Between the Lines explores the enigmatic story of Haven, possibly one of the most overlooked bands of the last decade. It is in turn a critique of the demise of the music industry which has arguably lost its way, shrivelling under conservative conglomerates & allowing little room for innovation, creativity or true excitement. ...

Dana De Lacey, bestselling romance novelist, has the world at her feet. The words on the page flow easily; an exciting new book deal beckons, & life at home in Dublin is good. But Dana's self-confidence & success depend on one person: her gorgeous husb&, Gus. Without him, she has no fall-back. No children, no close family of her own to call upon. When Gus leaves her, she is devastated. The words fail to come. The alcohol flows too freely. She cannot sleep. Then her estranged brother, Ed, arrives to take care of her out of the blue, & memories which she has buried for many years begin to surface: startling recollections of a childhood & a little girl long-forgotten, which inspire Dana at last to write from the heart. Which Dana was it that Gus walked out on -- the glamorous party girl, whose romantic novels always have a happy ending? Or someone with a different name, whose life tells a very different story? Forced to face up to the past, can she find the real Dana, recover her career, & try to make Gus love her for the person she really is? ...

Dana De Lacy, bestselling romance novelist, has the world at her feet. The words on the page flow easily, an exciting new book deal beckons, & life at home in Dublin is good. But Dana's self-confidence & success depend on one person: her gorgeous husband Gus. Without him, she has no fall-back. No children, no close family of her own to call upon. When Gus leaves her, she is devastated. The words fail to come. The alcohol flows too freely. She cannot sleep. Then her estranged brother Ed arrives out of the blue to take care of her & memories that she has kept buried for many years start to rise to the surface. Forced to face up to the past, can she find the real Dana, recover her career, & try to make Gus love her for the person she really is? ...

In 2013, Alan Hodgkinson marks 60 years spent playing & coaching at clubs including Sheffield United, Manchester United & Engl&. This is the story of his life ? & the life of the game ? in that time. In 2013, Alan Hodgkinson marks 60 years spent playing & coaching at clubs including Sheffield United, Manchester United & Engl&. In ? Between the Sticks?, Alan tells the story of a life in football: from his days as a trainee at Worksopp Town in the 50s, to his big-money move to Sheffield United (where his signing-on fee was a new suit for ?courting?), to England duty, as well as a glittering coaching career at Man United, Rangers, Villa among others. It is a story that features legends of the game such as Matthews, Charlton, Best, & Pele, all of whom Alan has played with or against. ? Between the Sticks? will transport the reader back to a golden age of football, when pig skins were hoofed around with hobnail boots, to the modern day where as a coach at Oxford United Alan sees the realities of 21st century football first-h&. It is a story that no football fan will want to miss. ...

Details: The acclaimed travel writer's youthful journey
- as an 18-year-old
- across 1930s Europe by foot began


...

'A gripping psychological thriller with a level of tension that will leave you breathless.'
- Tracy Book Lover They say every marriage
...

A little girl looks out at the cold snowy night, while her mother is busy at the kitchen stove. " What's out there?" she wonders. " Don't go!" a voice inside her warns. But curiosity prevails over fear, & she steps out into the snow towards the dark wood. Who knows what scary things await her there? ...

' Beware of Small States' wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. This title gives a history of the coun ...

Brian Moore, or ' Pitbull' as he came to be known during nearly a decade at the heart of the England rugby team's pack, established himself as one of the game's original hard men at a time when rugby was still an amateur sport. Since his retirement, he has earned a reputation as an equally uncompromising commentator, never afraid to tell it as he sees it & lash out at the money men & professionals that have made rugby into such a different beast. Yet, for all his bullishness on & off the pitch, there also appears a more unconventional, complicated side to the man. A solicitor by trade, Moore's love of fine wine, career experience as a manicurist & preference for reading Shakespeare in the dressing room before games, mark him out as anything but the stereotypical rugby player & in Beware of the Dog Moore lays open with astounding frankness the shocking events, both personal & professional, that have gone towards shaping him over the years. Presenting an unparalleled insight into the mind of one of British rugby's greatest players & characters, Beware of the Dog is a uniquely engaging & upfront sporting memoir. Read by Brian Moore ...

Bewitched by Burma gives a rare insight into Myanmar's remarkable past. Based on largely unpublished letters & diaries written during the first half of the twentieth century, it paints an intimate picture of everyday life in pre-independence Burma. ...