The Rainbow Player by David Kerby-Kendall – Published by Whiteley Publishing, 2014 Sammy Hatchington is an England footballer, the Rainbow Player of the title. He’s the only child of an uncaring father and...

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Murderabilia by Craig Robertson – Published by Simon and Schuster, March 2017 [Also available as an audiobook, read by David Monteath, an outstanding narrator and audiobook genius] Anyone who’s seen my previous reviews...

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What has the EU ever done for us? By David Charter – Published by Biteback Publishing, 2017 Written by the Times’ Berlin correspondent, this book sets out how the EU has affected the...

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The Gritterman by Orlando Weeks – Published by Particular Books, September 2017 Written and illustrated by a member of the sadly defunct indie band, The Maccabees, this is the story of the Gritterman, driver...

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Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker – Published by Allen Lane, 3 October 2017 Matthew Walker is currently Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory at the...

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Max and the Doglins by Amanda Montgomery-Higham – First published in 2007 Max is a dog. He’s hungry, so when he finds an egg, he steals it. And the next night he steals...

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Don’t Worry He Doesn’t Bite, Tales of a Country Postman by Liam Mulvin  – Published by Merlin Unwin Books, September 2017 First, a confession: my heart sinks a little when a book by...

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The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes – Published by Flying Eye Books Lots of ‘big’ illustrations, with some fine detail and repetition, so ideal for small children, maybe as a bedtime story.  As...

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That’s Not English by Erin Moore – Published by Vintage, 2015 A book by a London based author from America, about ‘Britishisms’, Americanisms and “What our English says about us”, it’s rather less...

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Ships’ Cat’s in war and peace by Val Lewis – Published by Nauticalia, reprinted 2014 I make no apology for saying that, although the author delves into the history of exploration and the...

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