SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 'One of the most captivating boxing writers on the planet' Barry McGuigan 'A superb tale...His inspirational story celebrates peace and reconciliation' Daily Telegraph Multi-award-winning author Donald McRae's stunning new book is a powerful tale of hope and redemption across the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland - thanks to boxing. At the height of the Troubles, Gerry Storey ran the Holy Family gym from the IRA's heartland territory of New Lodge in Belfast. Despite coming from a family steeped in the Republican movement, he insisted that it would be open to all. He ensured that his boxers were given a free pass by paramilitary forces on both Republican and Loyalist sides, so they could find a way out of the province's desperate situation. In the immediate aftermath of the 1981 Hunger Strikes, Storey would also visit the Maze prison twice a week to train the inmates from each community, separately. In itself, this would be a heroic story, but Storey went further than that: he became the trainer for world champion Barry McGuigan and Olympian Hugh Russell, who became one of the most famous photographers to document the Troubles. Even with all his success and the support of both sides, Storey still found himself subjected to three bomb attacks from those who were implacably hostile to any form of reconciliation. He also worked with the Protestant boxer Davy Larmour, who fought two bloody battles in the ring against Russell, his Catholic friend. At the same time, in Derry, the British and European lightweight champion Charlie Nash fought without bitterness after his brother was killed and his father was shot on Bloody Sunday - the most infamous day of the conflict. Now, Donald McRae reveals the extraordinary tale of those troubled times. After years of research and intimate interviews with the key characters in this story, he shows us how the violent business of boxing became a haven of peace and hope for these remarkable and compassionate men. In Sunshine or in Shadow is an inspirational story of triumph over adversity and celebrates the reconciliation that can take place when two fighters meet each other in the ring, rather than outside it. '[An] outstanding and important book, Don McRae's powerful storytelling shows the courage of the people of the North' Andy Lee

Let million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham sweep you away with this sparkling, moving and emotionally charged novel of the complexities of female friendship. If you like Louise Douglas, Dinah Jefferies and Kristin Hannah, you will love this! "Superbly written...A big, fat, cheering up that brings the magic of childhood reading back to life in an adult world" - DAILY MAIL "Smashing" - Prima "Will satisfy all Bingham's fans" - SUNDAY TIMES "Outstanding" -- ***** Reader review "Another excellent read by Charlotte Bingham" -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************************************** EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS CAN HAVE LASTING CONSEQUENCES... Brougham is the stateliest of stately homes, but for Lady Artemis Deverill it proves a lonely, loveless place. Eleanor Milligan, born in downtown Boston, knows only poverty and a continuing battle against bullying brothers and a sadistic father. From the moment Artemis and Ellie meet on a liner sailing to Ireland, they are destined to become friends. And when Eleanor's Cousin Rose asks not only Eleanor but also Artemis to stay on at Strand House, County Cork, it marks the start of what is for both of them an idyllic time. But with the arrival of the devastatingly handsome artist, Hugo Tanner, it seems as though nothing will be quite the same. For in the sunlit pre-war summer, all three become emotionally entwined, with startling consequences that threaten to haunt them for the rest of their lives...

Rob didn't merely stab the man because of that day's pain...He stabbed what that man represented: someone bigger and badder; someone who didn't play fair, who sexually violated his body and innocence, someone who had repeatedly robbed him ...and twice left him for dead from stab wounds and who countless times mocked and humiliated him in public. He finally stabbed those men back.In 2003, Robert Bowers waived trial and pled guilty to murder in the second degree. He is serving seventeen years to life in a California State Prison. InIn Sunshine and In Shadow, his mother tells his heartbreaking story. Autism, addiction, and abuse made life an incredible struggle for Rob. Although his mother was used to getting calls asking 'Are you the mother of Robert Bowers?', nothing could have prepared her for the call letting her know her son had stabbed a man. Dixie Miller Stewart gives a voice to frightened parents, a heart to a society hardened by behaviors they don't understand, and a conscience to anyone who rejects the different child. She challenges readers to look past their misconceptions. The disheveled, young man you see retrieving aluminum cans you've discarded or the young woman sweeping the parking lot of a restaurant in exchange for a meal are not homeless. They live in the hearts of their families. Experience how the love of a mother and son enduresIn Sunshine and In Shadow.

Returning home after serving World War II to run his family business in New York, a paratrooper falls in love with a young heiress and actress he meets on the State Island ferry.

On February 10th, 1906, Alice Ruth Moore, estranged wife of renowned poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, opened her newspaper to learn of her husband's death the day before. This work traces the tempestuous romance of America's most noted African American literary couple, drawing on a variety of resources.