Mainstream Publishing was a publishing company in

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. Founded in 1978, it ceased trading in December 2013.Charlotte Williams
Mainstream to cease publishing
1 March 2013,
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' (Retrieved 30 December 2016) It was associated with the

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Group, who bought Mainstream in 2005.

Notable publications

Its publications include

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's ''Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys'' (2005), Trevor White's '' Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket'' (2006),

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's Autobiography The Road to Harry's Bar: Forty Years on the Potholed Path to Stardom (2006),

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's '' Britain's Everyday Heroes'' (2007),

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's ''Kitchener's Last Volunteer'' (2008) (with Denis Goodwin), and Mukesh Kapila's '' Against a Tide of Evil'' (2013).

References

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