Short oval racing (Hot Rod & Stock Car Racing) was & remains one of the best supported forms of motor racing in the country in terms of both competitors & spectators. Hot Rod & Stock Car Racing had seen packed terraces throughout the sixties & seventies as the public went to local circuits each week to cheer on local heroes (and of course see the crash & bash). The sport much developed through these two decades & arrived in the eighties as a slick professional-looking sport which now boasted national rather than local heroes. Whilst the top level of the sport became more costly the promoters began to introduce new classes to cater for the drivers who had become left behind in the race for purpose-built equipment. These new classes were to be the training ground for the star drivers of the future. This is the first work on the sport in the 1980s & shows how the existing formulae developed throughout the decade & how UK promoters continued to work together to keep the sport at a truly national (and in some classes international) level. Complete with 100 nostalgic mainly colour pictures of racing throughout the decade & a comprehensive listing of major championship dates venues & winners. ...

Here's a great indulgent gift item. Using this fun safe Mini Kit (TM) is an affordable way to experience a popular spa-style foot treatment at home. The 32-page book of tips & techniques comes with 8 smooth stones to warm & massage the feet for a delicious treat. ...

Be a part of the action & excitement of Hot Wheels with this fantasic new range of publishing featuring all the favourite cars from the Hot Wheels ranges. Admire the design & be astounded at the stats of these scaled-down speedsters! Go crazy with 200 full colour stickers you can even customise your own Hot Wheels cars!!! There are awsome Hot Wheels facts & even space in the book to add your own! ...

Hot Wheels Flag Series brings you the Iron Warrior Monster Jam Truck. Part of a set of 6- collect them all! This truck has the Spectraflame Metallic finish & a push down & jump mechanism for stunts. Measures approximately: 90mm in length. Carries EU Toy Safety Directive not suitabble for childen under 3 years ...

The definitive account of Jeff Becks journey from his childhood in 1940s South London to the world-wide success of 2010s album Emotion & Commotion & beyond. Author Martin Power has talked to former Yardbirds members Chris Dreja & Jim Mc Carty as well as manager Simon Napier-Bell & fellow musicians including Max Middleton Stanley Clarke Simon Phillips Jimmy Hall Mo Foster Doug Wimbish & many others. Supported by full album reviews rare photographs & an up-to-date discography Hot Wired Guitar is the most complete & comprehensive account of the life & times of Jeff Beck the man who took the electric guitar & showed the world just what could be done with just six strings & one hell of an attitude. ...

Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered decent people with proper balanced relationships as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply. All of the following is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. All the anecdotes the stories the characters the situations the highs the lows the scams the drugs the misery the love the death & the insanity are exactly as was told by Anonymous
- someone who has spent his whole career working in hotels at the heart of Londons luxury hotel industry. However for legal reasons the stories now take place in a fictitious hotel known as Hotel Babylon. More than a decade is compressed into a day. Everything else is as it should be. The rich spend money the hotel makes money & the chambermaids still fight the bellboys over a two-pound coin. Its just another twenty-four hours in an expensive London hotel.
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If there is such a thing as a comfort food book Bemelmans stories are it. His evocative tales of grand hotel life have a reporters eye for sensory detail yet he always manages to bathe his world & its lovable characters in the mood of a fairytale. Meet the girl-hungry hotel Magician Kalakobe the African cook Mr Sigsag Monsieur Victor Mespoulet & an unforgettable cast of down but not yet out hotel employees. A feast of food writing. & once youve read one Bemelmans tale you fall in love & want to read the lot. ...

Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope romantic novelist & holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself & her friends. She has refused to sacrifice her ideals & remains stubbornly single. But among the pampered women & minor nobility Edith finds Mr Neville & her chance to escape from a life of humiliating spinsterhood is renewed... This book is the winner of the Booker Prize in 1984. ...

A hotel voucher makes a great gift idea for anyone who likes to get away whether they enjoy spending a night out on the town visiting friends around the country or just getting away from it all occasionally. How about a stay in Edinburgh where you will find a city of contrasts shopping & historic attractions sit side by side & the cobbled streets of the Old Town blend with the many modern restaurants & cafes. Paris is one of the most romantic cities in Europe & you will find the beauty of the city overwhelming making this an unforgettable place to visit. From iconic tourist attractions to beachfront cool Brighton is a treasure trove of things to do & places to go. Vibrant colourful fun & free Brighton offers the energy of the city & freedom of the sea. The voucher can be redeemed towards an overnight stay at a choice of hotels around the country or it can be used to make a stay even more special perhaps upgrading your room on a romantic getaway or choosing to stay in a European location as a special treat. ...

Welcome to Hotel Kerobokan or Hotel K Bali's most notorious jail. Its walls touch paradise; sparkling oceans surf beaches & palm trees on one side while on the other it's a dark bizarre & truly frightening underworld of sex drugs violence & squalor. Hotel K's filthy & disease ridden cells have been home to the infamous & the tragic: a Balinese King Gordon Ramsay's brother Muslim terror bombers beautiful women tourists & surfers from across the globe. Petty thieves share cells with killers rapists & gangsters. Hardened drug traffickers sleep alongside unlucky tourists who've seen their holiday turn from paradise to hell over one ecstasy pill. Hotel K is the shocking inside story of the jail & its inmates revealing the wild 'sex nights' organised by corrupt guards for the prisoners who have cash to pay the jail's ecstasy factory the killings made to look like suicides the days out at the beach the escapes & the corruption that means anything is for sale
- including a fully catered Italian jail wedding or a luxury cell upgrade with a Bose sound system. The truth about the dark heart of Bali explodes off the page.
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