Culture
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A Proper Person to be Detained
Catherine Czerkawska
“Stands out from the crowd for all the right reasons … [a book] clearly destined to be remembered … Cat...
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Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance
David Howe
"An ambitious and enjoyable biography of a landscape." Cumbria Life, Book of the Month
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Charlotte Brontë Revisited
Sophie Franklin
"Deftly mixes contemporary humour with reflectivity ... superbly written, exuberant.’ Brontë Studies Jour...
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Emily Brontë Reappraised
Claire O'Callaghan
“A fascinating read.” Hephzibah Anderson, Mail on Sunday
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Well
Mary Gunn
"Insightful and profound." - Dr James R Doty
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The Archangels’ Share
Kenny Kemp
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Double Exposure
Brian Johnstone
"An affecting tale... the sense of loss is palpable." - Louis de Bernières.
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For Jean
"Novelist Catherine Czerkawska has done the Belle of Mauchline a service by gathering all the poems and lette...
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Maritime
Ian Stephen
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A Handbook of Scotland’s History
Michael Kerrigan
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Expecting
Chitra Ramaswamy
'Beautiful and oddly compelling…All of life is here, oceans are crossed, fates decided, it bristles with lo...
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Architecture: A Spotter’s Guide
Sarah Cunliffe
'An educational and easy-to-use guide for anyone keen to learn about architectural styles and building desi...
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The Personalized Medicine Revolution
Pieter Cullis
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Safety First
Paul Rennie
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Mongol
Uuganaa Ramsay
'Compelling and moving. I could'nt put the book down. This book is an education.' - Nasim Marie Jafry
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Your Country Needs YOU
James Taylor
"Wonderful... a work that will fascinate." - BBC History magazine
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Featured books in Culture
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Your Country Needs YOU
The iconic image by Alfred Leete of Lord Kitchener with outstretched hand and finger, exhorting you to ‘do your bi...
'Well illustrated … thoroughly researched … explodes the myths.' – History Today
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Mongol
Mongol [mong-gohl], noun, 1. a member of a pastoral people now living chiefly in Mongolia. 2. (offensive) a person affec...
'Thought-provoking insight... honest and heart-wrenching.' - Penny Green, Downs Heart Group
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Charlotte Brontë Revisited
Everybody knows Charlotte Brontë. World-famous for her novel Jane Eyre, she’s a giant of literature and...
"Deftly mixes contemporary humour with reflectivity ... superbly written, exuberant.’ Brontë Studies Journal
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Expecting
When Chitra Ramaswamy discovered she was pregnant, she longed for a book that went above and beyond a manu...
‘Elegant, funny, brimming with acute observations and suffused with a gentle intimacy. Expecting combines a poet’s feel for language with a journalistic candour.’ - Gavin Francis
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Well
When Dr Mary Gunn was diagnosed with cancer, her first reaction was fear, and to fight the disease aggressively for the ...
"Insightful and profound." - Dr James R Doty
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Emily Brontë Reappraised
Emily Brontë’s incomparable ...
“O’Callaghan clearly knows her stuff… An original, valuable contribution that goes a long way to rehabilitating the image of one of the most influential female figures in English literature.” Katherine Clements, Northern Soul
News & Events
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A Proper Person to be Detained: The story of a murder and its aftermath
Catherine Czerkawska’s A Proper Person to be Detained, published by Contraband on 4 July, tells the true story of the murder of her great-great-uncle in …
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Juliana Mensah wins inaugural NorthBound Book Award
Gateshead-based writer and researcher Juliana Mensah has won the inaugural NorthBound Book Award as part of the 2019 Northern Writers’ Awards for her debut novel, …
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