It was a golden age of travel. The period from the end of the Second World War to the early 1960s saw some of the finest ocean liners ever built & until the advent of the jet the ships travelled full every trip criss-crossing the Atlantic between the Old World & the New carrying businessmen tourists emigrants & those who longed for a trip away. William H. Miller brings together a fabulous selection of images of the ships of the period the great & the famous of ocean liner travel. From the grand Cunard Queens to the fastest & longest ships afloat from the ships of state to smaller vessels from the tragedy of disaster to the triumph of record-breaking he tells the story of this glittering age of travel a time when Getting There was Half the Fun. Of course it was all to end with the advent of the Boeing 707 capable of crossing the Atlantic in hours rather than days & the liner trade went into terminal decline. One by one ships were sold or scrapped until there remained only one the QE2. She retired in 2008 but not before being replaced by the Queen Mary 2 the worlds largest ocean liner. Join Bill for a voyage back in time aboard The Last Atlantic Liners. ...

In true Mc Inerney style this new collection of stories examines post 9/11 America in all its dark & morally complex glory. His characters include a young woman holed up in a remote cabin while her (married) boyfriend campaigns for the highest of all offices a couple whose sexual experiments cross every line imaginable a young socialite called home to nurse her mother & an older one scheming for her next husb&. From the streets of downtown New York during the 2003 anti-war march & the lavish hotel rooms of the wealthy social elite to a husband & wife who share a marital bed with a pot-bellied pig the people in these stories search for meaning while struggling against each other colliding as the old world around them fractures & dissolves into a modern era full of new uncertainties where ghosts of loss hang in the air. Mc Inerneys writing has crackling humour & a feverish clear-sighted brilliance that perfectly underpins the lives of people living in modern America. These stories are deftly constructed subtle insightful & heartbreaking. Steeped in history but yet alive in the present
- this new collection is a companion to the sweet madness of life
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To my side all true Narnians! Would you wait till your new masters have killed you one by one?" A false Aslan is commanding all Narnians to work for the cruel Calormenes & striking terror into every heart. Jill & Eustace find themselves called into Narnia once more this time to aid King Tirian in the mightiest of all battles This is the seventh adventure in the exciting Chronicles of Narnia." ...

May 1945. Hitler was dead the Third Reich was little more than smoking rubble & no GI wanted to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. But for cigar-chewing rough-talking hard-drinking & hard-charging Lieutenant Jack Lee & his men there was one more mission: rescue fourteen prominent French prisoners held in an SS-guarded castle high in the Alps. It was a dangerous mission but Lee had help
- a German Wehrmacht unit had volunteered to join the fight. Based on official American German & French histories personal memoirs & author interviews The Last Battle" is the nearly unbelievable story of the most improbable battle of World War II
- a tale of unlikely allies bravery & cowardice & desperate combat between implacable enemies."

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A shared past a fresh start & a lifetime of love.. . Owen Montgomery is a busy man. He & his brothers Beckett & Ryder are working day & night to build an intimate Bed & Breakfast in his hometown. Owen is the organiser of the Montgomery clan & while his brothers tease him for his compulsive list making they have to admit that Owen has ensured the Inn Boons Boro is about to open right on schedule. The only thing Owen didnt plan for was Avery Mc Tavish.. . Averys popular pizza place is right across the street from the inn giving her a first-hand look at its amazing renovation
- & a newfound appreciation for Owen Montgomery. Owen was her first boyfriend when they were kids & hes never been far from Averys thoughts. But the attraction shes feeling for him now is far from innocent. As Avery & Owen cautiously take their relationship to another level the opening of the inn gives the whole town of Boonsboro a reason to celebrate. But Owens hard work has only just begun. Getting Avery to let down her guard is going to take longer than he expected
- & so will getting her to realise that her first boyfriend is going to be her last.. .

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Includes: A BRAND NEW & EXCLUSIVE MORGANVILLE SHORT STORY Claire Danvers is concerned when three vampires vanish from
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AD 68. The tyrant emperor Nero has no son & no heir. Suddenly there's the very real possibility that Rome might become a republic once more. But the ambitions of a few are about to bring corruption chaos & untold bloodshed to the many. Among them is a hero of the campaign against Boudicca Aulus Caecina Severus. Caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow Caesar's dynasty he commits treason raises a rebellion faces torture & intrigue
- all supposedly for the good of Rome. The boundary between the good of Rome & self preservation is far from clear & keeping to the dangerous path he's chosen requires all Severus' skills as a cunning soldier & increasingly deft politician. & so Severus looks back on the dark & dangerous time history knows as the Year of the Four Emperors & the part he played
- for good or ill
- in plunging the mighty Roman empire into anarchy & civil war...


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The first clear-eyed account of an extraordinary life' Independent on Sunday. Wimbledon champion three times in the 1930s Fred Perry is the finest tennis player that Britain has ever produced. Less well known is that Perry came from an unprivileged background & found himself
- despite his supreme talent
- an outsider in a sport that looked down on the advancement of the under-classes. Not afraid to ruffle a few establishment feathers Perry discarded his hallowed amateur status in 1936 & turned professional. He compounded this perceived sin by taking out US citizenship when the Second World War broke out. He embraced his new country wholeheartedly. From Hollywood to Florida Perry led a scandalous private life marrying four times & charming himself into the beds of numerous Hollywood starlets & beautiful models along the way. The Last Champion is the first biography of Fred Perry. Through extensive research & revealing interviews Jon Henderson tennis correspondent of the Observer brilliantly tells the remarkable story of this remarkable man. Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

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When the Leeds United players celebrated winning the championship in April 1992 they could not have had an inkling of how momentous the occasion was. Manchester United losers at Liverpool that sunny Sunday afternoon had now gone 25 years without winning the league. Howard Wilkinsons side promoted just two seasons ago could bring back the glory days to Leeds. But Wilkinson would prove to be the last English manager to win the league. In 1992 football changed beyond all recognition. Twenty years on The Last Champions" looks back at the roots of that success & the amazing cast of characters who came together to fashion the triumph. As in his acclaimed book " The Fallen" Dave Simpsons quest to catch up with the protagonists of the era from the visionary Sergeant Wilko top scorer Lee Chapman & unsung heroes like Mike Whitlow & Carl Shutt (not forgetting Eric Cantona of course) sees him unearth some extraordinary untold stories. & he finds that " The Last Champions" were also the last ordinary people to win the league before the Premier League saw skyrocketing wages billionaire foreign owners & the dictates of television taking the game away from the fans. It is the brilliantly told story of the end of an era." ...

When the Leeds United players celebrated winning the championship in April 1992 they had no idea how momentous the occasion was. Manchester United losers at Liverpool that Sunday afternoon had now gone 25 years without winning the league. Howard Wilkinson's side promoted just two seasons ago could bring back the glory days to Leeds. But Wilkinson would prove to be the last English manager to win the league. In 1992 football changed beyond all recognition. The Last Champions" explores the roots of that success & the amazing cast of characters who came together to fashion the triumph. As in his acclaimed book " The Fallen" Dave Simpson's quest to catch up with the protagonists of the era from the visionary Sergeant Wilko top scorer Lee Chapman & unsung heroes like Mike Whitlow & Carl Shutt (not forgetting Eric Cantona) sees him unearth some extraordinary untold stories. & he finds that " The Last Champions" were also the last ordinary people to win the league before the Premier League saw skyrocketing wages billionaire foreign owners & the dictates of television taking the game away from the fans. It is the brilliantly told story of the end of an era." ...