Modern life is full of annoyances some large & some small. Indeed it sometimes seems as if life conspires to become more & more annoying every day just to piss us off. Pop-up windows on the internet selling you software you dont want! Having to pay GBP3.20 for a small bottle of water from a hotel minibar! Brian Sewells voice
- please is there no end to this pain?! Well Mitchell Symons has decided that enough is enough. Hes mad as hell & hes not going to take this any more! If you thought the grumpy old men were grumpy its time to think again... More annoying things: People who use finger signs to denote"ation marks. Talking birthday cards that never shut up. Train journeys that are more expensive than flights to the same destination. Jade Goody. Mobile phone ringtones. Pubs that advertise things happening TONITE. Books on punctuation & grammar. Think of this book as therapy. Everything annoying in the world is here. Hilarious entertaining & downright infuriating this is essential reading for anyone out there who likes a good rant.
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Allison Du Bois first realised her abilities at six years old when she saw her great-grandfather
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Alan Bates Michael Caine Sean Connery Tom Courtenay Albert Finney Richard Harris Peter OToole Robert Shaw & Terence Stamp: They are the most formidable acting generation ever to tread the boards or stare into a camera whose anti-establishment attitude changed the cultural landscape of Britain. This was a new breed many culled from the working class industrial towns of Britain & nothing like them has been seen before or since. Their raw earthy brilliance brought realism to a whole range of groundbreaking theatre from John Osbornes Look Back in Anger" to Joan Littlewood & Harold Pinter & the creation of the National Theatre. & they ripped apart the staid middle class British film industry with kitchen sink classics like " Saturday Night & Sunday Morning" " This Sporting Life" " The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" "A Kind of Loving" & " Billy Liar" before turning their sights on international stardom: Connery with James Bond OToole as Lawrence of Arabia Finney with Tom Jones & Caine in Zulu. " Dont Let the Bastards Grind You Down" brings alive the trail-blazing period of theatre & film from 1956-1964 through the vibrant energy & exploits of this revolutionary generation of stars who bulldozed over austerity Britain & paved the way for the swinging 60s. What Peter Biskinds " Easy Riders Raging Bulls" did for American cinema writing so " Dont Let the Bastards" will do for the British cinema." ...

Its getting late & the bus driver is going to brush his teeth & get ready for bed. Will you do him a favour while he is gone
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Eliza Benedicts past returns to haunt her when the serial killer she escaped from as a young girl walks back into her life. The new nail-shredding novel from New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman. 25 years ago he stole her innocence. Now he wants to get in touch. Eliza Benedict cherishes her quiet existence with her successful husband & children in the leafy suburbs of suburban Washington. But her tranquillity is shattered when she receives a letter from the last person she ever expects -- or wants -- to hear from: Walter Bowman. In the summer of 1985 when she was fifteen-years-old Eliza was kidnapped by serial killer Walter Bowman who targeted young girls like Eliza in a sexually motivated killing spree. Now facing lethal injection on death row Walter is keen to make contact with Eliza seemingly motivated by a desire to atone for his sins before he finally meets his maker. Carefully with some reluctance she lets Walter enter her life first by letter then in person. Walter is keen to convince Eliza that he has changed but it becomes clear that Walter has more of an agenda than he first revealed. Cunning & manipulative Walter is never more dangerous than when he cant get what he wants & he wants something very badly. Disturbingly he seems to have an ally working in the outside one who seems to know everything about Elizas life -- including where she lives. As Walter once again manages to exert his malign influence Eliza must draw on all of her reserves of wisdom & strength as the battle of predator & prey once more plays out & she must face the past head on if she is to survive. A taut & mesmerizing novel by the highly-acclaimed author of Life Sentences & Every Secret Thing. ...

John & Laura have come to Venice to try & escape the pain of their young daughters death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of increasingly strange & violent events. The four other haunting evocative stories in this volume also explore deep fears & longings secrets & desires: a lonely teacher who investigates a mysterious American couple; a young woman confronting her fathers past; a party of pilgrims who meet disaster in Jerusalem; & a scientist who harnesses the power of the mind to chilling effect. ...

A breathtaking novel of suspense from the co-author of five No 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge & Jury & Lifeguard & the hit thrillers The Blue Zone & The Dark Tide A revenge killing. A dead public attorney. & a family caught in the cross-fire. For local detective Ty Hauck life is good. A waterfront house a new girlfriend & after uncovering a Wall Street scandal hes even a local hero. But then a day trip with his daughter turns into a bloodbath. Inner-city violence seems to have invaded his quiet Greenwich suburn. Or does someone just want it to appear that way? If so its someone powerful enough to kill without fear of reprisal. Ty suspects things go deeper maybe all the way to Washington & the Middle East. & everyone from the FBI to his own family wants him to stop looking. But with his estranged brother Warren in danger Ty cant turn away. He ignores the warnings! with devastating & explosive consequences. ...

Five years & more than 100 000 copies after it was first published its hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasnt read Steve Krugs instant classic" on Web usability but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry & entertaining yet loaded with insights & practical advice for novice & veteran alike. Dont be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design. Three New Chapters! * Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites * Web Accessibility CSS & you -- Making sites usable & accessible * Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims "I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Dont Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours & putting its ideas to work for the past five years I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book. In this second edition Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses clients stakeholders & marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design write program own or manage Web sites you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman author of Designing with Web Standards" ...

When you fall in love with someone serving in the Armed Forces its hard to imagine the impact their career will have on your life. In Dont Say Goodbye Fiona Stanford tells the untold story of the people left behind when our soldiers go off to fight. She reveals the hidden side to modern conflict
- the story of the families but in particular the wives girlfriends mothers & children
- how it feels to live on a knife edge bombarded with 24-hour news & footage of the war & the constant terror that the next death you hear about on the television or the radio might be your loved one. Through tales of the Army lifestyle she explains the reply to the age old question: How do you cope? which is usually: You just get on with it Fionas husband handed over command of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards to Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe before they deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. During the tour seven of their men were killed including Rupert & many were wounded. Here she shares the rewards & challenges of Army life
- the desperate goodbyes with young children in tow the bittersweet sense of pride & the huge relief of homecoming. She also tells of other goodbyes; to friends when posted on to children when they go away to school & the ultimate goodbye revealing the heartache of families whose loved ones do not return. This is a story of love
- how love can survive & even grow when couples are separated by thousands of miles & days of anguish. Dont Say Goodbye sheds light on the unique camaraderie that develops amongst the women as they pull each other through the toughest of times. Poignant inspiring & deeply moving this book is a tribute to the women & families that support our heroes on the frontline.www.welshguardsappeal.com



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Sailors are a notoriously superstitious lot
- even if some wont admit it. Years of taking to the water at the mercy of uncontrollable
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