This is one of those special novels
- a piece of working magic warm funny & sane
- that you just want to ride off into the sunset

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Royal Ascots first day & bookmaker Ned Talbot watches helplessly as a string of favourites come in. With the punters totting up their winnings he counts his losses. Then an old man steps forward with a very different claim. The father Ned never knew
- long ago believed killed in a car crash
- is standing before him. Barely an hour later Neds newly-found father is dying in Ascots car park. Stabbed by an unknown assailant he warns Ned be very careful. But of whom? Of what? Ned races to discover the truth behind his fathers disappearance & sudden reappearance. Its not just money on the line now. Its lives.

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Even More Rock Family Trees is the eagerly awaited new collection by rock's premier draughtsman & archivist Pete Frame. A legend in his own lunchtime Frame is justly celebrated for his unique contributions to the literature of the music he loves. This latest set

Includes:: newly drawn family trees of Elton John the Allman Brothers Band 1 ELP Fleetwood Mac Steve Winwood The Drifters Roxy Music Roger Mc Guinn Beach Boys Martin Carthy Shirley Collilns Yes Asia Eric Clapton the Yardbirds Miles Davis the Creation label & many more.

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A winner from the childrens laureate popular poet & performer Michael Rosen
- a must for all football fans. A hilarious full colour
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WINNER OF THE 2012 IMPAC DUBLIN AWARD On a cold quiet day between Christmas & the New Year a mans body is found in an abandoned apartment. His friends look on but theyre dead too. Their bodies found in squats & sheds & alleyways across the city. Victims of a bad batch of heroin theyre in the shadows a chorus keeping vigil as the hours pass paying their own particular homage as their friends body is taken away examined investigated & cremated. All of their stories are laid out piece by broken piece through a series of fractured narratives. We meet Robert the deceased the only alcoholic in a sprawling group of junkies; Danny just back from uncomfortable holidays with family who discovers the body & futiley searches for his other friends to share the news of Roberts death; Laura Roberts daughter who stumbles into the junkys life when she moves in with her father after years apart; Heather who has her own place for the first time since she was a teenager; Mike the Falklands War vet; & all the others. Theirs are stories of lives fallen through the cracks hopes flaring & dying love overwhelmed by a stronger need & the havoc wrought by drugs distress & the disregard of the wider world. These invisible people live in a parallel reality out of reach of basic creature comforts like food & shelter. In their sudden deaths it becomes clear they are treated with more respect than they ever were in their short lives. Intense exhilarating & shot through with hope & fury Even the Dogs is an intimate exploration of life at the edges of society--littered with love loss despair & a half-glimpse of redemption. ...

The Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others starting up all over the city. But this class has its own special quality
- as the focus for the varied hopes & dreams of teacher & pupils alike. Aidan Dunne needs his new evening class project to succeed almost as much as his pupils do. They too are looking for something more: Bill to find a way to keep spendthrift Lizzie at his side & Fran to make sure that young Kathy finds her way out from behind the kitchen sink. The key to their success lies with the Signora. Her passion has drawn her from Ireland to Italy & back home again with a burning desire to share her love of all things Italian
- & a secret hidden in her heart.. .

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This elegant & stylish magazine file from the Evening Meadow storage collection is a perfect way of storing magazines or brochures & complimenting any room or office. Features include black inner lining paper & metal label holder with reversible card that can be written on to help identify contents. ...

The tour was a sell-out & a recording of one of the shows became a number one bestseller & was awarded a Gold Disc. When Brian died in 1994 he was described by the Daily Telegraph as the greatest natural broadcaster of them all. This book was first published in 1996 & contains all the material from the original recording as well as additional stories from his second & final tour. Brians skill & warmth as a master raconteur shine through on every page as he recalls his early years at Eton & Oxford his war service with the Grenadier Guards & his remarkable broadcasting career at the BBC. There are hundreds of hilarious memories stories & anecdotes all told in his inimitable friendly style & he describes the famous leg-over incident. This centenary edition has been updated by the editor Brians eldest son Barry Johnston &

Includes:: new illustrations by John Irel&.

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This bestselling all-in-one guide to the event planning business is back & better than ever fully updated & revised to reflect the very latest trends & best practices in the industry. This handy comprehensive guide

Includes:: forms checklists & tips for managing events as well as examples & case studies of both successful & unsuccessful events. Judy Allen (Toronto ON Canada) is founder & President of Judy Allen Productions a full-service event planning production company.

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As the event management field expands there has been an emergence of a distinctive events policy field of study & a need for more advanced texts that look at this subject with a multidisciplinary research & theoretical orientation. Events Policy: From Theory to Strategy is the first text to embrace this new direction in the field of events management. Its main aim is to locate the phenomena of events (and festivity) within a theoretical & strategic framework & in doing so demonstrate the links between the development of events in policy-making & the theoretical exploration of the role of events as policy. Building on a strong coherent framework the book explores the conceptual terrain in which events & festivities are located evaluates the range of theoretical perspectives pertinent to the study of events policy appraises the socio-economic & socio-cultural implications of event-led policies internationally & draws together the main theoretical & event policy issues for the future. It utilizes a good range of international cases from Dubai Singapore New Orleans & Glasgow to help demonstrate the relationships between theory & strategy &

Includes:: useful features to help students understand the subject & deepen their knowledge of the events policy terrain. This groundbreaking volume will be essential reading for students researchers & academics of events & other related disciplines.

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