From time to time a remarkable man comes along with a rare power & strength of mind. Balanced yet predictable he commands the respect of smart & dangerous men. Stellakis Stylianou known to his friends
- & his enemies
- as Stilks is one such man. From a background of poverty & hardship he grew up as one of societys outcasts learning to fend for himself in a world of violence & villains where your word is your bond & your fists do the talking. Then using his muscle & unstoppable force he did what he knew best & enforced law & order on the streets in a way that no uniformed copper could ever do... It is Stilks who saved Sid Vicious from murder. It is Stilks who has faced guns & crossbows & never backed down. & it is Stilks who has risen to become the most infamous club doorman in the country. Woe betide anyone who mistakes his firm politeness for weakness...

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Stunning repackage of the story of a woman trapped in the wrong time. Abandoned by her twentieth century lover she plots a terrible revenge on him & his family. Adam Craig is fourteen when near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild Scottish Highlands he meets Brid whose exotic gypsy-like dress & strange attitudes fascinate him. They become friends then in time passionate lovers. Brid leads him unsuspecting into the sixth century where training as a Druid priestess she has mastered their ancient mysteries & powerful magic. In her obsession with Adam she is seen as a traitor by her people & only escapes death by following Adam through time to Edinburgh where he goes to study medicine. As the years pass he makes new friends & finds new love causing Brid to be consumed by a violent rage that knows no bounds. For fifty years from Scotland to England to Wales Brid will haunt Adam like an evil shadow. It is finally Adams granddaughter Beth who helps discover the secret that will free them from the terror of Brids curse. ...

This is a major new history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities & individuals. By 1939 the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Ranging from Vilna (Jerusalem of Lithuania) to Salonica with its Judeo-Espanol-speaking stevedores & singers & beyond the books focus is squarely on the Jews themselves rather than their persecutors. Wassersteins aim is to breathe life into dry bones. Based on vast research written with compassion & empathy & enlivened by dry wit On the Eve" paints a vivid & shocking picture of the European Jews in their final hour." ...

It is a major history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities & individuals. By 1939 the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Ranging from Vilna (' Jerusalem of Lithuania') to Salonica with its Judeo-Espanol-speaking stevedores & singers & beyond the book's focus is squarely on the Jews themselves rather than their persecutors. Wasserstein's aim is to 'breathe life into dry bones.' Based on vast research written with compassion & empathy & enlivened by dry wit On the Eve" paints a vivid & shocking picture of the European Jews in their final hour." ...

Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria. Winner of the Orwell Special Prize ' On the Front Line' is a collection of her finest work a portion of the proceeds from which will go to the Marie Colvin Memorial Fund. Marie Colvin held a profound belief in the pursuit of truth & the courage & humanity of her work was deeply admired. On the Front Line

Includes:: her various interviews with Yasser Arafat & Colonel Gadaffi; reports from East Timor in 1999 where she shamed the UN into protecting its refugees; accounts of her terrifying escape from the Russian army in Chechnya; & reports from the strongholds of the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers where she was hit by shrapnel leaving her blind in one eye. Typically however her new eye-patch only reinforced Colvin's sense of humour & selfless conviction. She returned quickly to the front line reporting on 9/11 Afghanistan Iraq Gaza & lately the Arab Spring. Immediate & compelling On the Front Line is a street-view of the historic events that have shaped the last 25 years from an award-winning foreign correspondent & the outstanding journalist of her generation.

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It would always be summer on the isl&...A love story with a twist Tracey Garvis Graves On The Island" is a US word-of-mouth success story to rival " Fifty Shades of Grey" with 1500 5; reader reviews online (and counting!) & sales taking it top 10 in the " New York Times" Wall Street Journal & Amazon.com bestseller lists. Film rights have been optioned by MGM with Temple Hill Productions (responsible for Twilight) slated to produce. When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a summer job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his familys holiday home in the Maldives she accepts without hesitation: a tropical island beats the library any day. T.J. has no desire to leave town not that anyone asked him. Hes almost seventeen & if having had cancer wasnt bad enough he now has to spend his first summer in remission with his family instead of his friends. Anna & T.J. are en route to join T.J.s family in the Maldives when the pilot of their seaplane suffers a fatal heart attack & crash-lands in the Indian Ocean. Marooned on an uninhabited island Anna & T.J. work together to obtain water food fire & shelter but as the days turn to weeks then months & finally years Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man... As romantic as " One Day" or " The Time Travelers Wife" US readers have fallen in love with Tracey Garvis-Graves " On the Island": " If youre looking for something to fill the gap after reading Fifty Shades...here it is!" (Danielle). "I couldnt put this down. I rooted for this couple from the beginning." (Kelkeligan). "A bit Castaway Survivor & Lost all rolled together the minute I opened the book I read till it was finished." (Michele). "I loved loved loved this. It was a perfect way to spend a cold Friday night stuck at home." (Kelly Tracey). Garvis-Graves lives in a suburb of Des Moines Iowa with her husband & two children." ...

Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world & they log our progress but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers & explorers through to Google Maps & beyond Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate & realign our history. His compelling narratives range from the quest to create the perfect globe to the challenges of mapping Africa & Antarctica from spellbinding treasure maps to the naming of America from Ordnance Survey to the mapping of Monopoly & Skyrim & from rare map dealers to cartographic frauds. En route there are pocket map tales on dragons & undergrounds a nineteenth century murder map the research conducted on the different ways that men & women approach a map & an explanation of the curious long-term cartographic role played by animals. On The Map is a witty & irrepressible examination of where weve been how we got there & where were going. ...

Summer 1985 & the very future of English football is in question. With hooliganism rampant & depressing & devastating tragedies at Birmingham Bradford & Heysel the sport had reached a pitiful & deplorable nadir; English sides banned from Europe; grounds old & decaying; racism on the terraces; attendances in freefall; & a petty & fractious TV dispute meaning no televised games until January. The beautiful game appeared to be destroying itself from within. Outside of football the country was doing the same -- unprecedented levels of unemployment rising crime & serious disturbances in Tottenham Brixton & Toxteth were signs of Thatchers new non-society. Britain seemed increasingly polarised around class money & geography. In Liverpool the far-left Militant Tendency was in the process of setting an illegal budget -- for the second year in a row. Amidst this social & sporting chaos Liverpool FC -- trophyless for the first time in 10 years & with a new inexperienced manager in charge of what many saw as an ageing & failing side -- had ended the 1984/85 season with its reputation at home & abroad in tatters. City rivals Everton had won the previous seasons championship at a canter & they rather than Liverpool were viewed as the side of the future. When the new season ended however it was Kenny Dalglishs men who were crowned champions beating Everton to the league on the last day & defeating them again in the first all-Merseyside FA Cup final just a week later. How was this possible! How did Dalglish sculpt a supposedly waning side into one that won not only the League but also the FA Cup becoming only the fifth side at the time to do so. Placing Liverpools season in its wider social context with match-by-match analysis fan & player recollections profiles & numerous photographs this book tells the in-depth story of this incredible feat for the very first time; the key signings the new tactics the TV dispute Manchester Uniteds 10 game winning start to the season surprise package West Ham & the sensational & enthralling finish. Few seasons were as riveting as this & didnt football need it! ...

As a fourteen year old bursting with energy & life Willie lied about his age to get a job on the milk truck. Well maturity was called for. Delivering milk may not be everyones idea of a glamorous start to your working life but it came to represent far more than Willie & his best friend Gordon could possibly imagine. Their eyes were swiftly opened to the big bad/good world & so they quickly learnt the vital necessity of thinking on their toes. Despite the hard backdrop of an industrial town (The Ruskies wouldnt drop the atom bomb on Dundee; theres nothing here worth bombing) this is a fabulous story of boys growing up in the sixties of camaraderie & optimism innocence & the harshness of life. ...

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