Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father Warren a pitcher for the New York Mets clash with his childhood hero the Cubs golden-boy Joe Castle in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that its time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973 father & son make their way to Calico Rock Arkansas where either redemption or rejection awaits them. ...

Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father Warren a pitcher for the New York Mets clash with his childhood hero the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973 father & son make their way to Calico Rock Arkansas where either redemption or rejection awaits them. ...

Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors miles from anywhere. Its folk are an independent breed
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California s nickname Golden State dates from its Wild West mining era. But on sunny days when the coastal fog lifts it might just as well describe California s more than 1100 miles of Pacific beaches. Sara Benson Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book 8 authors 75+ beaches 100 maps 102 wineries Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Comprehensive planning tools Best of the Golden State feature In-depth background Disneyland Trip Planner ...

When Lara Richards jets off to glamorous California the last thing shes expecting is to find her old friend Helen transformed from a clipboard-clasping frump into a shimmering surf goddess. The secret of her blissful new life? The mysterious California Club. So the offer of guest membership
- one wish guaranteed to come true by the end of their stay is one Lara & her friends cant resist. Could this be Laras chance to win her best friend Elliots heart after ten years of longing? Or does the fact that hes travelling with his brand new fiancee mean that Lara will have to come up with a new dream...?
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Discover the freedom of the open road. " Napa Valley: Discover the finest wine tours & fresh local food Yosemite: Get back to nature on this stunning wilderness drive Big Sur: Experience the very best of the Pacific Coast Highway "35 amazing road trips inside " Inspirational Trip Ideas. 2-day escapes to week-long adventures See it Like a Local. Packed with regional trips & exciting detours Road Trips Made Easy. Maps detailed directions & expert advice Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is." ...

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus the third Roman Emperor is better known by another name: Caligula a name synonymous with decadence cruelty & madness. His reign was marked by excess huge building projects the largest gladiatorial battles Rome was ever to see
- men & animals killed in their hundreds
- conspiracies assassination attempts & sexual scandal. Rufus as a young slave grows up far from the corruption of the imperial court. His master is a trainer of animals for the gladiatorial arena. Rufus discovers that he has a natural ability with animals a talent for controlling & schooling them. It is at the arenas that Rufus meets his great friend Cupido one of Romes greatest gladiators. It is his growing reputation as an animal trainer & his friendship with Cupido that attracts the cruel gaze of the Emperor. Caligula wants a keeper for the imperial elephant & Rufus is bought from his master & taken to the imperial palace. Life here is dictated by Caligulas ever shifting moods. Caligula is as generous as he is cruel he is a megalomaniac who declares himself a living god & simultaneously lives in constant fear of the plots against his life. But his paranoia is not misplaced intrigue permeates his court & Rufus & Cupido find themselves unwittingly placed at the centre of a conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor.

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The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage & international intrigue Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carre's masterful creation George Smiley published in Penguin Modern Classics. After a routine security check by George Smiley civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death he begins his own investigation meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans
- & their agents
- know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined? Le Carre's first book Call for the Dead introduced the tenacious & retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage & deceit. John le Carre was born in 1931 & attended the universities of Bern & Oxford. He taught at Eton & served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last 50 years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London & Cornwall. If you enjoyed Call for the Dead you might like le Carre's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold also available in Penguin Modern Classics. Intelligent thrilling surprising.. .makes most cloak-&-dagger stuff taste of cardboard". (Sunday Telegraph). " Brilliant. Realistic. Constant suspense". (Observer)."

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David Schearl arrives in New York in his mothers arms to begin his new life as an immigrant in the Golden L&. David is hated by his father
- an angry violent man unable to find his niche in the New World
- but is fiercely loved & protected by his Yiddish-speaking mother. An innovative multi-lingual novel Call It Sleep" subtly interweaves the overwhelming love between a mother & son with the terrors & anxieties David experiences as he seeks to find his own identity amidst the cultural disarray of early twentieth-century America."

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Compelling courageous & completely unforgettable Call Me Drog" is a classic coming-of-age story that packs a strong emotional punch. Parker is a quiet introverted eleven-year-old boy coming to terms with his parents divorce when he stumbles upon Drog an ugly green puppet left in the rubbish. But Drog is no ordinary puppet; hes a talking sarcastic obnoxious puppet...who wont let go of Parkers hand! Worst of all no one believes that Drog
- not Parker
- is saying all of the outrageous things that get Parker into trouble. When his best friend stops talking to him & his dad threatens to sign him up to the Bradley Military Academy however Parker finds that Drog is the only one he can talk to
- & discovers that some of the things he says arent all so obnoxious after all. & as Parker takes up aikido & builds up the courage to stand up to his father he finds himself letting go of his worries...and finally Drog lets go of his h&."


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