Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom the co-founder of legendary Motley Crue offers an unflinching & gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction. When Motley Crue were at the height of their fame there wasn't a drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days
- sometimes alone sometimes with others addicts friends & lovers
- in a coke- & heroin-fuelled daze. THE HEROIN DIARIES reveals Nikki's personal diary entries alongside commentary from the people who know Nikki best including band mates Tommy Vince & Mick. The book is a candid look at a nightmare come true: a punishing heroin addiction that brought Nikki to the edge of losing his talent his career his family & finally to a near-fatal overdose which left him clinically dead for a few minutes before being revived. Brutally honest utterly riveting & shockingly moving THE HEROIN DIARIES follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottom & his courageous decision to pick himself up & start living again.

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Heroines & Harridans is a tale of eccentricity (generally British) some bad behaviour (occasionally American) & rather odd love lives (some corking aristocrats). It is not by chance that the relation of matters in the past are called ' History'. It is generally 'his story' with many men doing grand things while the women stayed home to make the soup. Heroines & Harridans gives another highly entertaining view on life as comedian Sandi Toksvig brings her trademark wit & humour to bear on 22 portraits of as eccentric a melange of women throughout history as you are ever likely to find. All of the featured characters were terrific good fun helped shape the world they lived in but in many cases disappeared into obscurity. Each of Toksvig's gloriously funny pen portraits is accompanied by equally striking & imaginative illustrations by artist Sandy Nightingale. ...

They were the wars bravest women devoted to defeating the Nazis yet reluctant ever to reveal their heroic pasts. Now a new book tells their intrepid tales. Daily Express Britains war in the shadows of male spies & subterfuge in the heart of occupied France is a story well known but what of the women who also risked their lives for Britain & the liberation of France? In 1942 a desperate need for new recruits saw SOE turn to a previously overlooked group
- women. These extraordinary women came from different backgrounds but were joined in their idealistic love of France & a desire to play a part in its liberation. They formed SOEs F Section. From the famous White Mouse Nancy Wake to the courageous Noor Inayat Khan they all risked their lives for King Country & the Resistance. Many of them died bravely & painfully & often those who survived like Eileen Nearne never told their stories yet their secret missions of intelligence-gathering & sabotage undoubtedly helped the Resistance to drive out their occupiers & free France. Here for the first time is the extraordinary account of all forty SOE F women agents. It is a story that deserves to be read by everyone. Squadron Leader BERYL E. ESCOTT served in the RAF & is one of the foremost experts on the women of SOE.
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The history of SOEs war in the shadows has been told many times & much is known about the men who fought underground. However less is known about the women who also risked their lives for Britain & the liberation of France. By 1942 SOE (Britains Special Operations Executive) was in desperate need of new recruits for their dangerous missions in France & they turned to a previously unexplored group
- women. These female recruits came from all levels of society & were often motivated by an idealistic love of France & a desire to play a part in its liberation. They formed SOEs F Section. Many displayed unexpected qualities. Some proved good leaders like Pearl Witherington others like Nancy Wake laughed their way through the war many others like Noor Inayat Khan showed astonishing courage through terrible privations & many of them died bravely & painfully. Without doubt their contributions to Britains secret missions of intelligence-gathering & sabotage helped the resistance to drive out their occupiers & free France. Here for the first time is the extraordinary account of all forty SOE F women agents. It is a story that deserves to be read by everyone.
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When literary agent Elsie Thirkettle is invited to accompany tall but obscure crime-writer Ethelred Tressider to dinner at Muntham Court she is looking forward to sneering at his posh friends. What she is not expecting is that half way through the evening her host will be found strangled in his locked study. Since there is no way that a murderer could have escaped the police conclude that Sir Robert Muntham has killed himself. A distraught Lady Muntham however asks Ethelred to conduct his own investigation. Ethelred (ably hindered by Elsie) sets out to resolve a classic 'locked room' mystery; but is any one of the assorted guests & witnesses actually telling the truth? & can Ethelred's account be trusted? In the process we meet one of Ethelred's own creations the fourteenth-century detective Master Thomas who is helped in his investigations of a mediaeval crime at Muntham Court by a small & rather pushy Abbess with a taste for honey cakes.. . Is it possible that Master Thomas can shed some light on the twenty-first century case & on Ethelred's own motives for investigating Sir Robert's death? The Herring in the Library" is another ingenious outing for crime fiction's most mismatched double-act. " Tyler juggles characters story wit & clever one-liners with perfect balance". (" The Times")." ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Walking is one of Britain's favourite leisure activities & this guide features a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities. The book features all the practical detail you need accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history & wildlife of Hertfordshire as well as other local points of interest. All walks are annotated with places to visit along the way including tea rooms & pubs with extra details on their character & the food on offer. Every walk is given a summary of distance time gradient level of difficulty type of surface & access landscape dog friendliness parking & public toilets. ...

Welcome to the world of Blop! A Blop is a simple shape somewhere between a flower & a butterfly a sponge & a drawing of a little man -- above all Blop is whatever you want it to be. Using very few woods & handwritten text I AM BLOP!" explore many concepts encountered for the first time by young children including up & down single & plural individual & family city & countryside etc. This single shape represents anything a child's mind can imagine. With 110 illustrations in varying colors & patterns little or sometimes no words at all each page has a unique Blop that brigs a whole new dimension to children's reading. "I AM BLOP!" is an invitation to discover & explore everyday life & hundreds of ideas through one simple shape." ...

A masterful twist on the epistolary novel Saul Bellow's Herzog" is part confessional part exorcism & a wholly unique achievement in postmodern fiction. This " Penguin Classics" edition

Includes:: an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury in " Penguin Modern Classics". Is Moses Herzog losing his mind? His formidable wife Madeleine has left him for his best friend & Herzog is left alone with his whirling thoughts
- yet he still sees himself as a survivor raging against private disasters & the myriad catastrophes of the modern age. In a crumbling house which he shares with rats his head buzzing with ideas he writes frantic unsent letters to friends & enemies colleagues & famous people the living & the dead revealing the spectacular workings of his labyrinthine mind & the innermost secrets of his troubled heart. Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was a Canadian
- born American writer who enjoyed a dazzling career as a novelist marked with numerous literary prizes including the Pulitzer Prize & the Nobel Prize for Literature. His books include " The Adventures of Augie March" " Herzog" " More Die of Heartbreak" " Mosby's Memoirs & Other Stories" " Mr. Sammler's Planet" " Seize The Day" & " The Victim". If you enjoyed " Herzog" you might like Bellow's " Seize the Day" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " Spectacular.. .surely Bellow's greatest novel" (Malcolm Bradbury). "A masterpiece.. . Herzog's voice for all its wildness & strangeness & foolishness is the voice of a civilization our civilization". (" The New York Times Book Review")."



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