Vintage Minis

A Vintage Christmas

A special seasonal Vintage Mini - a beautiful small hardback anthology of Christmas stories from the (brandy) cream of the Vintage crop, and it will fit perfectly into a Christmas stocking.

Immerse yourself in a literary wonderland with this collection of timeless Christmas tales. 
 
'There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas’ said Charles Dickens. From yuletide carols to scrumptious food to presents under the tree, from cold winter nights in Victorian London to countryside festivities by the fire, from the melancholies of the season to the injustices, our best writers have seen it all and written it down. A Vintage Christmas captures the very essence of what Christmas means to us and what real magic can be found, written by some of the world’s finest authors, including Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Trollope, Laurie Lee, E. Nesbit and Alice Munro. 
 
 
Stories in A Vintage Christmas: 
‘Carol-Barking’ from Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee 
‘Obadiah Oak, Mrs Griffiths and the Carol Singers’ by Louis de Bernières 
‘The Turkey Season’ by Alice Munro 
‘Christmas at Thompson Hall’ by Anthony Trollope 
‘Christmas Shopping’ from The Green Road by Anne Enright 
‘A Conscience Pudding’ from The New Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit 
‘Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm’ by Stella Gibbons 
‘There Never Was Such a Goose’ from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 
‘Let Nothing You Dismay’ by Helen Simpson 
‘Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor’ by John Cheever 
‘A Serious Talk’ by Raymond Carver 
‘The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle’ by Arthur Conan Doyle 
 
VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. 
 
Vintage Minis bring you the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human – from birth to death and everything in between.

Wicked Words 8

Black Lace - the leading erotic imprint for women

As ever with Black Lace titles, the quality of writing is superb, and there's something to surprise even the kinkiest of readers

Short stories are de rigeur in the world of erotic fiction - they give a short, sharp blast of eroticism and leave the reader either sated or craving more

There's enough variety to please erotica fans of every taste ... titillating entertainment

The authors include British and American women whose stories are the finest in cutting-edge fun erotica with a wicked twist.

Wicked Words - a collection of saucy and compelling short stories 
 
Outrageously sexy and deliciously daring, Wicked Words short stories are the best in the contemporary sexy fiction. The series is a showcase of writing by women at the cutting edge of erotic literature, pushing the boundaries of fantasy to bring you encounters of unashamed indulgence. Fun irreverent and seductive, this anthology combines humour and attitude with wildly imaginative sensual writing. Arousing, lively and entertaining, Wicked Words collections are the juiciest erotic stories to be found anywhere in the world. 
 
Including stories by bestselling authors Fiona Locke, Primula Bond and Madelynne Ellis.

(5 Shortlisted Titles)

BBC National Short Story Award 2013

The five shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013, as heard on BBC Radio 4.

Sarah Hall is the author of four novels including The Carhullan Army, which won the 2006/7 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was listed as one of The Times' 100 Best Books of the Decade. Her first collection of short stories, The Beautiful Indifference, won the Portico Prize for Fiction 2012. 
 
Lisa Blower is an award-winning short story writer and novelist. She won the Guardian’s National Short Story competition in 2009, and her debut novel Sitting Ducks was longlisted for the Guardian's Not the Booker 2016, The Rubery Award 2016 and The People’s Book Prize 2016. 
 
Lionel Shriver is best known for her internationally bestselling novel We Need To Talk About Kevin, which won the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction and was adapted as a hit film starring Tilda Swinton. Her other novels include The New Republic, So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, Big Brother and The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047. 
 
Lucy Wood is the author of the acclaimed short story collection Diving Belles. She has been longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize and won the Holyer an Gof Award and a Somerset Maugham Award. 
 
Lavinia Greenlaw has published five collections of poetry including Minsk (2003), which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot, Forward and Whitbread Poetry Prizes. Her first novel, Mary George of Allnorthover, was published in 2001 and won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger. Her second, An Irresponsible Age, appeared in 2006. She has also written two works of non-fiction and published and broadcast several short stories.

The five shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013 administered in partnership with Booktrust, containing: 'Mrs Fox' by Sarah Hall (read by Andrea Riseborough), 'Barmouth' by Lisa Blower (read by Rebekah Staton), 'Prepositions' by Lionel Shriver (read by Nancy Crane), 'Notes from the House of Spirits' by Lucy Wood (read by Hattie Morahan) and 'We Are Watching Something Terrible Happening' by Lavinia Greenlaw (read by Claire Skinner).

The Book of Complete Nonsense

The Vintage Children's Classics book of Nonsense Verse: a cachophonous collection of complete codswallop composed by clever chaps!

Come bathe in stew, and dine on meals of eels or worms or jellied gnats, 
See shoes and ships and sealing wax and fuzzy bears and owls and cats, 
Depart for the Land where the Bong Tree grows or the Land of Bumbley Boo 
Find sky in your pie and teatrays up on high and a place where mice say moo. 
But be warned of the things that lurk and linger, the creatures that snatch and shock 
Be sure to bamboozle the Blunderbat and beware the Jabberwock! 
 
If rhymes and riddles your brain have fried 
For shame! then set this book aside, 
But daring children, more courageous, 
Will take a peek inside these pages... 
 
Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can about the different sorts of nonsense and read Michael Rosen’s tips on how to write your own! 
 
Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

10 Shortlist Titles

BBC International Short Story Award 2012

All ten shortlisted titles for the BBC International Short Story Award 2012.

Lucy Caldwell is the author of three novels and several stage plays and radio dramas. Among her awards are the Commonwealth Writers’ Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her debut collection of short stories, Multitudes, was published in 2016. 
 
Krys Lee is an award-winning author whose works include the short story collection Drifting House and the novel How I Became a North Korean. 
 
Henrietta Rose-Innes is the author of four novels: Nineveh, Green Lion (both shortlisted for South Africa's Sunday Times Fiction Prize), Shark's Egg and The Rock Alphabet. Her short stories have appeared in several international publications, including Granta and AGNI. 
 
M. J. Hyland is the author of three multi-award-winning novels: How the Light Gets In (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize); Carry Me Down (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Booker Prize, and winner of the Encore Prize and the Hawthornden Prize); and This Is How (longlisted for the Orange Prize and the Dublin International IMPAC Prize). 
 
Deborah Levy's plays include Pax, Clam and Heresies. She has also published three collections of short stories, Ophelia and the Great Idea, Pillow Talk In Europe And Other Places and Black Vodka, and six novels: Hot Milk, the Man Booker shortlisted Swimming Home, Beautiful Mutants, Swallowing Geography,The Unloved and Billy &amp; Girl. 
 
Miroslav Penkov is a Bulgarian author whose short stories have won several awards, including The Southern Review’s Eudora Welty Prize. His short story collection East of the West was a finalist for the 2012 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and the Steven Turner Award for First Fiction by the Texas Institute of Letters. His debut novel, Stork Mountain, was published in 2016. 
 
Chris Womersley is an Australian author who has written three novels: Cairo, Bereft (winner of the Indie Award for Best Fiction and the ABIA Award for Fiction) and The Low Road (winner of the Ned Kelly Award). His short fiction has been published in many literary journals including Granta. 
 
Adam Ross is an American author whose work includes the novel Mr Peanut, named one of the best books of 2010 by The New Yorker, while his short story col&shy;lec&shy;tion Ladies and Gen&shy;tle&shy;men was included in Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2011. 
 
Carrie Tiffany's debut novel, Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, won the Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction. Her second novel, Mateship with Birds, was published in 2012. 
 
Julian Gough is the author of several novels including Jude in Ireland, Jude in London and Juno &amp; Juliet. He has also written a children's picture book, Rabbit's Bad Habits, and a number of BBC radio plays.

All ten shortlisted titles for the BBC International Short Story Award 2012: Escape Routes by Lucy Caldwell (read by Laura Pyper), The Goose Father by Krys Lee (read by David K. S. Tse), Sanctuary by Henrietta Rose-Innes (read by Claire Gordon-Webster), Even Pretty Eyes Commit Crimes by M.J. Hyland (read by Mike Sengelow), Black Vodka by Deborah Levy (read by Rory Kinnear), East of the West by Miroslav Penkov (read by Paul Hilton), A Lovely and Terrible Thing by Chris Womersley (read by Richard Dillane), In the Basement by Adam T. Ross (read by Trevor White), Before He Left the Family by Carrie Tiffany (read by Gabriel Andrews) and The iHole by Julian Gough (read by Andrew Scott).

Introduction by Peter Ackroyd

Jack The Ripper and the East End

Published to co-incide with a major exhibition at the London Museum at Docklands. 
This fascinating book is about the East End in the late 19th century and how it provided the background for the murders of Jack the Ripper.

In 1888, Whitechapel - at the heart of the inner East End - was the most (in)famous place in the country, widely imagined as a site of the blackest and deepest horror. Its streets and alleys were seen as violent and dangerous, overflowing with poverty and depravity. This book aims to uncover the reality of East End life. Sections look at slum housing, immigration, attitudes to women, poverty, violence and crime. The book examines how the brutal killings were reported and how the police tried to identify the murderer. A final section shows how Jack the Ripper has shaped our vision of London, and influenced our popular culture. 
 
Jack the Ripper and the East End coincides with an exhibition organised by the Museum of London at their Museum in Docklands. Key surviving documents from the National Archives and the London Metropolitan Archives will be on display - in addition to material from the collections of the Museum of London such as photographs of the Whitechapel Mission. The illustrations for the book will include rare and unpublished photographs, sections of the 'master' Booth Map of Poverty, detectives' reports and original letters. 
 
The introduction will be written by Peter Ackroyd, who is the acknowledged expert on London, its darker aspects and how its history has seeped into its very stones. Leading historians and curators will provide additional insights. This is a book which will be valued for years to come for its enduring and important portrait of the Victorian East End.

:All You Need to Get it Right First Time

Perfect Freelancing

If you can do it for someone else, why not do it for yourself? 
 
Better communications technology and less rigid working practices allow more people to work freelance than ever before. This creates opportunities for those who; enjoy challenge and variety; need flexible working hours because of family commitments; feel stifled or overlooked in a corporate environment; are facing redundancy but still have much to offer. 
 
Perfect Freelancing takes a practical look at: 
-Getting started 
-Finding clients - and keeping them 
-Coping with the culture shocks 
-Working from home and time management 
-What to do when things go wrong 
-Tax and legal considerations 
-Case studies - freelancers and employers compare notes

A recipe for every day of the year

Ready, Steady, Cook 365

A bumper seasonal cookbook from the UK's longest-running cookery show

Ready Steady Cook has become a national treasure and is now in its 20th season. The winning format of much-loved guest chefs competing against the clock to create and cook fast, accessible and delicious recipes from bags of mystery ingredients, has made it one of the BBC's most popular food programmes over the last fifteen years. With a new range of cookware, computer games and this new bumper edition featuring the programme's best recipes, Ready Steady Cook remains a firm favourite for food lovers.

Ready Steady Cook is Britain's favourite cookery programme and this book showcases 365 simple seasonal recipes, one for every day of the year. 
 
From light summer bites such as a Orange, Watercress and Melon Salad, to Smoky Sausage Cassoulet, perfect for an autumnal supper, there are recipes to suit every season, as well as festive favourites such as Roast Goose and Foolproof Yorkshire Pudding. Recipes for snacks, side dishes, drinks and desserts complete this cookbook. 
 
All of these mouth-watering recipes follow the Ready Steady Cook trademarks of simplicity of method, good, fresh ingredients and, most importantly, can be made in 20 minutes or less. 
 
Ready Steady Cook 365 is the cookbook that you can turn to with confidence that you will find the right recipe for your day.

New Erotica 6

Plunged into new tortures and humiliations gleefully devised by their inventive Master, Herr Abraham Barengelt, three sisters, Anna, Beth and Gwen wait bound and helpless for the fruits of his extreme imagination to ripen. 
 
Innocent Angie Stark takes the fall for her arrogant boyfriend's stock fraud, and finds herself entombed in Wrigley Scrubs, an experimental white-colour prison. Wrigley is a modern-day do-the-girls hall, ruled with a firm hand by the governor, Miss Horsfall, and complete with tight uniforms and ferocious cat-spats. 
 
When Jessica moves from the city she fears that she might find life in the suburbs rather dull. But the local shop is owned by the forbiddingly attractive Mrs Morgan, and it stocks a surprisingly wide range of collars, leads and whips. And, at the Health and Exercise Club Jessica is drawn to Matt, a young man on the staff who, as her personal coach, sets her a strenuous and strict exercise regime. 
 
These are just three of the ten tales features in the sixth volume of the very best of erotic writing from Nexus. Also included are two brand new, previously unpublished stories from Penny Birch and Aishling Morgan, ones that you won't find printed elsewhere. Altogether, that's twelve servings of domination and submission. Whatever aspects of pain and pleasure are encountered, these tales explore every facet of the wide world of perverse eroticism, with a compelling power.

BBC National Short Story Award 2011

All five shortlisted titles for the BBC International Short Story Award 2011.

M. J. Hyland is the author of three multi-award-winning novels: How the Light Gets In (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize); Carry Me Down (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Booker Prize, and winner of the Encore Prize and the Hawthornden Prize); and This Is How (longlisted for the Orange Prize and the Dublin International IMPAC Prize). 
 
Alison MacLeod has written three novels: The Changeling, The Wave Theory of Angels and Unexploded, which was long-listed for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. She is also the author of a short story collection, Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction. 
 
Jon McGregor is a novelist and short story writer. His novels include If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize (making McGregor, then 26, the youngest nominee for the award) and won the Somerset Maugham Award. 
 
K J Orr is a short story writer whose stories have won numerous awards. They have appeared in publications including Best British Short Stories 2015, the Irish Times and the Sunday Times Magazine and been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her first short story collection, Light Box, was published in 2016. 
 
D W Wilson's first novel Ballistics was selected for the Waterstones 11. He has also written a collection of short stories, Once You Break a Knuckle, which was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize.

The five shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2011 administered in partnership with Booktrust, containing:  ‘Rag Love’ by M. J. Hyland, read by Mike Sengelow;  ‘The Heart of Denis Noble’ by Alison MacLeod, read by Tim Pigott-Smith;  ‘Wires’ by Jon McGregor, read by Lydia Wilson;  ‘The Human Circadian Pacemaker’ by K. J. Orr, read by Indira Varma and  ‘The Dead Roads’ by D. W. Wilson, read by Trevor White.

Appointment With Fear

Four gripping episodes from the famous 1940s BBC Radio horror series.

Four gripping episodes from the famous 1940s BBC Radio horror series.   Includes: 'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allen Poe (18 September 1943); 'The Speaking Clock' by John Dickson Carr (13 April 1944);  'The Clock Strikes Eight' by John Dickson Carr (18 May 1944);  'And the Deep Shuddered' by Monckton Hoffe (20 November 1945).   'Appointment With Fear' ran for a total of ten series between 1943 and 1955, with Valentine Dyall – ‘The Man in Black’ – introducing nine of them. The four episodes here are the sole surviving ones from the BBC archive.   'The Pit and the Pendulum' is a terrifying tale of torture told by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, while 'The Speaking Clock' tells of a man who commits murder and gets away with it. In 'The Clock Strikes Eight', we learn from Dr Gideon Fell the awful truth about the Barton case, while 'And The Deep Shuddered' is a haunting tale of a survivor of a maritime disaster who subsequently goes insane.   Dramatised with a full cast, these four sinister stories will chill your blood and strike terror into your heart.

The Nexus Letters

Nexus - the best in original fetish fiction

Shocking...Perverse...True 
 
Nexus is the largest list of erotic fiction in the UK, brimming over with the most bizarre, fetishistic and downright filthy sexual fantasies imaginable. Now, from the intimate correspondence of our readers, come the true tales of cruel punishments, ritual humiliations, and initiations into the world of domination and submission. 
 
Here, Nexus readers share their most intimate secrets - from the slaves who'll do anything they're told, to ice-cool supervixens; from husbands who like to watch, to the men - and women - who pleasure their neighbours' wives - it's all here, in our kinkiest and most perverse collection yet.

Life's Too Short

A compelling compilation of short stories about working life with a foreword by bestselling author Val McDermid.

What does it feel like to drive a lorry that's out of control? 
What really goes on in a school full of unruly children? 
Could you travel all over the world for work? 
 
Whether we love it or hate it, work has a huge impact on our lives and in recent times working life has totally changed. So what is life really like at work today? 
 
From builder to baker to social care worker, these writers let us know. Some of their stories might surprise you. Some will make you laugh and some might make you cry. The one thing they all prove is that you can never be sure what your working day will bring.

The Best Of Black Lace

Black Lace - the leading erotic imprint for women

Pleasure. Pain. Decadent indulgence and darkly bizarre eroticism. 
 
It's all there, in a a sizzling collection of extracts taken from the best-liked Black Lace books. The accent is on strong female characters who have a sense of sexual adventure and a liking for adult fun. These girls kick ass! 
 
With the accent on contemporary settings and women who know what they want - in bed and in the workplace - The Best of Black Lace is a celebration of this most popular series of women's erotic fiction.

Wicked Words 7

Authors in this volume include, Anna Claire and Carrera Devonshire.

Wicked Words - a collection of saucy and compelling short stories 
 
Outrageous sex and saucy seduction abound in the seventh volume of Wicked Words erotic short stories. Written by women at the cutting edge of erotic literature, the series is the best in contemporary sexy fiction. Full of arousing action, hilarious hedonism and wild encounters, this anthology combines imaginative writing with explicit indulgence, making Wicked Words collections the juiciest erotic stories to be found anywhere in the world.

Wicked Words

Black Lace - the leading erotic imprint for women

Wicked Words - a collection of saucy and compelling short stories 
 
Outrageously sexy and deliciously decadent, Wicked Words short stories are the best in contemporary sexy fiction. 
 
The series is a showcase of writing by women at the cutting edge of erotic literature, pushing the boundaries of desire to bring you fantasies of unashamed indulgence. Fun, irreverent and arousing, this anthology combines humour and attitude with wildly imaginative, sensual writing.Lively and entertaining, seductive and daring. 
 
Wicked Words collections are the juiciest erotic stories to be found anywhere in the world.

A Collection of Naughtiness from Black Lace

The Affair

Black Lace - the leading erotic imprint for women

Featuring the most popular Black Lace authors and exciting new voices in erotica from North America, Canada and the UK, including Portia Da Costa, Janine Ashbless and Rachel Kramer Bussell.

Indulgent and sensual, outrageous and taboo, but always highly erotic, this new collection of Black Lace stories takes the illicit and daring rendezvous with a lover (or lovers) as its theme. 
 
Popular Black Lace authors like Portia Da Costa and Janine Ashbless contribute saucy tales, as do a number of brand new passionate and edgy voices from the US. Packed with a broad and thrilling range of women's sexual fantasies.

Misbehaviour

As ever with Black Lace titles, the quality of writing is superb, and there's something to surprise even the kinkiest of readers

Sizzling ... the most sexually explicit reading material available

Featuring regular Black Lace authors and exciting new voices in erotica from North America, Canada and the UK, including Portia Da Costa, Janine Ashbless and Justine Elyot.

Fun, irreverent and deliciously decadent, this arousing anthology of erotic short stories is a showcase of the diversity of modern women's erotic fantasies. 
Lively and entertaining, seductive and daring, Misbehaviour combines humour and attitude with wildly imaginative writing on the theme of women behaving badly.

Best Women's Erotica from Black Lace Vol. 1

Sexy Little Numbers

Black Lace: erotic fiction for women

Sexy Little Numbers is the best erotica stories written by women writers from around the world. A choice cut of all new and original fiction and the latest addition to Black Lace's immensely popular series of erotica collections. These stories are fun, irreverent and deliciously decadent. Sexy Little Numbers combines humour and attitude with wildly imaginative stories. 
 
21 stories from the established and new names in female sexual fantasy, including Kristina Lloyd, Portia Da Costa, Janine Ashbless, Carrie Williams, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Madelynne Ellis, Justine Elyot and Charlotte Stein.

Liaisons

Black Lace - the leading erotic imprint for women

Featuring authors old and new from North America and the UK including Portia Da Costa, A.D.R Forte and Jennie Ashbless.

Indulgent and sensual, outrageous and taboo, but always highly erotic, this new collection of Black Lace stories takes the illicit and daring rendezvous with a lover (or lovers) as its theme. Popular Black Lace authors like Portia Da Costa and Janine Ashbless contribute saucy tales, as do a number of brand new passionate and edgy voices from the US. Packed with a broad and thrilling range of women's sexual fantasies.

Various

Mark Gatiss

Full Cast

Twenty creepy full-cast dramas

Mark Gatiss stars as sinister raconteur The Man in Black, in these twenty terrifying full-cast radio dramas 
 
The Man in Black is waiting to make your acquaintance. Maybe you’ll meet him on a bus, in the supermarket, or at an airport luggage carousel. Perhaps he’ll peer into your baby’s pram, or approach you in the corridor of a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories of darkness and death, myth and madness. Stories to unsettle and horrify. 
 
Two lads on a council estate stumble onto a world where time has stopped. Something evil stalks stranded soldiers in Afghanistan. A retired accountant gets out of his depth on the Net. An ex-alcoholic is on the run from more than just his AA buddy. These tales, and many more, will haunt you long after the Man in Black has departed... 
 
Included are: 
The Tower by Mike Walker 
Project Purple by Richard Vincent 
The White Hare by Lucy Gough 
Hide and Seek by Mike Cary 
Bomber’s Moon by Lucy Kirkwood 
 Phish Phood by Kim Newman 
Death Us Do Part by Mike Bartlett 
Flesh by Tom Morton-Smith 
Angels in Disguise by Nicola Jones 
The Old Road by Penelope Skinner 
Connect by Lucy Moore 
The Printed Name by Nicholas Pierpan 
Lights Out by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson 
Uncle William’s House by Alison Falconer 
Perfect Home by Nick Warburton 
Containment by David Lemon 
The Punt by Christina Balit 
The Beaten Track by Dawn King 
Reunion by Janice Okoh 
The New Boy by Matthew Wilkie 
 
Among the casts are Tom Goodman-Hill, Mark Bonnar, Emerald O’Hanrahan, Vineeta Rishi Toby Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Jonathan Forbes, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Alex Lanipekun.

Various

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