With his sculpted physique & brooding good looks Sylvester Stallone remains the quintessential movie star. His love life has drawn as much attention as his $2 billion-grossing films. After a long-suffering first wife & a philandering second his current spouse is a supermodel 25 years his junior & between each marriage he was seen with a catwalks worth of women who seemed to live on the cover of Vogue. Stallone: A Rocky Life reveals the emotional background of this most private public figure. Based on exclusive interviews with the star himself his outspoken mother his second wife & a host of celebrity colleagues & friends the book presents an insiders view of the actor. Fans will find the stars personal life as compelling as any of his action adventures. The author also tells the story of Stallones film career from cartoon icon to failed comic actor to his incarnation as an overweight anti-hero in the critically acclaimed Cop L&. Stallone: A Rocky Life is a thoughtful examination of a man who faced up to tragedies & setbacks to win fame fortune & happiness. ...

Stamford has a reputation for being one of England's finest stone towns. It is a happy mix of medieval & Georgian architecture that was untouched by the Industrial Revolution or later large scale developments so its central core has survived remarkably intact. Its architecture is outstanding & for this reason in 1967 it became the country's first conservation area. In recent years the town has become a popular tourist destination for both home & overseas visitors. It has also attracted the attention of film makers who have been quick to see its potential as a back-drop for such TV productions as Middlemarch & Pride & Prejudice. Using contrasting photographs this book sets out to show something of both the continuity & change in the town during the last 100 years. ...

Praise for Stamp Collecting For Dummies Dick Sine has produced a solid & practical introduction to the world's greatest pastime stamp collecting. His work is not only invaluable to beginners but also of great value to intermediate collectors especially with his Internet-savvy advice." " This is a long overdue masterpiece!" --Chesky Malamud & Eli Popack Founders of Stampville.com Jam-packed with an expert's stamp collecting secrets Discover the art of stamp collecting today! Novice stamp collectors relax! Let expert Richard Sine show you everything a new collector needs to know from starting a collection to diversifying an existing one. Packed with tips on identifying valuable stamps caring for them & buying stamps online & through auction houses this handy reference is your step-by-step guide to creating a really cool stamp collection. Discover how to: Start or diversify your collection Decide what to collect Catalog & organize your collection Handle protect store & display stamps Identify rare & valuable stamps Get Smart! www dummies.com Sign up for daily e Tips at www dummiesdaily.com Choose from among 33 different subject categories Get news you can use on everything from money to health to computers" ...

Jamie & Tom are dying to get back to Dino World
- but when they do they find everything is quiet & still. Where are all the dinosaurs?
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Welcome to the Cretaceous! It's usually full of the sounds of dinosaurs roaring & insects buzzing but when Jamie & Tom visit their secret prehistoric world they find it strangely quiet. Where are all the dinosaurs? Then they hear an explosion above them & see meteors hurtling towards Earth! As the huge boulders of space rock crash all around them the boys are knocked off their feet. Pockets of smoke & fire appear in the trees & the dinosaurs begin to emerge from the forest. But a herd of elusive edmontosaurs are completely freaked out & begin to stampede
- straight for an enormous meteor crater! If the boys can't stop them they'll all fall to their deaths! This is the sixth book in the hugely popular Dinosaur Cove series which has now sold over a million copies. This new edition

Includes:: a set of Cretaceous collector cards.


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From comics icon Stan Lee creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe & characters such as Spider-Man Incredible Hulk & the X-Men comes the ultimate how-to book for aspiring comic book writers. In these pages aspiring comics writers will learn everything they need to know about how to write their own comic book stories complete with easy-to-understand instruction tips of the trade & invaluable advice for even more advanced writers. From the secrets to creating concepts plots to writing the script the man with no peer Stan Lee is your guide to the world of writing & creating comics. ...

First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house & Prince of Evil. His time is at h&. His empire grows in the west & the Apocalypse looms. ...

One of the most successful pop stars of the 80s his face adorning posters on teenager's walls from Acton to Akron Adam Ant was a phenomenon. Now in this frank & revealing autobiography he tells the full story of his amazing life from his dysfunctional childhood to his key role in the punk movement & creation of a unique musical style that brought him a string of hits (both singles & albums). At one point he was so famous other stars sought his company & advice
- even Michael Jackson called in the dead of night to ask about music & clothes. His many girlfriends included Jamie Lee Curtis & Heather Graham & for a time he lived in LA acting in fifteen films. Adam also writes honestly about his life-long battle with manic depression. His first episodes were triggered by the stress of living with a violent alcoholic father & he tried to commit suicide when he was at art school. A gruelling episode with a stalker in LA precipitated a mental breakdown & a stalker in London led to his well-publicised arrest & hospitalization in 2001. At times funny & at other times tragic this is gripping account of the turbulent life & times of one of music's most fascinating figures. 'A whirlwind story of sex drugs rock 'n' roll suicide attempts & deranged stalkers.'
- Time Out". ' With plenty of lessons to be learned about fame's downside [this] is an intriguing tale well & honestly told.'
- "Q Magazine"."


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Never has there been a more graphic account of the SAS in action never a thriller so authentically grounded in the twists & turns of undercover warfare. Geordie Sharp a sergeant in the SAS is struggling to pick up the threads of his army career. Wounded in the Gulf War he returns to Hereford to find his home life in tatters. As he trains with Northern Ireland Troop a murder in his family fires him with personal hatred of the IRA. Posted to Belfast he discovers that his adversary is Declan Farrell a leading player in the Provisional IRA. Sharp sets out to stalk & kill his man. ...

' It is the mid 1960's
- the crew of HMS ORCA are off again. Scruffy & bearded; their lives on board the submarine are cramped
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