A candid insightful & humorous memoir from the creator of Grange Hill" " Brookside" & " Hollyoaks". Title Sequence: Lancashire just outside Liverpool. Camera high to show the swirling streets of a post-war council estate. It swoops lower across the neat privet hedges & gardens front & back. Past the grandfatherly figure pushing a mechanical lawn mower. Through the open door of the scullery with bathroom attached. Through the living room past the assembled aunts & cousins. No men in sight. Up two flights of stairs to an attic room. The midwife turns. The baby cries. Its a boy. & so began my life. It was a normal beginning typical of its time. But the lessons Phil Redmond learned during his modest upbringing in Huyton Merseyside
- & at his comprehensive school a bus ride away
- would lead him to create three of Britains longest-running & most popular television dramas: " Grange Hill" " Brookside" & " Hollyoaks". Over the past thirty-five years Phils groundbreaking programmes have gripped & entertained audiences of millions & made household names of countless characters from Tucker Jenkins & Gripper Stebson to Tony Hutchinson & Ruth Osborne beside Barry Grant & Jimmy Corkhill
- not to mention casting a certain Royle couple more than fifteen years before the BBC caught up. Known at various times as a TV Genius the UKs only hyphenate & a long-haired git from Liverpool Phil is one of Britains most influential media personalities whose work is an inspiration to viewers media students & entrepreneurs alike. His innovative pioneering approach has brought him numerous fans & accolades
- along with almost as many complaints from the television regulators. In " Mid-Term Report" Phil retraces the roller coaster journey which took him from growing up on a housing estate to buying one from comprehensive school dinners to a CBE & lunch with the Queen describing with candour insight & humour the unforgettable lessons that hes learnt & taught along the way."



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Lakeland Fellranger guidebook by Mark Richards covering 22 summits in the Mid-Western Fells of the Lake District including a wide range of walks old & new in the triangle between Great Langdale Borrowdale & Wasdale. The group centres on the two highest hills in England the mighty Scafell Pike & Sca Fell with their many wild dale approaches. Author Mark Richards combines his passion for the Lake District & artistic flair with all the information the experienced walker needs to explore & enjoy the Mid-Western Fells. For each of the 22 hills covered this guide offers a dedicated chapter with full descriptions of a range of new & old routes full-colour Harvey maps & clear elevation diagrams detailed summit panoramas & lots of inspiring photographs. It is one of the first four to be published in Cicerone's 8-volume Lakeland Fellranger series which provides a comprehensive new guide to the fells of the English Lake District with a selection of new routes up more than 220 hills. ...

Top army engineer Tyler Locke is given a mysterious ancient manuscript. Written in Greek it initially seems indecipherable. But with the help of classics scholar Stacy Benedict Locke comes to understand that this manuscript could provide the clues to the greatest riches known to mankind
- the legendary treasure of King Midas. However there are others who are also hot on the trail
- & it rapidly becomes a race against time to crack a code that is both fiendishly difficult & potentially deadly...A sweeping gripping read The Midas Code blends fascinating incidents from myth & legend with a modern plot that will have you guessing to the very last page.

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Timothy Brights doesnt exactly live up to his name. Brought up to regard copious flows of money as his birthright he cant understand why the funds have been cut off nor why friends he recruited as Lloyds Names no longer want to talk to him. When gambling fails Timothy turns to embezzlement but its the lesser offence of helping himself to some strangely aromatic tobacco that propels him up the motorway & into bed with the Chief Constables wife. The Chief Constable has just survived charges of bribery & perjury & is not too concerned that his efforts to dispose of Timothy involve false imprisonment breaking & entering & a spot of GBH. It is only when the Chief tries to frame his old adversary the upright Miss Midden that things begin to go seriously wrong as his underhand ploy opens up the way to spectacular mayhem. ...

David Bainbridge is a vet with a particular interest in evolutionary zoology
- & he has just turned forty. As well as the usual
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Covering different historical eras this informative series details all the topics one would expect to find in a history series such as family life food religion entertainment & warfare. However it focuses on the most gruesome parts of these topics. ...

The Middle East is one of history s grand epics a cradle of civilizations & a beautiful complicated land that s home to some of the most hospitable people on the planet. Anthony Ham Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book 8 expert authors 30+ major archaeological sites 53 weeks of research 90 maps Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps At-a-glance practical information 3D plans of iconic sights Comprehensive planning tools In-depth background ...

So many foods from so many countries
- but the key ingredients & spices of Middle East are now so readily available it is easy
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Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily hes got an ace plan for the best year ever if he can pull it off. With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points Rafe tries to break every rule in his schools oppressive Code of Conduct. Chewing gum in class
- 5 000 points! Running in the hallway
- 10 000 points! Pulling the fire alarm
- 50 000 points! But when Rafes game starts to catch up with him hell have to decide if winning is all that matters or if hes finally ready to face the rules bullies & truths hes been avoiding.


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After sixth grade the very worst year of his life Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He's been accepted to art school in the big city & imagines a math-&-history-free fun zone. Wrong! It's more competitive than Rafe ever expected & to score big in class he needs to find a way to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art. His method? Operation: Get a Life! Anything he's never done before he's going to do it from learning to play poker to going to a modern art museum. But when his newest mission uncovers secrets about the family Rafe's never known he has to decide if he's ready to have his world turned upside down. James Patterson's winning follow-up to Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life" is another riotous & heart-warming story about living large." ...