In March 1784, at a time when most of the fleet was laid up, His Majesty's frigate Undine weighed anchor at Spithead to ...

Chris Terrill is a man in search of his limit. He's 55 years old. He is not a soldier. He is being trained by the Royal Marines & he is going to Afghanistan. The only difference is that instead of a gun, Chris will be holding a camera & filming the whole ordeal for a major TV series.

The Royal Marines Commando training base in Lympstone Devon, has a famous motto: '99.9% need not apply'. Of those who start training, after a very tough selection process, nearly 50% fail to make it through the most gruelling physical tests of any armed forces in the world in an eight month training regime. The elite who do eventually pass out are generally eighteen years old & at the peak of physical condition. But Chris Terrill is the exception: this book will tell of his heroic struggle to become the oldest man to win the coveted Royal Marines Commando Green Beret & enter the record books.

And after six months of hell, what next? Chris will follow the raw recruits on a tour to Southern Afghanistan. He will tell the story in book & film of the fears & hopes of the youngsters as they are plunged into one of the planet's most dangerous wars in the outlaw mountain terrain of Helmand Province. He will tell of ferocious battles against the Taliban, of firefights, of jaw-dropping heroism, British sang froid & humour & tragedy as causalities are suffered -- all from the unique perspective of a civilian who has achieved the ultimate accolade: to be accepted as an honorary Royal Marines Commando. Commando is a brilliant account of modern war on the front line.



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Chris Terrill is a man in search of his limit. He's 55 years old. He is not a soldier. He is being trained by the Royal Marines & he is going to Afghanistan. The only difference is that instead of a gun, Chris will be holding a camera & filming the whole ordeal for a major TV series.

The Royal Marines Commando training base in Lympstone Devon, has a famous motto: '99.9% need not apply'. Of those who start training, after a very tough selection process, nearly 50% fail to make it through the most gruelling physical tests of any armed forces in the world in an eight month training regime. The elite who do eventually pass out are generally eighteen years old & at the peak of physical condition. But Chris Terrill is the exception: this book will tell of his heroic struggle to become the oldest man to win the coveted Royal Marines Commando Green Beret & enter the record books.

And after six months of hell, what next? Chris will follow the raw recruits on a tour to Southern Afghanistan. He will tell the story in book & film of the fears & hopes of the youngsters as they are plunged into one of the planet's most dangerous wars in the outlaw mountain terrain of Helmand Province. He will tell of ferocious battles against the Taliban, of firefights, of jaw-dropping heroism, British sang froid & humour & tragedy as causalities are suffered -- all from the unique perspective of a civilian who has achieved the ultimate accolade: to be accepted as an honorary Royal Marines Commando. Commando is a brilliant account of modern war on the front line.



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WASTED YOUTH is a biographical 'slice of life' fiction spanning fifteen years in the times of John Hay & his growing up in & around a southern English council estate in the late 1960s to early 1980s. As John Hay charts the choppy waters from boyhood to manhood he encounters bullying, child abuse, poverty, racism, violence, sex, drugs, bereavement & even murder. But the spirit, humour & inventiveness of the community he vividly describes provides a human & hopeful pulse. But as he approaches forty years of age, Hay recalls these formative times & the characters, good & bad, that he grew up with. He reflects on the various paths their lives have taken & mourns for a time when he never felt more alive. This process spurs him into doing something not even he can underst&. ...

Deborah Meaden is known to millions for her straight-talking, no-nonsense approach on BBC2's Dragons' Den, & in Common ...

Michael is a high-flying graduate beginning a career at Lovelace Fashion & Design under the tutelage of the haughty chief executive, Emily Lovelace. What Michael really wants, however, is to spend his life as a masochistic she-male. To his surprise, fear & excitement, LFD have the perfect opening for a man of his predilections. Sheathed in silks & satins subservient & suitably restrained, Michael might just fit the brief... ...

Michael is a high-flying graduate beginning a career at Lovelace Fashion & Design under the tutelage of the haughty chief executive, Emily Lovelace. What Michael really wants, however, is to spend his life as a masochistic she-male. To his surprise, fear & excitement, LFD have the perfect opening for a man of his predilections. Sheathed in silks & satins subservient & suitably restrained, Michael might just fit the brief... ...

1827, & Matthew Hervey is on the look out for a new posting.

He soon finds one in the Cape Colonies, where there

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1827, & Matthew Hervey is on the look out for a new posting.

He soon finds one in the Cape Colonies, where there

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