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Field Responses is the first in a series of 'Hirst Collectables'. It's free when you order any book from our site, subject to stock availability (you don't need to do anything - if we have it we'll send it automatically). If you prefer, you can simply order a copy here - unfortunately we have to charge...

Witty, self-effacing and painfully honest; the themes of life, death and laughter come together as Daphne Ashbrook recounts her many on-and off-screen scrapes with mortality. Packed with rich anecdotes from her career in TV, stage and film, this refreshingly candid and conversational memoir...

Tom Bowler, burger boy at an inter-stellar service station, encounters new friends, new enemies and new adventures in this witty sequel to ' All Aliens Like Burgers '.  Tom's group of friends is distraught when the Truxxian Raphyl is exiled to the impenetrable prison planet Porriduum....

"A Dinner of Bird Bones" is the story of Lloyd Inchley; of heartbreak, new best friends, a girl called Atom, and how the terrible power of sudden new geometry links a mystery now and in the past - and how it is all witnessed by a presence that has silently observed the unspooling events for...

A spooky thriller, ideal for late teenagers (16+)but guaranteed to send a shiver down the spine of adults too... from our promising young author Alex Halpern. Part of our Fresh Talent Range. "Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. Nobody to save them." An...

Read by the author, this is an abridged (2 CDs) audio book of Matthew Waterhouse's dark comedy, 'Fates, Flowers'. Running time approx 140 minutes. Sara Smith is one of the most monstrous characters you can hope to meet. She lives in Greenwich Village on Life Insurance courtesy of her...

The Adventures of Rosie Crucial is an historical novel full of characters that don't realise they are historical. The story navigates events from the dark to the farcical in the occult underworld of late Victorian England.   All Rosie wants is to avoid anything disagreeable....

Two thirty-something Doctor Who fanatics sharing a flat in Blackpool, out of pocket, out of luck and clinging to the hope that Life Begins at 40... Jeff is a barman, constantly forestalling marriage to his neurotic new-age girlfriend, preferring the company of Pete, an agoraphobic misfit...

Genial, well-spoken, charming – a man you can't help but like. Join him as he dons his multi-coloured coat of justice, and tilts relentlessly at the giants of social malfeasance, moral iniquity, and soulless hypermarkets. Take a glimpse into his life as a father, actor,...

The adventures of Simon Templar - The Saint - have thrilled TV audiences around the world for almost fifty years. With a new TV film in development the time has come to discover the real story of The Saint on TV.   Ian Dickerson follows the Saint's TV adventures; from 1940s Hollywood...

'Skins' is the Channel 4 / E4 teen comedy-drama which, since 2007, has redefined British television drama for a whole new audience. With its sometimes shocking storylines of hedonistic parties, drug taking, and sexual excess, the series has grabbed headlines in the national press, and has given rise...

At the beginning of the 21 st Century, British society seems to have turned its back on the Christian beliefs and traditions that were once at it's heart. The UK is now one of the most secular countries on earth, but during the latter half of the 20 th century, retreating religion...

Basel, Switzerland, February 2001 : Fifty-six years after the end of World War Two, Switzerland's bankers finally agree to release 21,000 dormant accounts left behind by Jews who died in the Holocaust. Claims from the victims' heirs pour in from across the world...  New York and Washington,...

By the start of that fateful summer, DI Duncan Fairfield thought he was going to breeze through his final two years and get away with retiring quietly. After three lacklustre decades as a copper, especially when compared with the legendary detection career of his father, hes actually beginning to look...

Imagine a world where God is a proven reality. Adam and Eve have passed the test of obedience and have been granted everlasting life for themselves and their offspring. In time the borders of Eden are extended until the whole earth is a paradise populated by sinless people who enjoy perfect health...

Spencer was an insignificant Data Input Operator and this suited him fine. However, when he is mistaken for someone actually significant, due to a mix-up by the Post Office, then his life becomes complicated. By complicated we're talking murder, sex, violence, car chases, beautiful women, and an annoyed...

Death, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  Alexa cheated death today. Well, at least that's what she was told, but how can you tell, if the Grim Reaper doesn't show up? Lucky she's got Robbie really, who'll go out and confront Death for her, even if it means going to the furthest...

Sara Smith is one of the most monstrous characters you can hope to meet. She lives in Greenwich Village on Life Insurance courtesy of her late husband, but she has fallen into a dreary routine: work in a card shop by day, where she is the rudest sales clerk imaginable, and weary evenings passed in...

Meet Bernard Stint. A marriage guidance counsellor from Hendon, North London. A rather meek and mild man whose idea of a fun day is sitting at the local transport depot collecting bus numbers. Wife, Angela. Son, Sam. Bernard's life is turned upside down one day, when arriving home from work, Angela...

A comic thriller about three people having three different days, on the same match day in Cardiff.  Cathy is a woman disappointed in life when her dream turns into a nightmare, and mires her with debt which she doesn't have a hope of paying off. Suddenly she is offered a chance of a...

Neil is bored. His two best friends are a broken hearted workaholic and a man who would rather Hoover than have a night on the town. Neil has a wife, two kids and a never decreasing mortgage but what he really wants is a holiday. A chance to get right away from it all, to bring Steve out of his depression...

For Teenage / Young Adult readers, from our 'Fresh Talent' range A tantalising tale of revenge, love, deceit and murder, Silk Rain will have you hooked from the first page. When Eve Sileos life is turned upside down, she puts her faith in the only person she has left; Vaile Chevalier, a charming...

The story of a real-life Cinderellla They say most people do not recall memories earlier than the age of three, unless those memories evolved from traumatic experiences. Perhaps this is why Emma Fletcher has such early memories. Refreshingly candid, this inspirational autobiography...

To many, Colin Baker is the sixth Doctor Who; to some, he is the villainous Paul Merroney in the classic BBC drama The Brothers. But to the residents of South Buckinghamshire he is a weekly voice of sanity in a world that seems intent on confounding him. Marking the 15th anniversary of his regular...