At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents & cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London & then the marshlands of the American South only the memory of the beautiful elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. ...

Brian Cloughs forty-four-day tenure as manager of Leeds United in 1974 is one of the most infamous episodes in British football history. While the bestselling The Damned United" was a fictional account of Cloughs short-lived but controversial reign at the club " We Are the Damned United" reveals the true story as told by the players he managed at the time. It

Includes:: candid contributions from legendary names such as Peter Lorimer Eddie Gray & Terry Yorath who reveal what it was like to make the transition from the relatively smooth management style of Don Revie to a constant crossing of swords with the outspoken Clough who left the club flailing at the foot of the league upon his premature departure. " We Are the Damned United" tells it how it really was rather than how it might have been."

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We belong together because... You needed a home I had one to share Now we are a family Bestselling author/illustrator Todd Parr has received hundreds of requests to write a book about adoption. & as he did with his beloved books It's Okay to be Different & The Peace Book he has found a way to approach this challenging matter with humour & sensitivity through his bold & colourful illustrations & unique reassuring messages. ...

A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox's film adaptation of the heart-warming international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson & Matt Damon & directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe. An amazing true story that has inspired the major Hollywood motion picture this Christmas to be repackaged for release alongside the film. We Bought a Zoo is about one young family a broken down zoo & the wild animals that changed their lives forever. When Ben [played by Damon] & his wife Katherine [played by Johansson] sold their small flat in Primrose Hill upped sticks with their children & invested their savings into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of Dartmoor they were prepared for a challenge & a momentous change in all their lives. With over 200 exotic animals to care for
- including an African lion a wolf pack a Brazilian tapir & a jaguar
- Ben's hands & those of his wife children & tiny team of keepers were full. What they weren't prepared for was Katherine's devastating second brain cancer diagnosis. Ben found himself juggling the daunting responsibilities of managing the park's staff & finances while holding the bailiffs at bay & caring for his wife. A moving & entertaining story of courage & a family's attempts to rebuild a zoo & carry on after Katherine's tragic death.

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In the early 1980s when a small group of misfits began acting out their nocturnal fantasies London nightlife blossomed & fashion music & clubbing would never be the same again. Against the backdrop of recession-hit Britain this was the birth of club fashion style magazines futuristic synth pop & blue-eyed funk. Energised by punks do-it-yourself attitude & David Bowies ceaseless image shifting a new generation of pop stars designers journalists artists & filmmakers emerged adopting wild theatrical attire & an ethos of continual change. Led by the enigmatic Steve Strange & the ever dapper Chris Sullivan their scene flourished in a succession of legendary clubs: from Billys & the Blitz via Le Beat Route & the Mud Club to the Wag & the Dirt Box. It gave us stars including Boy George Sade & Spandau Ballet as well as the faces who would shape London nightlife up to the rave era. The press dubbed these nightbirds the New Romantics; in truth this was just one stage of their endless reinvention. Together with his schoolmate future broadcaster Robert Elms & art-school buddy Chris Sullivan Graham Smith was at the centre of this creative cult. He designed its record sleeves cultivated its graphics & captured its characters taking extraordinary pictures throughout the period most of which have never been reproduced before. There are interviews with all the major players incendiary & hilarious text by Chris Sullivan an introduction by Robert Elms & forewords by Boy George Steve Strange & Spandau Ballets Gary Kemp. This beautiful book is the first insider account of this uniquely creative time. ...

The fifth & final part of the complete collected stories shows Philip K. Dick at the very height of his outstanding powers. The twenty-five tales were written between 1963 & 1981 just a few months before he died & include two stories which have been turned into box office smashes: the title story filmed as Total Recall & The Little Black Box" which grew into his masterpiece Blade Runner." ...

Bounded by the Great War on one side & by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of unremitting poverty rising crime & mass unemployment. In Martin Pugh's lively & thought-provoking new book however the acclaimed historian vividly shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure & entertainment activities of all kinds
- from dancing & cinema going to smoking football pools & paid holidays. He explodes the myths of a nation of unwed women revealing that in the 1930s the institution of marriage was reaching its heyday & points to a rise in real incomes improvements in diet & health & the spread of cheap luxuries. The result is an extraordinary engaging work of history that presents us with a fresh perspective & brings out both the strangeness & the familiarity of this point in time.
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' Now Susan ' Mother said ' And you too John. No night sailing... No going outside the harbour... And back the day after tomorrow... Promise.' But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John Susan Titty & Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North Sea adrift & in the main shipping lanes. Suddenly it's real adventure & only their sailing skills can help them now... ...

In March 1943 a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from the Shetland Islands
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Secular assumptions are being introduced piecemeal into our way of life. From the Millennium Dome (what exactly was it celebrating?) to the restrictions on the wearing of crosses & abolition of nativity plays Christianity is being marginalised. Christian social initiatives at local levels are now so severely restricted that several Christian bodies issue guidelines on handling local council prejudice. There is a widespread if ill-defined sense that a valuable heritage is slipping away. Yet the Bible & Prayer Book are seminal for our language & literature; Christian social action predated the modern welfare state; our laws are based on Christian ethical systems. Christians should push back re-engaging with politicians & opinion formers. Christians must be salt & light. Introverted Christianity must give way to engagement with the world not defensively but with complete confidence & hope. It is time for a proper debate about the place of faith in modern Britain. ...