' People say I made the Stones. I didn't. They were there already. They only wanted exploiting. They were all bad boys when I found them. I just brought out the worst in them' Andrew Loog Oldham was nineteen years old when he discovered & became the manager & producer of an unknown band called The Rolling Stones. His radical vision transformed them from a starving south London blues combo to the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band That Ever Drew Breath, while the revolutionary strategies he used to get them there provoked both adulation & revulsion throughout British society & beyond. An ultra-hip mod, flash, brash & schooled in style by Mary Quant, he was a hustler of genius, addicted to scandal, notoriety & innovation. Brian Epstein had hired him to break The Beatles, but it was his thrilling work with the Stones that turned him into a legend & introduced sex & hype to an austere, conservative industry. A ferociously brilliant, near-mythical svengali-figure to many, a manipulative upper-class thug to others, he quickly established himself as the most mercurial & anarchic impresario of the decade. Stoned is Andrew Loog Oldham's astonishing story told in his own words, with contributions from Mary Quant, Pete Townshend, Vidal Sassoon, Nik Cohn, Lionel Bart & many other friends, colleagues & associates. ...

' People say I made the Stones. I didn't. They were there already. They only wanted exploiting. They were all bad boys when I found them. I just brought out the worst in them' Andrew Loog Oldham was nineteen years old when he discovered & became the manager & producer of an unknown band called The Rolling Stones. His radical vision transformed them from a starving south London blues combo to the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band That Ever Drew Breath, while the revolutionary strategies he used to get them there provoked both adulation & revulsion throughout British society & beyond. An ultra-hip mod, flash, brash & schooled in style by Mary Quant, he was a hustler of genius, addicted to scandal, notoriety & innovation. Brian Epstein had hired him to break The Beatles, but it was his thrilling work with the Stones that turned him into a legend & introduced sex & hype to an austere, conservative industry. A ferociously brilliant, near-mythical svengali-figure to many, a manipulative upper-class thug to others, he quickly established himself as the most mercurial & anarchic impresario of the decade. Stoned is Andrew Loog Oldham's astonishing story told in his own words, with contributions from Mary Quant, Pete Townshend, Vidal Sassoon, Nik Cohn, Lionel Bart & many other friends, colleagues & associates. ...

The son of a Midwestern farmer, William Stoner comes to the University of Missouri in 1910 to study agriculture. He had intended to return home & take over his father's farm
- but instead, inspired by the professor of English literature, he remains at the university to teach. Stoner tells of love & conflict, passion & responsibility against the backdrop of academic life in the early 20th century. Powerfully & movingly written, Stoner is a study of a dedicated man relentlessly committed to honesty in himself & in his dealings with others. The truth of one man's unassuming life can rarely have been captured with such skill & beauty.
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For those who feel they are at a crossroads & don't know how to choose the way, Elizabeth Mapstone's Stop Dreaming Start Living will help you to find positive, practical ways to change your life for the better. Illustrated throughout with case studies from people of all ages who have taken part in her ' Life Planning' programme, Stop Dreaming Start Living combines Mapstone's straightforward, expert advice with simple, carefully constructed pencil & paper exercises to help you to appreciate & develop your own skills & talents. You too can learn how to use your own personal powers to make your dreams come true. Clear all the debris, tap into those hidden strengths, stop dreaming about what you want & create a healthier, happier, fulfilled life! ...

Pop The Little Red Train through the slots on every page! Drive the Little Red Train over a bridge, past the lighthouse & through a tunnel! Duffy Driver has set off down the tracks without his trucks!
So Jack the guard races after him on his motorbike. Can Jack catch up with the Little Red Train?

Little ones will love following the winding track & sliding The Little Red Train through the slot in each picture!


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Dave Courtney
- the original behind Vinnie Jones's character in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
- tells all in his no-holds-barred

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The magic of winter is captured perfectly in this collection of prose, lyrical poetry & dramatic pictures. The wild weather of the winter season & the festive spirit of Christmas glows through the narrative which

Includes:: a wordless Midwinter Night's Dream & the story of a Christmas tree ritual which brings a boy & his grandpa closer.

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Classic adventure stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson & Jack London mix with marvellously imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith & J. G. Ballard. Robert Olen Butler explores the memories of a Titanic victim who has become part of the sea that swallowed him; Ray Bradbury ...