There is something for every young sports fan in The Official Team GB & Paralympics GB Annual 2012. It contains profiles of many of the top British gold medal contenders including Jessica Ennis Sir Chris Hoy Rebecca Adlington Phillips Idowu Ben Ainsley Ellie Simmonds & Sarah Storey & a variety of word & picture puzzles & quizzes all based around Team GB & Paralympics GB. There is also a wacky comic strip adventure featuring Team GB mascot Pride the Lion. & bringing all the stories & features to life are a selection of top action moments caught on camera by the worlds top sports photographers. ...

The Treasures of the Tour de France" comprises an authoritative narrative account of each major era in the sport up to & including the 2011 Tour. The reportage is complemented by features on the superstars & the memorable moments for each of the eras. It also contains 40 facsimile items of rare sporting memorabilia integrated into the pages of the book. The reader can relive the dramatic events that have entranced the watching millions by holding & examining souvenir brochures period newspapers posters stickers postcards & items of correspondence from leading figures associated with the epic sports event." ...

The starkly honest & revealing memoir by Pantera bassist Rex Brown about his time in one of the most influential & enduringly popular bands in heavy metal history offering Brown's shocking personal insight into a band that had swapped the grimy clubs of Texas for arenas around the world but whose story would ultimately be touched by tragedy. Few heavy metal acts survived the turmoil of the early 1990s music scene. The rise of grunge & alternative rock meant that many of them broke up
- or were forced underground. Some even tried to adopt the prevailing fashions of the day with disastrous results. Pantera were different. Instead of humouring the market they instead demanded that the audience come to them by releasing a series of fiercely uncompromising
- & platinum-selling albums such as Vulgar Display of Power" & " Far Beyond Driven" two No. 1 albums that sold millions of copies with little-to-no-airplay on radio or MTV. Rex Brown's memoir is the definitive account of life inside one of rock's biggest bands a band who succeeded against all the odds
- but whose career would ultimately end in tragedy when their iconic lead guitarist Darrell " Dimebag" Abbott was murdered on stage by a deranged fan. This is the first & only lucid account of the events surrounding one of the most influential bands in heavy metal history & Rex Brown is the surviving member best qualified to put those incredible years of fame & excess into context."


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This is the complete wartime translation by the U.S. Navy of the 1943 edition of the official handbook given to all U-boat commanders. The original handbook was compiled from combat reports & was regularly updated throughout the war. The handbook was an invaluable reference for every operational U-boat commander. Simply written & highly accessible for a wider audience the U-boat handbook attempted to anticipate every possible situation & to advise on suitable tactics. This superb war-time primary source is enhanced by a rare series of photographs taken on an actual combat patrol & published during the time of the Third Reich in the book U-Boot Auf Feindfahrt". Together the handbook & these rare photographs provide a fascinating glimpse into the world of the U-boats from a first hand perspective & is essential reading for anyone interested in World War II from primary sources." ...

It stood at the top of the hill dominating the Russian landscape
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- the O.G.P.U Prison. They were told

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Sponge Bob fans get a chance to help their favourite characters dispense advice! This funny fill-ins book features worst-case scenario situations & how to remedy them. With help from readers Sponge Bob explains how to survive a jellyfish attack Barnacle Boy gives tips on how to survive being a sidekick & Mr. Krabs even explains how to treat a wound in a wallet. Also throughout the book are my terrible day" anecdotes from each character. Sponge Bob fans can turn their bad days into terrific days with just a pencil & this handbook!" ...

Carol Mc Giffin has been on Loose Women for nearly a decade & she is one of the most-loved presenters on the show. Shes brimming with brilliantly funny anecdotes & controversial opinions & says all the things everyone thinks but would never dream of saying. Carol is a natural storyteller & over the last few months shes been in virtual hibernation
- turning down invitations neglecting her lovely fiance Mark & spending weeks on end sitting in a wonderful overgrown baby grow known as a Slanket (r). And shes lived quite a life! It wasnt an easy start
- growing up on a council estate; struggling to make ends meet; an early criminal career shoplifting mouth organs from Woolworths... It wasnt all doom & gloom though
- Carol discovered her talent for making people laugh early on & shes been getting into trouble ever since! She opens up about her tempestuous marriage to Chris Evans & reveals why it eventually broke down; she also talks about her infamous seven years of celibacy & why shes never been frightened of being single. Shes now found happiness with Mark & strongly believes that its not how old you are that counts its your outlook on life that keeps you young. As uniquely entertaining funny & completely outrageous as the lady herself Oh Carol! is a must-read for women everywhere.


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Its 1924 & New York is the centre of the universe. Henry Smart on the run from Dublin falls on his feet. He is a handsome man with a sandwich board behind which he stashes hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. He catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district & soon there are eyes on his back & men in the shadows. It is time to leave for another America... Chicago is wild & new & newest of all is the music. Furious wild happy music played by a man with a trumpet & bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. His music is everywhere coming from every open door every phonograph. But Armstrong is a prisoner of his colour; there are places a black man cannot go things he cannot do. Armstrong needs a man a white man & the man he chooses is Henry Smart. ...

In this classic Seussian tale the good doctor primes his readers against all the little mishaps & misadventures that can befall even the best of us -- from bang-ups & hang-ups to lurches & slumps -- encouraging us to take life in our stride! This edition

Includes:: a CD performed by Miranda Richardson with added music & sound effects. Perfect for reading with children & as a gift for any life-changing occasion such as graduation & changing or leaving school. With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranked among the UKs top ten favourite childrens authors Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.

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In this classic Seussian tale the good doctor primes his readers against all the little mishaps & misadventures that can befall even the best of us
- from bang-ups & hang-ups to lurches & slumps
- encouraging us to take life in our stride! With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As the first step in a major rebrand programme Harper Collins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Seuss's best-selling books including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat Green Eggs & Ham & Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands
- Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books for older more fluent readers to enjoy. Oh The Places You'll Go! belongs to the Yellow Back Book range.


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