Wales were written off as no-hopers at the start of the 2008 Six Nations. They had failed to reach the World Cup quarter-finals the previous October & had reacted by appointing their 13th coach in 19 years, New Zealander Warren Gatl&. On the opening weekend, success appeared unlikely when they trailed World Cup finalists England at Twickenham by ten points at half-time. Their second-half comeback, to earn their first victory at the ground for 20 years, set them on their way, & there was no looking back. In a blistering campaign, they set a new Six Nations record by conceding just two tries in their five matches. The Resurrection Men looks back over the glorious 2008 tournament but also examines the reasons why the foundations laid by Gatland look more secure than those established by Mike Ruddock before his controversial departure from the role less than a year after the side's last Grand Slam triumph in 2005. Wales imploded after Ruddock left, winning only one match in each of the 2006 & 2007 campaigns. His successor Gareth Jenkins asked to be judged on the team's performance in the World Cup. & he was, sacked hours after the defeat to Fiji which meant that, for the third time in five tournaments, Wales failed to make the knock-out stage. Little more than a week later, Welsh Rugby Union officials boarded a plane to New Zealand to meet Gatland & other candidates for head coach. Just two minutes into the meeting, they were ready to offer him the job. He promised them that if Wales won at Twickenham on the opening weekend, the slam would be on. They did & it was. ...

The thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler's armies were halted on the Eastern Front. At the moment of crisis in 1941 on the Eastern front, with the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved. Yet this turning point was followed by a long retreat, in which Russian forces, inspired by old beliefs in the sacred motherl&, pushed back German forces steeled by the vision of the ubermensch, the iron-willed fighter. Many of Russia's 27 million military & civilian deaths occurred in this desperate struggle. In THE RETREAT, Michael Jones, acclaimed author of LENINGRAD, draws upon a mass of new eye-witness testimony from both sides of the conflict ...

There is one serial killer who has shaped & defined police profiler Tony Hill's life. One serial killer who evil surpasses all others. One serial killer who has the power to chill him to the bone: Jacko Vance. Tony doesn't know when Jacko will strike, or where. All he knows is that Jacko will cause him to feel more fear than he has ever known
- & devastate his life in ways he cannot imagine...
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There is one serial killer who has shaped & defined police profiler Tony Hill's life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses all others. One serial killer who has the power to chill him to the bone: Jacko Vance. & now Jacko is back in Tony's life. Even more twisted & cunning than ever before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony
- & DCI Carol Jordan
- for the years he has spent in prison. Tony doesn't know when Jacko will strike, or where. All he knows is that Jacko will cause him to feel fear like he has never known before
- & devastate his life in ways he cannot imagine... This book has 496 pages & is 12.6 x 3.2 x 19.8 cm


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This is a trip down memory lane u a beautifully designed book with pages from old cookbooks showing what we used to eat, old advertisements showing what we used to buy & wonderful modern recipes alongside their beautiful modern photographs. These recipes are for finger food & sandwiches, snacks, afternoon teas, family dinners, the Sunday roast, & puddings. They contrast the way we eat now & the way things used to be. ...

A secretary's silent passion for her boss meets the acid test on a business trip; a man & a woman's mutual disdain at first sight shows how deceptive appearances can be; an insecure wife clings to the illusion of order, only to discover chaos at the hands of a house-sitter who opens the wrong doors; a pair of star-crossed travellers pick up each other's bags, & then learn when you unlock a stranger's suitcase, you enter a stranger's life. This book has 294 pages & is 19.6 x 13.1 x 2.6 cms ...

In this extraordinary collection of stories, the world-wide bestselling author of Evening Class once again reveals her incomparable understanding of matters of the heart. In The Return Journey, Maeve Binchy creates powerful compelling stories of love, loss, revelation, & reconciliation. A secretary's silent passion for her boss meets the acid test on a business trip; a man & a woman's mutual disdain at first sight shows how deceptive appearances can be; an insecure wife clings to the illusion of order, only to discover chaos at the hands of a house-sitter who opens the wrong doors; a pair of star-crossed travelers pick up each other's bags, & then learn when you unlock a stranger's suitcase, you enter a stranger's life. These & many more poignant, ironic, often humorous stories
- unforgettable slices of life -make up The Return Journey, a spellbinding trip into the human heart. This audiobook has 6 CDs & has a runtime of 395 mins
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1920. The Great War has been over for two years, & it has left a very different world from the Edwardian certainties of 1914. Following the death of his wife & baby & his experiences on the Western Front, Laurence Bartram has become something of a recluse. Yet death & the aftermath of the conflict continue to cast a pall over peacetime Engl&, & when a young woman he once knew persuades him to look into events that apparently led her brother, John Emmett, to kill himself, Laurence is forced to revisit the darkest parts of the war. As Laurence unravels the connections between Captain Emmett's suicide, a group of war poets, a bitter regimental feud & a hidden love affair, more disquieting deaths are exposed. Even at the moment Laurence begins to live again, it dawns on him that nothing is as it seems, & that even those closest to him have their secrets.. . ...

The bad boy of the Mac Kade brothers has come home. He has the whole Maryland town buzzing & not even reserved antiques dealer, Reagan Jones, could be completely immune to sexy Rafe Mac Kade. Lovely Reagan couldn't help but be intrigued by the gorgeous businessman with a reputation for trouble but her plans didn't include a relationship with a rebel. Fall under the spell of New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts in this the first of her Mac Kade brother novels. ...

Ex-Marshal Mc Cloud is now senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environmental law. His enemy is Maitl&, an unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's most important chemical manufacturer. Shortly after Mc Cloud gives an inspiring speech, he barely escapes a bomb explosion in his car & a shooting in a restaurant. When he learns that his niece, medical researcher for Chemtel, is killed, he begins to suspect that the attempts on his life were made by Maitl&. He pays him a visit in Britain to make his own investigation. ...