No Baggage is a memoir that will resonate with adventurers & homebodies alike-it's at once a romance, a travelogue, & a bright modern take on the ageold questions: how do you find the courage to explore beyond your comfort zone? & can you love someone without the need for commitment, or any expectations for the future? ...

Cricket is undoubtedly the elegant game, occupying a long-established & distinguished position in the annals of sporting history. Played by gentlemen the world over, the word cricket derives from the Anglo-Saxon word cric, meaning a staff or crutch
- giving us a game played with a long wooden implement
- & the first (reliable) mention dates back to Guildford in the 16th century. No-Balls & Googlies uncovers the origins of this captivating game, & explores its traditions, records, milestones & memorable moments through a fascinating array of facts & figures, anecdotes & curiosities. For example, did you know that the Hambledon Club of Hampshire, founded around 1767, is generally perceived as cricket's spiritual home? Or that British & Australian troops conducted their own Desert Ashes series in Iraq in 2005? Or perhaps an England XI's first overseas tour was to the United States? From the leg glance to leg before, king pair to cover drive, & from the no-ball to the googly, this book is sure to entertain, inform & delight.

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In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from 1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it's up to Greg to save his school before it's shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it. But when Greg realizes this means he's going to be sent to a different school than his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, he changes his tune. Can Greg & his classmates save their school before it's shuttered for good? Or is this the start of a whole new chapter for Greg?   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780241583135 •†Author:   Jeff Kinney •†Publisher:   Puffin •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 224 •†Dimensions:† 20 x 24 x 13.2 cm ...

Of more than a thousand books published about Bob Dylan it is only this one that has been written with the Dylans active cooperation. No Direction Home took 20 years to complete & when it was finally published the book received widespread critical acclaim. Two decades on, Dylan s standing is higher than at any time since the 1960s & Shelton s book is now seen as a classic of the genre. This new edition, published to coincide with Dylan s 70th birthday on 24th May 2011,

Includes:: key images of Dylan throughout his incredible, enduring career, updated footnotes & Bibliography, & a new, selective, Discography. The size of this book is 26.4cm in height & 20cm wide with 357 pages

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The empty chairs belonged, all too briefly, to the doomed young First World War airmen who failed to return from the terrifying daily aerial combats above the trenches of the Western Front. The edict of their commander-in-chief was that missing aviators were to be immediately replaced. Before the new faces could arrive, the departed men's vacant seats at the squadron dinner table were sometimes poignantly occupied by their caps & boots, placed there in sad ritual by their surviving colleagues as they drank to their memory. Drawing on these remarkable testimonies & pilots' memoirs Ian Mackersey has brilliantly reconstructed the First Great Air War through the lives of the participants. This book has 374 pages & is 24cm x 16cm x 3.2cm ...

Breaking free once was lucky. This time, there may be no escape...

Leo Kennedy was always meant to enter the family

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Spike Falconer is in prison on the Isle of Wight convicted of murder. What made him choose four innocent strangers, a family picnicking, as his victims? Why did he need to kill? Forensic psychologist Karen Taylor comes to probe the mind of this psychopath. Trying to recover from the death of her husband & the dark memories surrounding it, Karen is drawn into life on the isl&. She becomes involved with DCI Charlie Trench, cool & abrasive, the opposite in every way from her partner Will Hawkins. & she has to get to know Spike's adoptive family, the rich & influential Falconers, who are tight lipped & closing ranks. Someone on the island doesn't want Karen getting too close to Spike. The more she learns, the more afraid she becomes of those who are threatened by her discoveries. & then they start to act... ...

Discover the extraordinary inside story of how Instagram became the world's most successful app...

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Between 1964 & 1992, Leeds United won eleven fabulous trophies, but the team were runners-up just as often.

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