There are a multitude of ` London Calling` cards in the collection at Rocket 68. This lively illustrated range of London themed prints & cards aims to portray the vibrancy & beauty of London`s architecture, areas, life & communities. Each card is supplied with quality Gunpowder grey envelope in a cellophane wrapper. These cards are all illustrated by Jill White & printed in the UK on a lovely soft Calisto FSC accredited board. ...

Britain`s former prime minister is holed up in a remote, ocean-front house in America, struggling to finish his memoirs, when his long-term assistant drowns. A professional ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project
- a man more used to working with fading rock stars & minor celebrities than ex-world leaders. The ghost soon discovers that his distinguished new client has secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him
- secrets with the power to kill. Robert Harris is once again at his gripping best with the most controversial new thriller of the decade.

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` Deliciously creepy` Herald. A hair-raising fictionalized account of the Borley Rectory haunting, based on contemporary first-hand testimonies. Welcome to Borley Rectory, the most haunted house in Engl&. The year is 1926 & Sarah Grey has landed herself an unlikely new job
- personal assistant to Harry Price, London`s most infamous ghost hunter. Equal parts brilliant & charming, neurotic & manipulative, Harry has devoted his life to exposing the truth behind England`s many `false hauntings`, & never has he left a case unsolved, nor a fraud unexposed. So when Harry & Sarah are invited to Borley Rectory
- a house so haunted that objects frequently fly through the air unbidden, & locals avoid the grounds for fear of facing the spectral nun that walks there
- they`re sure that this case will be just like any other. But when night falls & still no artifice can be found, the ghost hunters are forced to confront an uncomfortable possibility: the ghost of Borley Rectory may be real. &, if so, they`re about to make its most intimate acquaintance.


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In “ Ghost Map”, Steven Johnson tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, & the two unlikely heroes
- anaesthetist Doctor John Snow & affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead
- who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research & map-making. In telling their extraordinary story, Johnson also explores a whole world of ideas & connections, from urban terror to microbes, ecosystems to the Great Stink, cultural phenomena to street life. Re-creating a London full of dirt, dust heaps, slaughterhouses & scavengers, “ Ghost Map” is about how huge populations live together, how cities can kill
- & how they can save us.


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Named by Moscow Times ”the History Book of the Year, ” The Ghost of Freedom combines riveting storytelling with insightful analysis, in the first general history of the modern Caucasus, stretching from the beginning of Russian imperial expansion up to the rise of new countries after the Soviet Union`s collapse. In evocative & accessible prose, Charles King reveals how tsars, highlanders, revolutionaries, & adventurers have contributed to the fascinating history of this borderl&, providing an indispensable guide to the complicated histories, politics, & cultures of this intriguing frontier. Based on new research in multiple languages, the book shows how the struggle for freedom in the Caucasus has been a perennial theme over the last two hundred years, shining valuable light on the origins of modern disputes, including the ongoing war in Chechnya, conflicts in Georgia & Azerbaijan, & debates over oil from the Caspian Sea & its impact on world markets. The paperback edition features new material, including an Afterword on the Russian-Georgian war of 2008. ...

The first time Annie Sweet sees 43 Stanley Road, the house is so perfect she almost feels as though it has chosen her. She longs to move in, but with her husband seeming more distant, & her daughter wrapped up in her friends & new school, Annie is left alone to mull over the past. Soon she becomes consumed by the house & everyone who has lived there before her, especially a young chorus girl called Lily Painter, a rising star of the music hall whose sparkling performances were the talk of the town. As Annie delves further into Lily`s past she begins to unravel a dark episode from Edwardian London, that of two notorious baby farmers, who lured young unmarried mothers with the promise of a better life for their babies. Until Annie solves the mystery at the heart of the scandal, the ghost of Lily Painter will never be able to rest. Based on a real period from London`s rich history, Caitlin Davies skilfully blends fact & fiction to bring to life part of our sinister past. Spanning an entire century, from the journals of an Edwardian police inspector to a doomed wartime love affair, The Ghost of Lily Painter is an engrossing & poignant novel from a hugely talented writer. ...

On September 29th 1938 the fate of a country was sealed at Munich. Hitler, Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain & the President of France, Edouard Daladier negotiated the handover to Germany of the Sudetenlands, & with it came the betrayal of a nation by the great European powers. Chamberlain claimed ` Peace with honour`. Daladier returned to Paris a hero, the man who saved France from another disastrous war with Germany. Yet he knew he had failed. `I had been knocked out of the ring, ` he says in this extraordinary novel, based upon detailed historical research. Scene by scene, hour by hour the reader accompanies Daladier from his departure to Munich to his triumphant but ultimately tragic return to Paris. In Germany we sit with him & the other leaders at the conference table, & as the tensions of the fateful day build up, the political twists & turns & the personal animosities intensify. History made Daladier the Ghost of Munich, the forgotten dupe, the fool cast to oblivion for his role in a thirteen hour blackmail. This is his story. The Ghost of Munich has the sharpness of film, the drama of tragedy & the truth of history. ...

I have come backe to this towne. Thos. Kempe Bottles have been smashed, doors slammed & strange messages scrawled everywhere. & James is being blamed. It`s not fair. Why won`t his parents believe in ghosts? Because the ghost of Thomas Kempe is very real. & he`s got it in for James...”A great year-round read”. (The Independent). ...

The classic ghost story from Penelope Lively, one of the modern greats of British fiction for adults & children alike. James is fed up. His family has moved to a new cottage
- with grounds that are great for excavations, & trees that are perfect for climbing
- & stuff is happening. Stuff that is normally the kind of thing he does. But it`s not him who`s writing strange things on shopping lists & fences. It`s not him who smashes bottles & pours tea in the Vicar`s lap. It`s a ghost
- honestly. Thomas Kempe the 17th century apothecary has returned & he wants James to be his apprentice. No one else believes in ghosts. It`s up to James to get rid of him. Or he`ll have no pocket money or pudding ever again. An iconic ghost story for children, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe is adored by generations of readers.


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An old woman is awoken in the dead of night by knocks at her front door. She opens it to find her daughter, Doruntine, standing there alone in the darkness. She has been brought home from a distant land by a mysterious rider she claims is her brother Konstandin. But unbeknownst to her, Konstandin has been dead for years. What follows is chain of events which plunges an Albanian village into fear & mistrust. Who is the ghost rider? ...