Fred Dibnah was a man born out of his time. His era should have been the magnificent age of British engineering
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Have you ever looked at one of our great historical buildings & wondered how on earth it was built? Well now you can get the answer from a man who devoted his life to that question Fred Dibnah. Fred takes us to some of the country's most famous castles cathedrals abbeys great houses & bridges & gives precise explanations of how they were constructed at a time when technology was limited & there were no power tools no concrete no steel no engines & no heavy machinery. Illustrated with Fred's own beautifully executed drawings published here for the first time we explore engineering marvels such as St Paul's Cathedral the Humber Bridge & Blackpool Tower. Fred's passion for the traditional skills of builders carpenters stonemasons & structural engineers shines through on every page. Fred Dibnah's Buildings of Britain" is a celebration of the architectural & engineering feats that made Britain great." ...

Mark Sanborn met his postman Fred just after he moved to Denver. Fred knocked on his door introduced himself & welcomed him to the neighbourhood. He also asked Sanborn about himself & how he wanted his mail handled while he was away. Needless to say Sanborn was shocked. He asked Fred more about his job & how he approached it. Fred's answers inspired him to develop motivational seminars promoting Fred's attitude & approach to life. To embody the Fred philosophy is to realise & practise that: * Everyone can make a difference * Success is built on good relationships * You must continually create value for others & it doesn't have to cost anything * You can reinvent yourself whenever you want. In this succinct & inspiring guide Sanborn shows us how we can all truly make a difference everyday & become a ' Fred' as well as how to recognise reward & attract Freds into our lives. ...

Fred Trueman was so much more than a cricketing legend. The greatest living Yorkshireman according to Prime Minister Harold Wilson he couldnt help excelling at everything he did whether it was as a hostile fast bowler for Yorkshire & England & the first man to take 300 Test wickets in a career or as a fearlessly outspoken radio summariser for Test Match Special. He was famous for regularly spluttering that I dont know whats going off out there as well as for the amount of swearing he managed to incorporate into everyday speech. Beloved of cricket crowds who filled grounds to witness his belligerent way of playing the game & nothing but trouble to the cricket authorities Fiery Fred was the epitome of a full-blooded Englishman. But as Chris Waters reveals in this first full biography behind the charismatic exuberant mask lay a far less self-assured man
- terrified even that his new dog wouldnt like him
- & whose bucolic version of his upbringing bore no relation to the gritty & impoverished South Yorkshire mining community where he actually grew up. Drawing on dozens of new interviews with his Yorkshire colleagues family & friends this life of Fred Trueman will surprise & even shock but also confirm the status of an English folk hero.

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Fred Trueman was so much more than a cricketing legend. ' The greatest living Yorkshireman' according to Prime Minister Harold Wilson he couldn't help excelling at everything he did whether it was as a hostile fast bowler for Yorkshire & England & the first man to take 300 Test wickets in a career or as a fearlessly outspoken radio summariser for Test Match Special. He was famous for regularly spluttering that 'I don't know what's going off out there ' as well as for the amount of swearing he managed to incorporate into everyday speech. Beloved of cricket crowds who filled grounds to witness his belligerent way of playing the game & nothing but trouble to the cricket authorities ' Fiery Fred' was the epitome of a full-blooded Englishman. But as Chris Waters reveals in this first full biography behind the charismatic exuberant mask lay a far less self-assured man
- terrified even that his new dog wouldn't like him
- & whose bucolic version of his upbringing bore no relation to the gritty & impoverished South Yorkshire mining community where he actually grew up. Drawing on dozens of new interviews with his Yorkshire colleagues family & friends this life of Fred Trueman will surprise & even shock but also confirm the status of an English folk hero.

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Foreman's dramatic kidnap & arrest for Britain's biggest cash robbery made headlines around the world yet this daring raid was just the peak of the safe-blowing bank-robbing career that spanned decades. His story is a fascinating yet chilling account of life as a freelance enforcer for the Kray twins & as London's most feared gangster. Bloodshed aside Freddie's oftern humorous stories reveal a caring man who belives that violence is a last resort & who always treated people with respect. Revealed in these pages are the amazing details of the heists the double crossings the shoot-outs & the betrayals that accompanied life as a career criminal when the streets were controlled by fear. Exposed are the audacious plans behind the century's most famous crimes the damning evidence of police corruption & the eye-opening events that gave Freddie the most revered reputation. ...

Despite being in the limelight for over 20 years & selling nearly 200 million records Freddie Mercury was a very private person
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Freddie Mercury is a man who needs no introduction. Queen are still globally famous Freddie was the face of the band for 20 years & this lavish book celebrates him as one of the key players in the makeup of the influential British music scene. The great man's life is lovingly & painstakingly recounted in pictures & insightful text. Famed as an electric showman with no equal there are beautiful images capturing the man in the moment through many stages of his colourful life. ...

This is the definitive biography of Freddie Mercury. Written by an award-winning rock journalist Lesley-Ann Jones toured widely with Queen forming lasting friendships with the b&. Now having secured access to the remaining band members & those who were closest to Freddie from childhood to death Lesley-Ann has written the most in depth account of one of music's best loved & most complex figures. Meticulously researched sympathetic unsensational the book
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- will focus on the period in the 1980s when Queen began to fragment before their Live Aid performance put them back in the frame. In her journey to understand the man behind the legend Lesley-Ann Jones has travelled from London to Zanzibar to India. Packed with exclusive interviews & told with the invaluable perspective that the twenty years since Mercury's death presents Freddie Mercury is the most up to date portrait of a legendary man. Fully revised & updated edition.

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This bright colourful book from award-winning illustrator Axel Scheffler is now available in a big fun bath book format
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