Winner of the 2016 Edna Staebler Award for Non-Fiction How to start a book club in a men's prison? After a violent mugging Ann Walmsley was understandably anxious when her friend set one up & asked her to help But curiosity got the better of her & she signed up & this wasn't to be a typical book club
- there would be no wine & cheese no plush furniture & no superficial chat about recent holidays Instead classic works of fiction & non-fiction
- from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to Three Cups of Tea
- became springboards for frank discussions about loss anger identity & loneliness & for the men a prized oasis in which to regain a sense of humanity Follow Graham the biker Frank the gunman Ben & Dread the drug dealers & the robber duo Gaston & Peter as they share ideas & reveal their life stories in this heartwarming example of the rehabilitative power of reading


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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The Prisoner is an extraordinary TV series that not only entertains but also offers you the chance to philosphise or ponder the human condition It is highly regarded as one of the most famous the most acclaimed & most of intriguing of British cult TV adventure series Staring Emmy award winner Patrick Mc Goohan as Number Six A man removed from his position in a secret organisation & trapped in a nightmare village where his thoughts & movements are controlled by an unknown force- represented by the ever changing Number Two Actors Patrick Mc Goohan Leo Mc Kern Peter Wyngarde Angelo Muscat George Baker Virginia Maskell Paul Eddington Nadia Gray Colin Gordon Peter Bowles Donald Sinden Patrick Cargill Anton Rodgers Basil Hoskins & Nigel Stock Director Patrick Mc Goohan Don Chaffey & Pat Jackson Certificate PGYear 1967 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English Duration 14 hours & 10 minutes (approx) ...

Based on the TV show created by Patrick Mc Goohan this all-new adventure written by Peter Milligan sees Breen codenamed No 6 trapped in a seemingly bizarre parallel world unlike anything he has ever experienced before There he must race to rescue his fellow spy before he loses his very grip on reality 112 pages Milligan Peter ...

THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books & the Sempere & Sons bookshop It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957 one year after Daniel & Bea from THE SHADOW OF THE WIND have married They now have a son Julian & are living with Daniel's father at Sempere & Sons Fermin still works with them & is busy preparing for his wedding to Bernarda in the New Year However something appears to be bothering him Daniel is alone in the shop one morning when a mysterious figure with a pronounced limp enters He spots one of their most precious volumes that is kept locked in a glass cabinet a beautiful & unique illustrated edition of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Despite the fact that the stranger seems to care little for books he wants to buy this expensive edition Then to Daniel's surprise the man inscribes the book with the words ' To Fermin Romero de Torres who came back from the dead & who holds the key to the future' This visit leads back to a story of imprisonment betrayal & the return of a deadly rival ...

Thousands of short stories were published during the First World War which coincided with the heyday of the fiction magazine in Britain Much of this material has never been republished since the end of the War & is virtually lost to the modern reader This new collection is an important work of recovery introducing little-known magazine short fiction
- which was primarily written for a civilian readership
- by major writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle as well as more neglected authors These stories offer an unparalleled insight into everyday concerns on the home front & illustrate the humour that kept up morale as well as the impact of war on families & friends at home Together they present the most well-rounded fictional portrait of the First World War available in print today

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The brilliantly funny & cringe-worthy secret blog of 14-year-old Joe Cowley (wannabe comic artist & self-confessed repeller of girls) Sunday 1st January So here's the thing I've decided to start writing a blog A private one The idea is that it'll help me sort my life out because quite frankly it can't get much worse I gained the nickname Puke Skywalker after vomiting over Louise Bentley on the waltzer I am subjected to daily wedgies by my arch-enemy Gav James My so-called best mates are trying to get me killed in a bid to win GBP250 on You've Been Framed This cannot go on I have to do something or I'll end up like Mad Morris down the park who thinks he's Jesus By the end of next term I'm going to be a completely different person At least that's the theory ...

Too old for wimpy kid? Meet Joe Cowley! Blog! You have NO IDEA how happy I am right now I'm smiling so much I look like The Joker in a wind tunnel GET A LOAD OF THIS
- Harry Ad Greeny & me are living in our own flat right in the heart of the city I know amazing! We're city-slicking hard-hustling good-timing not-even-missing-our-mummies-one-little-bit city boys
- The Sound Experience are about to sign a major recording contract & as their manager I intend to shake the music industry to its core with my unconventional approach
- & I'm dating a cool older girl who is totally into my sophisticated city-boy charm Big things are happening! The Tammerstone Massive are keeping it real & living it large Fame fortune & fast cars await it definitely won't end in failure fiasco or fighting The fourth book about the unstoppable unfathomable & unbelievable Joe Cowley in a series being hailed as Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Inbetweeners Perfect for anyone who loves to laugh at others misfortune on You Tube or Instagram & packed with masses of illustrations & doodles by top illustrator Mike Lowery


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Right blog I'm back! Let's not waste time with pleasantries
- there is absolutely NOTHING pleasant about my life right now Reasons
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Skulduggery power struggles & politics The Private Lives of the Saints offers an original & fascinating re-examination of life in Anglo-Saxon England Taking them from their heavenly status to the human level Oxford art historian & BBC presenter Dr Janina Ramirez explores the real lives of over a dozen seminal saints This landmark book provides a unique & captivating lens through which to explore the rich history of the Dark Ages ...

' Borman approaches her topic with huge enthusiasm & a keen eye for entertainingthis is a very human story of a remarkable family full of vignettes that sit long in the mind' Dan Jones The Sunday Times' Tracy Borman's eye for detail is impressive; the book is packed with fascinating courtly minutiae this is a wonderful book' The Times' Borman is an authoritative & engaging writer good at prising out those humanising details that make the past alive to us' The Observer' Fascinating detailed account of the everyday reality of the royals This is a book of rich scholarship' Daily Mail' Tracy Borman's passion for the Tudor period shines forth from the pages of this fascinatingly detailed book which vividly illuminates what went on behind the scenes at the Tudor court' Alison Weir'I do not live in a corner A thousand eyes see all I do' Elizabeth IThe Tudor monarchs were constantly surrounded by an army of attendants courtiers & ministers Even in their most private moments they were accompanied by a servant specifically appointed for the task A groom of the stool would stand patiently by as Henry VIII performed his daily purges & when Elizabeth I retired for the evening one of her female servants would sleep at the end of her bed These attendants knew the truth behind the glamorous exterior They saw the tears shed by Henry VII upon the death of his son Arthur They knew the tragic secret behind ' Bloody' Mary's phantom pregnancies & they saw the 'crooked carcass' beneath Elizabeth I's carefully applied makeup gowns & accessories It is the accounts of these eyewitnesses as well as a rich array of other contemporary sources that historian Tracy Borman has examined more closely than ever before With new insights & discoveries & in the same way that she brilliantly illuminated the real Thomas Cromwell
- The Private Life of the Tudors will reveal previously unexamined details about the characters we think we know so well
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