Set in late fourteenth century England Vanora Bennetts rich dramatic new novel presents an England uncannily like our own. The country is in turmoil The King is in debt to the City & the old order had broken down
- a time of opportunity indeed for those who can seize the moment. The kings mistress Alice Perrers becomes the virtual ruler of the country from his sickbed. Disliked & despised by the Black Prince & his cronies her strong connections to the merchants make her a natural ally for the kings ambitious second son John of Gaunt. Together they create a powerful position in the city for one of his henchmen Geoffrey Chaucer. In this moment of opportunity Alice throws herself into her new role & the riches that lay before her but Chaucer even though her lover & friend is uneasy over what he can foresee of the conspiracies around them. At the centre of these troubled times & political unrest stands the remarkable figure of a woman who having escaped the plague which killed her whole family is certain she is untouchable & a man who learns that cleverness & ambition may for him sit too uneasily with decency & honesty.
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Twelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUBs newest recruit. Hes got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But hes got got no idea that this routine job will lead him into an explosive adventure involving drug smugglers illegal immigrants & human trafficking or that his first mission will turn into one of the biggest in CHERUBs history. ...

The People's Friend Any Occasion Cards is a wallet containing ten cards -two each of five beautiful locations around Britain reproduced from watercolours by J. Campbell Kerr: Horsey Windpump Broughton House; Kirkcudbright; Gourdon Aberdeenshire; Cleish Kinross-shire; Loch Tay Perthshire. The cards are blank inside & therefore ideal to be used throughout the year. ...

Twelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUB's newest recruit. He's got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But he's got got no idea that this routine job will lead him into an explosive adventure involving drug smugglers illegal immigrants & human trafficking or that his first mission will turn into one of the biggest in CHERUB's history. ...

These are the songs that we have listened to laughed to loved to & laboured to as well as downed tools & danced to. Covering the last seven decades Stuart Maconie looks at the songs that have sound tracked our changing times &
- just sometimes
- changed the way we feel. Beginning with Vera Lynn's ' We'll Meet Again' a song that reassured a nation parted from their loved ones by the turmoil of war & culminating with the manic energy of ' Bonkers' Dizzee Rascal's anthem for the push & rush of the 21st century inner city The People's Song's takes a tour of our island's pop music & asks what it means to us. The story of modern Britain is told chronologically over 50 chapters through the records that we listened to & loved during the dramatic & kaleidoscopic period from the Second World War to the present day. This is not a rock critique about the 50 greatest tracks ever recorded. Rather it is a celebration of songs that tell us something about how we have felt about things in our lives down the eras
- work war class leisure race family drugs sex patriotism & more. In times of prosperity or poverty this is the music that inspired haircuts & dance crazes but also protest & social change. The companion to Stuart Maconie's landmark Radio 2 series The People's Songs shows us the power of 'cheap' pop music
- one of Britain's greatest exports. These are the songs we have worked to & partied to & grown up & grown old to
- from 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' to ' Rehab' ' She Loves You' to ' Star Man' ' Dedicated Follower of Fashion' to ' Radio Ga Ga'.




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Wherever we look population is the driver of the most toxic issues on the political agenda. But the population bomb is being defused. Half the worlds women are having two children or fewer. Within a generation the worlds population will be falling. & we will all be getting very old. So should we welcome the return to centre stage of the tribal elders? Or is humanity facing a fate worse than environmental apocalypse? Brilliant heretical & accessible to all Fred Pearce takes on the matter that is fundamental to who we are & how we live confronting our demographic demons. ...

The concluding volume of The History of Middle-earth series which examines the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings. The Peoples of Middle-earth traces the evolution of the Appendices to The Lord of The Rings which provide a comprehensive historical structure of the Second & Third Ages including Calendars Hobbit genealogies & the Westron language. The book concludes with two unique abandoned stories: The New Shadow set in Gondor during the Fourth Age & the tale of Tal-elmar in which the coming of the dreaded Numenorean ships is seen through the eyes of men of Middle-earth in the Dark Years. With the publication of this book the long history of J.R.R. Tolkiens creation is completed & the enigmatic state of his work can be understood. ...

As a footballer Josep ' Pep' Guardiola was a much-acclaimed defensive midfielder who spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona. He was part of the great Johan Cruyff's 'dream team' that won the club's first European Cup. After retiring as a player Guardiola became a coach at Barcelona succeeding Frank Rijkaard as first-team manager in 2008. In his first season he led the team to the treble of La Liga the Copa del Rey & the Champions League
- & became the youngest-ever winning manager of that tournament. The following season the club won six trophies in six competitions playing some of the most fabulous football ever witnessed. The team comprises global stars like Lionel Messi Xavi & Iniesta & continues to compete at a level its rivals cannot match. This book tells how Pep Guardiola did it playing the Beautiful Game
- & winning.

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Perfect for budding cheerleaders this pack of 2 sets of 2 Shake &8216;n Cheer pom poms from Lanard will help your kids show their team spirit. Each set of pom poms comes with an assorted pastel coloured handle. We cannot specify which colour pom pom set you will receive.. Warning: Not suitable for children under the age of 3 due to small parts. ...

Pepe: My Autobiography is the fascinating personal account of his rise to the top of the game. From winning the World Cup FA Cup & European Championships to the agony of a Champions League final defeat & surviving the off-pitch drama that tore one of the country's greatest football clubs apart. Pepe has witnessed first hand the rise & fall of Rafa Benitez's Spanish revolution at Anfield & gives his revealing insight on some amazing Kop glory nights as well as the controversial departures of compatriots Xabi Alonso & Fernando Torres. He also speaks openly about the ill-fated reign of Roy Hodgson & the events that forced him to consider his Reds future before new American owners & Kenny Dalglish's triumphant return prompted a reversal in the club's fortunes. Away from Liverpool Pepe paints a colourful portrait of his legendary Spanish team-mates & also reveals how a bitter professional experience suffered by his goalkeeper father provided him with the personal inspiration to succeed. Pepe: My Autobiography is an essential read for any Liverpool fan wanting to get the inside story on one of the most popular players of the modern era. ...