On a spring morning in 1903, Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald, one of Britain's greatest military heroes, took his life in a hotel room in Paris. A few days later he was buried hastily in an Edinburgh cemetary as his fellow countrymen tried to come to terms with the fact that one of Scotland's most famous soldiers had ended his life rather than face charges against his character. The suicide & its aftermath created a national scandal & one which still reverberates long after those dramatic events
- it is now clear that the official files dealing with his case, the papers of the Judge Advocate have been destroyed. Macdonald or ' Fighting Mac' as he was known to an adoring public, was no ordinary soldier. A crofter's son who had risen from the ranks in the Victorian army, he covered himself with glory during a long & successful military career & in 1898 was widely acknowledged as the true hero of the Battle of Omdurman, which cemented British Imperial rule in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Everything lay at his feet
- a knighthood, honours, the respect of fellow generals such as Roberts & Kitchener
- but Macdonald's career came to a shocking full stop when he stood accused of homosexuality & was ordered to face a court martial. Unable to come to terms with the disgrace, he committed suicide. That should have been the end of his story but so powerful was the myth created by Fighting Mac that people refused to believe he was dead. Soon rumours were circulating that Macdonald had faked his death & had adopted the persona of a prominent Prussian officer, the future Field Marshal August con Mackensen, one of Germany's great leaders during the First World War. FIGHTING MAC tells the true story behind his disgrace & sheds new light on the myths....


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Keep it clean, fellas.
Fair fight.
Okay.
Do it.
Don't go down.
If you go down, get up.
The bell, the fists,





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Keep it clean, fellas.
Fair fight.
Okay.
Do it.
Don't go down.
If you go down, get up.
The bell, the fists,





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It started very small & full of hope. But its daring campaigns have placed Fairtrade goods at the heart of the supermarket shelves. From bananas & coffee beans to cotton & chocolate, Fairtrade has grown to become an important global movement that has revolutionised the way we shop.

As Harriet Lamb, Director of the Fairtrade Foundation, explains in this fascinating story, Fairtrade is about a better deal for workers & famers in the developing world. It's about making sure the food on our plates, & shirts on our backs, don't rob people in other countries of the means to feed or clothe themselves. She explores the journey, through an often unjust system, that Fairtrade items make from farm to consumer. & she uncovers the shocking cost of our demand for cheaper food.

There is much still to be done. But by hard work & high ideals, Fairtrade is starting to transform the lives of over 7 million farmers, workers & their families, & is a powerful symbol of how extraordinary change can be achieved against all the odds
- by us all.




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It started very small & full of hope. But its daring campaigns have placed Fairtrade goods at the heart of the supermarket shelves. From bananas & coffee beans to cotton & chocolate, Fairtrade has grown to become an important global movement that has revolutionised the way we shop.

As Harriet Lamb, Director of the Fairtrade Foundation, explains in this fascinating story, Fairtrade is about a better deal for workers & famers in the developing world. It's about making sure the food on our plates, & shirts on our backs, don't rob people in other countries of the means to feed or clothe themselves. She explores the journey, through an often unjust system, that Fairtrade items make from farm to consumer. & she uncovers the shocking cost of our demand for cheaper food.

There is much still to be done. But by hard work & high ideals, Fairtrade is starting to transform the lives of over 7 million farmers, workers & their families, & is a powerful symbol of how extraordinary change can be achieved against all the odds
- by us all.




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Sadly, no one can wave a magic wand over your head & remove your depression & when caught in a downward spiral of negativity the victim of this very common disorder may consider suicide as the only answer.

However, the author of Fighting the Black Beast has found a self-help method that really works. Having overcome his own depression he now offers you his ' Eight Point Plan' as a life-line. This book offers you a powerful weapon against the ' Black Beast' of depression & the means with which to fight & overcome it altogether.
Fighting the Black Beast shows that the dark world of depression is largely a self-created hell, & the downward spiral can be reversed. Recovery is at last made possible.


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With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work & gearing up socially
- kicking
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With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work & gearing up socially
- kicking
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