Roxy was shaking with fear. She drew in a deep breath. She would not let her fear take over. She couldnt. She had too much to lose. She had to be strong to be brave. For once in her life she had to think of someone other than herself. Roxy is wild uncontrollable. She hates her parents
- & her goody-two-shoes sister. Her only solace is her equally wild friends Pat Tracey & Jacqueline. Then there is the night of the party where she lets that boy kiss her & more.. .and Roxy is pregnant. Wilfully she wont tell her mother her family. She decides to run away to London. & in London Roxy is found by Mr & Mrs Dyce. They are understanding sympathetic & promise her a way out of her troubles. They will take her to a comfortable place along with other girls in the same position & look after her & her baby
- which is exactly what happens. Roxy cannot believe her luck. But Roxy eventually works out the dark truth of the outwardly genial Dyces. They are farming the babies in a truly horrible way & selling the baby organs. There is only one dramatic way out for Roxy
- & its dangerous. But she is dealing with dangerous people & she has to take it. & now she has her baby to look after. A gripping & completely compelling story of a girl forced to grow up & think of others other than herself in the most nightmare of circumstances. These circumstances would seem too horrible to be true
- were they not based on fact. A network doing exactly this was discovered to be operating in Italy in 2003 causing outcry & has formed the basis for this story.



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The most iconic works of Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) are widely known reproduced copied & even parodied. However the true diversity & complexity of his oeuvre is little understood & the full scope of his career is largely absent from the existing literature. Presenting over 130 paintings & sculptures as well as over thirty seldom or never-before-seen drawings & collages this book examines all periods in Lichtenstein's career going well beyond his brushstrokes & the classic Pop romance & war cartoon paintings that made him famous. Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective" features exciting new scholarship by an international team of distinguished curators critics & art historians. Essays by Yve-Alain Bois Chrissie Iles & Stephen Little among others give special consideration to Lichtenstein's historical influences from Picasso & Cubism through Surrealism Futurism & British Pop. Contributions from the accompanying exhibition's curators James Rondeau & Sheena Wagstaff evaluate the artist's abstract work & late nudes. Complemented by photographs of the artist & his seminal exhibitions the authors examine the various styles & subjects featured in paintings created throughout his lifetime. The inclusion of a complete chronology of Lichtenstein's life & work
- compiled by Clare Bell of the Lichtenstein Foundation
- makes this retrospective the most authoritative publication on the artist since his death."

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This collection contains stories from the 60s 70s & 90s. 1962-1963 Roy makes his England debut against South American side Caragua. England win 3-1 (Roy 2). 1966 Whilst on tour in Australia during the real 1966 World Cup Rovers found themselves representing England in an alternative tournament organised by a wealthy sheep farmer where their opponents included a team of Italian acrobats! 1977-1978 Roy takes over as caretaker-manager of England & after defeating Holland 5-1 turns down the full-time job. 1991-1992 Roy appointed player-manager of England B team & wins a four-nation tournament v USA France & Segovia. ...

When Kate Kray wrote Pretty Boy " she interviewed scores of people. Almost without exception as she was leaving they would say to her " Ill tell you something about Roy--but dont tell him I told you..." These stories were too shocking & close to the bone to include without Roys permission & now that permission has been granted. " Roy Shaw Unleashed" is a collection of those stories as told by Roy himself & those close to him. It

Includes:: true stories of murder & violence & the final truth about his famous fights with Lenny " The Guvnor" Mc Lean."

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For nearly half a century Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. Yet remarkably little is known about his life before the Swinging Sixties when he burst upon the scene as the revolutionary trendy young director of the National Portrait Gallery aged thirty-one. In this book he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins & the roots of his life-long passion for the culture & history of Engl&. He describes his childhood home in a suburban North London terrace revealing himself to have been a shy solitary child of melancholy temperament painting Elizabethan miniatures & Shakespearean set designs in his teens. It follows him through grammar school & university where together with a generation of postwar 'meritocrats' like A.S. Byatt & Alan Bennett his passion for learning was awakened & nourished. We catch glimpses of seminal experiences such as his first outings to the theatre opera & ballet & his first trip abroad to Italy which was to have a lasting influence on his sensibilities. He explores key sometimes painful relationships with his family his school teacher with whom he had a lifelong correspondence & his debt to such people as C.V. Wedgwood A.L. Rowse Frances Yates & Cecil Beaton. In it we glimpse a vanished world dominated by class & hierarchy up which he climbed. As a backdrop we have the transformation of London from the drab postwar world of the 1950s to the epicentre of fashion in the 1960s & the development of Sir Roy's distinctive sartorial style inspired by the burgeoning shops on Carnaby Street. Richly illustrated with drawings letters photographs & other archival material this is an honest & compelling portrait of a young man about to step into the limelight of the British cultural scene he helped to modernize & in which he played a leading role. ...

Babies are born every day but only once or twice in a lifetime a child arrives who will inherit the throne. This summer the nation will be watching as Catherine Duchess of Cambridge delivers our future monarch. There will be predictions expectations & a flurry of media attention around the new parents but apart from the flashing cameras & internet headlines this is nothing new. Royal babies have excited interest since before their births for more than a millennium. When a queen or princess conceived the direction of a dynasty was being defined & the health & survival of the child would shape British history. Amy Licence explores the stories of some of these royal babies & the unusual circumstances of their arrivals from the Normans to the twenty-first century. 1470 saw the arrival of Edward a longed-for son after three daughters born in sanctuary to Edward IV & his beautiful but unpopular wife Elizabeth Wydeville; he was briefly King Edward V at the age of twelve but would disappear from history as the elder of the two Princes in the Tower. In 1511 amid lavish celebrations Catherine Aragon gave birth to the future Henry IX whose survival would perhaps have kept Henry from having six wives; alas he was to die after just seven weeks. In 1817 came George the stillborn son of Charlotte Princess of Wales; had she not died as a result of the birth she would have been queen instead of Victoria. This book explores the importance & the circumstances of these & many other arrivals returning many long-forgotten royal babies to the history books. ...

Everyone is thrilled when it's announced that their favourite princess is going to have a baby. Speculation starts immediately. What will the baby be like? Will it be a boy or a girl.. .tall or short? Will it be hairy like the old king? Or sporty & fearless like the knights? The questions go on & on as the Princess grows larger. But soon the Prince & the Princess don't mind anymore. They know that they will love their baby whatever it is like.. . Set in a timeless kingdom this is an irreverently funny & heart-warming story that celebrates the joy & excitement of a new baby. ...

The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921. It is now the countrys leading charity providing financial social & emotional support to those who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces & their dependants. The RBL is behind the annual Poppy Appeal the highest profile charity appeal in Britain. This superbly illustrated book has the full support of the Royal British Legion & will tell the complete story of its history through exclusive access to its archives thus providing a celebratory as well informative tribute to their work over the past 90 years. It will be the definitive history of this much-loved organisation charting its work with soldiers & ex-servicemen through the stories of its heroes famous as well as unknown during the highest-profile military campaigns of the past 90 years. The book will be divided into nine chapters each representing one decade in the RBLs existence. Each chapter will celebrate one hero per year; 1921 1922 1923 etc. giving an account of that particular person & what they achieved. Within each chapter will be special spreads that emphasise also the social history of the evolution of the RBL as a charity supported with iconic imagery & text. Each one of the heroes from 1921 right through to 2011 has been personally chosen by decorated royal marine & RBL ambassador Lance Corporal Matt Croucher GC. Men such as Major Robert Henry Cain VC (1909-1974) who destroyed six tanks during Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944 & was one of the only officers from his battalion to escape the German encirclement of the British 1st Airborne Division. The book will be published in late autumn to coincide with the 2011 Poppy Appeal which will be the biggest in the Legions history with events running nationwide TV advertising celebrity involvement & a high-profile marketing campaign. Matt Croucher will be involved in the campaign as an ambassador for the RBL. For any serving member of the armed forces or those retired from service or members of the public who are keen to know about this beloved organisation; this will be a fascinating & valued purchase knowing that royalties will be going to the charity themselves. ...

A Royal Christmas is a Christmas pudding of a book full of silver threepenny pieces. Organised thematically it covers such topics as Christmas & conflict in the 20th century Christmas pastimes festive feasts Christmas & the Commonwealth & many more it looks at the many ways in which the Royal Family have celebrated Christmas through the ages. Jeremy Archer has delved into the royal archives to uncover the personal thoughts of many royals during the Christmas period. What comes over most strongly from Queen Victorias journals is the importance of family: the joys they shared the trials they endured & the carefully selected gifts they exchanged. Although there is much happiness tragedy is a common bed-fellow particularly in earlier times. & conflict is seldom very far away. But this is a celebration
- both of an enduring festive season & an extraordinary family.
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While Europe was buried in the Dark Ages the Maya were producing astonishing sculpture stelae & wall murals as well as building magnificent temples tombs & ball courts. This extraordinary volume pairs the leading Maya scholar & one of the worlds finest photographers of ancient sites to trace the rise & fall of Mayan civilization through its great royal cities. From El Mirador to the cities of the Maya Renaissance & finally to Chichen Itza where the 700-year flowering of the Mayan people came to a halt the riveting history of powerful dynasties political intrigues & a flourishing culture is illuminated through new research & evocative photographs. A new reading of artifacts reliefs murals maps & other archaeological evidence allows Coe to untangle the complex sequence of internecine ritual warfare that fatally weakened the late Maya era. Documented with specially commissioned maps & plans based on the latest research Royal Cities of the Ancient Maya" will be irresistible to everyone from the casual visitor to Pre-Columbian experts." ...