American distrust of government politicians & authority in general can be traced back to the time of the official investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy & the suspicion generated by the publication of the Warren report the governments official version of this infamous murder. In the last ten years there has been much research into the exact events surrounding Kennedys murder & how it was so successfully covered up. JFK: Say Goodbye to America" contextualises this debate coming to a shocking conclusion. According to new information gathered & assessed by the author JFK was murdered on orders emanating from the "alternative" government
- the Establishment
- which eased the concerns of "big business" & which Kennedy was in the process of divesting of power in favour of promoting a government which put the people & their needs first. The Presidents new priorities won him few friends in government & Matthew Smith suggests that it was no coincidence that most of his policies were dismantled in the 18 months immediately following his death. Indeed his policy to withdraw from the early situation in Vietnam was dramatically changed within hours. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered an investigation into JFKs murder which soon emerged as biased inaccurate & misleading highlighting for many Americans the end of a golden era & a farewell to the country they knew. By piecing together new evidence Matthew Smiths book highlights the role of domestic & international business concerns in American government. He scorns the "lone-gunman" theory & further looks to the changes in the governments policy after JFKs assassination & the fact that the Vietnam War alone generated "business" to the value of $200 billion. Coincidence? Matthew Smith doesnt think so."

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James Douglass provides an astonishing new examination of the Kennedy assassination & its implications. Douglass lays out the journey that led JFK in the course of three years from his position as a traditional Cold Warrior to his determination to break with the logic of the Cold War & lead the world in an entirely different direction. This sequence of steps led his adversaries in the military & intelligence establishment to view him as a virtual traitor who had to be eliminated. Douglass's book has all the elements of a political thriller but the stakes couldn't be higher. Only by understanding the truth behind the murder of JFK can we grasp his vision & assume the urgent struggle for peace today. ...

In his first book award-winning radio & TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Irel&. The idolized handsome & glamorous John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the great-grandson of Irish immigrants & the first & only Irish-Catholic American elected as President of the United States. He relished his Irish heritage & in June 1963 made a memorable four-day trip to his homeland which he called the best 'four days of his life'. Tragically five months later he was assassinated. In this fully illustrated book Tubridy reveals the huge effect JFK's visit had on Ireland
- a country that at the time was largely agrarian & extremely poor. He

Includes:: never-seen-before photos of the president & private documents that reveal how the Irish rejoiced in having a president visit their shore. Tubridy evaluates whether the well-loved president whose ' Camelot' years some believe would have heralded a golden age actually inspired Ireland to reinvent itself & instilled pride in the Irish people or whether the myth of JFK just left behind an idyllic dream of what could have been. This book is a fascinating unique & insightful read from one of Ireland's most popular personalities.


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Thurston Clarke's gripping account of the last months of the life of President John F. Kennedy weaves together his public & private life & addresses the most tantalizing mystery of all
- not who killed him but who he was when he was killed & where he would have led his country & the world. This re-examination of a critical period looks at all the areas of the president's fascinating life: the progress he made towards ending the Cold War passing the Civil Rights Act & withdrawing US troops from Vietnam as well as his grief at the death of his infant son Patrick his ongoing battle with ill health & his renewed determination to be a good husband & father. The resulting portrait reveals the essence of this charismatic man his personal transformation & the emergence of a great president. It also explains the widespread & enduring grief following his assassination mourning the loss of his remarkable promise which had become increasingly evident during his last hundred days. Thurston Clarke has written eleven widely acclaimed works of fiction & nonfiction on travel & modern history including Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy & the Speech That Changed America. His articles have appeared in Vanity Fair The New York Times The Washington Post & many other publications. His enthusiasm is infectious.. .he entertains & illuminates writing gracefully & with a fine sense of irony.. . He's funny & he's fair & he swims well against powerful cultural cross-currents". (New York Times Book Review)."
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Long before Tai Chi & Qigong became household names in the West an American sailor visiting Shanghai discovered a gentle Chinese exercise called Jiangan
- The Chinese Health W&. This exercise system is simple yet potent & involves the manipulation of a lightweight pole traditionally made from bamboo. Jiangan co-ordinates slow diaphragmatic breathing with graduated stretching & strengthening exercises to promote circulation & stimulate the cardiovascular system. This book offers a concise practical guide to Jiangan exercises providing detailed instructions & illustrations while also exploring the Chinese philosophy behind the art. Although a gentle & meditative form of exercise this book shows that Jiangan has the muscle-toning & weight-loss potential of more robust gym workouts & is an ideal daily exercise routine or warm-up for a range of sports & martial arts classes. This book will be a valuable resource for teachers & students of Tai Chi & Qigong as well as anyone looking for a simple & effective way to improve health & fitness using Eastern health arts.
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In the Jiggys Genes series we will meet a whole host of Jiggys ancestors & discover that through centuries past there have always been Jiggys! Its not easy being a peasant. Jiggys medieval life is one dirty dung heap of trouble after another. Worse he has to work for the dumbest Knight in the land Sir Bozo de Beurk. But when Jiggy discovers a pair of magic balls his fortunes might be about to change... ...

Take your partners please. Suburban witches defiant old ladies ageing monsters suicidal Lottery winners wolf men dolphin women & middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear: in Joanne Harris' first collection of short stories the miraculous goes h&-in-hand with the mundane the sour with the sweet & the beautiful the grotesque the seductive & the disturbing are never more than one step away. This is an eclectic selection of tales for our times that shows a side to Joanne Harris you have never seen before. So go on be tempted. After all it's only dancing. ...

On a bitter winter evening during rush hour a bomb explodes in a crowded train in the London underground. More than a hundred people are horrifically & senselessly slaughtered. In the absence of any terrorist claims come distressing unanswerable questions: Who planted the device? & why? A few hours later in a Mayfair flat a young prostitute is murdered & an enigmatic message written in blood is left in her room... It is addressed to Frank Pagan counter-terrorist specialist who has been shunted aside by the political infighting at Special Branch but is now brought back from exile to investigate the most terrifying case of his career. Pagan who moves in his own mysterious ways who flaunts the rule-book & follows his own instincts is plunged into a darkening puzzle more sinister than a bomb in an underground tunnel. He finds himself pitted against two old adversaries: the deranged terrorist Carlotta a woman whose appetite for blood is matched only by Pagans hunger for justice
- & the ghost of Jig his most famous antagonist whose death has given birth to new demons.
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Forensic psychologist Paul Britton asks himself four questions when he is faced with a crime scene: what happened: who is the victim: how was it done & why? Only when he has the answers to these questions can he address the fifth: who is responsible? An intensely private & unassuming man Britton has an almost mythic status in the field of crime deduction because of his ability to 'walk through the minds' of those who stalk abduct torture rape & kill other human beings. What he searches for at the scene of a crime are not fingerprints fibres or blood stains
- he looks for the 'mind trace' left behind by those responsible; the psychological characteristics that can help police to identify & understand the nature of the perpetrator. Over the past dozen years he has been at the centre of more than 100 headline-making investigations from the murder of Jamie Bulger to the abduction of baby Abbie Humphries the slaying of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common the pursuit of the Green Chain rapist & the Heinz baby food extortionist the notorious Gloucester House of Horror & most recently the murder of Naomi Smith. Told with humanity & insight The Jigsaw Man is Paul Britton's absorbing first-hand account of those cases & of his groundbreaking analysis & treatment of the criminal mind. It combines the heart-stopping tension of the best detective thriller with his unique & profound understanding of the dark side of the human condition.
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Award-winning illustrator Mini Grey turns her inimitable hand to Hilaire Belloc's classic cautionary tale of Jim: who ran away from his Nurse & was eaten by a Lion! First published in 1907 Belloc's wickedly funny poem describing the sad end of Jim is now fabulously illustrated by Mini Grey for this extra-special new edition. This is a perfect gift with much to explore... ...