From failing the 11-plus to becoming Britain's longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's story is one we may never see again. He began his journey into politics as a ' Hollywood Waiter' on Cunard liners where he stood up for the rights of his fellow seamen & went on to become a shop steward & union firebr&. Throughout his career he has been the key link between old & new between working & middle classes & ultimately between Blair & Brown. This is the compelling life story of a man who has made mistakes but has never stopped fighting for what he believes in. ...

Find your own happy ever after with Susan Wiggs... With her daughter grown-up & flown from the nest Nina Romano is ready to embark on a new adventure. As a young single Mum there were things shed given up
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- & this is Ninas time to start again chase new dreams & find herself or at least a new self...! But just as she shes beginning to enjoy being on her own Nina meets Greg Bellamy owner of the charming Inn at Willow Lake. Gregs struggling being a single dad his teenage daughter is pregnant & he cant figure out how to fix things. Nina finds herself stepping in to help. Perhaps Ninas new life will include a new love? For fans of Cathy Kelly

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In DOCTOR DOCTOR Dr Rosemary writes with warmth humour & honesty as she recalls the stories of 20 of her most memorable patients from her 25 years working as a GP in south London. These include an eco-protestor with appendicitis an octogenarian nymphomaniac a teenager in labour with a baby she didnt know about a lonely ex-coal miner with a chronic chest condition & a middle-aged man who cant quite bring himself to tell her the real problem. Funny heart-warming & a little bit gory DOCTOR DOCTOR reveals the truth about day-to-day life as a GP. Heartbreaking diagnoses challenging patients & the strong bonds that are formed Dr Rosemary takes us from the waiting room to the consultation room & lifts the lid on what life as a GP is really like. ...

BBC Breakfasts Dr Rosemary Leonard shares a collection of incredible true tales from her twenty years as a south London GP. Hello this is the emergency services. Do you require fire police or ambulance? asked the female switchboard operator with brisk professionalism. I thought fast. I actually need all three I answered. Its not every day that a home visit turns out to be an eco-protestor with appendicitis stuck up a tree. But as Dr Rosemary shares in this book its all part of a days work for a south London GP. From an octogenarian nymphomaniac to a teenager in labour with a baby she didnt know about when Dr Rosemary opens her surgery door she doesnt know whos going to walk in... ...

Second chance at first love? When surgeon Ryan Dennison lost control of his car he couldnt keep the brakes on his marriage either. His injured wife GP Tara Fielding left him & even though he hasremarried & started a family hes never forgiven himself. Now single dad Ryan is desperate to prove to Tara that hes the husband she can depend on...now & for ever. ...

In 1910 Cora Crippen an unsuccessful music-hall artiste known as Belle Elmore was murdered by her husband Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen an American quack doctor at their London home. During a search of the house Scotland Yard found the remains of her body under the floor of the cellar. The crime was probably the most famous murder of the twentieth century. Crippen's attempt to escape across the Atlantic with his young mistress Ethel Le Neve disguised as a boy fascinated the world as did his subsequent Old Bailey trial & execution. Nicholas Connell provides a complete & accurate account of the notorious ' North London Cellar Murder' compiled from the surviving files of Scotland Yard the Central Criminal Court the Director of Public Prosecutions & the Home Office. This book draws on a variety of new material including previously unseen official government documents memoirs of journalists who reported on the story in 1910 contemporary English Canadian & American newspapers & four important long-forgotten & extensive sets of autobiographical articles by Ethel Le Neve. ...

Weary of academic study an eminent scholar turns to magic & makes a deal with the Devil. Mephistopheles will serve him & give him whatever he wants but after twenty-four years Faustus must keep his side of the bargain. This edition contains a detailed introductory section that puts the play in its historical context in-depth textual notes extracts from key critical works & exam-style questions. ...

'...make me immortal with a kiss' Doctor Faustus is a play about desire: for the best in life for knowledge power material comfort & influence. Faustus sells his soul to the devil hoping to learn the secrets of the universe but is fobbed off with explanations which he knows to be inadequate. He is obsessed with fame but his achievement as a devil-assisted celebrity magician is less substantial than it was previously as a scholar. Marlowe's most famous play is a tragedy but also extremely funny. It involves hideous representations of the Seven Deadly Sins & of Helen of Troy the world's most beautiful woman. With its fireworks & special effects it was one of the most spectacular & popular on the Elizabethan stage. Yet ever since Marlowe's death it has been regularly rewritten. Its mix of fantastical story slapstick & raw human emotion still arouses conflicting interpretations & presents us with endlessly fascinating problems. This student edition is based on the earlier so-called A-text of the play with the B-text scenes included in an appendix. It contains a lengthy Introduction with interpretation of the play in its historical & cultural context stage history discussion of the complex textual problems & background on the author date & sources. ...

Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn is one of the most convincing accounts of genius ever written. Thomas Mann charts Leverkuhn's extraordinary career: from his precious childhood to his tragic death
- when Leverkuhn reveals the horrifying price he had to pay for his achievement. Zeitbolm the narrator tells his friend's story against the background of the 1939-45 war which in turn acts as counterpoint to Mann's vast theme: the discord between genius & sanity.
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This volume in the Revel Plays" series offers reading editions with modern spelling of the 1604 & 1616 editions of Marlowes play arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources & commentary literary criticism style & staging/performance assessments." ...