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Benjamin Myers
Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023
Travelling through the wilderness, a young woman has visions of a cathedral on a hill.
The downtrodden wife of an archer seeks the truth…
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One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across…
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England, 1989. Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men - traumatized Falklands veteran Calvert, and affable, chaotic Redbone - set out nightly in a clapped-out…
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Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023** Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize ***Chosen as a book of the year 2023 by The Times, Guardian, Telegraph and New…
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A captivating novel about the futility of war, the destruction of the English countryside, class inequality - and the power of beauty to heal trauma and fight power.
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John Berger
From the 1972 Booker Prize-winning author comes an examination of masculinity, social covenants and murder that develops into a masterclass in humanity
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PIG IRON is the story of a traveller who hasn’t travelled: a young man fighting for his surname and his very survival
‘Ben Myers is the master of English rural noir, and with Turning Blue, he has created a whole new genre: folk crime … this is by turns gripping, ghastly and…
A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music - perfect for fans of Nick Hornby, David Nicholls and Jonathan Coe
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‘One of the most singular, moving and crucial voices of our times’ David Peace
In Male Tears, a debut collection of stories that brings together over fifteen years of work…
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As autumn draws in, a series of unexplained vicious attacks occur in a small northern town renowned for being a bohemian backwater.
As the national media descends, local journalist Roddy…
A violently poetic English western inspired by the true story of the Cragg Vale Coiners and as wild as the moors on which it is set. Not only one of…
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West Yorkshire. Cast out from the Earnshaw household where he has lived for nearly a decade, Heathcliff is left to fend for himself. Betrayed by his first love Catherine and…
William Golding
One man’s vision of erecting a magnificent cathedral spire heralds apocalypse in this epic tale of obsession by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, William…
Dr Benjamin Myers
The work of Rowan Williams - one of the most fascinating theologians and most controversial church leaders - is virtually without parallel for its extraordinary diversity and complexity. This book…
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Benjamin Myers’ poems range from Virgil through Shakespeare to Woody Guthrie.Just as facets in gems come to life when light strikes them, so do the themes, images, and tropes in…
About the Contributor(s): Benjamin Myers teaches theology at Charles Sturt University’s School of Theology in Sydney. He is author of Milton’s Theology of Freedom and Christ the Stranger: The Theology…
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‘Cracking … Richly distinctive stories, with unnerving, dark plotlines’ Independent
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Summer 1989, deep in the English countryside - during a time of mass unemployment, class war, and rebellion … .
Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very…
At the centre of John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) is a radical commitment to divine and human freedom. This study situates Paradise Lost within the context of post-Reformation…
The twin ravens, Thought and Memory, of Norse myth are reborn as American crows to fly an interweaving pattern or remembering and forgetting through the pages of LAPSE AMERICANA. Born…
During an idyllic English summer following World War II an unlikely friendship emerges between a teenage, nationalistic working class man and an older bohemian woman. While working a summer job…
A bold and original exploration of landscape, nature and literature by one of Britain’s most acclaimed novelists
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From his remote moorland home, David Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud…
Winner of the Portico Prize for Literature and the Northern Writers’ Award
‘A brilliant, brutal novel’ ROBERT MACFARLANE
A girl and a baby. A priest and a poacher. A savage…
A bold and original exploration of landscape, nature and literature by a literary rising star
What is the cost of our unchosen obligations? What is the cost of love? How do we pay, and where are the receipts kept? These are poems about love, fear…
Do You Believe?
Today we’re flooded with opinions and ideas. And they all might be interesting, but are they true? Would you die for them?
Benjamin Myers re-introduces the Apostles’…
Benjamin Myer Brink
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
The early history of Saugerties 1660-1825 This book, The early history of Saugerties 1660-1825, by Benjamin Myer Brink, is a replication of a book originally published before 1902. It has…
Glyn Hughes
Millstone Grit is Glyn Hughes’ masterful work exploring the landscapes and culture of the West Riding and East Lancashire, following the course of a 50 mile walk.
Kim Fabricius
In this exciting collection of hymns, Kim Fabricius not only skillfully guides us through the Christian year–from Advent and Christmas, through Lent, to Easter and Pentecost–he also imaginatively explores the…
Benjamin P Myers
What makes one poem better than another? Do Christians have an obligation to strive for excellence in the arts? While orthodox Christians are generally quick to affirm the existence of…
Benjamin E Myers
American Citizen combines George Brooks’ personal diary, newspaper articles, and personal correspondence to tell the story of a young man trying to balance a life left behind while leading a…
David Benjamin Blower
The story of Jonah is sacred to all three Abrahamic faiths and remains a recognizable legend even in the most secularized corners of the West.
Simon Rawidowicz (1896-1957) was one of the most innovative, if also underappreciated, Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. He was a partner in conversation with many of the leading Jewish…
Carlos Antonio Aguirre Rojas
A review of fundamental lessons in critical theory and critical thought developed by the some of the most important social thinkers of our age: Karl Marx, Walter Benjamin, Fernand Braudel…
In this edited volume, contributors articulate a vision for connecting the insights of critical/cultural communication scholarship with the practice of academic leadership in higher education.
