Böcker av Richard Skinner

The subject matter of Richard Skinner's witty and reflective poems starts with the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden and concludes with the events of the first Easter, taking in on the way Julian of Norwich's hazelnut, Mastermind, God as a blizzard, and the eighth deadly sin. A psalm based on the New Testament and a modern take on Epiphany are included, along with a dozen new 'Invocations'.

Ben Baxter (aged 11) and his sister Katie (aged 13) aided by Ben?s friend Johnny enjoy solving mysteries. So when Ben and Johnny find a coded message in an old Jaguar in a scrapyard they decide to solve it. The clues lead them to discover that the car used to belong to a notorious London gangland criminal. But what secrets are hidden in...

A strikingly beautiful collection from poet and writer Richard Skinner. Haunting lyrics of great formal skills, packed with poignancy and elegance. A book to be read, and memorised, that will delight this author's extensive readership.

Mata Hari's fame soon spreads throughout the cabarets and theatres of Europe and, as the major powers lurch towards inevitable conflict, she begins to attract the attention of numerous admirers - many of whom are officers, all too keen to share their secrets with a woman of notorious intrigue and allure.