In my world the word hero is way over-used. In the real world its the absolute minimum requirement for PC David Rathb&. ALAN SHEARER This is PC David Rathbands own very personal account of his wounding by gunman Raoul Moat in the summer of 2010. PC Rathband police call sign Tango 190 was blinded when Moat shot him in the face at point blank range as he sat in his patrol car on 4th July 2010. Twenty-four hours earlier Moat had shot his ex-partner Samantha Stobbart 22 & killed her lover Chris Brown in Gateshead. The shootings sparked the largest police manhunt in British history dominated the headlines & became one of the biggest & most controversial news stories of 2010. It ended with a st&-off between Moat & armed police on a river bank in the small Northumberland town of Rothbury & the death of the former night club doorman. This book is Rathbands personal account of the attack & the events surrounding it including his attendance at the trials of Moats henchmen. It is also the story of his physical recuperation & the gradual & courageous rebuilding of his life with the help of his family in the wake of terrible injuries sustained in the line of duty. The story becomes even more poignant in the light of PC Rathband s death & his ultimate failure to recover mentally from what had happened to him despite his heroic efforts. Tragically he took his own life on 29 February 2012. ...

In different parts of London three recruits prepare for their first day at the Metropolitan Polices training centre at Hendon. All three had succeeded in getting into the police in spite of weaknesses. But on their first day the assistant commissioner announces that he wants them to join a team of undercover detectives. Their brief? To become criminals; to work their way up through whatever criminal organisations they can get access to & to collate evidence against the criminals they come across. Their target? One of the worlds biggest drug dealers Den Donovan alias Tango One
- number one on HM Customs & Excises List of most wanted criminals. Three years later all the recruits are getting close to their target. Too close perhaps to remember the rules.. .
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The mega-hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing quicksteps its way into a brand new young fiction series. Join the girls at the Strictly Dance Academy & experience all the fun & glamour of Strictly Come Dancing! Bella loves to dance! So when an invitation arrives to audition for Strictly Dance Academy Bella cant wait to try out. But there are so many other talented girls with the same dream. Can Bella dazzle the judges & beat the competition to take her place under the glitterball spotlight? Prepare to be swept off your feet in this fantastic new series that is a must-read for anyone who has ever wished they could be a part of the glamorous world of Strictly Come Dancing. Strictly Come Dancing (or Dancing with the Stars as it is known in the US) is a key BBC one show & can be seen in over 75 countries with approximate worldwide viewing figures standing at 250 million. Sure to be a hit with star-struck little girls. The Scotsman Its amazing & a really exciting book to read! Grace 7 The pictures were beautiful & I think all girls of my age will love it! Aimee 10 It made me think I was really at Strictly! Lucy 7 I loved the Bella adventures. There were wonderful descriptions of the characters. Josie 7 The book is really really good. Its almost like Im there watching. Sigalia 7 I cant wait to read the next book. Susan 8 I like the characters very much & am looking forward to the next book." Eden 8 " Once you start it you cant stop reading it!" Levana 8" ...

This is a great opportunity to get behind the wheel of 17 tons of military steel
- a FV432 armoured personnel carrier. With the
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From the depths of the outback she charges astride her fabulous tank! It's... Tank Girl. Join everybody's favourite beer-swilling chain-smoking kangaroo-worrying lunatic as she blitzes her way through a dazzling array of bizarre adventures including bounty hunting delivering colostomy bags to Australian presidents kangaroo boxing...and many more outrageous & mind-warping thrills! Marking the 20th anniversary of Tank Girl" with a new introduction from Alan Martin & previously unseen material from Jamie Hewlett this is the first in a series of ultimate collections. Presented for the first time in chronological order & in glorious black & white
- as nature intended! Warning: Adults only!"
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From the evacuation of France in 1940 to the final dash to Hamburg in 1945 the 5th Royal Tank Regiment were on the front line throughout the Second World War. Theirs was a war that saw them serve in Africa as part of the Desert Rats before returning to Europe for the Normandy landings. Wherever they went the notoriety of the ' Filthy Fifth' grew
- they revelled in their reputation for fighting by their own rules. The Tank War explains how Britain having lost its advantage in tank warfare by 1939 regained ground through shifts in tactics & leadership methods as well as the daring & bravery of the crews themselves. Overturning the received wisdom of much Second World War history Mark Urban shows how the tank regiments' advances were the equal of the feats of the German Panzer divisions. Drawing on a wealth of new material from interviews with surviving soldiers to rarely seen archive material this is an unflinchingly honest unsentimental & often brutal account of the 5th RTR's wartime experiences. Capturing the characters in the crews & exploring the strategy behind their success The Tank War is not just the story of an battle hardened unit but something more extraordinary: the triumph of ordinary men against long odds in the darkest of times.
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From the evacuation of France in 1940 to the final dash to Hamburg in 1945 the 5th Royal Tank Regiment were on the front line throughout the Second World War. Theirs was a war that saw them serve in Africa as part of the Desert Rats before returning to Europe for the Normandy landings. Wherever they went the notoriety of the ' Filthy Fifth' grew
- they revelled in their reputation for fighting by their own rules. The Tank War explains how Britain having lost its advantage in tank warfare by 1939 regained ground through shifts in tactics & leadership methods as well as the daring & bravery of the crews themselves. Overturning the received wisdom of much Second World War history Mark Urban shows how the tank regiments' advances were the equal of the feats of the German Panzer divisions. Drawing on a wealth of new material from interviews with surviving soldiers to rarely seen archive material this is an unflinchingly honest unsentimental & often brutal account of the 5th RTR's wartime experiences. Capturing the characters in the crews & exploring the strategy behind their success The Tank War is not just the story of an battle hardened unit but something more extraordinary: the triumph of ordinary men against long odds in the darkest of times.
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Meet Tanka the elephant & his friend Skunka. Say their names together & they SOUND LIKE DRUMS! Tanka Skunka Tanka Skunka Tanka Tanka Skunk! They have lots of friends for you to meet so say their names to the Tanka Skunka beat! Lemurs llamas zebras badgers caterpillars big GORILLAS & yakety yakety yaks. The book takes the reader on a veritable roller-coaster ride of sights & sounds as animals leap & dance across the brightly coloured pages. Terrific fun to read aloud one to one with a small child & an absolute riot for group activities. ...

The titanic armor battles of the Russian Front are widely known but the role of Germany's eastern allies is not as well known. Two of these countries Romania & Hungary manufactured their own tanks as well as purchasing tanks from Germany. These ranged from older obsolete types such as the Pz Kpfw 35[ Trademark] all the way up to the latest & best German vehicles including the Tiger I & Hetzer. These tanks played a frequent role in the battles in southern Russia & Ukraine & were especially prominent in the disaster at Stalingrad where the Red Army specifically chose the weaker Romanian & Hungarian salients for their critical envelopment operation. This New Vanguard will provide a broad survey of the various & colorful tanks used. Besides covering the largest of these Axis tank forces this book will cover the many smaller & lesser known forces including the Italian contingent in Russia the Finnish armored force & the small but interesting armored forces of the Russian Vlasov (RONA) Croatian Bulgarian & Slovakian armies. This subject is seeing increasing interest in the modeling world; for example Tamiya recently announced a Pz Kpfw 35[ Trademark] (suitable for Romanian Slovak armies) a Finnish Stu G III & a Finnish BT-42. ...

A heart-warming tale of one family's struggle to survive the war years... It's 1938. Dolly Ramsden is six years old. Times are hard. But Dolly doesn't care -- her family are everything to her. Then war comes & everything changes. Her father leaves his job at the local tannery & joins the war effort. He leaves behind him a bitter wife & a daughter who can see no hope for the future. With no money Dolly's mother is forced to take desperate measures to help them survive. Resentful of her daughter lonely & depressed -- she turns to drink & Dolly's life becomes a living hell. When Wilf finally comes home he returns to a teenage daughter who has been forced to grow up too soon & a wife who is destroyed by what she's become. With the tannery fires still burning the hatred resentment & secrets simmer beneath the attempts to restore a normal life for them all until finally one night -- things spiral out of control... ...