Between 1967 and 1997 Keith Spragg progressed from the greenest new co-pilot on a piston-engined Vickers Viking to a fully qualified jet captain. He then went on to become an experienced pilot t
See the 85-year history of the World Cup as never before: through 100 iconic objects associated with the game. This fabulous photographic history boasts the most fascinating collection of artif
Included are stories of Thomas Stevens, the doughty Englishman who circumnavigated the world on a penny farthing, the 1904 Tour de France winner who was disqualified for catching the train, the 1937 J
This book offers a hilarious assortment of the weirdest and wackiest tales ever to come out of the classroom—and they’re all true. Featuring the flamboyant swimming teacher who spent his spare time fi
Running’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today’s high-tech, apped-up approach. Within these pages y
England Rugby has every reason to be excited about the 2015/16 season. As hosts of the IRB Rugby World Cup and blessed with a team that has been improving every year after the 2011 Rugby World Cup, fa
Learn all about the strange, peculiar, and mysterious (yet fantastic!) world that is the London Underground Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of London's Underground, or as it is affectionately
Mark Spragg’s first novel is the story of the lifelong friendship between two Wyoming ranchers, McEban and Bennett,?and their love for the same woman—Gretchen Simpson, Bennett’s wife. When she leaves
At eighty, Einar Gilkyson has lost his share of loved ones, but still finds his house full. His granddaughter, Griff, has dropped out of college to look after him, and his long-absent sister has retur
Ishawooa, Wyoming, is far from bucolic nowadays. The sheriff, Crane Carlson, needs no reminder of this but gets one anyway when he finds a kid not yet twenty murdered in a meth lab. His other troubles
In an extraordinary tale of love and forgiveness, Mark Spragg brings us this novel of a complex, prodigal homecoming. After escaping the last of a long string of abusive boyfriends, Jean Gilkyson and
"Elemental, powerful?a piercing voice from the heartland." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Here is a book for women to read to learn the hearts of men. Here is a book for men to read to curse w
Remarkable Golf Courses encompasses the extremes of the sport – from the highest golf course in La Paz, Bolivia, to the lowest, in Death Valley, USA; from the most northerly in the Arctic Circle to th
On December 15, 1944, Maj. Alton Glenn Miller, commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band (Special), boarded a plane in England bound for France with Lt. Col. Norman Francis Baessell. Somewhere ove
Winner of the 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards for Biography (New Mexico subject) and Best BookDon't let the quaint and homespun title fool you. This book is a beautifully written and engaging homa
An intimate portrait of a family's decision to return to the Navajo reservation and reclaim its cultural identity. The Begay family are photographed and interviewed over the course of a decade, provid
