A rainy night in south London. A gun is fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement, killing the person standing at a bus stop. It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life. But the reality is far more sinister... One life is wiped out & three more are changed forever: the young man whose finger was on the trigger; an ageing gangster planning a deadly revenge, & the pregnant woman who struggles desperately to uncover the truth. Two weeks away from giving birth, how will she deal with a world where death is an occupational hazard? In a city where violence can be random or meticulously planned, where teenage gangs clash with career criminals & where loyalty is paid for in blood, anything is possible. Secrets are uncovered as fast as bodies, & the story's final twist is as breathtakingly surprising as they come. Mark Billingham's first standalone thriller is his most powerful novel yet. Gritty, fierce & moving, it is a must-read for anyone who likes their crime fiction unflinching...and unforgettable. ...

Please note this book contains content of an adult nature. Marjorie is a young woman devastated by her divorce & facing the task of redefining herself. She encounters Luke, a man driven by power, who transports her from daytime drudgery into night time submission. Marjorie elicits strength from his challenges, but must use her wits to overcome his dominance & protect herself & her child from his ultimate depravity. This book has 217 pages & is 17.5cm x 10.5cm x 1.6cm ...

Coll & Art are back together again, & the question of sex is also back on the agenda. But it's different now
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Seventy-six-year-old Alex Heymer has spent a lifetime in transport. As a teenager, he served his apprenticeship as a fitter in the East End but was desperate to get out on the road like his truck-driving father. These are his recollections of his long & varied life: driving army vehicles during his National Service; a 5-ton Bedford for a brewery; trolley buses for London Transport; & driving tankers for Gulf Oil. Here is his wealth of amusing stories & the shenanigans the drivers got up to! ...

Derry Brabbs spent the best part of a decade taking the photographs for the large-format illustrated walking guides which A. Wainwright wrote from 1984 to 1992, when his legendary series of Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells was complete. This is a fascinating account of Derry's training & adventures from his early days as a photographer, including his first meeting with Wainwright & the joys, trials & tribulations of working on projects with the great fell walker. This work provides insights into Wainwright's unique approach to publishing, straight from the horse's mouth. It features spectacular photographs of famous long-distance walking routes including the Coast to Coast Walk & the Pennine Way. It also gives a wealth of practical advice for the would-be outdoor photographer. ...

Investigates the influences that shaped the Churchill: his troubled schooldays, his flamboyant politician father, Randolph, & his famously attractive American mother, Jennie. This book argues that the qualities that made Churchill great also led him to commit catastrophic blunders. ...

Turned down by all the major film companies, The Quiet Man brought together John Wayne & Maureen O' Hara for only the second time on screen, won two Oscars & was showered with both critical & popular praise on both sides of the Atlantic. Even today, its worldwide video & DVD sales are quite outstanding. The Quiet Man is rightly hailed as a Hollywood classic. Set in the 1920s & shot in the 1950s, the timeless, fairy-tale character of director John Ford's Ireland is as captivating now as it ever was. Gerry Mc Nee first saw the movie when he was very young & it has intrigued him ever since. In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man is a tribute to the film & all those involved in its making, for the story behind the story, the off-screen drama, is a fascinating tale in itself. Mc Nee has researched his subject thoroughly & conducted countless interviews to produce a stimulating & compulsive homage to what critic & author Andrew Sarris called 'a retreat into the pastoral & horse-driven past [but] very much ahead of its time'. In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man is a revealing & touching account of when Hollywood came to beautiful Connemara in the West of Irel&. It is a fitting tribute to the film & all those involved in its making, as the story behind the film
- the off-screen drama
- is an enthralling tale in itself.

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Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916. By January 1917, Ruchthofen had shot down fifteen aircraft had been appointed commander of his own unit. He painted the fuselage of his Albatros D-III a bright red was was nicknamed the Red Baron. ...

Set in the countryside of western Irel&, In The Forest centres on unwitting victims for sacrifice: a radiant young woman, her young son & a trusting priest, all despatched to the wilderness of a young man's unbridled, deranged fantasies. Edna O' Brien's riveting, frightening & brilliantly told new novel reminds us that anything can happen when protection isn't afforded to either perpetrator or victim... ...

In the Full Light of the Sun follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in a devastating scandal of 1930s' Germany.

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