An insider's look into the largely anonymous volunteers in local party organizations who make decisions in elections with profound implications for American democracy. Although scholars have long recognized that local American parties play an important role in elections, surprisingly little is known about the individuals who lead these typically small, volunteer-based organizations. As David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, and Michael G. Miller show in Small Power, lo...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Dangerous Book for Boys, DANGER IS EVERYWHERE is a brilliantly funny handbook for avoiding danger of all kinds that will have everyone from reluctant readers to bookworms laughing out loud (very safely) from start to finish.DOES IT WARN YOU ABOUT WHAT TO DO IF A SHARK COMES UP OUT OF THE LOO WHILE YOU ARE SITTING ON IT?Yes it does.AND HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOUR GRANNY IS ...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE LAUGH OUT LOUD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS 2016*The world's greatest (and only) DANGEROLOGIST is back to make YOU into a Level 3 DANGEROLOGIST in his new SCHOOL OF DANGER handbook.Following a mishap involving his DANGER MOBILE (shopping trolley) and the local school dinner lady, Docter Noel Zone joins the teaching staff to help out.WARNING! BEWARE! CAUTION!But any POD (Pupil of Dangerology) knows that schools...

*Winner of the Irish Children's Book Award*'Funny, warm as toast and packed full of ideas that fill up your head and burst in your brain like fizzy magic!' Noel Fielding'A totally fun, madcap adventure that ends up robbing your heart' Stewart Foster, award-winning author of The Bubble BoyThere's a feeling of relief that comes just after you've robbed a bank...Rex's

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Danger is STILL Everywhere: Beware the Dog, written and read by David O'Doherty.Will Docter Noel Zone's second book tell you how to combat a CROCUUM*? YESAnd reveal the secrets of the world's greatest (and only) Dangerologist? THAT TOO.Has he written it yet? NO*Is it because he's hiding in a wardrobe? MAYBEDoct...

‘Am I so smart or are you so stupid?’ – Louis van GaalI started out wanting to write a book about Marco van Basten. I still do, but I dread the moment when I have to write something I know will make him unhappy. He’s not a man you wage war on. With Louis van Gaal it’s different: as a journalist he leaves you no choice. You’re not worthy of the name if you aren’t prepared to return fire when he starts yelling.Hugo Borst is an award-winning writer, journalist and TV ...

"You Have Me to Love is an intense and dramatic novel filled with meticulous use of detail and a forensic psychological accuracy. Its power comes from the fierce energy of the narrative structure, the way of handling silence and pain, and the ability to confront the darkest areas of experience with clear-eyed sympathy and care. Jaap Robben handles delicate, dangerous material with subtlety and sympathy, but also with a visionary sense of truth that is masterly and unforgettable." ...

Inspired by true events, the novel pulls back the veil on the experiences of countless women between the 1950s and 1980s who were forced to give up their children born out of wedlock. The result is an impressive story about buried female trauma, caused by society, organized religion and the dominant social mores.Jaap himself about Afterlight: “This novel stems from a poem I once wrote for deceased, unbaptized children who were taken from childbirth between 1950 and...

• Great reviews for Jaap’s last book: o “You Have Me to Love explores raw and unsettling psychological territory. It is a story that once read will stick with the reader for a long time.” Literary Review o “Moving between child-like speculation and shocking realism, Robben’s novel transports the reader into lives almost beyond imagining in the contemporary world. With echoes of Ian McEwan and Peter Carey, Robben’s tale, already a huge success in the Netherlands, is one to savor and discuss...

For readers of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse comes a beautifully illustrated philosophical book on the value of friendship and life, told from the perspective of a fly, and a gift book for all ages.What if you were thrown into existence in the middle of your life, with numbered days left ahead of you? Would you see the world in the same way? In his inimitable style, Jaap Robben answers these questions through the unexpectedly witty lens of a fly...

"The most interesting Dutch writer of his generation" Herman Koch"Vivid and moving. A marvellous hybrid of a book about one of the major contemporary causes of sickness and unhappiness. In it we recognise ourselves, our restlessness and insecurity" George SzirtesSomething inside will not let me be . . .Daan Heerma van Voss is not just anxious. According to tests on the cortisone levels in his hair, he is se...

Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson combine the mundane with the surreal in their brilliant comedy sketch show.Acclaimed sketch duo Two Episodes of Mash (a.k.a Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson) present their surreal sketch show packed full 'low-key, mundane glamour', with support from a cast including David O'Doherty, Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce, and Jimmy Carr.Meet the human cannonball, who has been blasted to Ilford from Belgium by mistake. Discover what happens when Rapunzel ge...