Explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister & how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well as the key civil servants & journalists of each period, the author has built up a picture of the hidden nexus of influence & patronage surrounding the office. ...

Enter a world of political counterfactuals, twenty-two examinations of things that never happened but could have. In this book a collection of distinguished commentators, including journalists, academics, former MPs & special advisers, consider how things might have turned out differently throughout a century of political history from Lloyd George & Keynes drowning at sea in 1916 right through to Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister in 2016. Scholarly analyses of possibilities & causalities take their place beside fi ctional accounts of alternate political histories & all are guaranteed to entertain & make you think. ...

When a prostitute is found murdered in her bedsit, the Metropolitan police set to work finding the perpetrator of this brutal attack. DNA samples lead them straight to George Marlow, a man previously convicted of attempted rape. The police think they've found their man, but things are not quite what they seem.. . Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison came through the ranks the hard way, opposed & resented at every step by her male colleagues. So when DCI Shefford falls ill, the opportunity for Tennison to get herself noticed finally arrives. But the boys are not happy & every one of her colleagues is willing her to trip up. Desperate to remove all doubt around her suspect, Tennison struggles to make the charges stick. & then a second body turns up. With the team against her, & a dangerous criminal still on the loose, DCI Jane Tennison must fight to prove herself, now or never. ...

From health & fitness to sex, love & self-understanding, this title provides you with a blueprint for living well & making the most of life. It shows how the critical years from 45 or 50, & from 60 & beyond, can be times when we truly become the vital, loving, fulfilled people we were meant to be. ...

A trawler is torn to pieces by an enormous sea monster off the Irish coast. Meanwhile Connor's anomaly detector is going off the charts: half a dozen rifts in time have appeared, all on one deserted
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A heady mixture of action & adventure, the crew are forced to confront terrifying creatures from the past & the future with gripping consequences. In this brand new original never-seen-on-TV Primeval adventure Cutter, Stephen, Abbie, Connor & the rest of the team have a bigger challenge on their hands than they could have possibly imagined... ...

In the wake of apparent self-destruction of the Forerunner empire, two humans--Chakas & Riser--are like flotsam washed up on very strange shores indeed. Captured by the Master Builder, misplaced during a furious battle in space, they now find themselves on an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky, & where humans of all kinds are trapped in a perilous cycle of horror & neglect. For they have become both research animals & strategic pawns in a cosmic game whose madness knows no end--a game of ancient vengeance between the powers who seeded the galaxy with life, & the Forerunners who expect to inherit their sacred Mantle of duty to all living things. In the company of a young girl & an old man, Chakas begins an epic journey across a lost & damaged Halo in search of a way home, an explanation for the warrior spirits rising up within, & for the Librarians tampering with human destiny. This journey will take them into the Palace of Pain, the domain of a powerful & monstrous intelligence who claims to be the Last Precursor, & who now has control of both this Halo & the fate of Forerunners & Humans alike. Called the Captive by Forerunners, & the Primordial by ancient human warriors, this intelligence has taken charge of, & retasked, the Master Builders cruel researches into the Flood--which it may have itself unleashed on the galaxy more than ten thousand years before. ...

Primroses, one of the first signs of spring in the countryside, are also one of the book earliest plants to bloom in the garden. Auriculas are hardy plants that are not difficult to grow. This illustrated book contains information on various aspects of pr ...

In his three decades-long career, Prince has had nearly 30 albums hit the Billboard Top 100. He is the only artist since the Beatles to have a 1 song, movie, & album at the same time. Prince is the first book to give full treatment to this artist of epic proportions. ...

How can a leader be strong & decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? When is it necessary to break the rules? Is it better to be feared than loved? Examining regimes & their rulers the world over & throughout history, from Roman Emperors to renaissance Popes, the author answers all these questions. ...