Over 35 passages from novelists journalists poets playwrights essayists & scientists detail an intertwined passion for diving & the written word in this collection. From Robert Stones portrayal of a diver who faces the terrorising prospect of his air running out to Clare Booth Luces search for the treasures of the underwater realm every passage reveals a perspective of the world that only divers have known. Humour columnist Dave Barry battles a lobster & explains why staying on the oceans surface is like going to the circus & staring at the outside of a tent. From Rangiroa to the Red Sea from deep within caverns to the eerie light under ice from the lethal silliness of nitrogen narcosis to the elation of soaring over unfathomable depths every selection like every dive is a unique experience. ...

For riders at all levels Carl Hester & Bernadette Faurie aim to make dressage training accessible with step-by-step guides for improving the horses paces riding dressage movements & competing. Essentially this book is about every rider making the most of his or her potential & in the process producing a horse that is more pleasing to ride & more athletic in its body. The book offers advice on training all types of horse & in everyday language explains how to set about improving the horses paces & suppleness whilst keeping him happy & enthusiastic in his work. It describes how to ride dressage movements from simple circles to flying changes & pointing out common mistakes & how to correct them. Carl Hester is seen in over more than 100 specially shot photographs schooling his horses at home bringing on youngsters & fine-tuning the more experienced animals. ...

To the beginner the star-filled night sky can seem mysterious & unfathomable. But with this book as a guide the awesome nature of the Cosmos is brought down to Earth. Over the course of twelve chapters Mark Thompson one of the presenters on BBC Ones Stargazing Live & the resident astronomer on ITVs The Alan Titchmarsh Show will take you on a journey through space tackling the key concepts of astronomy & unlocking the secrets of the sky. From the origins of our Universe to the ever evolving techniques used to explore deep space A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos traces the journey of galactic discovery that has obsessed mankind for thousands of years. Accompanying the narrative a series of monthly sky guides focus on the astronomical highlights visible at each given time of year with handy charts to show you exactly what to look for & how to navigate around the sky at night. As fascinating as it is accessible A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos is a must for anyone who gazes up & wishes they knew more about the final frontier... ...

A scorching hot love triangle you do want to get caught up in... When college student Olivia Townsend returned home to help her father run his business she never imagined a complication like Cash & Nash Davenport
- twin brothers different in so many ways but with one thing in common: an uncontrollable desire for Olivia. Cash is dangerous sexy & bad to the bone
- a man whose kisses make Olivia forget she is playing with fire. Nash is successful reliable & intensely passionate
- & already taken. But Olivia is in for a surprise. These boys have a secret that should make her run away as far & as fast as she can. If only it wasn't too late. A sensual game between three players has begun & it's about to spin deliriously out of control... If Sylvia Day Samantha Young & Jamie Mc Guire captured your attention DOWN TO YOU will have your imagination running wild.


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It was as if I had privately discovered life on another planet or a parallel universe where life was at once recognizably similar but entirely different. I can't tell you how exciting it was. Insofar as I had accumulated my expectations of Australia at all in the intervening years I had thought of it as a kind of alternative southern California a place of constant sunshine & the cheerful vapidity of a beach lifestyle but with a slightly British bent
- a sort of Baywatch with cricket...' Of course what greeted Bill Bryson was something rather different. Australia is a country that exists on a vast scale. It is the world's sixth largest country & its largest isl&. It is the only island that is also a continent & the only continent that is also a country. It is the driest flattest hottest most desiccated infertile & climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents & still it teems with life
- a large proportion of it quite deadly. In fact Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay you out with a toxic nip where seashells will not just sting you but actually sometimes go for you. If you are not stung or pronged to death in some unexpected manner you may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles or carried helplessly out to sea by irresistable currents or left to stagger to an unhappy death in the baking outback. Ignoring such dangers
- yet curiously obsessed by them
- Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia & promptly fell in love with the country. & who can blame him? The people are cheerful extrovert quick-witted & unfailingly obliging; their cities are safe & clean & nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold & the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn't get much better than this.



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The first volume of Bernard Donoughue's Downing Street Diary was described by Charles Moore in the Daily Telegraph as 'the best account of Harold Wlson's last days'; 'the sheer scale & detail are fascinating' wrote Peter Riddell in the Times Literary Supplement. This second volume covers the three years 1976-79 when Donoughue was Senior Policy Advisor to James Callaghan. At first Callaghan quickly established dominance over his cabinet & restored calm after the plots & scandals of the later Wilson years. His incomes policy reduced inflation & in the teeth of opposition from the left wing he negotiated the notorious IMF loan at the expense of eliminating some of Labour's most cherished dreams. By 1978 Callaghan a politician of great patriotism & decency seemed to have succeeded in steering Britain into calmer waters. But then the storm broke. Trade union militants brushed aside their mediocre leaders & launched a ferocious attack on Callaghan's pay policy driving up inflation & demonstrating the government's impotence. In the diaries we see the prime minister & the government paralysed as the ' Winter of Discontent' began to bite & politics took to the streets. As Labour drifted to inevitable defeat in the 1979 election we see Callaghan fighting honourably. From the smoke of battle there emerges a striking new leader: Margaret Thatcher. The diaries describe vividly both the decline & final collapse of 'old' Labour & how Mrs Thatcher took the opportunity to launch her crusade to dismantle trade union power & much of the British public sector. Besides James Callaghan the chief figures in this volume of Lord Donoughue's diaries are Roy Jenkins Denis Healey Tony Crosland Michael Foot Shirley Williams David Owen & Tony Benn. ...

This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs which encompasses the entirety of her career as Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words. This first volume of her memoirs is a riveting first-hand portrait of the events & personalities of her eleven years in power. She recalls the triumphs & the critical moments of her premiership
- the Falklands War the miners' strike the Brighton bomb the Westland Affair & her unprecedented three election victories. Her judgements of the men & women she encountered whether world statesmen or Cabinet colleagues are astonishingly frank. She is lavish with her praise; devastating with her criticism. The book reaches a gripping climax with an hour-by-hour description from inside 10 Downing Street of her dramatic final days in office. Margaret Thatcher's compelling account stands as a powerful testament to her influential legacy. Although ' The Downing Street Years' is not available as an ebook the ebook ' Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography' (ISBN 978-0-00-741694-3) comprises abridged versions of this & the first volume of Thatcher's memoirs ' The Path to Power'.
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John Lunns theme tune to ITVs critically acclaimed costume drama Downton Abbey arranged for piano solo. Lunns music possesses a wonderfully unique voice that spans the spectrum of musical style. Classically trained yet contemporary in attitude he combines a highly intelligent & sensitive approach with a sound that always finds the emotional core of drama. His score to Getting Hurt the BBC Screen Two Film won the Royal Television Societys award for Best Original Music & his music to Bad Blood (Carlton) was also nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. ...

Immerse yourself in Julian Fellowes multi-award-winning drama. The full scripts of Series One include previously unseen dialogue & drama. Downton Abbey has become a national phenomenon & the most successful British drama of our time. Created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes the first series delighted viewers & reviewers alike with stellar performances ravishing costumes & a gripping plot. Set in a grand country house during the late Edwardian era the first series of Downton Abbey follows the lives of the Crawley family upstairs & their servants downstairs as they approach the announcement of the First World War. Julian Fellowes succeeds in not only entertaining his audience with a combination of sustained storylines & sharp one-liners but also in delivering a social commentary of British life. The Series 1 scripts give readers the opportunity to read the work in more detail & study the characters pace & themes in depth. With an introduction & commentary from Julian Fellowes this is an invaluable insight into how he researched & crafted the world of Downton Abbey. ...