Böcker av Duncan Thompson

Following on from the success of Kamikaze Mouse, the 'Headteacher Poet' Duncan Thompson brings you a second collection of poems based on the strange things he's heard and seen in his own school, as well as the strange things he's been asked in school assemblies in other schools. Challenged to come up with poems on dead hedgehogs, throwing sweetcorn at people and who is better, Ronaldo or Messi, he triumphed. Could he write poems about a child getting their hand stuck in a watercooler, a school being closed because of a bee invasion, or even about a Vaquita (which research showed was a rare type of dolphin)? Yes, of course he could, and the results are inside this book. Do you want to know what happened when the dinosaurs attacked the school? Would you like to find out what happened to Mary Anning's dog? Have you heard of the granny who had toothache even though she had no teeth? These mysterious await you inside, and many more!

Faceless shadows, a night that will never be the same, and a sinister force. If you go down to the woods tonight, you're in for a sinister surprise. When a stag party decide to camp in the woods, they soon discover that a malevolent force has them in their sights. As the unknown creeps ever closer, Joe and his friends must survive. To survive, Joe must learn to fight. If he fights, he could lose it all. A rollercoaster ride of blood, sweat and tears, Shadows of the Woods will keep you hooked, all whilst throwing nostalgic homage to slashers of the late seventies and early eighties. A night terror that you won't be forgetting any time soon. Shadows of the Woods and Shadows of Hell are the prelude to The Mystery of Ravenfield.Together they are The Shadows of Ravenfield.

When a man of heavenly worth sins in Hell, darkness shall reign upon the earth. A message from the other side - an omen of the impending apocalypse. A message intended for one man, the only man who can prevent Armageddon, saving the soul of every human being on Earth. That man is Joe Costello. But, not only is Joe trapped in the underworld, he is also the sane nab who has the power to unleash the shadows of Hell upon the world. Inspired by Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, Joe must battle his way through the nine circles of Hell, his escape being the key to salvation. Not only will he face all manner of Hell's demons, he'll also face his own. However, Joe is not alone on this journey, as he is guided through each level of Hell by medium and psychic, Layla Thorne. Shadows of Hell is the epic sequel to Shadows of the Woods, concluding the prelude to the The Mystery of Ravenfield.

Working as a teacher, and then a headteacher, you're never sure of what each day is going to bring. When the day gives you lines like 'There's a wasp in my trousers' or 'I wish I was a bird, so I could poo on people', the poet inside grabs them and won't let go until a poem has been written.

Provides a summary of the history of New Left Review and its political development starting from 1962. This book traces NLR's attempts to develop socialist politics, through the old Labour of Harold Wilson, through heady days in 1968, through new Marxist theory, through the Cold War years and into the era of contemporary capitalist globalisation.