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MICHAEL WILLIAMS
On the Slow Train
publication: 07/04/2011
price: 7.99
size: B format
pages: 272
ISBN: 9781848092082
This beautifully packaged book will take the reader on the slow train to
another era when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the
next, the journey meaning nothing but time lost in crowded carriages,
condemned by broken timetables. On the Slow Train will reconnect with
that long-missed need to lift our heads from the daily grind and reflect that
there are still places in Britain where we can stop and stare. It will tap into
many things: a love of railways, a love of history, a love of nostalgia.
This book will be a paean to another age before milk churns, porters and
cats on seats were replaced by security announcements and Burger King.
These 12 spectacular journeys will help free us from what Baudelaire
denounced as ‘the horrible burden of time’.
Michael Williams writes widely on railways for many publications,
including the Daily Mail, the Independent, the Independent on Sunday, the
New Statesman, the Oldie and the railway specialist press. He is a veteran
Fleet Street journalist, having held many senior positions, including
Deputy Editor of the Independent on Sunday, Executive Editor of the
Independent and Head of News at the Sunday Times. He is currently
Senior Lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media and
Communication at the University of Central Lancashire. He commutes
regularly by train on the 440-mile return journey between his home in
London’s Camden Town and his office at Preston in Lancashire.
LISA JEWELL
After the Party
publication: 14/04/2011
price: 7.99
size: B format
pages: 544
ISBN: 9780099533689
The brilliant new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of
Ralph’s Party and The Truth About Melody Browne
It’s eleven years since Jem Catterick and Ralph McLeary first got together.
They thought it would be for ever, that they’d found their happy ending. As
everyone agreed, they were the perfect couple.
Then two became four, a flat became a house. Romantic nights out became
sleepless nights in. And they soon found that life wasn’t quite so simple any
more. But through it all Jem and Ralph still loved each other, of course they
did.
Now the unimaginable has happened. Two people who were so right
together are starting to drift apart. And in the chaos of family life Ralph
feels more and more as if he’s standing on the sidelines, and Jem that she’s
losing herself. Something has to change. As they try to find a way back to
each other, back to what they once had, they both become momentarily
distracted - but maybe it’s not too late to recapture happily ever after…
Lisa Jewell was born and raised in north London, where she lives with
her husband and two daughters. Her first novel, Ralph’s Party, was the
bestselling debut of 1999. She is also the author of Thirtynothing, One-
Hit Wonder, Vince & Joy, A Friend of the Family and 31 Dream Street, and
most recently The Truth About Melody Browne, all of which have been
Sunday Times bestsellers. Her website address is www.lisa-jewell.co.uk.