People who play golf are by & large perfect gentlemen & ladies. It is after all a sport which takes pride in fair play etiquette good manners & consideration for others. Golf is also a rollercoaster sport a game of outrageous fortunes that makes you feel like a Tiger one minute & a tame pussy the next. The great moments are few & far between but it is these that keep you coming back. A stinker of a round which would make Saint Andrew cranky as hell will be soon forgotten if you can play a few holes well strike the ball beautifully & pick up a par or two. Its not surprising that many older players well & truly justify the description of Cranky Old Golfers (COGs). Golf provides them with unlimited opportunities for a good moan & groan. COGs are by definition found in the seniors section & they gather in great numbers at every golf club in the land most mornings. Cranky is of course a perfectly normal condition for a golfer. All golfers are cranky some of the time. COGs are much more irascible than other golfers however; they have been playing golf a lot longer & the trials & tribulations of golf have taken a toll on their nervous systems. COGs can find fault in almost any situation or anybody & are easily wound up COGs have perfected the art of giving withering stares when players inadvertently break a silence at tee off or when they spot a visitor with the wrong type of socks or worse an untucked shirt...! ...

Graffiti. It can be a diverse form of expression & thought provoking art; whether painted on the side of a train or on a canvas hanging in a gallery. Or as you will see immortalised in the glorious pages of Crap Graffiti" it can be crude drunken daubing nonsensical statements or hilarious outpourings of uncontained rage. " Crap Graffiti" documents these bizarre & puerile creations celebrates the inept & enthusiastically applauds creative dyslexia. This is definitely not art but really awful lame graffiti: the incompetent attempts of beginners or the profound musings of lunatics scrawled on the back of toilet cubicle doors. Welcome to the Cream of the Crap." ...

A countdown of the 40 worst Members of Parliament in British political history. You could be forgiven for thinking that our current crop of MPs are a bunch of sleaze-ridden money-grabbing self-serving individuals with a tendency to be economical with the truth & less than economical with their expenses. & you may well be right but are they any worse then their predecessors? In Crap MPs Grosvenor & Hicks have uncovered the 40 worst MPs* in history
- a motley collection of rogues liars murderers shaggers madmen & criminals many of whom would have been better off behind bars than running the country (actually some of them did end up in prison). The identity of the final 40 will remain a closely guarded secret until publication date but we can reveal that it

Includes:: ten currently serving MPs one Churchill several drunks & one poor blighter who was simply in the wrong job at the wrong time. *in their opinion


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Sutherland is one of the most ruggedly beautiful & sparsely populated parts of Scotl&. In the nineteenth century the Duke of Sutherland set about improving his landholdings to make them more productive by building lodges for sporting tenants who came to enjoy the summer fishing & shooting grouse & deer. In the 1870s some 3 000 acres of land were reclaimed at Shinness. A lodge was built there in 1882 & allocated some 2 500 acres of moorland for grouse & grazing together with the fishings on Loch Shin & its rivers. One of the first keepers at the estate was John Fraser. His daughter Iby became a teacher at Lairg School. In the 1970s long after the Fletcher family had taken on Shinness Estate Iby wrote down some recollections of her early life for Mrs Fletchers interest. ...

The definitive cult post-modern novel
- a shocking blend of violence transgression & eroticism. When Ballard our narrator smashes
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Highly-charged & intensely erotic Crash into You is perfect for fans of Destined to Play & Fifty Shades of Grey. Sometimes the past can bring you to your knees... Brynn Le Breck has dedicated herself to helping women in crisis but things get personal when her younger sister goes missing. Having strayed on to the wrong side of the tracks she is suspected to be hiding at The Ranch a secret retreat where the elite escape to play out their sexual fantasies. To find her Brynn must go undercover. Unfortunately The Ranch is invitation only & the one person who can get her in is from the darkest corner of Brynns past. Years ago she opened herself up to attorney Reid Jamison only to have him break her heart. Now she needs him again. But as their desires & old wounds are exposed the sexual games escalate
- & so does the danger. Their hearts arent the only things at risk. Someone else is watching playing by his own rules & his game could be very dangerous indeed.
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It is the year 5012 & the Milky Way galaxy is under attack. After the Universal War a war that almost brought about the destruction of every known universe the planets in the Milky Way banded together to create the Intergalactic Force
- an elite fighting team sworn to protect & defend the galaxy. Only the brightest & most promising students are accepted into the Intergalactic Force Academy & only the very best cadets reach the highest of their ranks & become.. .STAR FIGHTERS! Crash Landing Peri & Diesel have succeeded in rescuing fellow crew member Selene but now the Phoenix is under fire from not one but two alien armies
- Xion & Meigwor. Whilst trying to escape the cross-fire they are sucked into the atmosphere of a mysterious planet. They survive the crash-landing unscathed but now they must face the planets inhabitants.. .who aren't pleased to have visitors.

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Savannah Colbert has never known why shes so hated by the kids of the Clann. Nor can she deny her instinct to get close to Clann golden boy Tristan Coleman. Especially when she recovers from a strange illness & the attraction becomes nearly irresistible. Its as if hes a magnet pulling her gaze her thoughts even her dreams. Her family has warned her to have nothing to do with him or any members of the Clann. But when Tristan is suddenly everywhere she goes Savannah fears shes destined to fail. For years Tristan has been forbidden to even speak to Savannah Colbert. Then Savannah disappears from school for a week & comes back...different & suddenly he cant stay away. Boys seem intoxicated just from looking at her. His own family becomes stricter than ever. & Tristan has to fight his own urge to protect her to be near her no matter the consequences.... ...

Stefan Salvatore has come to terms with being a vampire. The events of the past few months have sobered him & the fog of his own blood lust has begun to lift. He travels to New York City to start a new life one that does not require him to kill humans to survive. Instead he feeds off of animals in Central Park. But the quiet life he envisioned is jolted when he runs into his brother Damon who has convinced New York high society that he is Italian royalty. While Stefan is regaining his humanity Damon has completely lost his. Stefan will do whatever it takes to protect Damon from himself but there is another villain present. A vampire that seeks revenge for a death the Salvatores are responsible for. Stefan & Damon will have to work together to fight the greatest evil yet. ...

From the critically acclaimed thriller writer Jason Starr comes The Craving"
- the compulsive supernatural sequel to "
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