In the weeks before Christmas, a mother prepares herself to lose a 19 year old son & a father ready to gain one. Kathleen Moran's eldest son has just been sent to jail. John Dunn has started work as a prison guard. He has just received a letter that he can't tell his girlfriend about. It is December 1979, Belfast, the height of the Troubles. ...

A collection of author's comic drawings that covers the world's worst comeback lines, the world's worst comeback lines, to brilliant charts & graphs (Incidence of Lung Cancer in Dragons, A Sad Clown/ Happy Clown Venn Diagram) & a bittersweet ghost ...

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‘ Someone called & said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.’

He has sold over 40 million albums.



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' Someone called & said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.' He has sold over 40 million albums. He's been in bands that have changed popular music forever. He saw his best friend commit suicide. He starts supergroups. He's the nicest guy in rock. From Nirvana to Foo Fighters, from brotherhood to bitter rivalry, from breathless highs to lifeless lows, Paul Brannigan gives an unparalleled, intimate & extraordinary account of the life & times of Dave Grohl. In 1990, little-known punk-metal upstarts Nirvana added a new drummer to the b&. They were soon to become a global phenomenon -- but as we all know, things went wrong. Dave's friend Kurt, frontman of Nirvana, took his own life, plunging the band & their future into chaos. His friends' grief was mirrored by worldwide sorrow to an unprecedented degree. Defying expectations, a knack that was soon to become his trademark, Grohl refused to see it as the end. In 1995 his new b&, the Foo Fighters, rose to join the pantheon of rock deities. The 'wonder years' were by no means calm. The spotlit existence imposed by his celebrity status, the bellowed vilification by his critics & his high-speed lifestyle proved a dangerous cocktail. With an account of Grohl's life that is more personal than anything written before, more startling, more thrilling, more heart-rending & more inspiring, Paul Brannigan reveals Dave fully for the first time. This is the story of the man who changed music forever. ...

Record your own Horrible History in this brilliantly foul fact-packed diary.

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Discover the multi-million copy bestseller & Book of the Year at The National Book Awards. Now A Major BBC Series Starring Ben

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Patrick is a loner. An intelligent but disturbed young man struggling to find his place in the world. He ventures out on his own & as he begins to find happiness commits an act of violence that sends his life horribly & irreversibly out of control. But should a person's life be judged by a single bad act? This is How is a compelling & macabre journey into the dark side of human existence & a powerful meditation on the nature of guilt & redemption. ...

Bruno, an American, has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide, they experience a connection unlike any they've previously felt, but soon their newfound love will be tested in ways they never imagined possible. This is how it ends... ...

This is Jane, Jim. Our new sister. Very small & very red, Tiny toes & baby fingers. Button nose & big, bald head. Jim's got a new sister & he doesn't think she's at all lovely. No one has time to cook Jim's favourite eggy or read, & Jim is very cross indeed. Until one night when he's the only one who hears little Jane crying... ...

Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal. He has won a record-holding eleven World Championship titles & ten Commonwealth Games gold medals. He has broken twenty-two world records & won five gold, three silver & one bronze Olympic medals. Having been under the spotlight since he was a young teenager, Thorpe retired from competitive swimming in 2006 because of the intense pressure he felt, but five years later he decided to make a hugely publicised comeback. Ian is one of the world's most successful sportsmen, but it is the way he has managed his triumphs & his commitment to helping others that have earned him respect & admiration internationally. Thorpe's autobiography follows him all the way from his childhood in Sydney right up to the London Olympics. This is a man who has had highs & lows away from the pool, who has led an extraordinary life of an elite athlete that most of us will never know, who has faced up to his own demons, & who has the courage to come back & stake his claim for the ultimate goal once more. ...