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' Protected Witness Unit (PWU): Designed to hold prisoners who are giving evidence or assistance to the police in cases of serious crime. All inmates are known to staff simply as ' Bloggs' followed by a number...' In December 1995 the bodies of three men were discovered in a Range Rover in a quiet country lane in the Essex village of Rettendon. All three were well-known villains & had each been blasted in the head with a shotgun at point-blank range. One member of the gang decided to break ranks & tell all. The story Darren Nicholls told at first seemed too incredible to be believed. But as the evidence to support his version of events began to mount up the motives behind the brutal murder became increasingly clear. The plot Nicholls eventually uncovered involved everything from Irish terror groups & European smuggling rings to prostitution & police corruption. Bloggs 19 chronicles the rise of some of Britain's most powerful & notorious villains & of the man whose betrayal led to their downfall
- arguably the most important supergrass since the time of the Kray Twins.
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A follow on to the bestselling Blokes Guide to Pregnancy" this pocket bite size guide book has all the crucial advice for expectant blokes & outlines 100 absolute need to know tips for surviving pregnancy. Written in his customary no nonsense straightforward style
- these 100 tips are taken from interviews with 100 blokes who have lived to tell the tale. This is the only guide to be reading for all expectant dads out there."
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A heart-warming tale of Armageddon from one of the funniest most original voices in comic fiction today.. . The third planet out from the star was blue with green splodges. Dirt. Oh the bomb thought. & then its courage determination & nobility-of-spirit subroutines cut in overriding everything else adrenalizing its command functions & bypassing its cyberphrenetic nodes. Here goes said the bomb to itself. Calibrate navigational pod. Engage primary thrusters. Ready auxiliary drive. It knew in that moment that its own doom was near; because it was giving itself orders & it wasnt putting in any thes. That was what you did apparently when the moment came. You could also turn on a flashing red beacon & a siren but mercifully these were optional. Oh /$+! thought the bomb & surged on towards Dirt like an avenging angel. ...

Welcome to a world turned upside down. One minute Doris from England is playing hide-&-seek with her sisters in the fields behind their cottage. The next someone puts a bag over her head & she ends up in the hold of a slave-ship sailing to the New World.. . In this fantastically imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade
- in which whytes are enslaved by black people
- Bernardine Evaristo has created a thought-provoking satire that is as accessible & readable as it is intelligent & insightful. Blonde Roots" brings the shackles & cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close & raises timely questions about the society of today."

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George Nipe author of Last Victory in Russia" & " Decision in the Ukraine " has written a revealing & unprecedented re-analysis of the II.SS-Panzer-Korps operations during the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943. Unlike all previous books on the subject which refer almost exclusively to Russian accounts of the battle " Blood Steel & Myth" makes extensive use of original German source material. In so doing he convincingly exposes the conventional wisdom which through its constant repetition over the years has assumed mythic status as being fundamentally flawed & patently untrue. Based principally on Heer & Waffen-SS combat & intelligence reports from the southern sector of the Kursk salient as well as the individual accounts of veterans the book covers in detail the daily progress of Operation Citadel. With meticulous attention to detail the author illustrates the unfavorable circumstances & erroneous command decisions which doomed Germanys last major offensive in Russia irrevocably to failure. The personal notes conversations & official orders of generals Hausser Hoth & Manstein are all closely scrutinized to shed new light on this much celebrated but incorrectly recounted clash of arms with particular attention being paid to the "greatest tank battle in history" at Prochorovka. With " Blood Steel & Myth" George Nipe sets the record straight with all the conviction of an Eastern Front historian whose veracity & impeccable scholarship have been proven time & again. " Blood Steel & Myth" is heavily illustrated with hundreds of photos (many previously unpublished) & numerous maps to provide a strong visual component to this unique account of the Kursk Offensives southern front." ...

So what is the best thing to do when the bike goes down & you suffer a patch of Road Rash? How do you prevent infection & minimise scarring? Answers to these questions & practical advice on many other medical situations are contained in this new volume from Flash Gordon the motorcycling doctor. For years Flash Gordon MD has been dispensing practical medical advice with a liberal dose of dry humor through his Medical Motorcycling column in Motorcycle Consumer News. This collection of his articles has been organised into book form & enhanced with clever illustrations by Craig Harrison to bring his valuable insights to a wider audience. As a doctor who also rides motorcycles Flash Gordon combines knowledge gained from many years of medical practice with the straightforward no-nonsense style of a veteran motorcyclist. He has the knack of explaining medical conditions & injuries in plain language that makes sense. Though the advice is directed to motorcyclists all the medical information he provides is applicable to the general public. Being acquainted with typical behaviours of motorcyclists he explains how some of these habits can lead to problems in the future. The changes needed to avoid trouble down the road are sometimes very simple. He explains what signs to look for when a 3am visit to the emergency room is entirely justified & when a wait-&-see approach is indicated. Written in an entertaining & comfortable style this book provides much valuable insight into how to deal with or prevent a wide range of health problems. ...

A beautifully written insight into the stresses strains & successes of working for the London Ambulance service. Is there anyone who hasn't wondered about the state of the occupant of an ambulance screaming along with its sirens on & blue lights flashing? Have you? & have you wondered about the other people inside the ambulance maybe fighting to save the patient's life? Or have you considered that the ambulance may be another 'maternataxi' ordered by a woman who can't be bothered to book a real cab & who then complains she can't smoke on the way to hospital? & that the medical technician inside might just be desperate to get back home from a busy shift to have a cup of tea & catch up with his blog? Meet Tom Reynolds. Tom is an Emergency Medical Technician who works for the London Ambulance Service in East London. He has kept a blog of his daily working life since 2003 & his award-winning writing is by turn moving cynical funny heart-rending & compassionate. It is never less than compelling. From the tragic to the hilarious from the heartwarming to the terrifying the stories Tom tells give a fascinating
- & at times alarming
- picture of life in inner-city Britain & the people who are paid to mop up after it.

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Brook Reynolds died in a car crash. Tragic accident the police say. But her father Don Hoffman knows otherwise. & he wants Joe Hunter to find the men responsible. Joe is not convinced
- until he is attacked by two troublemakers & Dons other daughter is also threatened. Looks like more than coincidence. & sure enough the entire family is soon under siege with only Joe to protect them. The ensuing blood bath is the beginning of a trail of death that leads right to the heart of a racist conspiracy. White supremacists want to hold the government to ransom; & they have got hold of a dirty bomb to add weight to their case. Joe is on countdown: can he stop the plotters before they reduce the free world to ashes?
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Acclaimed novelist of the Italian Renaissance Sarah Dunant now takes on the era's most infamous family: the Borgias. By the end of the fifteenth century the beauty & creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality & corruption nowhere more than in Rome & in the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI he is defined not just by his wealth or his passionate love for his illegitimate children but by his blood: he is a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If the Borgias are to triumph this charismatic consummate politician with a huge appetite for life women & power must use papacy & family to succeed. His eldest son Cesare a dazzlingly cold intelligence & an even colder soul is his greatest
- though increasingly unstable
- weapon. Later immortalised in Machiavelli's The Prince he provides the energy & the muscle. His daughter Lucrezia beloved by both men is the prime dynastic tool. Twelve years old when the novel opens hers is a journey through three marriages: from childish innocence to painful experience from pawn to political player. Stripping away the myths around the Borgias Blood & Beauty is a majestic novel that breathes life into this astonishing family & celebrates the raw power of history itself: compelling complex & relentless.

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