... prose describes the lives of a family of four who have arrived in a new home, the husband a bankrupt and philanderer. The story ends with a “To the Lighthouse moment” when the young son and his father climb Glastonbury Tor. A most satisfactory read. Orion ...

... Mori of the Tuttle Mori Agency in Tokyo had painted a gloomy picture of Japan, where more than 1,000 bookshops have gone bankrupt as a result of the ...

... Group UK. Divisional director Hughes and commercial director Parson paid $216,325 (£108,347) for the UK distribution arm of bankrupt former parent AMS. They assume the positions of joint managing directors with immediate effect. There were no rival bidders ...

... aroused by this election can really put people off buying books, I can only conclude that a fire in the next street would bankrupt any bookseller overnight. ...

... Thalia, Germany’s largest bookselling chain, has set foot in Austria with the acquisition of upmarket bookseller Amadeus from bankrupt market leader Libro. Thalia paid €9.3 m (£5.7m) for the “majority” of the 22 Amadeus branches in a deal which needs the approval ...

... soup kitchen and devised the recipes for relishes which would make the fortunes of Messrs Crosse & Blackwell, and yet died a bankrupt alcoholic. This book will appeal to food historians, fans of lan Kelly’s Cooking for Kings and anyone in search of a good ...

... was an unlikely prospect indeed in late 1998, when Ryder's heroin addiction was still in full swing and he was virtually bankrupt. The band’s infamous rock 'n’ roll excesses make good copy, and both of the recent two titles on them have sold well. Folklore: ...

... Groupwhich funded its sister competition Undiscovered Authors and provided Discovered Authors with accounting systems—going bankrupt in spring 2007. Miller said: “It’s been horrible. We were left £lOO,OOO short. But more importantly, we had an accounting ...

... Germany: Anja Sieg A group of private and institutional investors from Germany and Switzerland has stepped in to save the near-bankrupt Nord-Süd Verlag, ending months of speculation. The Zürich-based children’s publisher was a pioneer in licensing translation ...

... Set in Concrete Viking, 31st, h/b, £14.99, 0670914258 Observerjournalist on how she and her husband nearly made themselves bankrupt in an attempt to build their dream home. Book Scan N/S Clare Coulson House Rules Bantam Press, Ist, h/b, £12.99, 0593054547 ...

... Leigh and Michael Baigent over £l.oBm in legal costs. Mr Justice Peter Smith warned last week that the authors will be made bankrupt if they do not settle their bill. “Your clients have a liability to pay costs following a very expensive piece of litigation ...

... lost its fight for survival and brought in the receivers. The news comes nearly a year after the company declared itself bankrupt when it was thrown a lifeline by its banks in the form of a cash injection. This time the banks refused Libro a bridging ...