Buried Alive!

Jacqueline Wilson

"Tim's quiet holiday in Wales, with his parents and his best friend Biscuits, unexpectedly becomes truly terribly adventurous. An encounter with two local bully-boys threatens to disrupt Tim's and Biscuits' fun but their friendship is also threatened by the arrival of Tim's ebullient friend, Kelly. Tim ...

Small Holes in the Silence: Collected Works

Hone Tuwhare

The collected poems of New Zealand's best-loved poet in a handsome volume. "A poem is a ripple of words on water wind-huffed ..." This volume showcases the finest examples of Hone's poetry, from his early triumph in No Ordinary Sun (one of the most reprinted collections in New Zealand) right up to his f...

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

Peter Ackroyd

*** A Sunday Times Bestseller ***   In Roman Londinium the city was dotted with lupanaria ('wolf dens' or public pleasure houses), fornices (brothels) and thermiae (hot baths). Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops, monks and missionaries. And so began an endless loop of alternating perm...