An accessible history of Southampton from its beginnings to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

This book accounts for over 25 of the most influential cases in international sports law, as written by some of the leading authorities in the area. Authors from Europe, the United States, Australia, South Africa, Canada and New Zealand trace the evolution of this emerging discipline of law through an analysis of individual cases, as discussed under a number of key debates and themes in contemporary sports law, including: the “public” nature of legal disputes in sport; player employment mobility litigation; doping and the spirit of sport; TV rights holding proceedings; and enduring themes in sports law such as on-field violence, spectator safety, animal welfare and gender equality. Valuable for sports law academics, arbitrators and practitioners, sports administrators and governing bodies, but also for students (postgraduate and undergraduate) and all those with an interest in international sports law.

In a Hampshire cottage on the eve of the twentieth century an unwanted child is born. Brought up in an institutional home, young Sarah Smith comes to the attention of one of the governors, Lady Isabel Kingsford, and becomes her maid servant. As we follow Sarah's story from rags to riches to romance, the author cleverly blends fact and fiction, bridging the emotional and historical divide between Edwardian and the modern world in a gripping and absorbing tale, one that explodes catastrophically in scandal and madness.

Following on from my moderately successful first attempt at writing, (The Engine Room), having sold at least two copies! (Thanks Mum and Dad). Just when you thought it was safe to go into Waterstones’s! Or visit Amazon.... (If ever there was a hint)!

A unique account of over 70 murders that have occured in Southampton between 1783 and 2009, this book includes illustrations and photographs from the actual crime scenes.

Local historian Jim Brown chronicles the growth of the suburbs from the earliest times to the present day and illuminates the lives of people who lived in them.