Millions of triathletes around the world know Craig Alexander as Crowie
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The Liverpool-based World War II saga from the 'new Katie Flynn' When Sam Grey joins the ATS & is posted to Liverpool she wants to show that she's as brave as any man & when she doesn't get the chance her lively nature leads her into confrontation with her authoritarian boss. Sparks also fly when she encounters Johnny whose heroic work in bomb disposal makes him very attractive to many women
- but Sam's determined not to fall for his charm. Sally wants nothing more than to protect her small children while her husband is a prisoner of war. She works hard doing shifts in a factory & singing at the Grafton ballroom confessing to no-one the shameful reason why she needs two jobs. But help is at hand from a most unlikely source. This stirring tale of women fighting together to do their bit for their country keep their families together & finding love & fulfilment in the process will delight her fans & win her many more.
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A comprehensive & accessible textbook for AS students across all exam boards. The best-selling AS UK Government & Politics is carefully structured around the specifications combining informed discussion with the key facts & figures. Definitions of key terms & concepts help understanding & revision. Exam focus sections at the end of each chapter offer source-based exercises relating to the text as well as assignments for extension work drawing on suggested reading & website listings. Free extra content available at www.hodderplus.co.uk/philipallan including web-based extension tasks Power Point summaries & revision advice. ...

Exam Revision Notes are the essential foundation for a successful revision programme. The aim of AS UK Government & Politics is to accelerate the learning process by providing systematic & concise coverage of the subject core allowing you time to develop the higher-level skills of analysis & evaluation. Written by an experienced examiner the notes are accompanied by short commentaries which highlight key points identify common pitfalls & offer guidance on underlying patterns. The text has been fully updated to include the 2010 general election. Examination-style questions are also included for reinforcement & revision purposes. This effective combination of essential notes & invaluable expert advice creates the ideal revision resource. ...

Instant revision of key topics. Flash Revise Pocketbooks are ideal for quick revision. Written by subject experts to help students achieve the very best grades they provide over 300 quick-fire questions & answers with exam tips. Flash Revise your subject now! 1. Answer the question 2. Flick & check you've got it right 3. Make sure you read the exam tip...and then why not test your friends? ...

Mark Thomas is one of the UKs most effective & best-known political activists as well as being a highly successful st&-up comedian. His show The Mark Thomas Product" ran for six highly acclaimed series on Channel Four. Amazingly this is his first book. " As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela" is a deeply funny deeply disturbing account of Marks rampage through the arms trade. Under a fairly flimsy disguise & with the use of some worryingly poor accents Mark set off on a journey of discovery in the company of arms dealers torture victims politicians cops crusties & geeks. The result is a shockingly entertaining read. Embedded within the sharpness of his humour is the truth of an industry fraught with loopholes complacency & greed; that allows corrupt regimes to kill maim & displace but whose deals are often subsidised by the British taxpayer. Hard-hitting laugh-out-loud funny & extremely unsettling " As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela" is never anything less than compulsive." ...

The wry honest & often hilarious chronicles of a very brave & clever TV presenter Arctic Explorer & general drawer of the Short Straw. As one third of the BBCs Top Gear team Richard Hammonds year since his near-fatal accident has been full of stunts & drama. From a race to the North Pole (with skis & dog-sled) to a journey through Botswana in a car named Oliver & a seventeen-mile run through floods to his Gloucestershire home in order to get to his daughters birthday party the year has been eventful to say the least.. . With his boundless optimism in the face of certain failure Richard Hammond has become one of our funniest writers about a life (and a job) which constantly present a challenge. ...

This new edition of As You Like It is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series & has been substantially updated with new & revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted explored & enjoyed. As well as the complete script of As You Like It you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities an eight-page colour section & an enlarged selection of notes including information on characters performance history & language. ...

As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's finest romantic comedies variously lyrical melancholy satiric comic & absurd. Its highly implausible plot generates a profusion of love-lorn men a resourceful heroine in disguise sexual ambiguity melancholy philosophising & finally a multiplicity of marriages. The ironic medley of pastoral artifice romantic ardour & quizzical reflection has helped to make As You Like It perennially popular in the theatre. ...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of As You Like It" on the left-hand page side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary" ...