Jack ' No Middle Name' Reacher lone wolf knight errant ex military cop lover of women scourge of the wicked & righter of wrongs is the most iconic hero for our age This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume Read together these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher's past illuminating how he grew up & developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world The twelve stories include a brand new novella Too Much Time The other stories in the collection are Second Son James Penney's New Identity Guy Walks Into a Bar Deep Down High Heat Not a Drill Small Wars All of which have previously been published as ebook shorts Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written Everyone Talks Maybe They Have a Tradition No Room at the Motel The Picture of the Lonely Diner ...

Jack ' No Middle Name' Reacher lone wolf knight errant ex military cop lover of women scourge of the wicked & righter of wrongs is the most iconic hero for our age This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume Read together these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher's past illuminating how he grew up & developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world The twelve stories include a brand new novella Too Much Time The other stories in the collection are Second Son James Penney's New Identity Guy Walks Into a Bar Deep Down High Heat Not a Drill Small Wars All of which have previously been published as ebook shorts Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written Everyone Talks Maybe They Have a Tradition No Room at the Motel The Picture of the Lonely Diner ...

Jack ' No Middle Name' Reacher lone wolf knight errant ex-military cop lover of women scourge of the wicked & righter of wrongs is the most iconic hero for our age This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume A br&-new novella Too Much Time is included along with every Reacher short story that Child has written so far Second Son High Heat Deep Down Small Wars James Penney's New Identity Everyone Talks Not a Drill Maybe They Have a Tradition Guy Walks Into a Bar No Room at the Motel & The Picture of the Lonely Diner Together these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher's past illuminating how he grew up & developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world ...

Traditionally in British society the milkman has been a family friend a sex symbol & a cheerful chappie He has been the eyes & ears of the community & his genetic legacy has supposedly passed into the lineage of housewives This collection of folk tales about milkmen covers the history of the job & the milkman's everyday experience The book is structured by the milkman's working day It starts with the alarm-clock & ends with the milkman returning home in search of sustenance & tender loving care The book is less about changes in the dairy industry & more about the work experiences of the people who have delivered milk Many milkmen are featured Chris Frankland delivered over eight million pints before he retired at seventy-four; Alistair Maclean drove two million miles across the north coast of Scotland in fifty years; & Tony Fowler an award-winning Leicestershire milkman helped to put over fifty people in prison For more than thirty years the author has collected milkman stories through oral testimony newspaper archives anecdotes diaries books & more formal interviews Praise for the author Barnsley A Study in Football 1953-59 (with Ian Alister Crowberry 1981)'A rare example of folk history a work thankfully free of sick parrots bulging nets & exclusive revelations' (The Yorkshire Post)'riveting dreamy passionate valuable & stuff of a past era which must not be forgotten I read it in an all-night session' (Frank Keating Guardian) ...

The untold story of Winston Churchill's precarious finances
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Magdalen & her sister Norah beloved daughters of Mr & Mrs Vanstone find themselves the victims of a catastrophic oversight Their father has neglected to change his will & when the girls are suddenly orphaned their inheritance goes to their uncle 656 pages Collins Wilkie ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play US World War II hero Audie Murphy is memorable in his role as a "good" bad guy in this tense tale of retribution When hired killer John Gant (Murphy) rides into town no one is sure whose name is on his bullet Several townsfolk knowing they have enemies each believe that the professional assassin is there to kill them While they wait for him to make his move paranoia starts taking over in this suspense-filled story of payback on the wide-open plains Actors Audie Murphy Charles Drake Joan Evans Virginia Grey Warren Stevens RG Armstrong Willis Bouchey Edgar Stehli Karl Swenson & John Alderson Director Jack Arnold Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1959 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English ; French
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles Czech ; Danish ; Dutch ; English for the hearing impaired ; Finnish ; French ; Hungarian ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Swedish Duration 1 hour 14 minutes (approx)
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Ireland is neither cursed with snakes nor blessed with nightingales & the characters in Maeve Binchy's fiction occupy the same middle ground These five stories specially dramatised for BBC Radio 4 feature modern Irishwomen emerging from a culture where they knew their place into a more hazardous but more rewarding light In ' The Night People Came in for Something that was No Trouble' Cara's envy of another couple's disingenuous ease at giving dinner parties spurs her to plan the perfect casual' evening down to the last detail
- but things don't go as she'd intended ' The Stepson' sees Clare walking on eggshells taking great care not to try to replace her stepson Simon's dead mother until she finally attempts to break through his hostile diffidence ' Decisions at Sea' finds Tessa an overlooked but good-tempered secretary heading out on a cruise where she faces a big decision In ' The Answer Machine' Biddy reasons that her family need an answer machine for Christmas & gives it to them early
- but by Christmas she is beginning to regret the whole idea & in ' By The Time We Get to Clifden' Nessa & her husband Harry are planning their annual break to Clifden when neighbour Melly seeks their help & ends up changing their itinerary & their lives Featuring a full cast including Niamh Cusack Sam Dale & Harry Towb these five Maeve Binchy stories are all typically warm wry & witty 1 CD 1 hr 15 mins

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THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The Sunday Times bestseller is 'brilliant gripping beautifully written real' says Jonathan Northcroft So you think you know Joey Barton Think again No Nonsense is a game-changing autobiography which will redefine the most fascinating figure in British football It is the raw yet redemptive story of a man shaped by rejection & the consequences of his mistakes He has represented England & been a pivotal player for Manchester City Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Marseille Burnley & Glasgow Rangers but his career has featured recurring controversy The low point of being sent to prison for assault in 2008 proved to be the catalyst for the re-evaluation of his life No Nonsense reflects Barton's character
- it is candid challenging entertaining & intelligent He does not spare himself in revealing the formative influences of a tough upbringing in Liverpool & gives a survivor's insight into a game which to use his phrase 'eats people alive' The book is emotionally driven & explains how he has redirected his energies since the birth of his children In addition to dealing with his past he expands on his plans for the future In this updated edition he speaks frankly about the gambling addiction that has left him facing a hefty ban The millions who follow his commentaries on social media & those who witnessed him on BBC's Question Time will be given another reason to pause & look beyond the caricature' Compelling' Donald Mc Rae Guardian ' Brilliant' Matt Lawton Daily Mail
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4 Joanna Scanlan (The Thick of It Getting On) Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise Harper&s Island) & Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady Utopia) lead the unorthodox crack team of cops at the heart of Paul Abbott&s NO OFFENCE an outrageous new police procedural series from the writer of Shameless & State of Play Will Mellor (Dates Broadchurch) Paul Ritter (Friday Night Dinner The Game) & Colin Salmon (Arrow 24 Live Another Day) join them in the mix of tough but big-hearted bobbies who go above & beyond to bring down the criminal rabble in a crumbling cop-shop Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie but there&s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force on this side of town Drug labs arsonists neo-Nazis & notorious murderers are all in a day&s work for this close-knit team led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering (Scanlan) But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling Flanked by her right-hand women the compassionate but impulsive DC Dinah Kowalska (Cassidy) & the recently (surprisingly) promoted DS Joy Freers (Roach) Deering & her team must crack this case by whatever unconventional means possible Because amidst all the assorted low life; the pimps the petty thieves & downright nasty bastards they&ve dealt with this is their most disturbing case yet one that will touch their lives in ways they could never expect ...