in the childhood of Charles, with his bosom friends Fizzle and Fuzz and the drum which he bangs with great gusto, is told in the gentle, clear, child-friendly and humorous style so characteristic of much of Sam's work, whether as a teacher, a writer or a verbal storyteller. The tale of Fizzle and Fuzz is charmingly enhanced by the expressive and completely endearing illustrations provided by Sarah Waterfield.
£9.83
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Dutch Kangaroo: A Tale of Actions and Reactions
This is a literary thriller about domestic violence and complicated family relationships. The story is set against the backdrop of the emigration story of a Dutch couple in the 1960s. They leave for the other side of the world virtually unprepared; they know hardly anything about life in Australia. Their first port of call is the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, where they stay only a few weeks. After leaving the camp, they try to build a good life in Port Augusta by working hard. Things go well for them financially, but they do not have a happy marriage and they return to the Netherlands after a few years with their two infant children. The husband turns out to be a tyrant who does not hesitate to impose his will on his wife and family, but for many long years, the outside world cannot or will not see what is going on. The main character is Kiki, the daughter. Events in her life are explained with earlier episodes of family life, which are told in a detached way, as if these episodes had nothing to do with her or her family. Over time, however, she becomes more resilient. She moves to Amsterdam, away from her family, in an effort to be free, but this proves difficult. There is a baffling climax and a surprising end to the story.
£16.27
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Hugo & Daddy's Night-time Adventures
£6.29
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Hidden Treasures: The Bas-Reliefs on The Kemp Town Estate
Hidden Treasures The Bas-Reliefs on the Kemp Town Estate illustrates, for the very first time, the 40 plaster bas reliefs, hitherto unidentified and unrecorded, which were thought to have been installed by Thomas Cubitt in the houses he built on the Estate between 1823 - 1850. 20 of these sculptures were designed by world famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1834), the 'Master of the Bas Relief ' , forming an important hitherto unknown Collection of his work in this country. Situated in 20 different houses, some with multiple freeholders, the Collection is thus owned by a large number of people most of whom have never met each other and have no idea of the importance of what is on their walls ! Identical examples in plaster and marble originally commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Albert and the Duke of Devonshire can be found at both Osborne House and Chatsworth and indeed in many large houses and museums in this and other countries. Two marble originals, commissioned by Thomas Read Kemp's brother-in-law, Alexander Baring, were sold at Sotheby's in June 2019 for £312,500. Hidden Treasures is profusely illustrated with photographs accompanied by the known provenance of each work. Maps and charts show clearly in which houses the bas reliefs are installed.
£16.24
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Hannas Story A Tipperary Heritage
Fact-based evocation of the life and times of the author's grandmother, a farmer's widow left to raise ten children during Ireland's war of independence.
£12.30
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Little Librarians The Key To Kindness
A beautifully illustrated rhyming book that teaches little librarians about the qualities of kindness.
£10.81
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd A Blade of Grass
This thought-provoking book addresses some of the most fundamental questions of human existence and our relationship with God and the world around us.
£11.31
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Fizzle and Fuzz's First Christmas
This little story, is based on a Christmas episode in the childhood of Charles, with his bosom friends Fizzle and Fuzz and the drum which he bangs with great gusto, is told in the gentle, clear, child-friendly and humorous style so characteristic of much of Sam's work, whether as a teacher, a writer or a verbal storyteller. The tale of Fizzle and Fuzz is charmingly enhanced by the expressive and completely endearing illustrations provided by Sarah Waterfield.
£12.99
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Orion's Messenger
A dull, wet school holiday which has been so disappointing, is now drawing to a close for Alex. All this changes when an unexpected visit to the Great Museum of History with his eccentric aunt sets off a fantastic chain of events. Alex finds himself transported to a magical island faraway, in the midst of talking creatures, a kindly wizard and a magnificent golden eagle. Pitted against the dastardly schemes of The Grizzly Grumpot, find out what happens to Alex and his new friends when you step into this colourful world of adventure, mystery… and spells that don’t always work!
£15.75
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Orion's Messenger
A dull, wet school holiday which has been so disappointing, is now drawing to a close for Alex. All this changes when an unexpected visit to the Great Museum of History with his eccentric aunt sets off a fantastic chain of events. Alex finds himself transported to a magical island faraway, in the midst of talking creatures, a kindly wizard and a magnificent golden eagle. Pitted against the dastardly schemes of The Grizzly Grumpot, find out what happens to Alex and his new friends when you step into this colourful world of adventure, mystery... and spells that don't always work!
£13.81
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Deadline
A jaded journalist becomes the confidante of a serial killer, who believes you reap what you sow.
£22.18
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Francis Egerton 1st Earl of Ellesmere
The first biography of a cultured nineteenth century benevolent industrialist, friend of Prince Albert, Wellington and Robert Peel, whose former estate houses the RHS Bridgewater Garden.
£13.50
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Unusual Histories of a Curious Dog
A work of historical fiction where a time-travelling dog gets caught up in the Great Fire of London.
£9.33
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd Animal Homes
This is a fun and educational book that is part of a series of three that have been written in rhythm and rhyme to enable children to become familiar with vocabulary relating to animals: vocabulary that is fast disappearing from our English language because it is not generally being taught or learned or used. "Animal Homes" uses rhyme with bright, colourful illustrations to introduce words such as sett, drey, holt and vespiary relating to homes of badgers, squirrels, otters and wasps. It encourages children to develop their vocabulary through literacy and learning. The two other books in the series do the same with gender of animals, (Animal Families) and collective nouns for birds, (A Flamboyance of Flamingos). All three books were written to encourage words that are part of our heritage to remain within our children's reach.
£13.50