Alan - Libros y biografía

Late one night after a strange tube journey to Whitechapel in East London, Paul makes a new friend, John Redman - daring and enigmatic, just as Paul longs to be, away from his cloying mother (his only...

Guns, violence, mob rule or defending the cause? We all have choices. Or do we? Who would choose blood, sacrifice and exile? At the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland Ian's dad did. He thought...

Après «Janvier noir» et «L'Enfant de février, »roisième aventure de l'inspecteur Harry McCoy.Nous sommes toujours à Glasgow en 1973. En ce mois de juillet, Bobby March, héros local qui a réussi dans la...

For Terry Payne, life is not much fun. His parents are splitting up, and he's fallen desperately in love with the gorgeous new girl at school, who doesn't even know he exists. To top it all off, his beloved...

Paul has met his most audacious - and powerful - ancestor yet, Samuel Rector, who seemingly has the entire East End in thrall to him in the 1830s. His legion of 'rat boys' use terror and menace ordinarily,...

The key was so beautiful ... it would open something very precious.Magpie's father tells amazing stories, and teaches her right from wrong. So when she discovers the golden key, she tries to find its...

Having once risked everything precious to him to halt King Lud's progress from the ancient bowels of London to the city's modern streets, teenage Paul Rector knows his task is far from over. Paul also...

★★★★★ - "WOW what a story! So creative and unique. Terrific ending. I could not stop reading."Peter Lynch is a monster. A sociopathic attorney hiding in plain sight behind billboards and a successful...

Alan Rickman reste l'un des acteurs les plus aimés de tous les temps. On le connaît à travers Harry dans  Love Actually. Il est le  glacial professeur Rogue dans la saga  Harry Potter.  Il a rendu iconique...

Premier opus d'une série mettant en scène l'inspecteur McCoy et son adjoint Wattie dans le Glasgow des années 1970, sur fond de musique, drogues et gangs, dans la lignée de William McIlvanney. Quand une...

Londres, 1949. Jeune homme désargenté, Dennis Knuckleyard vit et travaille dans une librairie d'occasion. Bien qu'aspirant écrivain, il mène une existence passablement ordinaire. Jusqu'au jour où sa patronne...

5e opus de la série Harry McCoy. Le voile du deuil s'est abattu sur Glasgow: un salon de coiffure a été ravagé par un incendie qui fait 5 morts. Lorsque trois jeunes sont arrêtés, la foule de déchaîne....

Alan Parks nous replonge dans la Glasgow des années 70, et plus précisément entre le 12 et le 22 avril, période durant laquelle l’in specteur Harry McCoy va avoir fort à faire : des bombes artisanales...

“Equal parts memoir, whodunit, and manual for living . . . a beautifully written, honest look at the forces of blood and bone that make us who we are, and how we make ourselves.”  --Neil GaimanIn his...

"An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate—and most importantly—a happy human being. A wonderful book that is funny, honest, fearless, and generous in its vulnerability." —Douglas...

'The voice on the other end of the phone was severe. "It's your grandmother ... She's been arrested." ' Nick Robertson has become used to his grandmother Rosie's dotty behaviour. At 86, a widow now, she...

From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service A collection of seven...

According to their friends, Tom and Pippa Drummond have the perfect existence - a great lifestyle, a lively marriage, and a great kid in Tally. In their late thirties, living in a converted barn on the...

Following the death of his father, the owner of East Yarmouth Animal Sanctuary, Kit Lavery returns to Britain from Australia to sort out his father's affairs. His visit is intended to be brief, but on...

The previous volume of essays, Five Uneasy Pieces was warmly received. People of faith and spirituality were looking for liberating understandings of the Bible in engagement with their own sexualities...

This new edition makes available to students of English romance and of the Matter of Britain two significant Middle English Arthurian romances: Lancelot of the Laik and Sir Tristrem. The former, a late...

This volume serves as an excellent introduction to the tradition of romances dealing with the matter of France-that is, Charlemagne and his Twelve Peers. Of the three groups of English Charlemagne romances,...

The Church of England and the First World War (first published in 1978) explores in depth the role of the church during the tragic circumstances of the First World War using biographies, newspapers, magazines,...

The Church of England and the First World War (first published in 1978) explores in depth the role of the church during the tragic circumstances of the First World War using biographies, newspapers, magazines,...

First published in 1930, Swallows and Amazons secured Arthur Ransome's reputation as one of the most influential children's authors of all time, yet prior to writing fiction he had had a turbulent career...

First published in 1930, Swallows and Amazons secured Arthur Ransome's reputation as one of the most influential children's authors of all time, yet prior to writing fiction he had had a turbulent career...

Is culture a theologically neutral concept? The contemporary experts on culture - anthropologists and sociologists - argue that it is. Theologians and missiologists would seem to agree, given the extent...

Dissent or Conform examines how churches reacted to, and were affected by, the two world wars. Its underlying theme, however, is how the Church can be a creatively dissenting community, focusing on how...

Dissent or Conform examines how churches reacted to, and were affected by, the two world wars. Its underlying theme, however, is how the Church can be a creatively dissenting community, focusing on how...

Reflections for the Unfolding Year is a collection of addresses given by Alan Wilkinson. Roving over subjects from apartheid to Lent to the ever-evolving image of Mary, he offers a compassionate response...