Power & the People" is the second of four volumes & covers the first two years of New Labour government beginning with their landslide victory at the polls in 1997. Volume Two details the initial challenges faced by Labour as they come to power & settle into running the country. It covers an astonishing array of events & personalities progress & setbacks crises & scandals as Labour make the transition from opposition to office." ...

Power & the People" covers the first two years of the New Labour government beginning with their landslide victory at the polls in 1997. This second volume of Campbells unexpurgated diaries details the initial challenges faced by Labour as they come to power & settle into running the country. It covers an astonishing array of events & personalities progress & setbacks crises & scandals as Blair & his party make the transition from opposition to office." ...

An eminent ageing Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled Strong Opinions. For him troubled by Australias complicity in the wars in the Middle East it is a chance to air some urgent concerns: how should a citizen of a modern democracy react to their states involvement in an immoral war on terror a war that involves the use of torture? Then in the laundry room of his apartment block he encounters an alluring young woman. He offers her work typing up his manuscript. Anya is not interested in politics but the job will be a welcome distraction as will the writers evident attraction towards her. Her boyfriend Alan is an investment consultant who understands the world in harsh economic terms. Suspicious of his trophy girlfriends new pastime Alan begins to formulate a plan... ...

This diary charts the ups & downs of a CFD trader
- taking you on a thrilling trading journey & showing how with some hard work
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' If you are accompanied by a dog you can talk to anyone & anyone can talk to you
- about anything'. & they do. Edward Stourton's
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Barton Biggs was a Wall Street legend trusted by investors around the globe. Now in his last book Biggs offers savvy insights into the innermost workings of the markets--today & for the years to come. Packed with keen insights global experiences & opinionated stances on investing Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs Final Words on the Markets explores the ongoing downward economic spiral & where its headed to help readers keep their money safe & secure. Offering a unique look at the current state of the markets why they continue to be depressed & where we can go from here Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs Final Words on the Markets is the ultimate guide to how investors--and the general public--should be handling their finances. The last book from investment legend Barton Biggs Offers investors & business readers of all levels of experience new insights into the current economic crisis Presents news ideas for readers looking to make the most of their money in the face of ongoing market turbulence Insightful & creative Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs Final Words on the Markets is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to understand whats up with the market where its headed & how to respond. ...

Everyone loves the wickedly dry sense of humour of The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine. Okay Okay. So hang me. I killed the bird. For pity's sake I'm a cat. Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble? The hilarious antics of Tuffy & his family as told by the killer cat himself. Anne Fine knows how to make readers laugh". (Guardian). Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed & prize-winning books for children & adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award & the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; & Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 & was awarded an OBE in 2003." ...

Im so pleased I found the NAAFI. It has opened up a new life for me... Former Land Girl Eve recollects her time as a NAAFI girl at an Army camp in Devon. Life was full of fascinating characters
- young new army recruits handsome officers fellow NAAFI staff
- all with their own stories & problems. Eve learnt to be agony aunt nurse confidant friend... Every day was a different experience
- & often sheer hard work! Eves story told in a refreshing & light-hearted way brings to life the work of a very undervalued institution in the post-war years. Poignant evocative & thoroughly entertaining.


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Channelling a razor-sharp satire through the everyday mishaps of the immortal comic character Mr Pooter George & Weedon. Grossmiths The Diary of a Nobody" is edited with an introduction & notes by Ed Glinert in " Penguin Classics". Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions content with his ordinary life. Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen impertinent young office clerks & wayward friends not to mention his devil-may-care son Lupin with his unsuitable choice of bride. In the bumbling absurd yet ultimately endearing character of Pooter the Grossmith brothers created a wonderful portrait of the class system & the inherent snobbishness of the suburban middle-class suburbia
- one which sends up the late Victorian crazes for Aestheticism spiritualism & bicycling as well as the fashion for publishing diaries by anybody & everybody. This edition contains the original illustrations by Weedon Grossmith & an introduction by Ed Glinert author of " The London Compendium" discussing the novels serialisation in " Punch" the growth of the suburbs & the figure of Mrs Pooter. George Grossmith (1847-1912) initially worked as a journalist reporting Police Court proceedings for " The Times". In 1870 he began his career as a singer & entertainer creating some of the most memorable characters in Gilbert & Sullivans operettas. Weedon Grossmith (1854-1919) brother of George was educated at the Slade & the Royal Academy with a view to following a career as a painter & exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery & the Royal Academy. Joining a theatre company in 1885 he toured the provinces & America. The best-known of his many plays " The Night of the Party" was published in 1901. If you enjoyed " The Diary of a Nobody" you might like Jerome K. Jeromes " Three Men in a Boat" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The funniest book in the world." (" Evelyn Waugh"). " True humour.. .with its mixture of absurdity irony & affection.. .a masterpiece immortal." (J.B. Priestley)."
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The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author George Grossmith seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece. For more than a century this wonderfully comic portrayal of suburban life & values has remained in print a source of delight to generations of readers & a major literary influence much imitated but never equalled. If you don't recognise yourself at some point in The Diary you are probably less than human. If you can read it without laughing aloud you have no sense of humour. ...