For lovers of Sherlock Shardlake & Ripper Street A hugely enjoyable action-packed Victorian thriller with a great detective double act' Delicious Stuff' Financial Times Published in hardback as The Infidel Stain London 1841 Mr Jeremiah Blake & Captain William Avery recently returned from India are invited by Viscount Allington to examine the particulars of a grisly pair of murders Two printers from the seditious gutter presses have been brutally dispatched in distinct but similar circumstances Fearing the deaths will stoke the fires of Chartism sweeping the capital Allington hopes Blake & Avery's determination to uncover the truth will solve these crimes & help restore civic order But there are others who seem equally determined that the pair shall fail ...

This new edition of The Prison & the Factory a classic work on radical criminology

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When Ann Walmsley was asked to take part in a book club in a men's prison she was initially anxious after a violent mugging a few years before could she really cope being surrounded by violent criminals? Luckily curiosity got the better of her & she signed up for eighteen months of meetings with heavily tattooed inmates talking about books ranging from The Grapes of Wrath to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time But this wasn't your typical book club
- there was no wine & cheese plush furniture or superficial chat about recent holidays Classic works of fiction & non-fiction became springboards for frank discussions about loss anger redemption & loneliness & for the men a prized oasis in which to regain a sense of humanity In this heart-warming example of the rehabilitative power of reading 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 The Prison Book Club is unlike anything you've read before
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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) ...

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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Hello blog! It's the start of another term & there are three things that SUCK about my life 1 I am STILL sharing a bedroom with my step-brother Gav (AKA Shrek's stinkier twin) 2 My mum is 6 months pregnant & therefore cabbage-kickingly MENTAL 3 I'm about to have a high speed rail line (ie brace) installed in my gob! The only non-sucky thing is that I've got a GIRLFRIEND! A real one! Who actually wants to SNOG me!!! The problem is her dad officially HATES MY GUTS & is determined to make my life a LIVING HELL Oh & this smarmy loser called Seb is trying to steal her off me with his rubbish DJ skills There's just one thing for it
- me & my best mates Harry & Ad are going to have to enter the same DJ competition as Seb & WIN! What could POSSIBLY go wrong? The hilarious sequel to The Private Blog of Joe Cowley
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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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