The Great Recession is more than four years old
- & counting. Yet as Paul Krugman points out in this powerful volley Nations rich
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The Great Recession is more than four years old
- & counting. Yet as Nobel Prize winning author Paul Krugman argues in this powerful
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This handy pocket guidebook offers a detailed route description of an End to End cycle route from Land's End to John o' Groats with over 350 OS grid refs included for GPS navigation. It is divided into 14 stages & contains information on where to stay with full details of numerous B& Bs campsites cycle shops small hotels tourist information offices & hostels. The route has been designed to avoid the busier A roads as much as possible & follow minor roads & cycle paths. It also takes in some of the best landscapes of Britain from Dartmoor the Wye Valley & the Welsh Marches the Forest of Bowland the Lake District through to the glorious Strathnaver Trail & the rugged coast of Caithness. Descriptions of key landmarks along the route are also included from Tintern Abbey through to the Forth & Clyde Canal in Glasgow & beyond. ...

The remarkable story of Endal voted ' Dog of the Millennium' & how through his remarkable skills companionship & unstinting devotion he gave Allen Parton a reason to live again. Allen Parton was seriously injured while serving in the Gulf War. He lost the use of both of his legs plus all memories of his children & much of his marriage. He was left unable to walk talk or write
- isolated in his own world. After five years of intensive therapy & rehab he was still angry bitter & unable to talk. Until a chance encounter with a Labrador puppy
- Endal
- who had failed his training as an assistance dog on health grounds. They 'adopted' each other & Endal became Allen's reason to communicate with the outside world to come to terms with his injuries & to want to live again. Not content with learning over 200 commands to help Allen complete everyday tasks like getting dressed & going out to the shops in his wheelchair Endal gave Allen the ability to start living again & to become a husband & father again in his own special way. This is the incredible story of Allen his wife Sandra & his family. & of course Endal.


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At first Ender believed that they would bring him back to Earth as soon as things quieted down. But things were quiet now had been quiet for a year & it was plain to him now that they would not bring him back at all that he was much more useful as a name & a story than he would ever be as an inconveniently flesh-&-blood person. At the close of ENDERS GAME Andrew Wiggin
- called Ender by everyone
- knows that he cannot live on Earth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Saviour of Earth a hero a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living under the Hegemons control a pawn in his brother Peters political games. Or he can join the colony ships & go out to settle one of the new worlds won in the war. The story of those years on the colony worlds has never been told.. .until now.

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The human race faces annihilation. An alien threat is on the horizon ready to strike. & if humanity is to be defended the government must create the greatest military commander in history. The brilliant young Ender Wiggin is their last hope. But first he must survive the rigours of a brutal military training program
- to prove that he can be the leader of all leaders. A saviour for mankind must be produced through whatever means possible. But are they creating a hero or a monster? This is the multiple award-winning classic ENDER'S GAME
- a groundbreaking tale of war strategy & survival.

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Ender Wiggin is Battle School's latest recruit. His teachers reckon he could become a great leader. & they need one. A vast alien force is headed for Earth its mission: the annihilation of all human life. Ender could be our only hope. But first he must survive the most brutal military training program in the galaxy... ...

Agatha Christies disturbing 1960s mystery thriller reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans & book lovers. Gipsys Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea -- & in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There amongst the dark fir trees he planned to build a house find a girl & live happily ever after. Yet as he left the village a shadow of menace hung over the l&. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals warnings: Theres no luck for them as meddles with Gipsys Acre. Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying In my end is my beginning! ...

-- combining love death & melodrama blended together as only Agatha Christie can. Gipsys Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea -- & in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There amongst the dark fir trees he planned to build a house find a girl & live happily ever after. Yet as he left the village a shadow of menace hung over the l&. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals warnings: Theres no luck for them as meddles with Gipsys Acre. Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying In my end is my beginning! ...

This is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Agatha Christie's darkly suspenseful psychological thriller. ' Some are born to sweet delight/ Some are born to endless night'
- William Blake. Agatha Christie wrote Endless Night" in 1967 & it is one of her greatest
- & most unusual
- novels. Creepy malevolent & claustrophobic it is a story about choices the nature of good & evil & grim retribution. Mike Rogers had a childhood fantasy about what life would be like as an adult; he'd have a beautiful wife they would live in a beautiful home & this would be a peaceful & deserved reward for a turbulent early life. When he meets Ellie Gutman at a lovely remote spot known as Gypsy's Acre suddenly it is all within his grasp. However things are not as idyllic as they seem
- local legend has it that the land is cursed & several terrible accidents have occurred there. Mike & Ellie pay no attention to these tales: but when they move into their new home the curse suddenly seems to come to life & they find themselves in grave danger... Starring Jonathan Forbes & Lizzie Watts this is a menacing drama that perfectly evokes the atmosphere of Agatha Christie's brooding malevolent tale infused with passion hauntings & grim retribution."



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