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  • Poems That Make Grown Men Cry

    100 Men on the Words That Move Them

    A life-enhancing tour through classic and contemporary poems that have made men cry: “The Holdens remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a postgraduate in creative writing to be moved by verse….It’s plain fun” (The Wall Street Journal).*Grown men aren’t supposed to cry…*Yet in this fascinating anthology, one hundred men—distinguished in literature and film, science and architecture, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Pirate Who's Afraid of Everything

    Series Book 1 - Shivers!
    Recommended for summer reading by The Huffington Post!"When Shivers sets sail, adventure—and laughs—abound."—Tom Watson, author of the Stick Dog seriesMeet Shivers, the scaredy-est pirate to ever sail the Seven Seas. Along with his best friend, Margo, and his loyal fishmate, Albee, Shivers battles a giant squid, discovers hidden treasures, and gets pooped on by a pigeon to save his parents from ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • He Played For His Wife And Other Stories

    He Played For His Wife…And Other Stories continues a rich tradition of fictional writing on one of the world’s greatest games.A ghost at the table, a heads-up with Shakespeare, a high stakes stick-up, a hand played on Death Row, tales of pioneers and knaves, even a celestial argy-bargy – each story in this anthology reveals that when it comes to playing poker, no one can hide from their true ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Based on a True Story

    From poker to poetry, poisoners to princes, opera to the Oscars, Shakespeare to Olivier, Mozart to Murdoch, Anthony Holden seems to have rolled many writers’ lives into one. Author of 35 books on a ‘crazy’ range of subjects, this cocky Lancashire lad-turned-bohemian citizen of the world has led an apparently charmed life from Merseyside to Buckingham Palace, the White House and beyond. As he turns ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Man Who Wrote Mozart: The Extraordinary Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte

    “During his picaresque, chameleon career, [Da Ponte] was always on the move. Jew and Catholic, priest and womaniser, poet and bankrupt, shopkeeper and university professor, he began his long life in and around Venice and ended it in New York. It is hard to imagine a more flamboyant personal history, a gift to the biographer Anthony Holden, who relishes his subject’s sheer exuberance.” — Lucasta ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Poems That Make Grown Women Cry

    The internationally bestselling collection of poetry so powerful that it has moved readers to tears. “Anthony and Ben Holden remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a postgraduate in creative writing to be moved by verse” (The Wall Street Journal).One hundred women—distinguished in literature and film, science and law, theater and human rights—share poems that have stayed with them long ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Bigger Deal

    A Year Inside the Poker Boom

    In the years since Anthony Holden wrote his classic memoir Big Deal, the poker world has changed beyond recognition. When Holden played in the 1988 World Series of Poker there were 167 starters competing for a prize of $270,000. Since then, poker has become the world's largest single-competitor sport -- at the 2006 World Series there were almost 9,000 players and a first prize of $12 million, the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Big Deal

    A Year as a Professional Poker Player

    In 1988, best-selling biographer Anthony Holden spent one year living the life of a professional poker player. His mesmerizing account of that year went on to become a classic of the genre, an inspiration to innumerable poker players and poker memoirists who followed. Big Deal is his story of days and nights in Las Vegas, Malta, and Morocco, mingling with the greats, sharpening his game, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Holden On Hold'em

    How to Play and Win at the Biggest Deal in Town

    Holden is an experienced poker player who does not pretend to be as expert as the world's top pros; but he can write better than them - and he knows most well enough to milk them for personalized advice, tips and subtle strategies.HOLDEN ON HOLD'EM thoroughly analyses the difference between home and casino play, between cash and tournament play, between internet poker and the real thing against ... Read more

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  • The Pirate Who's Back in Bunny Slippers

    Series Book 2 - Shivers!
    Shivers, the scaredy-est pirate to ever sail the Seven Seas, is back. Comic book–like illustrations in each chapter bring Shivers to life and invite even the most reluctant readers to join the adventure. Perfect for fans of such series as Stick Dog, Big Nate, Dork Diaries, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.This time, Shivers must set sail again to get his beloved ship, the Land Lady, back from Mayor Sheila ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Shivers!: The Pirate Who’s More Terrified than Ever

    Series Book 4 - Shivers!
    Join Shivers, the pirate who’s afraid of everything, on his latest laugh-filled adventure in this illustrated series by former Story Pirates Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White.In this fourth and final book, Shivers, along with his best friend Margo and his first mate and pet fish, Albee, has to save his hometown by sailing all the way to the Bermuda Triangle.Shivers, the pirate who’s afraid of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • William Shakespeare

    His Life and Work

    Who was William Shakespeare? How did the 'rude groom' from Stratford grow up to be the greatest poet the world has known? Not for a generation, since the late Anthony Burgess's SHAKESPEARE (1970), has there been anything approaching a popular, mainstream biography of the greatest and most celebrated writer. Yet Shakespeare's life was as colourful, varied and dramatic as his works: the Warwickshire ... Read more

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