Ros Barber’s second book forms a meditation on human loss; it is a more personal and autobiographical collection than her first, described by Neil Rollinson as an honest, unflinching and hugely satisfying debut’. Sarah Law described her as a "traditional" contemporary poet along the lines of Larkin’ and it is Barber’s sure hand with rhyme and meter that gives the hard material of these poems (both personal losses and those experienced through others) their steady focus and makes them so readable. Throughout, the poetry remains strong, thoughtful and refreshing. Ros Barber was born in 1964 in Washington DC. She grew up in Colchester, studied Biology at the University of Sussex, and then English Literature and Philosophy with the Open University, while working as a computer programmer. Since 2000 she has worked as a freelance writer and creative writing tutor for the University of Sussex. She is married with four children and lives in Brighton.

Material

Literature & Fiction

BARBER, ROS

Poetry

Anvil Press Poetry

The Bodyboard Manual is the definitive guide to bodyboarding, the most exciting and accessible watersport on the planet – fact! This fifth edition has been expanded and updated to include more info, more tips and more dream destinations for bodyboarders of all abilities. For beginners there are sections covering the basics – equipment, technique, safety, swell forecasting...all the things you need to know to get started. For intermediate and advanced riders there’s info about how to bust sick manoeuvres, where to find the best bodyboard waves, how to get super fit, how to win contests, and heaps more. With tips and advice from the world's top bodyboarders there’s useful stuff for every situation. Author Rob Barber is the editor of ThreeSixty, Europe’s leading bodyboard magazine, and a bodyboard instructor with nearly two decades of experience. The Bodyboard Manual includes a stack of quality imagery taken by the best photographers in the biz, including Sacha Specker, Ray Collins, Tim Jones, Rod Owen, Mike Searle, Tim McKenna, Andy Lawrence, Tom Young, Russell Ord and Mickey Smith. The book also includes a comprehensive resources section where boogers can find up-to-date info about travel agencies, surf camps, bodyboard schools, shops and websites. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an air-busting shredder, The Bodyboard Manual will help you take your bodyboarding to the next level.

The Bodyboard Manual: The Essential Guide to Bodyboarding

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

Orca Publications

Winner of the 2013 Desmond Elliott Prize Longlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction
You're the author of the greatest plays of all time. But nobody knows. And if it gets out, you're dead.
On May 30, 1593, a celebrated young playwright was killed in a tavern brawl in London. That, at least, was the official version. Now Christopher Marlowe reveals the truth: that his "death" was an elaborate ruse to avoid a conviction of heresy; that he was spirited across the English Channel to live on in lonely exile; that he continued to write plays and poetry, hiding behind the name of a colorless man from Stratford―one William Shakespeare.
With the grip of a thriller and the emotional force of a sonnet, this remarkable novel in verse gives voice to a man who was brilliant, passionate, and mercurial. A cobbler's son who counted nobles among his friends, a spy in the Queen's service, a fickle lover and a declared religious skeptic, Christopher Marlowe always courted trouble. In this memoir, love letter, confession, and settling of accounts, Ros Barber brings Christopher Marlowe and his era to vivid life in The Marlowe Papers.

The Marlowe Papers: A Novel

Literary

St.Martin's Press

St. Martin's: Griffin

She’s a tomboy. 
Her brother’s missing. 
Now she has to pretend to be him. Six-year-old Tyke is the spit of her half-brother, Mark, but there’s one crucial difference: Tyke is the result of rape. When her father sails into their Devon fishing village in 1695, Mark, to protect their Ma, decides to kill him. But the plan goes wrong and Mark goes missing.\nTyke’s mother dresses her daughter as her son to get money from Mark’s grandmother. Tyke moves into Mrs Read’s London home and gets the education of a ‘young gentleman’. When a one-armed pirate arrives, her world up-ends. She is forced to become a servant, but at least she can take comfort in her new friend Jim.\nThen puberty hits, and even her body seems to turn against her, threatening to reveal her secret. If she stops being ‘Mark’, she could lose everything. But how far will she go to stay free?\nScroll up and press 'Buy Now' to meet the young Mary Read, soon to become the fiercest female pirate of them all.\n"This mesmerising novel is lyrical, visceral and vivid" - Maggie Brookes,author of Acts of Love and War\n"a riveting read with irresistible characters you’d want to befriend in real life" - Patience Agbabi, author of The Infinite 
Praise for The Marlowe Papers (Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award, Longlisted: for the Women’s Fiction Prize.) "Themes of identity and self-esteem, of truth and loyalty, give substance to Barber's enthralling plot in a work that combines historical erudition with a sharply satisfying read. Marlowe's passion infects the page; Barber's skill draws the fever." - The Independent\n"a remarkable book." 
The New York Times\n"This rich and charmingly playful work avoids the potential for whimsy inherent in such an undertaking. The thrill at reimagining the events and era comes through wave after wave in Barber’s blank verse." 
- The Telegraph\n"The best read, so far, this year." - The Express\n"An accomplished writer, she composes effective blank verse and is playful with form: her research into Marlowe's documented life forms a series of gripping flashbacks, and her introduction to a cast of characters from the theatre and the court is deft" - Times Literary Supplement\n"the Marlowe Papers thunders along like an episode of some Elizabethan 24." - Literary Review\n"With the screw-tightening verve of a great thriller and the romantic pull of Renaissance poetry, the novel — which purports that Marlowe is the true author of William Shakespeare’s legendary oeuvre — is a gripping, lyrical, most unlikely page-turner." - American Way Praise for Devotion (Longlisted: Encore Award 2015. Featured on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.) "compelling... a novel so animated with fascinating, troubling ideas." 
- The Guardian\n"The focus may be on the eternal questions but it is Barber’s ability to capture the small details of humanity that makes Devotion worth the read." - The Financial Times\n"Intelligent, poetic writing ... Barber weaves together the struggles of these complex characters with taut, high-stakes encounters in episodic chapters, making this a pacy novel in spite of the weighty subject matter; and barely a word is misplaced." - Times Literary Supplement\n"Barber’s prose is compelling" - The Independent\n“Barber's sensational premise delivers an unexpectedly piercing exploration of loss and different kinds of faith.” - Kirkus\n“Barber's poetic prose is a sheer pleasure to read, and because of her skill, the book is a rewarding meditation on the tragedies that motivate or destroy a person's reasons for living.” - Publishers’ Weekly

Nothing Becoming

Phoebus Books

The new novel from the award-winning author of The Marlowe Papers April is angry. Dr. Finlay Logan is broken. Only nineteen, April is an elective mute, accused of a religiously motivated atrocity. Logan, a borderline suicidal criminal psychologist, must assess her sanity in a world where ten years after the death of Richard Dawkins moves have been made to classify religious fundamentalism as a form of mental illness. Asking fundamental questions about the nature of reality, Barber skillfully explores the balance between the emotional and rational sides of human experience. Told in Ros Barber’s trademark mesmerizing prose, Devotion is an extraordinary, provocative novel from one of the brightest rising stars in fiction.

Devotion

Oneworld Publications

April is angry.Only nineteen, she is an elective mute, accused of a religiously motivated atrocity. Dr Finlay Logan is broken. A borderline-suicidal psychologist still reeling from his daughter’s death, he must assess April’s sanity in a world where – ten years after the death of Richard Dawkins – moves have been made to classify religious belief as a form of mental illness. Both April and Finlay struggle to understand what has happened to them, sharing secrets, silence and an inability to deal with the world around them. Gently unpicking the lives of these two broken characters, Barber offers a psychologically acute and deeply moving exploration of grief. An extraordinary novel from one of the brightest rising stars in fiction.

Contemporary

The bestselling 30-Second series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds. 30-Second Shakespeare uses this unique approach to grapple with the worlds most famous playwright. From what we know of his life and the intrigue of the authorship question, to uncoding the meanings of key concepts, themes and motifs, and the Bards extraordinary enduring literary and linguistic legacy.

30 Second Shakespeare (Hardback) /anglais

Ivy Press

The bestselling 30-Second… series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds.
30-Second Shakespeare uses this unique approach to grapple with the world’s most famous playwright. From what we know of his life and the intrigue of the authorship question, to uncoding the meanings of key concepts, themes and motifs, and the Bard’s extraordinary enduring literary and linguistic legacy.

30 SECOND SHAKESPEARE (PAPERBACK) /ANGLAIS

Dramas & Plays

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The Bodyboard Manual: The Essential Guide to Bodyboarding

The Marlowe Papers: A Novel

The Marlowe Papers: A Novel

Nothing Becoming

Devotion

Devotion

30 Second Shakespeare (Hardback) /anglais

30 SECOND SHAKESPEARE (PAPERBACK) /ANGLAIS