As one of the fastest bowlers the world has seen Michael Holding went by the haunting nickname Whispering Death claiming 249 Test wickets. Despite having not laced his bowling boots since 1989 it remains a fitting sobriquet. As a commentator & administrator Holding has delivered his views on cricket in the same manner that he played the game: he speaks softly with a rich Jamaican rhythm & is calculated in either criticism or compliment. NO HOLDING BACK charts his effortless transition from one of the great players to one of the great pundits. Holding graphically describes his days as a player looking back at how he tried to deliberately hurt batsmen on the wastelands of Kingston & his first match for Jamaica when he almost collapsed from exhaustion
- after only four overs! There is time too to divulge what it was like to tour with the West Indies & unmissable insights about sharing a dressing room with other legends of the game like Clive Lloyd Sir Viv Richards & Malcolm Marshall. Holding does not shirk the big issues as he discusses how the West Indies have slipped following their halcyon days openly assesses Brian Lara & laments the hypocrisy over the state of the game in the region. The controversy surrounding the Allen Stanford $20m spectacle the ICCs handling of the abandoned England v Pakistan match player power illegal bowling actions & the threat of Twenty 20 to the Test game are all subjects which Holding tackles with characteristic knowledge & class.
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On August 8 1944 the Canadian Army launched Operation Totalize a massive armoured & mechanised infantry attack that aimed to break through enemy defences south of Caen & trap the German Army in Normandy by linking up with Pattons Third Army. ...

NO HUMANS INVOLVED stars necromancer Jaime Vegas. She's on a television shoot in Brentwood Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. Invisible hands brush her arms she sees movements out of the corner of her eye unintelligible fragments of words are whispered in her ear. Jaime's used to seeing the dead & hearing them clearly. But now for the first time in her life she knows what humans mean when they say they're being haunted. Jaime is determined to get to the bottom of this but she doesn't realise how low her investigation will take her or what human-based horror she will uncover. As Jamie delves through the dark underside of Los Angeles she'll need as much Otherworld help as she can get to survive unscathed. But Jeremy the alpha-werewolf is there by her side to offer his protection. & maybe more than that.. . ...

Wesley Curnow a young Cornish miner arrives in the United States to seek an uncle who is working on the mines in Missouri. Taking passage on a boat from New York bound for New Orleans he meets up with a charismatic U.S. marshal who is en route to the western territories to bring law to the area. After many exploits Wes parts company with his companions only to find his uncle has moved away. Wes faces German miners meets an old Mountainman who teaches him proficiency with a revolver & then battles overland through inhospitable country. But can he survive the journey? ...

Michael Phelps is one of the greatest competitors the world has ever seen. From teen sensation in Sydney to bona fide phenomenon in Athens he is now
- after the Beijing Games
- a living Olympic legend. With an unprecedented eight gold medals & seven world-record times his performance at the 2008 Games set a new standard for success. He ranks among the most elite athletes in the world & is both an inspiration & a role model to millions. In No Limits Phelps reveals the secrets to his remarkable success from his training regimen to his mental preparation & finally to his performance in the pool. Having been raised by a single mother & diagnosed with ADHD Phelps's success is imbued with defeating obstacles & earning one's way & No Limits explores the hard work commitment & sacrifice that go into reaching any goal. Filled with anecdotes from family members friends team mates & his coach No Limits gives a behind-the-scenes look at the makings of a real champion & reveals a step-by-step guide to realizing one's dream.

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Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be backhanders & corruption. Obi manages to resist the bribes that are offered to him but when he falls in love with an unsuitable girl
- to the disapproval of his parents
- he sinks further into emotional & financial turmoil. The lure of easy money becomes harder to refuse & Obi becomes caught in a trap he cannot escape. Showing a man lost in cultural limbo & a Nigeria entering a new age of disillusionment No Longer at Ease" concludes Achebes remarkable trilogy charting three generations of an African community under the impact of colonialism the first two volumes of which are " Things Fall Apart" & " Arrow of God"."

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The limits of his control Rowan OBrien will always be the thorn in Nic Marcussens side. She was the only woman to tempt him beyond his steely control...the only woman strictly forbidden to him. Years later Nics sole focus is business
- the boy who grew up under a cloud of shame now has the world at his feet. Until tragedy brings Rowan back into his life & his facade begins to crack. In the seclusion of the Marcussen mansion in the Mediterranean their deeply buried secrets surface & they are forced to confront their darkest desires! What a debut full of emotion & drama. Cant wait for Danis next book!
- Caroline 32 Exeter

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A teenager throws a party while her parents are away with horrific consequences. The invitation to Rachels party is put out on Facebook & more than a hundred kids descend on the house in the affluent suburb. The party turns into a riot & the property is trashed. & before the night is over Rachel & her boyfriend are dead. With two bodies one the daughter of a high-profile judge a massive crime scene & over a hundred suspects DI Faraday is confronted with a nightmare investigation. But someone else wants to find the killer... The judges neighbour who has promised to keep a eye on things while he was away feels he owes the man a debt. & he has his own reputation to think about. He wants the name of the killer. The neighbour? Bazza Mackenzie a man who made his fortune supplying the city with class-A drugs. The man in his organisation charged with getting the job done? Ex D/C Paul Winter. ...

Lord Ferdinand Dudley is accustomed to getting what he wants
- that is until he appears at the door of Pinewood Manor attempting
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Olympic rowing hopeful & senior Metropolitan Police officer DCI Rebecca Meredith goes out alone to train on the river in Henley on a dark afternoon in late October -- & doesnt return. When a desperate search by the police & a K9 team reveals the possibility of foul play Scotland Yard wants one of their own on the case. Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid returning from celebrating his marriage to long-time partner Detective Inspector Gemma James is called to Henley to investigate. He soon finds that the world of elite rowing can be brutal & that Rebecca Merediths ex-husband was not the only person with good reason for wanting her dead. Then when a search-&-rescue team member is threatened Kincaid realizes the case may be even more complex & more dangerous than he believed. But it is only when he enlists Gemmas aid that they find that the answers lie closer to home than they could have imagined -- & are infinitely more deadly. It seems that more than one innocent life depends on their ability to track down the killer. ...