No real hard bastard needs to brag or bully; most are modest, thoughtful & quiet. They have nothing to prove, as opposed to wannabe though guys. Others may pump themselves full of steroids or devote themselves to the study of a martial art, but can they handle themselves during an aggressive confrontation? Robin Barratt, author of the best selling Doing the Doors, has lived & worked in some of the most violent parts of the world; Bosnia, The Middle East, Russia & Africa. he has brought together a fascinating variety of portraits of indisputably hard men. ...

Over 450 mind-bending number, logic & word puzzles, ranging from reasonably straightforward to fiendishly difficult. Each puzzle & its solution is clearly presented & can be solved in just a few minutes, either in your head or with the help of a pencil & a piece of paper. ...

What happens when an Irish god finds himself smitten by a beautiful mortal woman? When the Celtic gods dream of romance trouble abounds! Visit an Irish king tempted by the poetry of a sensuous wraith who blends the mythological & the historical so seamlessly he finds himself transported to a myth-laden Ireland of beasts & warriors
- & entirely at her mercy. A forbidden love cursed by the saints causes two young lovers to magically shape-shift to freedom in an underground fairy Otherworld with disastrous results. A Celtic hero sets out on a treacherous sea journey to claim a dream woman. The rekindled ashes of an ancient desire between a fierce clansman & his lady find new light with a pair of young, secret lovers. The volume contains stories by: Jenna Maclaine, Jennifer Ashley, Roberta Gellis, Claire Delacroix, Sue-Ellen Welfonder, Cindy Miles, Ciar Cullen, Helen Scott Taylor, Shirley Kennedy, Margo Maguire, Susan Krinard, Pat Mc Dermott, Nadia Williams, Dara Engl&, Kathleen Givens, Sandra Newgent, Cindy Holby, Cat Adams, Penelope Neri, & Patricia Rice.
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The crime world's most enduring mystery, the identity of Jack the Ripper, has plagued professional historians, criminologists, writers & amateur enthusiasts for over a hundred years. This newly updated volume offers the fullest ever overview of the Whitechapel Murders case. It collects not just the key factual evidence but also 17 different arguments as to the identity of the Ripper, including the more recent theories from Patricia Cornwell & others. ...

A rollicking tour of the history of the high seas with Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonney & other figures of maritime legend.



Includes:: Francis The Scourge of Spain, Drakes audacious night-time treasure raid on Nombre de Dios, Alexander Exquemelins fly-on-the-wall account of the wicked order of pirates, or robbers of the sea, the journal of William Dampier, found stashed in a hollow bamboo tube & much much more.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781845291150
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Jon E. Lewis
• Publisher: Robinson
• Pages: 466
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm













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An engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher & splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters. Here you will find the low-down on over 250 movies with entries from 23 different countries. The index, which

Includes:: every movie mentioned in the A-Z & accompanying notes, runs to 540 movies. The book

Includes:: the list of video nasties which the UK government attempted to ban.



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Informed by his love of hip hop & grafitti, editor JAKe has compiled a fresh, diverse collection drawn from Rio, Berlin, London, Philadelphia & other street art hotspots. The emphasis is on humour & the artworks venture beyond grafitti to 'installations' such as RONZO's Credit Crunch Monster, cemented in the centre of London's financial district. JAKe brings an insider's awareness of context to this collection which comprises both photographs from his personal archives & a selection of the world's best street art from the artists themselves. ...

Over 700 full-colour photographs of the work of leading tattoo artists from all over the world, including: Horiyoshi III, Filip Leu, Louis Molloy, Hannah Aitchison, Jime Litwalk, Mike De Vries, Buena Vista Tattoo Club, Adam Collins, Face the Fact, Kore Flatmo, Jeff Gogue, Dan Gold, Good Times, Barba Kari, Cecil Porter, Sarah Schor, Bob Tyrrell, Motomichi Nakamura, Holy Cow & Mick from Zurich. As jam-packed with the very best in tattoo art as the bestselling first volume, The Mammoth Book of Tattoos, this is a must-have for any fan of skin art. Praise for the The Mammoth Book of Tattoos: ...

Details: It is now estimated that as much as 10% of the population in the UK & USA carries a tattoo. The huge recent growth
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Images of life in the Mob pervade our film & TV screens, some glamorous, some horrific
- what is the reality? Nigel & Colin Cawthorne
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