John Cooper Clarke may have an honorary doctorate and a poem on the English Literature GCSE syllabus, but don’t let that fool you: the ‘Poet Laureate of Punk’ is still a bona fide iconoclast. In Have It, a collection of scathing new poems, the Bard of Salford puts his pen to work across a host of painfully funny critiques of modern life.Praise for John Cooper Clarke‘A rhymer to be reckoned with . . . with a panache contemporary poets should...

John Cooper Clarke may have an honorary doctorate and a poem on the English Literature GCSE syllabus, but don’t let that fool you: the ‘Poet Laureate of Punk’ is still a bona fide iconoclast. In Have It, a collection of scathing new poems, the Bard of Salford puts his pen to work across a host of painfully funny critiques of modern life.Praise for John Cooper Clarke:'Nothing short of dazzling' – Alex Turner, musician and frontman o...

In "The Imaginary Marriage," Cooper likely explores themes of love, relationships, and societal expectations. The title suggests that the novel may involve a plot centered around a marriage that exists only in the imagination or one that is unconventional in some way.While I couldn't find specific details about the plot of "The Imaginary Marriage," Cooper's writing style is likely characterized by its attention to detail, well-developed characters, and exploration of human emotions and mot...

The Protagonist's Journey: The story follows the protagonist as he reflects on his past and the significant moments that have shaped his life. This introspective journey is often triggered by a particular event or realization in his current life.Nostalgic Themes: The novel explores themes of nostalgia and the power of memory. The protagonist revisits important memories and the emotional impact they have had on his life and relationships.Romantic and Emotional Depth: The narrative includes ...

"Cooper-Chadwick...in Bulawayo...became a successful trader and well liked by Lobengula, who called him Charlie...one of the best accounts of Lobengula's court." - The Mashonaland Irish Association (2019)"We learn from Western observers like Cooper-Chadwick... it was a general practice among the Ndebele for the raiders to come in after a raid with children and women...cruel, degrading treatment...a black mark against the Ndebele society." - The Ndebele Nation (2...

Like many new arrivals to Canada, Hermann Beier came to this country with big dreams — visions of a wide-open country where hard work and entrepreneurial flair would make him rich. A charismatic handyman, martial arts teacher, and small business owner, he charmed women and earned the respect of men. He was loved in his community of Alliston, Ontario, and had a plan to make a million bucks. But when those dreams soured, Beier turned to crime to pay the bills.Faced with bankruptcy in...

Everything an Edwardian fancier needed to know about the national dog - how to buy one, breed one, feed one, and avoid being swindled over one.H. St. John Cooper was a popular novelist and a respected show breeder, and Bulldogs and Bulldog Breeding, first published in 1905, is the working handbook he wrote out of that double life. It opens, characteristically, with market value, sale and exchange advertisements, and how to protect yourself from fraud in th...

John Cooper vividly recalls the dark days of the Second World War - air raids, rationing, Home Guard manoeuvres, prisoners of war on the doorstep and the excitement of VE Day - and the long, carefree days of post-war childhood that followed, when the pace of life was much gentler than today. The author recalls local shops, now long gone, such as Harriden's grocery store and Mr Lines the blacksmith, as well as Harpenden's two cinemas, in one of which he was briefly employed...

Fifteen-year-old Danny is a troubled kid, and trouble always seems to follow him. Things are changing just too fast his family has moved to a new town, his father is battling alcoholism, and Danny has a hair-trigger temper that causes him problems with the teachers and the other kids at his new school. But as they say, everybody can do at least one thing well, and for Danny its judo. The dojo is the one place where Dannys aggression can find an outlet, even as he tries to make sense of a l...

Britain's mighty atom, the Mini Cooper, has a huge reputation out of all proportion to its size. The Mini was created by the fertile mind of Alec Issigonis and modified by John Cooper to become known as the Mini Cooper in 1961. Giant killing in motorsport, particularly in the Monte Carlo Rally, built the enduring Mini Cooper legend and today the car is back in production and popular around the world. 1994 will, once again, see Paddy Hopkirk campaigning a Mini Cooper in the Monte!

"Bulldogs" was originally written by Henry St. John Cooper in 1914. This new edition was revised, updated, and almost completely re-written by F. Barrett Fowler in 1925. Any edition of this book on the Bulldog is now both expensive and hard to find. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished the revised edition, using the original text and photographs, as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series. The author was a well known and respected breeder who had much success with his show Bulldogs. He was ...

Everything the Bulldog enthusiast could wish to know, gathered into one companionable volume - and the French Bulldog too. F. Barrett Fowler's classic covers both breeds from history to the show ring.First published in 1925, Bulldogs and All About Them is a substantial reworking of Henry St John Cooper's earlier Bulldogs, and treats the breed's early history, its standard, temperament, and the practical business of choosing stock, feeding, showing...