In November 1965 450 men of the 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later only two & a half miles away a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together these actions at the landing zones X-Ray & Albany constituted one of the most savage & significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered
- sacrificed themselves for their comrades & never gave up
- makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring & devastating. General Moore & Joseph Galloway the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting have interviewed hundreds of men who fought there including the North Vietnamese commanders. This account rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. It reveals to us mans most heroic & horrendous endeavour. In this history of one of the most violent periods of the 20th century the author relates the personal experiences of men on the brink of death for a cause they didnt underst&. The book has been adapted for film starring amongst others Mel Gibson.

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One of the most charismatic & flamboyant cyclists in recent history Daily Telegraph. Laurent Fignon is one of the giants of modern cycling. Twice-winner of the Tour de France in the early eighties Fignon became the star for a new generation. In 1989 he took part in one of the most fiercely-contested Tours of all time. Over the course of 3 285 kilometres he lost out to his American arch-rival Greg Le Mond by an agonising eight seconds on the final Parisian time trial. In this forthright & unflinching account the former champion spares neither friends nor opponents nor even himself. In doing so he gives cycling fans a tantalising glimpse of what really went on behind the scenes of this epic sport
- the friendships the rivalries the betrayals the scheming the parties the girls & of course the performance-enhancing drugs. Laurent Fignon lived cycling at its peak. He enjoyed a truly exceptional career winning over eighty titles from 1982 to 1993. The highs were matched by lows of serious injury periods of self-doubt & accusations of cheating. Fignons story bestrides a golden age in cycling: a time when the headlines spoke of heroes not doping & a time when cyclists were afraid of nothing.
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When his grandmother dies Jeremie & his elder brother want to learn more about their familys Polish roots. But Jeremie is less interested in finding out about how the Holocaust affected his family & more interested to understand what it means to be Jewish & Polish today. They decide not to do the Holocaust trail...they wont go to Auschwitz but instead they go to a village Zelechow (where their grandfather was born) Warsaw (where their grandmother was raised) & Krakow which hosts Europes largest festival of Jewish culture. During the course of a week they discover a country that is still affected by its past. The brothers talk to lots of people including progressive rabbis & young Jewish Orthodox artists. Using their grandmothers stories they piece together pieces of their family history. This is a semi-autographical work: from a search for identity emerges a profound optimism & a lust for life. ...

A truly unique & fascinating look at the changing nature of masculinity & manliness told through the lens of a series of Yorkshire County Cricket Club player portraits through the ages. George Hirst was a man of his time. His apocryphal"ation Well get em in singles"epitomises his no-fuss approach to all matters & his distate for excess or ostentation. His stiff upper lip was a requisite part of his Edwardian manliness. Fast forward a century or so to Darren Goughs besequinned victory on Strictly Come Dancing or to Michael Vaughans final teary press conference & the different versions of what it means to be masculine are worlds apart. It is one of the oldest cliches in sports writing to say that sport mirrors life. & yet in this instance the world of Yorkshire cricket has so faithfully mirrored the outside world that the cliche is unavoidable. Yorkshire sobrest of counties has given us some remarkable characters over the years
- Len Hutton Geoffrey Boycott & Fred Trueman to name just a few. Through portraits of these & other Yorkshire players & the values that they shared with their contemporaries this wonderfully original book maps the contours of a sexual revolution whose tremors are still being felt today."
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A truly unique & fascinating look at the changing nature of masculinity & manliness told through the lens of a series of Yorkshire County Cricket Club player portraits through the ages. George Hirst was a man of his time. His apocryphal"ation Well get em in singles" epitomises his no-fuss approach to all matters & his distaste for excess or ostentation. His stiff upper lip was a requisite part of his Edwardian manliness. Fast-forward a century or so to Darren Goughs besequinned victory on Strictly Come Dancing or to Michael Vaughans final teary press conference & the different versions of what it means to be masculine are worlds apart. It is one of the oldest cliches in sports writing to say that sport mirrors life. & yet in this instance the world of Yorkshire cricket has so faithfully mirrored the outside world that the cliche is unavoidable. Yorkshire most sober of counties has given us some remarkable characters over the years -- Len Hutton Geoffrey Boycott & Fred Trueman to name just a few. Through portraits of these & other Yorkshire players & the values that they shared with their contemporaries this wonderfully original book maps the contours of a sexual revolution whose tremors are still being felt today." ...

Liverpool 1942. Seventeen-year-old Frankie Franconi falls in love with charismatic British officer Nick Harper as quickly & certainly as the bomb that falls on their shelter. He is impressed by her good looks & intelligence & the fact that like him she speaks fluent Italian. When she insists on staying to help rescue others who have been trapped he realises that she has courage too. He gives her a business card with a Baker Street address & suggests she put her skills to good use. Within a month Frankie has joined the FANYs & started her training. Stationed first in England then Africa & finally Italy Frankie & her fellow recruits work tirelessly decoding messages from agents in the field by day & enjoying the wartime parties at night. But when she signs the Official Secrets Act she has no idea of the danger adventure & terrible choices that are in store. ...

Dr Gary Lasch is found dead at his desk. The murder stuns his elite Connecticut community
- especially when his beautiful young
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This is a delightful CD & paperback picture book edition of a much-loved classic! Were going on a bear hunt! Through the long wavy grass the thick oozy mud & the swirling whirling snowstorm
- will we find a bear today? This is a perfect bedtime adventure for all aspiring explorers. It

Includes:: a CD of the story read by Doctor Who" actress Sophie Aldred to listen to with the paperback picture book. " Were Going on a Bear Hunt" was the Winner of the 1989 Smarties Book Prize & was Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. It sold over three & a half million copies worldwide!"


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This is a delightful CD & paperback picture book edition of a much-loved classic! Were going on a bear hunt! Through the long wavy grass the thick oozy mud & the swirling whirling snowstorm
- will we find a bear today? This is a perfect bedtime adventure for all aspiring explorers. It

Includes:: a CD of the story read by Doctor Who" actress Sophie Aldred to listen to with the paperback picture book. " Were Going on a Bear Hunt" was the Winner of the 1989 Smarties Book Prize & was Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. It sold over three & a half million copies worldwide!"


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Comic close encounters of the alien kind in this innovative picture book which contains a special surprise! Dads new book has just arrived & the children are sitting down to read his latest adventure... Blasting off into space Dads on the hunt for aliens. He meets lots of them
- cute hairy bug-eyed & scary
- & strangest of all he falls in love. Dad brings his alien girl back to Earth where they have a family & live happily ever after. When Dads book is finished the family are amused...because its an extra-terrestrial extra-true story
- all about them!


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