Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy & a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It stands as a unique & timeless vision of the beauty & grief of man ...

Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy & a giant fish. It was The Old Man & the Sea that won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. Here, in a perfectly crafted story, is unique & timeless vision of the beauty & grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives. ...

A shiver passed through her body as she thought of what favours she might offer, & how she could hint at what she desired, yet still feign reluctance & into the most delightfully improper acts. She knew enough to populate her imagination with highly vivid scenes. A man was not strictly necessary, although she wanted one very badly indeed.
In a foggy Victorian London, gambler Edward Trent manages to lose all his worldly goods & the right to Nell's virginity to the money lender Daniel Quilty. Charles Truscott rescues Nell from her fate but cannot resist taking advantage of both her innocence & her voluptous body, as does just about every body she meets as she flees London for Plymouth with Quilty in pursuit.
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A shiver passed through her body as she thought of what favours she might offer, & how she could hint at what she desired, yet still feign reluctance & into the most delightfully improper acts. She knew enough to populate her imagination with highly vivid scenes. A man was not strictly necessary, although she wanted one very badly indeed.
In a foggy Victorian London, gambler Edward Trent manages to lose all his worldly goods & the right to Nell's virginity to the money lender Daniel Quilty. Charles Truscott rescues Nell from her fate but cannot resist taking advantage of both her innocence & her voluptous body, as does just about every body she meets as she flees London for Plymouth with Quilty in pursuit.
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Following the death of Carmen Flores, the lubricious Mexican star, Adela Cork buys her Hollywood house. Hoping to escape from the domineering Adela, her brother-in-law Smedley, who has lived with her since losing his money, searches the house for Carmen ...

Pavel Ivanchenko's life begins in poverty & violence, but he is destined to become one of the richest men in the world: one of the post-Glasnost Oligarchs. He starts his business life trading illegal vodka on the freezing, grimy streets of Kargasok, he ends up buying most of the steel in the old Soviet Union, believing that he can buy, sell, or destroy anything or anyone
- especially women. This is principally the story of two of those women: one English, one Russian, who become friends as girls in Moscow, & whose lives then become entwined through their turbulent relationships with the Oligarch. From Moscow to London & the French Riviera, back to St Petersburg, from the grinding boredom of extreme poverty, to the surreal stage sets of fabulous wealth, the story leads us deep into the heart of an unknown & fascinating world, with a larger-than-life man
- part hero, part villain
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Pavel Ivanchenko's life begins in poverty & violence, but he is destined to become one of the richest men in the world: one of the post-Glasnost Oligarchs. He starts his business life trading illegal vodka on the freezing, grimy streets of Kargasok, he ends up buying most of the steel in the old Soviet Union, believing that he can buy, sell, or destroy anything or anyone ...

John Peel is best known for his four decades of radio broadcasting. His Radio 1 shows shaped the taste of successive generations of music lovers. His Radio 4 show, Home Truths, became required listening for millions. But all the while, Peel was also tapping away on his beloved Olivetti typewriter, creating copy for an array of patient editors. He wrote articles, columns & reviews for newspapers & magazines as diverse as The Listener, Oz, Gandalf's Garden, Sounds, the Observer, the Independent & Radio Times.
Now for the first time, the best of these writings have been brought together
- selected by his wife, Sheila, & his four children. Music, of course, is a central & recurring theme, & he writes on music in all its forms, from Tubular Bells to Berlin punk to Madonna. Here you can read John Peel on everything from the perils of shaving to the embarrassments of virginity, & from the strange joy of Eurovision to the horror of being sick in trains. At every stage, the writing is laced with John's brilliantly acute observations on the minutiae of everyday life.
This endlessly entertaining book is essential reading for Peel fans & a reminder of just why he remains a truly great Briton.


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Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century Engl&, designing country estates & mansions, moving hills & making flowing lakes & serpentine rivers, a magical world of green. This English landscape style spread across Europe & the world. At home, it proved so pleasing that Brown's influence spread into the lowland landscape at large, & into landscape painting. He stands behind our vision, & fantasy, of rural Engl&.

In this vivid, lively biography, based on detailed research, Jane Brown paints an unforgettable picture of the man, his work, his happy domestic life, & his crowded world. She follows the life of the jovial yet elusive Mr Brown, from his childhood & apprenticeship in rural Northumberl&, through his formative years at Stowe, the most famous garden of the day. His innovative ideas, & his affable & generous nature, led to a meteoric rise to a Royal Appointment in 1764 & his clients & friends ranged from statesmen like the elder Pitt to artists & actors like David Garrick. Riding constantly across Engl&, Brown never ceased working until he collapsed & died in February 1783 after visiting one of his oldest clients. He was a practical man but also a visionary, always willing to try something new. As this delightful, & beautifully illustrated biography shows, Brown filled England with enchantment

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