Collecting hundreds of quips "es & beautifully illustrated throughout The Test Match Special Book of Cricket"es is a cricket fan's indispensable guide to bats beards boundaries & bowls From witty sayings & wise words to doubles entendres & legendary moments from cricketing history you'll find the perfect line for every occasion I've never got to the bottom of streaking'- Jonathan Agnew On the first day Logie decided to chance his arm & it came off'
- Trevor Bailey Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator'- John Arlott' Strangely in slow motion the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer'
- David Acfield'I'm not into caps with lots of diamonds on them like KP'
- James Anderson' How can you tell your wife you are just popping out to play a match & then not come back for five days?'
- Rafa Benitez on test cricket I don't think we choked this time We never played well enough to choke'
- Craig Matthews Flintoff starts in his shadow beside him Where else would it be?'- Henry Blofeld I once delivered a simple ball which I was told had it gone far enough would have been considered a wide'
- Lewis Carroll





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The Testament of Gideon Mack is James Robertson's acclaimed novel exploring faith & belief For Gideon Mack faithless minister unfaithful husband & troubled soul the existence of God let alone the Devil is no more credible than that of ghosts or fairies Until the day he falls into a gorge & is rescued by someone who might just be Satan himself Mack's testament
- a compelling blend of memoir legend history & quite probably madness
- recounts one man's emotional crisis disappearance resurrection & death It also transports you into an utterly mesmerising exploration of the very nature of belief' Fascinating extraordinary strange rich' Sunday Telegraph' Overwhelmingly compassionate & thought-provoking Demands another read' Irvine Welsh Guardian' Hugely enjoyable very funny deeply refreshing its touch of devilry makes it even more of a joy' Herald' Fabulous a work of the highest literary quality' Scotland on Sunday' Astonishingly accomplished utterly compelling from start to finish could well be the best novel published anywhere this year' Big Issue' James Robertson is a brilliant novelist It's a long time since I read a novel in which the contemporary notions of faith & belief were so frankly tested' Ali Smith James Robertson is the author of the novels The Fanatic Joseph Knight The Testament of Gideon Mack & the Land Lay Still & The Professor of Truth The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize picked by Richard & Judy's Book Club & shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award & And the Land Lay Still was the winner of the Saltire Book of the Year Award 2010

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013 Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary is the moving story of the Virgin Mary told by a novelist famous for writing brilliantly about the family From the author of Brooklyn in a voice that is both tender & filled with rage The Testament of Mary tells the story of a cataclysmic event which led to an overpowering grief For Mary her son has been lost to the world & now living in exile & in fear she tries to piece together the memories of the events that led to her son's brutal death To her he was a vulnerable figure surrounded by men who could not be trusted living in a time of turmoil & change As her life & her suffering begin to acquire the resonance of myth Mary struggles to break the silence surrounding what she knows to have happened In her effort to tell the truth in all its gnarled complexity she slowly emerges as a figure of immense moral stature as well as a woman from history rendered now as fully human Praise for The Testament of Mary' This is a short book but it is as dense as a diamond It is as tragic as a Spanish pieta but it is completely heretical Toibin maintains all the dignity of Mary without subscribing to the myths that have accumulated around her' Edmund White Irish Times' Depicting the harrowing losses & evasions that can go on between mothers & sons Toibin creates a reversed Pieta he holds the mother in his arms' Independent 'A beautiful & daring workit takes its power from the surprise of its language its almost shocking characterization' Mary Gordon New York Times ...

In Venice a boating accident leads to the discovery of a 400 year old text bearing the signature 'WS' & promising the truth about the ' Shakespeare mystery' That very night someone tries unsuccessfully to steal the precious document The discoverer Marquis Stefano Da Spiri decides to send a copy of the document to a specialist of the Bard in London for stylistic authentication As for the original he entrusts it to an old comrade in arms from WW2 Captain Francis Blake ...

It's graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale & the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating All Cia can think about-hope for-is whether she'll be chosen for The Testing a United Commonwealth program that selects the best & brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization When Cia is chosen her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing Armed with his dire warnings (Cia trust no one) she bravely heads off to Tosu City far away from friends & family perhaps forever ...

The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war Testing survivor Cia Vale knows that she alone can lead the rebellion against the government but to do so she must risk the lives of those she loves & gamble on the loyalty of her lethal classmates In the electrifying conclusion to this bestselling trilogy Cia must use all she's learned to fight for a future that's free from fear & the stakes are higher than ever Ready or not it's Graduation Day ...

' Charming intelligent fast-moving beautifully atmospheric' Genevieve Cogman author of The Invisible Library'I raced through this exquisite debut in three days & adored it' Fantasy Book Review In the Raverran Empire magic is scarce & those born with power are strictly controlled
- taken as children & conscripted into the Falcon Army Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate hiding her mage-mark & thieving to survive But hers is a rare & dangerous magic one that could threaten the entire empire Lady Amalia Cornaro was never meant to be a Falconer Heiress & scholar she was born into a treacherous world of political machinations But fate has bound the heir & the mage & as war looms on the horizon a single spark could turn their city into a pyre Set in a rich world of political intrigue & dangerous magic The Tethered Mage is a spellbinding debut from a major new talent' Absolutely recommended & on my shortlist for favorite books so far in 2017' Book Smugglers'A brilliant novel' The Eloquent Page' Fantastically readable incredibly addictive & intelligently plotted I loved it' Liz Loves Books' If you like fantasy you'll love this book' The Tattooed Book Geek
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In the dying days of the USSR battlelines have shifted from spycraft to the cut-throat capitalism & it's intellectual property not state secrets that are to be bought sold stolen & fought over 272 pages Ackerman Dan ...

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 Texas Chain Saw Massacre not only changed the face of horror in 1974 but still remains one of the most shocking powerful & terrifying films ever made Widely banned on its release it's notoriety has not diminished & this harrowing tale of a depraved Texan clan & its' chain saw wielding icon of horror Leatherface continues to stun & disturb audiences like no other film After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker five friends find themselves stalked & hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon & his family of equally psychopathic killers Directors Tobe Hooper Format PALLanguage English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 2 ...

On August 20th 1973 police were dispatched to the remote farmhouse of Thomas Hewitt a former head-skinner at a local slaughterhouse in Travis County Texas What they found within the confines of his cryptic residence was the butchered remains of 33 victims a chilling discovery that shocked & horrified a nation in what many still call the most gruesome mass murder case of all time Brandishing a chainsaw & wearing the grotesque flesh masks of his victims the killer became forever known as " Leatherface" when sensational headlines were splashed across newspapers throughout the state of Texas " House of Horrors Stuns Nation
- Massacre in Texas" Police & FBI eventually gunned more down a man wearing a leathery mask & declared they had their killer & abruptly closed the case However in the years that followed many close to the grisly murder case would come forward to level accusations that police had botched the investigation & knowingly killed the wrong man Now for the first time the only known survivor of the killing spree has broken the silence & come forward to tell the real story of what happened on that deserted rural Texas highway when a group of five young kids inadvertently found themselves besieged by a chainsaw wielding madman who would leave a trail of blood & terror that would forever be known as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Video 1080p Audio English Subtitles English
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