Andrew Sparke
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WILD VERSE: The new series from the writer of the six volumes of SOMETHING AKIN TO POETRY and the compilation GUTTER VERSE AND THE BABOON CONCERTO. These are verses which explore emotions and love and laughter and sadness-all the haunting and funny minutiae it's only too easy to overlook as we live busy modern lives.
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This is a fully illustrated guidebook to the wonders of Istanbul with a difference. Written by a man who has spent many weeks in the city over recent years, it contains all the practical stuff most other books skimp on but which is in fact essential to know and understand to fully appreciate this most special of cities.
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Part holiday, part detective mystery-a trip to the Friendly Islands to get to the bottom of a land purchase scam-a travelogue with a difference but definitely a wonderful place you'll want to visit for its spectacular unspoiled scenery, its amazing beaches, and its marvelously hospitable people.
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A new dean appointed to Lincoln Cathedral to deal with a medieval mess-the result a church civil war for modern times. What's at stake isn't just money and reputation, but the combatants' very souls. “The Magna Carta Wars” is the true story of the battle which raged from the late 1980s for the control of Lincoln Cathedral and it's most priceless possession-one of only four surviving copies of King John's Magna Carta of 1215 AD.
12) Tequila & Me
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A development from the Something Akin To Poetry series-verse more orientated towards his performance duo with Lee Benson, The Incredible Fake Twins.
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Istanbul and Lincoln. Two contrasting cities but only one's a safe place to hide. The other could strip you of family, reputation and life. And above all else you could lose the woman from the beach... A novel about two people and about crime, love and friendship.
14) The Mother Lode
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A second volume of autiobiographical free verse from one half of the performance duo, The Incredible Fake Twins.
16) Boys of Winter
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Studying for her MA in English and American literature the author was struck by the beauty and concision of a new language – that of pro football. This collection of tribute verses captures the punch and precision of its patois. The poems are "…a raid on the inarticulate – the thoughts under pressure of the proverbial dumb jocks of the game, many of whom…were very far from dumb."
17) Rear Gunner
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The life and death of a 19-year-old Lancaster tail gunner in 1944-5 drawn from his log book and personal family history.
20) The Brumology
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An anthology of short fiction themed around Birmingham written by authors attending the Author City 2023 event at the Council House Birmingham on 15th July 2023. Stories by Lee Benson, Jill Griffin, TG Campbell, Andrew Sparke, Pat Spence, D.G. Torrens, Martin Tracey, Punam Farnah, Mike Chinn, Maggie Fogarty, Jane Andrews, Catherine Hytner and Darren deToni.