Determined to live life to the fullest, adventurous Rose Larkin, accompanied by her eccentric aunt Kate, sets sail from New York to Ireland, where she meets her soulmate, roguish Cullen O'Banyon. Original.

Product Description: Steve Giddins is an author acclaimed for his ability to write in down-to-earth style on fundamental chess topics. In this book he answers the questions that really matter to chess-players. His topics include many basic ideas, including some that have rarely been addressed so directly in chess literature, and thus are often misunderstood by club players...read more

Product Description: In a sequel to the hugely successful 50 Essential Chess Lessons, Steve Giddins now presents 50 games that each illustrate an important winning method. This engaging and highly readable book is a painless way to build your personal arsenal of techniques and ideas...read more

Stresses that no one should ever feel safe from an opponent armed to the teeth with cunning traps and provides a thorough explanation of some of the most ingenious traps laid by chess masters worldwide.

Product Description: Steve Giddins has chosen 50 supremely instructive games - some old, some new, and including many that few readers will have seen before. He has annotated these games in detail from a modern perspective, explaining the useful lessons that can be learnt from them, while avoiding the harmful dogma that characterized many older works of this type...read more

Product Description: In this book, the first to focus on these issues, Steve Giddins provides common-sense guidance on one of the perennial problems facing chess-players. He tackles questions such as: whether to play main lines, offbeat openings or 'universal' systems; how to avoid being 'move-ordered'; how to use computers; if and when to depart from or change your repertoire...read more