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The Likes of Us
Parthian Books 2013; US$ 7.99A classic selection of the best of Stan Barstow's stories, covering the last five decades of British life. A group of young tearaways on a night out that begins with horse-play and ends in tragedy; the loneliness of a drunken miner's wife; a war-shocked ex-sailor forced beyond endurance, a widower is brought to grief by a woman outside his real understanding,... more...
The Autobiography of a Super-tramp
Parthian Books 2013; US$ 7.99The experiences of a young destitute Welshman in America and Britain. William Henry Davies was born in a pub and learnt early in life to rely on his wits and his fists?and to drink. Around the turn of the century, when he was twenty-two, his restless spirit of adventure led him to set off for America, and he worked around the country taking... more...
Say Goodbye to the Boys
Parthian Books 2013; US$ 7.99A serial killer is on the loose in a sleepy, Welsh seaside town, picking off victims like some people pick cockles... The year is 1947 and three young men have recently been demobbed and are back at home in north Wales. It?s the start of good weather and they?re enjoying being alive. They share the favours of Lilian Ridetski, who runs a high class... more...
Too Cold for Snow
Parthian Books 2013; US$ 7.99In this zany new collection of stories, a paid assassin called Krink loads up on viper-spit to tackle some uber-thugs; the governor of a prison ship introduces his inmates to haute cuisine; and a farmer wakes up after an avalanche in north Wales to find he is the last man alive. Ranging from the taiga of northern Russia to the depths of despair, these... more...
The First XV
Parthian Books 2012; US$ 7.99A collection of biographical, anecdotal, and literary essays on Britain's consuming passion for rugby, this account describes the exploits of the people?s heroes from Gould to Gareth Edwards. The beauty and exhilaration of the game is vividly recaptured in classic prose, as are the emotions and expectations of the most passionate rugby aficionados... more...
Funderland
Parthian Books 2012; US$ 7.99Plunging below the surface to confront the strange, the shocking, and often the unspeakable, this debut short story collection interrogates themes of violence, longing, and helplessness. Beautifully written as well as explosive, these stories feature characters who must cope with the darker side of human relationships, frequently from inside the seemingly... more...
Forgotten Footprints
Parthian Books 2013; US$ 7.99A mix of history, geography, myth, and personal truth, this book explores the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland Islands, and the Weddell Sea?the most visited places in Antarctica. Filled with beautiful photographs by the author from his travels, this record offers a selection of anecdotal accounts of the merchantmen, navy men, sealers, whalers,... more...
Cloud Road
Parthian Books 2010; US$ 7.99An intense and deeply personal account of five months spent high in the Andes Mountains, this travelogue combines historical and anthropological details with the thrill of extreme adventure. Hiking at more than 10,000 feet for almost the entire trip, the author follows the great road of the Incas, the Camino Real. Hand-built more than 500 years ago,... more...
The Battle to the Weak
Parthian Books 2011; US$ 7.99A forgotten Welsh novel, first published in 1925, this love story is also a portrait of class conflict and the plight of rural women. The plot turns on young Rhys Lloyd's interest in the ideas of Social Darwinism and the League of Nations, which make him a dangerous figure in his village. To complicate his life further, Rhys is the son of a Welsh-speaking... more...
The Volunteers
Parthian Books 2012; US$ 7.99During the miners' strike in the 1980s, a worker is killed in the striking coalfields of Wales. Some months later, a government minister thought to be connected with the death is also shot. Lewis Redfern?once a radical but now a political analyst and journalist?pursues the sniper, a lonely hunt that leads him through an imbroglio of civil service... more...









