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07/08/2026

The Songs The Beatles Gave Away
by Colin Hall
Foreword: Billy J. Kramer
Preface: Bob Harris OBE

Featuring exclusive interviews with Sir Paul McCartney and Sir George Martin

Lennon and McCartney were arguably the most successful songwriters of all time. Frank Sinatra declared George Harrison’s ‘Something’, to be “the greatest love song of the past 50 years.”

This book looks in depth at how they came to be prolific writers and the songs they gave away to other artists.

“I found myself being swept up by his passion and knowledge and by the memories he was triggering in my mind.” BOB HARRIS

‘A vivid, passionate salute to a bygone time and place.’ Record Collector

‘Absolutely brilliant.’ Paul Ross
Book of the Week –Extra Time, talkRADIO and talkSPORT

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05/08/2026

From Bournville to Broadway
Laurie Mansfield – a life in showbusiness

If you love classic entertainment you will love this book and our special offer.

It’s no exaggeration to say Laurie Mansfield has been one of the main architects of modern showbusiness. He has been talent manager and agent to some of the biggest names in UK entertainment – Ronnie Corbett, Cilla Black, Michael Crawford, Shirley Bassey, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Davidson, Cannon & Ball, Cleo Laine, Peters & Lee, Basil Brush, Tommy Steele, Mike Yarwood, Paul Merton, Alan Davies, Julian Clary, Shane Ritchie and Brian Conley. – the list goes on and on. He has also been responsible for some hugely successful West End musicals, most notably Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Dreamboats & Petticoats, and Jolson. His astonishing career spans six decades during a time when entertainment has gone through more changes than at any other time in showbusiness history.

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02/08/2026

A little help from Batman today at the Liverpool Book Festival with Quarryman drummer's book, 'Pre:Fab!, and Colin Hall's "The Songs The Beatles Gave Away".
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01/08/2026

Happy Yorkshire Day!

29/07/2026

Thank you to the T&A for today’s feature on ‘First Mainline through the Pennines’ by David Joy and Gavin Morrison.

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29/07/2026

A Yorkshire Vet: Back to Herriot Country
by Julian Norton�

Our latest instalment in the ‘Yorkshire Vet’ diaries sees Julian Norton return to ‘Herriot Country’, and Thirsk in particular, as he sets up a new practice in his home town.

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Follow Julian as he treats a cornucopia of animals in surgery and on location, often with a film crew in tow for the long-running TV series The Yorkshire Vet.
Puppy parties and vomiting dogs, complicated surgery, difficult lambing, a ferret vasectomy, Mini the guinea, an ill-tempered swan, bullocks, lifting a heifer, CBA, Boris the rabbit, Skippy the cat, Sponge Bob the vizsla, Narcissus the oystercatcher, Vinnie the vulture, a hamster in space, Thor the walrus, five poorly mice, mating alpacas, sheep aplenty, and many more avian, bovine, canine and feline tales are told.

27/07/2026

Some of our out-of-print railway titles are now available to buy or read via Kindle Unlimited,

The fully illustrated Against the Grade’ – working on the Settle-Carlisle railway – by Bob Swallow.
‘The Last Days of Scottish Steam’, ‘The Last Years of North East Steam’ and ‘The Last Years of Yorkshire Steam’ by Peter Tuffrey – stunning photographs of locomotives on the railways, with informative captions.

22/07/2026

The Ken Dodd Happiness Show – The Lost Tapes
Hilarious unseen recordings of Sir Ken Dodd on stage, in his legendary laughter show, ‘Happiness’, found and restored after 30 years. DVD.

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17/07/2026

LET ME IN: The Brontës in Bricks and Mortar
by Ann Dinsdale and Sharon Wright

An eye-opening odyssey that combines the surprising Brontë history of key houses with their sometimes glorious, sometimes heartbreaking, always fascinating afterlives.
Beautifully produced with excellent photography.

‘A gripping tour through time with the Brontë house detectives.’ Araminta Hall

‘Personal and poetic, authoritative and richly evocative, this is a biography like no other: a family history laid out in brick and stone.’ Kathryn Sutherland

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13/07/2026

Best Sellers
Peter Sellers – A Life in Comedy

Book of the Month – Best of British

The life and work of the legendary Peter Sellers written by leading comedy historian Robert Ross.
Beautifully produced in hardback with picture sections

Available with a dedicated bookplate, signed by Robert

Special offer £15 including UK delivery

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