Patrick MacGill

• Jul-1981
• / Literary
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Moleskin Joe is one of the most memorable characters to appear in Patrick MacGill's first two books, Children of the Dead End and The Rat-Pit . This sequel, first published in 1923, recalls the tramps and navvies MacGill encountered during his tim...

• Nov-1999
• / Psychological Suspense
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In the city of Glasgow there is a lodging house for women known as 'The Rat Pit'. Here the vagrant can get a nightly bunk for a few pence...'The Rat Pit' is a transcript from life and most of the characters are real people and the sce...

• Apr-2007
• / General Fiction
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I wish the sea were not so wide That parts me from my love; I wish the things men do below Were known to God above. I wish that I were back again In the glens of Donegal; They'll call me coward if I return, But a hero if I fall. "Is it better to be a...

• May-2008
• / General Fiction
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

• Oct-2014
• / General Fiction
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• Nov-2016
• / Historical
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In 1915 Patrick MacGill, the navvy poet' whose autobiographical novel about his life as a potato harvester and roadwork in Scotland, Children of the Dead End A classic of war literature, The Great Push is a passionate and compelling book which de...

• Jun-2017
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-2017
• / General Fiction
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In the trenches during World War One, any English soldier wearing brown had become one's "Brown Brethren." This is a book that will leave a person thinking about it long after it is put down. This is a high quality paperback, suitable for home librar...

• Jul-2017
• / General Fiction
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A young man is sent away from a poor family to work and send money home, at the age of twelve. His tale is a great coming of age tale of hardship and hard work. This is an inspiring tale, hard to put down....

• / Action Adventure
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I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared. At Chelsea I found myself a unit of the 2nd London Irish Battalion, af...