Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently self-styled private investigator sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder assisting a mysterious professor unravelling a mysterious mystery & eating a lot of pizza
- not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge). To find out more read this book (better still buy it then read it)
- or contact Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency. A THUMPING GOOD DETECTIVE-GHOST-HORROR-WHO DUNNIT-TIME TRAVEL-ROMANTIC-MUSICAL-COMEDY-EPIC
- The author


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Motley Crue was the voice of a barely pubescent Generation X the anointed high priests of the power ballad & the pioneers of Hollywood glam. Their sex lives claimed celebrities like Heather Locklear & Pamela Anderson as well as teenage groupies all over the world. When they werent appeasing their voracious sexual appetites Tommy Lee Nikki Sixx Vince Neil & Mick Mars cultivated their other interests
- collecting automatic weapons creating long & lurid rap sheets doing every conceivable drug in every conceivable fashion & dreaming up backstage antics that would make Ozzy Osbourne blanch with modesty. Provocatively written & brilliantly designed this book

Includes:: over 100 photos for the most insightful look ever into the Crue
- the most infamous band in the world. The Dirt spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list & sold over 13 000 copies in hardback in the UK.



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Tim Winton is widely acclaimed as one of Australias greatest novelists. Dirt Music first published in 2001 was an international bestseller. In 2002 it won the Miles Franklin Award & was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Georgie Jutland is a mess. Her days have fallen into social isolation & her nights are a blur of vodka. One morning in the boozy pre-dawn gloom she sees a shadow lurking on the beach below & a dangerous new element enters her life. Luther Fox: local poacher outcast. So begins an unlikely alliance. In 2012 Picador celebrates its 40th anniversary. During that time we have published many prize-winning & bestselling authors including Bret Easton Ellis & Cormac Mc Carthy Alice Sebold & Helen Fielding Graham Swift & Alan Hollinghurst. Years later Picador continue to bring readers the very best contemporary fiction non-fiction & poetry from across the globe. Discover more at picador.com/40 ...

The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time by others as the greatest. The final of the men's 100 metres at those Olympics is certainly the most infamous in the history of athletics & more indelibly etched into the consciousness of the sport the Olympics & a global audience of millions than any other athletics event before or since. Ben Johnson's world-record time of 9.79 seconds
- as thrilling as it was
- was the beginning rather than the end of the story. Following the race Johnson tested positive news that generated as many
- if not more
- shockwaves as his fastest ever run. He was stripped of the title with Lewis awarded the gold medal Linford Christie the silver & Calvin Smith the bronze. More than two decades on the story still hadn't ended. In 1999 Lewis was named Sportsman of the Century by the IOC & Olympian of the Century by Sports Illustrated. Yet his reputation was damaged by revelations that he too used performance-enhancing drugs & tested positive prior to the Seoul Olympics. Christie also tested positive in Seoul but his explanation that the banned substance had been in ginseng tea was accepted. Smith now a lecturer in English literature at a Florida university was the only athlete in the top five whose reputation remains unblemished
- the others all tested positive at some stage in their careers. Containing remarkable new revelations this book uses witness interviews
- with Johnson Lewis & Smith among others
- to reconstruct the build-up to the race the race itself & the fallout when news of Johnson's positive test broke & he was forced into hiding. It also examines the rivalry of the two favourites going into it & puts the race in a historical context examining its continuing relevance on the sport today where every new record elicits scepticism.






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Dirty Beasts is a collection of hilarious animal rhymes from Roald Dahl. A collection of (mainly) grisly beasts out for human blood ranging from Gocky-Wock the crocodile to Sting-A-Ling the scorpion. Described in verse with all Dahl's usual gusto & illustrated in suitably lurid style by Quentin Blake. A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero". (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller Roald Dahl! Exciting bold & instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers after his death in 1990 & total sales are now over 100 million worldwide! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators. It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. Look out for the whole collection of wondercrump Roald Dahl books! The Enormous Crocodile; Fantastic Mr Fox; The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me; The Magic finger; The Twits; The BFP; Boy: Tales of Childhood; Charlie & the Chocolate Factory; Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator; The Complete Adventures of Charlie & Mr Willy Wonka; Danny the Champion of the World; George's Marvellous Medicine; Going Solo; James & the Giant Peach; Matilda; The Witches; Dirty Beasts; The Minpins; Revolting Rhymes For Teens: The Great Automatic Grammatizator & Other Stories; Rhyme Stew; Skin & Other Stories; The Vicar of Nibbleswicke; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More." ...

Adultery murder & dangerous love collide in Jessie Keane's gritty debut thriller set in the London's East End. Perfect for fans of Martina Cole & Lynda La Plante. For longer than she cares to remember Annie Bailey has lived in the shadow of her older sister Ruthie. Now Ruthie has her hands on Max Carter the much feared head of the Carter family & a top class villain. Seducing Max wasn't a problem but the guilt shame & anger of rejection afterwards was. Thrown onto the streets Annie finds herself living with Celia a wayward aunt with a shocking secret. As the months pass Annie's resourceful nature sees her mature & carve out a life for herself albeit not legal. But if you play with fire you can expect to get burned & her lavish new lifestyle & connections may be about to come crashing down around her. Annie has unwittingly placed herself between two rival gangs & upset too many people & these kind of people don't forget. But as everyone knows Annie Bailey is no ordinary woman. ...

Loved Bared to You" by Sylvia Day & " Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James? Then erotic romance " The Dirty Girls Book Club" by Savanna Fox is definitely the next thing to put on your reading list! Georgia Malone joined a book club to expand her literary horizons. But when they swap serious classics for steamy fiction she discovers just how much fun reading can be... When Georgia is widowed at the age of 25 her world falls apart. Three years on & she has thrown herself completely into her job leaving no time for love. But this suits her just fine
- she'd prefer to read about fictional romances than face the real thing. But when she discovers that her new client is gorgeous sportsman of the moment Woody Hanrahan Georgia finds that her long-buried libido is awakened. Woody is charming & cocky
- the sort of man Georgia usually avoids. But while her head is telling her to stay away her body wants something else. & as her book club explores the tantalizing extremes of fiction Georgia is exploring the limits of pleasures & beyond. Woody is hers to command in a hundred deliciously wicked ways but when it comes to writing her own happy ending this girl doesn't just need his body
- she wants his heart. A tale of lust love & literature with a sexy twist " The Dirty Girls Book Club" is unputdownable. Savanna Fox splits her time between her homes in Vancouver & Victoria British Columbia. She has degrees in law & psychology & has had a variety of careers including perennial student computer consultant & legal editor. Fiction writer is by far her favourite giving her an outlet to demonstrate her belief in the power of love friendship & a sense of humour. Visit her website for excerpts behind-the-scenes notes discussion guides recipes articles newsletter sign-up contests & give-aways."


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Grrrrrr! Look out! Here comes the Dirty Great Dinosaur! Its huge! Its hungry! Its the DIRTY GREAT DINOSAUR! Hes going to eat anything in his way! Only Hal (and his little dog Billy) can stop the hungry beastie because they know just how to calm that Dirty Great Dinosaur down.. . Let Hal & Billy show you how to calmly deal with temper tantrums of monstrous proportions! World renowned storyteller Martin Waddell has created a dynamic & action-packed text which perfectly matches this exciting picture book debut from fabulous new illustrator Leonie Lord. ...

Pedro Juan was a reporter in Havana but as existence in Cuba & his own life begin to collapse around him he gives up the farce of a daily job & begins to train himself to take nothing seriously". His training involves lots of sex drugs rum jazz beat literature & street philosophy." ...

In Ask the Parrot Parker & his two cohorts had stolen the assets of a bank in transit but the police heat was so great they could only escape if they left the money behind. In this follow-up novel Parker & his associates plot to reclaim the loot which they hid in the choir loft of an unused country church. As they implement the plan people on both sides of the law use the forces at their command to stop Parker & seize the money for themselves. Remorseless as ever Parker will do whatever it takes to redeem his prize no matter who gets hurt in the process. His new getaway van may have Holy Redeemer Choir emblazoned on its doors but Parker is no choirboy.. . ...