Tennis has never before been blessed with such an array of talented stars doing battle for the sport's most coveted titles. Games featuring Murray Nadal Federer Djokovic the Williams sisters & Maria Sharapova are among the most thrilling matches in the history of the game
- & Neil Harman has witnessed them all. He is so close to the beating heart of tennis that he has become a confidant to many of the game's stars & administrators even at one stage mentoring Victoria Azarenka to help her handle the media pressure at the top of the women's game. In short Neil enjoys a privileged access that is unmatched elsewhere in the sport. Here he shares tennis's most intimate secrets in a book replete with personality excitement drama & intrigue. Featuring frank in-depth interviews with all the leading players their coaching staff their agents & managers Harman presents the game from an insider's perspective & offers the fresh insights & strong personal views for which he is celebrated. Court Confidential recounts a defining time for modern-day tennis: from Wimbledon to the Olympic Games from Serena Williams's battle with illness to Andy Murray's historic grand slam victory this is a book for tennis fans everywhere.
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Bahrami also talks about his friendships with some of the great tennis players
- Bjorn Borg John Mc Enroe Jimmy Connors Ilie Nastase
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Fighting a hellish war on the Finnish front
- a war of ice blood cold & wolves. A war where it didnt matter who won. All that mattered
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Ambitious & talented people flocked to court in search of power & prestige but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. While its inhabitants were cocooned in comfort & splendour successful courtiers had level heads & cold hearts; their secrets were never safe. Among them a Vice Chamberlain with many vices a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage a pushy painter an alcoholic equerry a Wild Boy a penniless poet a dwarf comedian two mysterious turbaned Turks & any number of discarded royal mistresses. An eye-opening portrait of an enthralling group of royal servants Courtiers" also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II & Queen Caroline: a lover murdered babies snatched horrific illnesses & tearful deathbed reconciliations." ...

Ambitious & talented people flocked to court in search of power & prestige but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. While its inhabitants were cocooned in comfort & splendour successful courtiers had level heads & cold hearts; their secrets were never safe. Among them a Vice Chamberlain with many vices a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage a pushy painter an alcoholic equerry a Wild Boy a penniless poet a dwarf comedian two mysterious turbaned Turks & any number of discarded royal mistresses. An eye-opening portrait of an enthralling group of royal servants Courtiers" also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II & Queen Caroline: a lover murdered babies snatched horrific illnesses & tearful deathbed reconciliations." ...

Rachel & Kirsty are visiting Kirstys grandmother by the sea for their spring break. One morning they spot a very sparkly shell on the beach & it whisks them away to Fairyland! Its the occasion of the yearly Ocean Gala where Shannon the Ocean Fairy plays her Magical Golden Conch Shell to ensure that the seas & oceans remain peaceful & ordered for the year ahead. But Jack Frost is there to ruin things for everyone! His pesky goblins break the Magical Golden Conch Shell into seven pieces as they try to steal it & the pieces are whisked away into the oceans of the human world. Queen Titania uses her magic to send seven magical sea creatures to guard the pieces of the shell but the Ocean Fairies & Rachel & Kirsty must get the pieces back before chaos takes over the oceans! Can they outwit Jack Frost & his goblins & make the oceans a safe & happy place for everyone once again...? In this final story in the series Kirsty Rachel & Courtney must find the final piece of the Magical Golden Conch Shell & return it to Shannon so that the oceans can be peaceful & harmonious once again! ...

Nell Woodward & Gussie Merton make unlikely friends
- one a young married woman & the other a lonely elderly lady. Nells husband
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Henry Jones an unprepossessing London insurance clerk knows that his uncle has disinherited him. The old man's will made out at the last minute in favour of Henry's charming cousin Isabel Brodrick lies neatly folded in a well-thumbed volume of sermons in his book-room; Henry saw him put it there before he died. Unfortunately nobody else knows where the will is & Henry stands to lose everything by making the knowledge public. Cousin Henry first published in 1879 is one of the most unusual & intriguing of Trollope's shorter novels & its unlikely hero is a timid coward consumed by guilt. But Trollope's handling of his character & dilemma is masterly in its insight & compassion; he knew he had nothing quite like it elsewhere in his fiction. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

Kate Malvern rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva hardly knows what to expect at Staplewood
- the grand household is so very
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'I see her now
- cousin Phillis. The westering sun shone full upon her & made a slanting stream of light into the room within.'
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