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
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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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It was supposed to be a holiday of a lifetime… But when Jen’s boyfriend David suddenly cancels their romantic Paris trip, needing to urgently travel to Athens for work, it’s best friend Bonnie who suggests they surprise him. Having already booked the time off from her events company – Christmas Every Day – Jen decides an impromptu & romantic gesture might be just what their relationship needs. Arriving in Greece & finding David is not there, Jen has a lot of questions. & when she gets her answers she has a choice – should she go home or should she stay awhile? With the help of Astro, the handsome yet Christmas-hating waiter from the local bar, she sets about a little Greek Christmas research. But what starts as a ‘business trip’ soon turns into something more… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836564652 • Author: Mandy Baggot • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.11 cm ...

The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time: the twenty sailors who survived the wreck took to three small boats (one of which was again attacked by a whale) & only eight of them survived their subsequent 90-day ordeal, after resorting to cannibalising their mates. Three months after the Essex was broken up, the whaleship Dauphin, cruising off the coast of South America, spotted a small boat in the open ocean. As they pulled alongside they saw piles of bones in the bottom of the boat, at least two skeletons' worth, with two survivors -- almost skeletons themselves -- sucking the marrow from the bones of their dead ship-mates. ...

Art critic Gijs van Hensbergen had long dreamed of mastering Castilian cuisine
- the least known & most delicious in Europe. He
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Ever since he failed to save the life of President John F. Kennedy in the 1963 Dealey Plaza assassination, secret service agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) has had to live with the guilty feeling that maybe things would have been different if he had r ...

Jennifer Worth's bestselling memoirs of her time as a midwife have inspired & moved readers of all ages. Now, in IN THE MIDST OF LIFE she documents her experiences as a nurse & ward sister, treating patients who were nearing the end of their lives. Interspersed with these stories from Jennifer's post-midwife career are the histories of her patients, from the family divided by a decision nobody could bear to make, to the mother who comes to her son's adopted country & joins his family without being able to speak a word of English. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE also gives moving insights not just into Jennifer's life & career, but also of a period of time which seems very different to today's, fast-paced world. Read by Barbara Flynn. ...