LUCIFER BOX. Hes tall hes dark & like the shark he looks for trouble. Or so he wishes. For with Queen Elizabeth newly established on her throne the now elderly secret agent is reaching the end of his scandalous career. Despite his fast-approaching retirement queer events leave Box unable to resist investigating one last case... Why have pillars of the Establishment started dying in bizarrely reckless accidents? Who are the deadly pay-masters of enigmatic assassin Kingdom Kum? & who or what is the mysterious Black Butterfly? From the seedy streets of Soho to the souks of Istanbul & the sun-drenched shores of Jamaica Box must use his artistic licence to kill & eventually confront an enemy with its roots in his own notorious past. Can Lucifer Box save the day before the dying of the light? ...

This is a powerful autobiography from the front woman of influential ska band The Selecter. Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/ Nigerian parents Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there she escaped her small town background & discovered a different way of life
- making music. Lead singer for platinum-selling band The Selecter Pauline Black was the Queen of British Ska. The only woman in a movement dominated by men she toured with The Specials Madness Dexys Midnight Runners when they were at the top of the charts
- & sometimes on their worst behaviour. From childhood to fame from singing to acting & broadcasting from adoption to her recent search for her birth parents Black By Design" is a funny & enlightenin story of music race family & roots."

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In his new book well-known London cabbie Alf Townsend tells us the complete story of the black cab from its origins at the time of Oliver Cromwell to the brand new taxis which now grace the capitals streets. This light-hearted romp through the world of the knowledge the vehicles the streets of London & the cabbies themselves is full of juicy snippets & fascinating"es & with a multitude of great pictures too is a must-have for anyone who loves this world-famous London icon. ...

An inch in the right direction is better than a mile in the wrong direction. If you think your life is bland then you havent added enough flavour. People who live in glass houses should never undress. In September 2009 London cabbie Mark Solomon began asking passengers in the back of his taxi for a random"e or proverb. It started spontaneously to give him more purpose & direction but he found that sharing these daily inspirations with others made them feel part of something special too. The project developed into a popular website & now this pocket-sized book offers the best thoughts for the day ranging from the truly philosophical to the downright bizarre. ...

Bridget Dean Mordaunt was a woman of consequence in her own part of the world. Inheriting her father's businesses at the age of nineteen by the time she was twenty-three in 1880 she was running them as confidently as any man. Yet the path destiny required her to follow was not an easy one. Her feckless cousin Victoria became infatuated with Lionel Filmore the fortune-hunting elder son of an old but impoverished family living in the decayed grandeur of Grove House. Bridget had no illusions about Lionel but Victoria's happiness was paramount to her. So a pattern began to form that would shape the lives of generations to come a pattern of some good & some great evil but all of it inexorably linking Bridget ever more closely with the Filmores & their house. The Black Candle" displays all of Catherine Cookson's narrative skills & shrewd perception of human strengths & frailties which have established her as our most widely-read & best-loved novelist." ...

John Burnsides remarkable new book is full of strange unnerving poems that hang in the memory like a myth or a song. These are poems of thwarted love & disappointment of raw desire of the stalking beast eye-teeth/and muzzle/coated with blood; poems that recognise we have too much to gain from the gods & this is why/they fail to love us; poems that tell of an obsessive lover coming to grief in a sequence that echoes the old murder ballads or of a hunter losing himself in the woods while pursuing an unknown & possibly unknowable quarry. Drawing on sources as various as the paintings of Pieter Brueghel & the lyrics of Delta blues Black Cat Bone examines varieties of love faith hope & illusion to suggest an unusual possibility: that when the search for what we expected to find
- in the forest or in our own hearts
- ends in failure we can now begin the hard & disciplined quest for what is actually there. Full of risk & wonder Black Cat Bone shows the range of Burnsides abilities but also strikes out for new territories. He remains consistently though one of our finest living lyric poets & each of these astonishing poems is as clear & memorable as a silver bracelet//falling for days/through an inch & a half/of ice.

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This collection investigates the origins of our most intriguing old-fashioned superstitions many of which we still find ourselves abiding by today. Hundreds of the beliefs passed down through the generations have their foundations in our ancestors efforts to ward off evil which they blamed for hardship illness & injustice in times when life was as often as not nasty brutish & short. Black Cats & Evil Eyes" sets these superstitions in their historical & social context explaining how fear of the Devil demons evil spirits & witchcraft drove people to arm themselves with rituals & talismans to repel dark forces & allow them to live long & healthy lives. In examining many of our common superstitions this book illuminates the customs beliefs & practices that link us to an ancient & often darker human past." ...

Its so remarkable its almost absurd. There has been a dynamic Ive never understood the way people have warmed to her. She is re-defining our lives.o Part-owner Colin Madden. When Black Caviar raced to her historic victory in the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot she showed the world what Australians already knew u theirs was a racehorse that redefined the word champion. With Ascot the crowning achievement of a record-breaking career Black Caviar has won every one of the 22 races she has started in & captured the hearts of a sport loving nation u as well as the world. Filled with sensational photographs & revealing insights from the trainers & jockeys & the owners as well as sporting writers around the world this book will reveal the power & endurance of Black Caviar & her amazing winning streak. The ultimate book for any Black Caviar fan & a tribute to a true Australian sporting great. ...

Personal tragedy has left Dave Robicheaux close to the edge. Battling against his old addiction to alcohol & haunted nightly by vivid dreams & visitations Dave finds his only tranquillity at home with his young ward Alafair. But even this fragile peace is shattered by the arrival of Dixie Lee Pugh who brings with him a brutal trail of murder & violence. Robicheaux reluctantly agrees to help out his old friend but becomes more involved than he bargained for when he finds himself suspect Number One in the series of bloody killings. Forced to leave his home Robicheaux's precarious existence reaches breaking point when Alafair's life is threatened. ...

Incoming! Amy & Dan have been found unharmed! But perhaps not for long
- the ruthless Irina Spasky is right on their tail. & what
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