In their second look at the history & development of Brierley Hill Ned Williams & the Mount Pleasant Local History Group turn their attention to the areas of Round Oak Harts Hill Level Street Merry Hill Quarry Bank Mill Street The Delph Silver End & Hawbush. The needs of industry formed these settlements but once established they became home to a vast number of schools churches & chapels shops & centres of entertainment
- as well as a huge number of pubs. The collapse of the metal-based industries & the spread of housing has changed the landscape but identifying these communities & recognising what went on there in the past helps us understand the development of Brierley Hill.
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Brierley Hill was one of those Black Country towns which was identified by the work that went on within its boundaries. Everyone knows that Brierley Hill made steel & sausages & fine pieces of glassware. These activities are now in the past but the memory of such work lingers on while the town wrestles with the problems of regeneration. This book pays plenty of attention to steel pork products & glass but also provides a glimpse of the many other aspects of work that have made Brierley Hill such a busy place. People worked in local government & in public sector work which maintained the life of the town while others worked in retailing & in the provision of transport. While looking at the world of work in Brierley Hill we have taken account of the many types of employment that were to be found in its satellites: the hollow-ware industry of Quarry Bank the brick-making that went on in The Delph Silver End & Pensnett the iron trades in Brockmoor & Harts Hill & the work on the infrastructure that served all these places. The arrival of the Merry Hill Shopping Centre on Brierley Hills doorstep has given retailing a new dominance in terms of providing local employment but the picture of work in the twenty-first century is still emerging. Who knows what will bring Brierley Hill fame & fortune in the future? ...

Every CHERUB agent comes from somewhere. Dante Scott still has nightmares about the death of his family brutally murdered by a biker gang. Dante is given the chance to become a member of CHERUB a trained professional with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. But when Dante joins James & Lauren Adams on a mission to infiltrate Brigands Motorcycle Club he's ready to use everything he's learned to get revenge on the people who killed his family.. . ...

The Forth Bridge has long been recognised as one of the finest examples of Victorian engineering on the planet & has achieved an iconic status as one of the great feats of western civilisation since its official opening in 1890. Lavishly illustrated throughout with stunning archive images Elspeth Wills uncovers the human story behind 'the engineering marvel': the story of the Briggers. It is a story that has never been told before
- of ordinary men working on an extraordinary structure in an often hostile & dangerous environment. Recognised throughout the world as an enduring icon of Scotland the Forth Bridge is more than just a testament to the genius of Victorian engineering it is a monument to all those who worked to realise its vision & to the scores of lives that were lost in the process. In this groundbreaking new work Elspeth Wills gives a voice to the forgotten heroes who helped to make the ambition of the Bridge a reality.
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From the bestselling author of the House of Night" series comes the award-winning world of " Partholon" rich in goddesses intrigue & magic. When she leaves her ultra-strict family Brighid also strays from her pre-ordained life. Born to be the Chief Shaman & ruler of a herd of centaurs would be tough for any girl
- & Brighid wants out. Joining Clan Mac Callan as a Huntress & helping broken-hearted Cuchulainn on his mission seems much simpler
- if befriending bat-winged creatures & helping them gain acceptance in society can ever be described as simple. As Brighid uncovers more about her heritage (and her true feelings for a certain someone) she realises her powers cannot lie dormant forever. & that she can not escape her destiny."

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Join Bonnie & Harry for their sixth Racing Reads adventure. Lets start a school dance club! said Zena. Everybodyll be up for it. If there are two things Harry hates its dancing with girls & watching his mum giggle with her new boyfriend. As his birthday party looms Harry starts to wonder if his new extended family will ever get on. But Bright Dog Bonnie has a plan to bring everyone back together
- & she might just have a surprise for all of us! This is the final book in the Bonnie" series
- with a surprise ending for Bonnie fans."

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You are at a nightclub talking to a girl with a shaved head. The club is either Heartbreak or the Lizard Lounge. All might become clear if you could just slip into the bathroom & do a little more Bolivian Marching Powder. Then again it might not. So begins our nameless heros trawl through the brightly lit streets of Manhattan sampling all this wonderland has to offer yet suspecting that tomorrows hangover may be caused by more than simple excess. Bright Lights Big City" is an acclaimed classic which marked Jay Mc Inerney as one of the major writers of our time." ...

This is an updated edition of the critically acclaimed biography of Abba bringing the story right up to date. It contains new afterword which

Includes:: details of how all four members attended the Swedish opening of Mamma Mia" in 2005
- but they were not seated together. How " Mamma Mia" keeps getting more successful & is being made into a film that will premiere in July 2008. It also covers: how Benny is enjoying domestic success with his band Benny Anderssons orkester how Bjorn has emerged as a spokesman for the Swedish Humanist Association how Frida leads a low-key life out of the spotlight & how the story of Agnetha & her boyfriend turned stalker continues."


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Welcome to LA. City of contradictions. It is home to movie stars & down-&-outs. Palm-lined beaches & gridlock. Shopping sprees & gun sprees. Bright Shiny Morning takes a wild ride through the ultimate metropolis where glittering excess rubs shoulders with seedy depravity. Freys trademark filmic snapshots zoom in on the parallel lives of diverse characters bringing their egos & ideals hopes & despairs anxieties & absurdities vividly to life. Some suffer like the otherworldly wino who tries to save a spoilt teenage runaway. Others gain like the canny talent agent who turns sexual harassment to blackmailing advantage. Some are loaded or grounded & have luck on their side. Others like the countless actresses-turned-hookers or schoolboys-turned-gangsters are doomed. ...

Far below the waves a little fish called Stanley lived with the rest of his shoal. They were the brightest sparkliest fish in the whole of the deep dark sea. One morning Stanley woke up rather late. Coo-ee! Its me-ee!" he called to his friends as usual. But the reef was strangely quiet..." ...