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." ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING COTSWOLD MYSTERIES SERIES. When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard at first it seems like an accident
- despite the fact that he was widely disliked. Only his daughter Lilah is prepared to defend his memory. & when slowly Lilah begins to suspect foul play no one is eager to help her investigate. Suspicion becomes certainty when two more deaths occur
- & both of them are unmistakably murder. The difficulty lies in discovering who among Guys many enemies hated him enough to want him dead
- & who went on killing to conceal the truth. There is certainly no shortage of suspects & it falls to local policeman Den Cooper to investigate the mysterious deaths...


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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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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.. . ...

Is national well-being higher in countries where men have larger penises than average? How much money does an unappealing bloke need to have to attract as many women via an online dating site as a hot man? Why hasn't a male birth control pill made it to the chemists? Does raising the price of beer reduce risky sex? Why does a spike in the sale of sex toys predict an upcoming recession while an increase in the number of breast lifts indicates a perkier economy is on the way? Which comes first: a prosperous nation or a promiscuous one? When professor of economics Marina Adshade decided to skip the guns & butter & talk about the market for sex courtship love & marriage she became an international media sensation. Now she pulls the covers off a suite of provocative questions about the supply & demand of our most intimate deeds. Adshade's answers reveal that our decisions in matters of sex & love are made with a firm grasp of economics (whether we realize it or not)
- though for best results perhaps refrain from bringing Adam Smith to bed.
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Set in Brixton 20 years after the race riots The Dirty South" follows the adventures of Bricky teenager Dennis Huggins as he drifts into the easy dangerous life of the shotta
- or drug dealer
- & discovers that hard as the struggle for respect on the streets is the struggle for love is harder still. At least Dennis has involved parents looking out for him; too many of his friends have no guidance other than that offered by their fellow shottaz or the dubiously motivated black Muslims. Wheatle brilliantly evokes the temptations of the thug life for young black men growing up in Londons Dirty South
- a fast compelling novel that offers no easy answers but refuses to shy away from asking the difficult questions."


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THE DIRTY STREETS OF HEAVEN is the first in a new set of fantasy-fuelled thrillers from the author George R. R. Martin cites as one of the major inspirations behind Game of Thrones: Tad Williams international bestselling author of The Dragonbone Chair. BOBBY DOLLAR ISN'T YOUR AVERAGE ANGEL. Sure he takes the occasional trip to Heaven but his job as an advocate
- arguing the fate of the recently deceased
- keeps him pretty busy on Earth & he's more than happy to spend the rest of his time propping up the bar with his fellow immortals. Until the day a soul goes missing presumed stolen by 'the other side'. A new chapter in the war between heaven & hell is about to open. & Bobby is right in the middle of it with only a desirable but deadly demon to aid him.

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