I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger...' writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up '1922', the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerising tales from Stephen King, linked by the theme of retribution. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife Arlette proposes selling off the family homestead & moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder & madness. In ' Big Driver', a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger is along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated & left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face to face with another stranger: the one inside herself. ' Fair Extension', the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest & certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment. When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable & she discovers the stranger inside her husb&. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, & it definitively ends 'A Good Marriage'. Like DIFFERENT SEASONS & FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption & Stand by Me, FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form. This book has 368 pages & is 24cm x 16cm x 3.2cm ...

Winifred Foley grew up in the 1920s, a bright, determined miner's daughter
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Welcome to the greatest extreme sport of the 16th Century. A deadly medieval contest is brought right up to date when a maverick group of Americans compete for top honours in the most dangerous sport in history: jousting. This is not a historical reconstruction, but a full-contact sport, joust as it was 500 years ago but with a 21st century twist, as chainmail & plate-metal armour are replaced by high-tech, state of the art suits. Follow a team of veteran jousters as they train a group of amateurs to take part in the ultimate extreme sport, with each episode following their preparations before culminating in a series of one-on-one jousts. Every tournament is a test of skill & strength that requires nerves of steel. May the best man win. ...

This is a charming picture book that introduces children to the idea of writing & performing plays. Kyle & Katie are best friends who each decide to write a play. Kyle writes a play about a full moon & Katie writes one about a star. They decide to write a play together & combine the two into ' Full Moon & Star.' The outcome is a beautiful collaboration & also a testament to their strong friendship. ...

In a series of poignant stories & essays, Dupre examines Mary's artistic, cultural, & historical influence, & at the same time shows how Mary's human journey of love, compassion, grief, & humble strength inextricably connects her to our modern lives. ...

In Bill James' London, everything seems to lead back to the drug-ridden housing estates of Whitsun Festival & Temperate Park Acres, where a connection, once made, is only ever one thing: trouble. Trouble for journalist Gervaise Maniciple Tasker, whose i ...

A fantastic full size duplicate notebook with carbon sheets, featuring numbered pages 1-80.

A handy addition for self-employed

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The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade & transportation to health & recreation. Full Steam Ahead will reveal how the world we live in today was entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation & how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape & culture. Peter Ginn & Ruth Goodman brilliantly bring this revolution to life in their trademark style which engages & captivates.

They explore the everyday lives & the intangible ephemeral history that makes up the stories of the people who built, worked & were affected by the railways. From the very first steam railways to the infrastructure that is still used in part today, they look at the men, women & children who lived & sometimes died constructing Britains railway heritage.

Immersing themselves in the story of how the railways made us what we are today, the authors uncover compelling social history along the way, exploring the railway’s impact on everything from food & medicine to warfare & the class system. They tell the stories of the historic characters whose lives were changed by this radical mode of transport, describing the wider social history & geography of each particular region of Britain.

As they trace the emergence of the Industrial Revolution across the country, the authors discover a hidden layer of social history, using rail transportation as a backdrop to reveal Britain’s radical change in social attitudes & culture across the 19th & early 20th centuries, including the rise of the working class, women’s rights, industrial growth, economic decline, warfare & the birth of the great British holiday.

Beautifully illustrated with photographs & artwork throughout, Full Steam Ahead is a passionate, charming & insightful look at Britain through the lens of one of its most momentous eras.

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Curl up with a purrfect cosy tale of the exciting adventures of Felix & Bolt!

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