On a cold, damp January night in 1961, 19-year-old Pearl Gamble made the final adjustments to her appearance, said goodbye to her mother & set off excitedly with two friends to the local dance. Little did Mrs Gamble know, it was the last time that she would see her daughter alive... The following day, the naked body of Pearl was discovered in the fields surrounding the small rural hamlet. She had been ferociously attacked: there were stab wounds on her body & she had been severly beated around the face. A post-mortem revealed a shocking list of injuries: one of the stab wounds had punctured her heart & would have led to her death had the perpetrator not finished the job by strangualtion. This-in-depth & intriguing book investigates all aspects of the murder: it looks at the police investigation as it unfolded; it traces the last known movements of Pearl & her friends at the local dance & it analyses the character & strange behaviour of the murderer, Robert Mc Gladdery. Mc Gladdery has been described as a Walter Mitty character who managed to lead the police on a merry dance once he was confirmed as their prime suspect. Strangely, almost everyone in Newry Town knew that he was the only suspect & watched while he was tailed by plain clothes police is an attempt to catch him returning to vital evidence which was concealed away from the murder scene. ...

From the moment he emerged from the lake, dripping & indignant, Colin Firth has held the heart of a nation. The iconic scene, in 1995, set him on a path from sex symbol to national treasure, with roles as Hugh Grant's love rival in Bridget Jones's Diary, the grieving son in When Did You Last See Your Father? & an Oscar-nominated turn as a gay university professor in A Single Man. Then came The King's Speech. His portrayal of stuttering monarch George VI finally laid to rest the ghost of Mr Darcy &, with a string of awards cluttering his mantelpiece, the Best Actor Oscar was the jewel in Colin's crown, elevating him from British star to Hollywood royalty. However, this most English of gentlemen had a nomadic childhood, spending much of his formative years in Nigeria & the United States. The transient lifestyle, & brief spells in state schools in Britain, left him desperate to fit in with his peers & it was this that sowed the seed of his acting ability. But while success came relatively easy, Colin was a reluctant star, running away on the verge of a Hollywood breakthrough to spend his 'wilderness years' in a log cabin in Canada. Success, romance & heartbreak followed as his career in the UK took off. In the first ever biography of one of our finest actors, film journalist & author Alison Maloney reveals the private person behind the public persona. From the truth behind Firth's twenty-year feud with Rupert Everett, to his rivalry with Bridget Jones co-star Hugh Grant & how he struggled to shake the mantle of the ultimate romantic hero, this fascinating biography, suffused with Firth's self-deprecating wit, delves into the real man behind the quintessentially English facade. ...

Learn the incredible art of collage in this unique craft book! Rip & cut the coloured paper provided & match it to the number keys to transform the black & white animal scenes into beautiful collage creations. Now is the best time to start a new hobby & experiment with different shapes, colours & textures. All you need is glue! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781837956128 • Author: Igloo Books Ltd • Publisher: Igloo Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 60 • Dimensions: 30 x 22.5 x 0.6 cm ...

Despite the almost religious certainty with which Globalization was conceived, nation states have not become extinct, international trade has not created real wealth that has spread across society & many dictatorships have not changed into democracies. This book examines where we go from here. ...

Brilliant 36cm x 36cm x 23.5cm decorated with lots of different moustaches & is a great addition to any home. The strong construction & large volume of this box makes it perfect for the storage of clothes, games, toys & books. Folds flat when not in use, for compact storage. ...

This is a recipe book dedicated to all the wonderful people we meet throughout our lives. Sometimes we are introduced to people who influence us; who change us ever so slightly. They have a different past, a different life story, but we still connect. Still we bond. We call them friends & they all touch us in some way, big or small. ...

M. R. James's classic ghost stories are some of the finest in English, creating menace & terror in lonely country houses & remote inns. This is the only one-volume edition to include all James's published stories, an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story, & a critical introduction & notes. ...

This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, &

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Stephane Mallarme was the most radically innovative of nineteenth-century poets. This is the fullest collection of Mallarme's poetry ever published in English, & the only edition in any language that presents his Poesies in the last arrangement known to have been approved by the author. It

Includes:: all the prose poems & the unique, unclassifiable Un Coup de des... (A Dice Throw...)

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With his boundless capacity to delight & inspire, John Betjeman is the best loved poet of our time. This book made publishing history when it first appeared, & has now sold more than two million copies, to an ever-growing readership. This newly expanded edition

Includes:: Betjeman's verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells. With a new introduction by Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, Collected Poems is the definitive Betjeman companion.

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