Comprehensive documentary profile of the late Pope John Paul II, using archive footage from the NBC News service. Keith Morrison narrates the extraordinary story of the first non-Italian Pope for over 400 years, a young Polish man who survived the Nazi in ...

The fabulous second instalment of the Rachel Riley series. My quest to find THE ONE starts right now! This year I will utterly not snog random posh boys with congenital acne but will save myself for long-haired creative type with interest in tragicness & with musical potential i.e. Justin Statham. Though am not sure Justin has realized yet that I am THE ONE for him. Maybe he has heard I am rubbish at snogging. I need to learn to snog properly
- & fast. Though perhaps I am just generally unlovable. As well as tongue technique issues I have hopelessly untragic relatives & a dog who eats furniture. Plus I am practically a medical midget & my hair is mental. Maybe I should just give up on boys altogether... Not suitable for younger readers.
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The authorised biography of one of the greatest storytellers of all time, written with complete access to the archives stored in the Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre. Roald Dahl is one of the greatest storytellers of all time. He pushed children's literature into uncharted territory & almost twenty years after his death his popularity continues to grow ? worldwide sales of his books have now topped 100 million. The man behind the stories, however, remains an enigma. Dahl was a single-minded adventurer, an eternal child, & his public persona was often controversial. To his readers, though, Dahl was always a hero & his stories have had an impact on the lives & imaginations of generations of children. Since his death his reputation has been transformed. Critics too now celebrate his wild imagination, quirky humour & linguistic elegance; figures like Willy Wonka, the BFG & the Grand High Witch are immortal literary creations. In this masterly biography, Donald Sturrock reveals many hitherto hidden aspects of Roald Dahl's life: his terrifying experiences as a fighter pilot; the mental anguish caused by the death of his seven-year-old daughter; his work for military intelligence at the end of the war & more. Written with exclusive access to his private papers & manuscripts as well as with reference to hundreds of newly-discovered letters, Dahl lives on every page of this utterly compelling book, which reveals the man as we've never seen him before. ...

Ayrton Senna was, in many peoples' opinions, the greatest Formula One driver to have ever raced. Over 2 million people watched his shocking crash on television, during the San Marino Grand Prix, on Sunday 1st May, 1994. The knowing knew he was dead when his car finally came to rest on that fateful day.

Although a host of biographies have been published, none have fully researched his life & character & exposed his extraordinary driving brain. In this first full, & stunningly illustrated, account of his life, the authors & their collaborators examine every detail of the driving maestro's life.

From his earliest days, to his first race & on to his world championships, to his pole positions & finally to his death & its aftermath. ' He was the one driver so perfect that nobody thought anything could happen to him' Bernie Ecclestone ' Ayrton was the most committed of all. He had an air of invincibility around him.

He put his entire body & mind into winning' Sir Frank Williams ' He established his own limits. When he reached those limits he wanted to beat them & establish new ones. I never knew how far he could go. I had an understanding but I didn't know' The only thing that existed was himself
- & he had to be first' Gerhard Berger.








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Details: In this book Steven Parissien examines the impact, development & significance of the automobile over its turbulent
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I was to stand trial for my life. I was twenty-two years old. I had been married for ten weeks & a widow for six. In the summer of 1914, the Empress Alexandra, a magnificent ocean liner, suffers a mysterious explosion on its voyage from London to New York City. On board are Henry Winter, a rich banker, & his young new wife, Grace. Somehow, Henry manages to secure a place in a lifeboat for Grace. But the survivors quickly realize it is over capacity & could sink at any moment. For any to live, some must die. As the castaways battle the elements, & each other, Grace watches & waits. She is a woman who has learned the value of patience
- her journey to a life of glittering privilege has been far from straightforward. Now, she knows, it is in jeopardy, & her very survival is at stake. Over the course of three perilous weeks, the passengers on the lifeboat plot, scheme, gossip & console one another while sitting inches apart. Their deepest beliefs about goodness, humanity & God are tested to the limit as they begin to discover what they will do in order to survive. The Lifeboat is a page-turning story of moral dilemmas, & also the moving & haunting story of Grace, a woman as unforgettable & complicated as the story she recounts.
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Legend born meets Percy Jackson in this dark & thrilling debut fantasy romance. When consumed by shadow, even the faintest light can be blinding... After a childhood haunted by disturbing hallucinations of the Shadow Man, Alexis Michaels’s only comfort is the blue amulet he’s had since before he can remember. Now, the visions have gone, & Alexis craves a normal life.   But when a trip to Stonehenge unites him with three other teens carrying similar gems, normality is abandoned when they are plunged into a hidden world of power-wielding Elementals, & told they are the chosen ones, destined to save the world from an eternal night. Trained by legends & guided by heroes, Alexis & his companions must venture on a perilous quest, facing tests of love, loss, & loyalty.  But a dark past plagues Alexis as they prepare to defeat an adversary more ominous than they could imagine, & a looming secret sets to corrupt the mission, their lives, & his mind. Product Information:  •†I... ...

Talented painter Edith Fairchild is poised to begin a life of newlywed bliss & artistic creation in the inspiring setting of Spindrift

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Home place, Sussex, 1937. The English family at home? Every summer, brothers Hugh, Edward & Rupert Cazalet take their families back to their childhood home in the heart of Sussex for two glorious, sunlit months. But not even this idyllic sitting can alleviate heartache, fear & loneliness. Hugh, haunted by memories of battle in France, is terrified at the prospect of another war. Handsome, charming Edward who escaped from the war unscathed is more occupied by his continuous affairs, of which his desperately bored wife, Villy, is unaware. Talented painter Rupert finds he cannot birth paint & be married to his beautiful, demanding wife Zoe. & their sister Rachel is so loyal to her family that she has no time to devote to the woman she feels so passionate about
- lovely, half-Jewish Sid.
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Michael Jayston reads this complete, full-length novel about a murderer in a secluded lighthouse, by bestselling author P.D James. Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men & women in positions of high authority who require privacy & security. However, the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered. Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly & discreetly, but at a difficult time for him & his depleted team. Dalgliesh is uncertain about his future with Emma Lavenham, the woman he loves, Detective Inspector Kate Miskin has her own emotional problems, & Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is worried about working under her. Hardly have the team begun to unravel the motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing... ...