Offers the real Martin Amis, a cabinet of contrasts: tortured, eloquently aloof, kind, obsessive, loved by women, a dedicated family man, often the architect of his own undoing, & a literary genius. Moreover, this biography discloses the autobiographical thread that runs through Amis' books. ...

The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious & misanthropic, leaving his grandson & namesake to make his own way in the world. & so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. ...

RGJCD270 – Martin Denny Features 8 Complete & Re-Mastered Classic Albums On 4 C Ds. Disc 1 Exotica (1958) 1. Quiet Village 3.37 2. Return To Paradise 2.18 3. Hong Kong Blues 2.14 4. Busy Port 2.51 5. Lotus Land 2.22 6. Similau 1.56 7. Stone God 3.06 ...

British actor Martin Freeman has been appearing on our screens, in the theatre & in high-profile films for the past fifteen years. In this time he has managed to garner critical acclaim for his roles as well as remaining hugely popular at all times with his audience. On account of his recurring star turn as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit trilogy, he has found himself re-cast as a globally acclaimed star. Despite his abundant talent, it's an unlikely scenario for a home loving, unassuming family. One of five children, he decided to become an actor at the age of 17. He developed his acting talent working his way through theatre & small TV parts, before landing his breakout role as Tim Canterbury in the acclaimed BBC comedy, The Office. With the success of The Office, came further breaks including roles in Love Actually, Shaun of The Dead, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy & Sherlock. This fascinating biography tracks the career of one of Britain's best-loved actors, taking readers behind the scenes of the life & work of a supremely talented, albeit unlikely movie star. ...

Details & examines the story of the King's life & the events leading up to his assassination in 1968; slavery in the USA until its abolition in 1865; the struggle to win economic & political rights for the black people of the USA through non-violent protest; &, the King's opposition to the Vietnam War. ...

British crime writer, Martina Cole, examines the life & times of the most notorious female serial killers across history & asks: Why do women kill & why are we surprised when they do? Each programme tells the story of an individual killer with expert analysis & dramatic reconstruction. The first programme looks at Myra Hindley, who along with Ian Brady was responsible for a spate of child murders in the 1960s, & features interviews with Hindley s lawyer & prison chaplain. Crime writer Martina Cole examines the backgrounds, personalities & behaviour of the notorious female murderer, re-examining evidence & providing a portrait of the sociological backgrounds that may have moulded her. Profile of nurse Beverley Allitt, dubbed the Angel of Death, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 for the murders of four children in her care at a hospital in Lincolnshire. Although she had repeatedly failed her exams, she was granted a six-month nursing position, during which she attacked 13 young patients before being arrested & eventually charged. The case of Rose West, who is currently serving a life sentence without parole for 10 separate counts of murder, committed during the 1970s & 80s. Her husband & partner in the sexually motivated crimes committed suicide in prison in 1995. Herself a victim of abuse, Rose directed her appetites toward her own children as well as at least eight other girls, whose dismembered remains were found buried at their home in Cromwell Street, Gloucester. ...

Determined, dedicated & dogmatic, Martyn Williams is the inspiring number seven Lynchpin who has steered club & country to victory in inimitable style. In his action-packed autobiography, he writes for the first time about his love for the sport he has made his own. ...

England is close to war. Within days the axe could fall on the neck of Mary Queen of Scots, & Spain is already gathering a battle fleet to avenge her. Tensions in Elizabeth I's government are at breaking point. At the eye of the storm is John Shakespeare, chief intelligencer in the secret service of Sir Francis Walsingham. When an intercept reveals a plot to assassinate England's 'sea dragon', Francis Drake, Shakespeare is ordered to protect him. With Drake on land fitting out his ships, he is frighteningly vulnerable. If he dies, England will be open to invasion. In a London rife with rumour, Shakespeare must decide which leads to follow, which to ignore. When a high-born young woman is found mutilated & murdered at an illicit printing house, it is political gunpowder
- & he has no option but to investigate. But why is Shakespeare shadowed at every turn by the brutal Richard Topcliffe, the blood-drenched priest-hunter who claims intimacy with Queen Elizabeth herself? What is Topcliffe's interest in a housemaid, whose baby has been stolen? & where do two fugitive Jesuit priests fit into the puzzle, one happy to die for God, the other to kill for Him? From the splendour & intrigue of the royal court, to the sleek warships of Her Majesty's Navy & the teeming brothels of Southwark, Shakespeare soon learns that nothing is as it seems.
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During the early weeks of the Korean War, Captain Lee, a young South Korean officer, is ordered to investigate the kidnapping & mass murder of North Korean ministers by Communist forces. For propaganda purposes, the priests are declared martyrs, but as he delves into the crime, Lee finds himself asking: What if they were not martyrs? ...

Martyrs offers interviews with terrorist trainers, with the families of suicide bombers, fighter & fanatics, & with Muslim scholars offering differing opinions on the legitimacy of violence in Islam. Joyce Davis reports on the fury at & resentment of the US. ...