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." ...

It is April 1939 & unaware that the German war machine is advancing towards the Channel Islands seventeen-year-old Meg Colivet & her sister are enjoying a holiday in Oxford with their aunt. Here Meg meets charismatic German undergraduate Rayner Weiss & the couple fall passionately in love. But all too soon Britain is at war with Germany Guernsey has been occupied & Megs family home requisitioned by the German army. Meg insists on remaining with her father determined to help save her beloved island from the ravages of war. & then she finds herself face to face with Rayner
- now a German officer
- once more & her life is thrown into turmoil as they risk their lives to meet in secret. As the conflict in Europe intensifies basic provisions become scarce & soon the people Meg loves come under threat. Torn between her love for Rayner & her duty to her family & the island she grew up on a heartbroken Meg has a terrible choice to make...

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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
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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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One girl. Two brothers. The biggest decision of her life... Just when she thought she had all the answers... Isabel has only ever loved two boys Conrad & Jeremiah Fisher. One broke her heart; the other made her happier than she ever thought she'd be. But each brother is keeping a secret & this summer Isabel must choose between the Fisher boys once & for all. Which brother will it be? ...

This is a bestselling picture book
- brought to life with an animated DVD! We're going on a bear hunt! Through the long wavy grass
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Featuring the candid recollections of: Bryan Robson Gordon Mc Queen Gary Bailey Billy Garton Arthur Albiston Clayton Blackmore Alan Brazil Frank Stapleton Arnold Muhren & Ron Atkinson Manchester United might not have won the league title during the 80s but they triumphed in two FA Cup finals with a team blessed with grit flair & some remarkable perms. Andy Mitten has tracked down eleven of the key names from this fondly remembered era to hear their stories
- stories of working class boys living the dream of playing for Britain's biggest & most glamorous club playing hard both on & off the pitch. Through the 11 chapters
- each a mini-autobiography of each player
- we build up a picture not just of life at United from the football to the fights the booze sessions to the mad pranks but of an era where footballers still lived alongside the fans who watched them from the terraces went to the pub after training & crucially hung up their boots with little or nothing to show for their efforts apart from dodgy knees & a medal or two if they were lucky.


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This edition contains generous selections from all five volumes of The Wealth of Nations & places Smith's inquiry into its historical intellectual & cultural context. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...