May 1817: In the stables of the Old Eclipse Inn in Mansfield Tom Stone, aged 16, works as ostler, like his father & grandfather before him. His sister, Ann, has recently given birth to a son but her husb&, a framework knitter, is suffering the effects of the economic climate. ...

In this book, Judy Dench writes in depth on the highs & lows of her career. There are far fewer of the latter than the former, but her truthfulness in acting also extends to her writing, so she has not omitted them either. It also reveals her personality in its many facets, & above all her affection for those who have influenced her the most. A number of them have now made their final exits, but Judi Dench brings them all back to life on the page. ...

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A sweeping saga spanning 1898 to 1984 stretching from the mining fields of South Wales to the film sets of

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In & God Created Cricket, award-winning writer & broadcaster Simon Hughes casts his expert eye over this most English of sports, evaluating how the game took shape in eighteenth & nineteenth century England & assessing how the rest of the world soon started beating them at it. With his unique blend of sharp humour, biting analysis & deep affection for cricket, Hughes revisits its history & delves into the characters who have given the game its unique fascination. & through it all runs the seam of the Ashes, ending, rather conveniently, as England beat the Aussies again in 2009. ...

Messrs Barker & Corbett kept a nation laughing for two decades, & despite the work that went into writing, rehearsing & broadcasting almost a hundred episodes to millions of viewers each week, the pair never shared a cross word. This work tells the story of their rise from theatre, through The Frost Report & into their own legendary show. ...

Calling all of Britain! We finally introduce to you, the first official BBC Weather book!

Celebrating the highs, lows,

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An inspiring story of how the human spirit triumphs over adversity this book tells the incredible tale of how a small group of Italian soldiers, imprisoned on the island of Orkney during WW2, came to construct the renowed Italian chapel that still stands today. ...

On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage & sank. Fifteen hundred passengers & crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck & continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down. The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew his fianc ...

On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage & sank. Fifteen hundred passengers & crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck & continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down.

The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fiancée, Mary, was expecting their first child, the authors mother.

One hundred years later, Christopher Ward reveals a dramatic story of love, loss & betrayal, & the catastrophic impact of Jocks death on two very different Scottish families. He paints a vivid portrait of an age in which class determined the way you lived
- & died.

An outstanding piece of historical detective work, & THE BAND PLAYED ON is also a moving account of how the authors quest to learn more about his grandfather revealed the shocking truth about a family he thought he knew, a truth that had been hidden for nearly a hundred years.






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On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage & sank. Fifteen hundred passengers & crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck & continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down. The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fianc ...