This revised & updated biography by veteran race reporter Erik Arneson covers the rags-to-riches story of John Force & his rise from a penniless racer to the star of NHRA. The story of a career built on will & determination guts & unstoppable drive that combined with crew chief Austin Coil to propel an unknown racer into the spotlight & victory after victory. Following Force's life & career from his start with no backing to his stratospheric success this updated biography contains new photos of Force of dramatic racing action & takes the story of this seemingly unstoppable driver up to date. ...

John Giles had a gift. At the age of three he could kick a ball the way it was supposed to be kicked. & he knew that every hour that passed without kicking a ball was an hour wasted. IT WAS THE SAME DREAM THAT MOST OF THE KIDS HAD AT THAT TIME.. . In A Football Man Giles tells the story of a dream pursued & realised beyond his wildest imaginings from his humble beginnings in Ormond Square in 1940s Dublin counting down the minutes to his next game of football to that unforgettable moment when the original football man
- his dad Dickie
- announced that his young son at just fourteen was on his way to Manchester United. WHAT I DIDNT REALISE WAS THAT MY DREAM WOULD COME TRUE. Full of anecdote insight & wry humour Giles recounts his rise through the ranks at Manchester United before & after the Munich Disaster; the great players he knew the good & the bad times under Matt Busby; his sensational debut for Ireland which he served as player & manager; his starring role in the brilliant controversial Leeds United of the 60s & 70s; & his challenge to the portrayal of himself & Brian Clough in The Damned United. He also describes his enduring friendship with the kid from across from Tolka Park Eamon Dunphy & his career on RTAe 2s football panel where Giles intelligent & insightful analysis have made him an even more well-loved & respected national figure.

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Hes got no hair but we dont care walking in a Hartson wonderl&. That famous song was belted out 110 times around Celtic Park as big bad John became one of a select band of players to score a century of goals in the Hoops. Now in his typical no-holds barred style the former Arsenal & Wales striker tackles the mission of naming his best ever Celtic eleven. This is his list of legends chosen by a player who battled back from the brink of death & won his battle with cancer & a place in the hearts of millions. This is John Hartsons Celtic Dream Team. ...

John Ireland (1879-1962) was one of the most distinctive & distinguished of a generation of exceptional British composers that included Vaughan Williams Gustav Holst Frank Bridge & Arnold Bax. They emerged in the decade before the First World War & in the inter-war years produced a remarkable body of music. In Ireland's case his was not only the most popular British Piano Concerto of its time but he also composed a splendid repertoire of songs piano music chamber music & orchestral & choral scores. This richly illustrated Companion will be essential for all admirers of the composer. Not only for the performer
- pianist singer conductor
- but for the wider musical public record collectors & music historians academics & anyone interested in British music of the earlier twentieth century. Lewis Foreman has drawn on his extensive research into Ireland's life & letters over many years & in association with the John Ireland Charitable Trust has not only commissioned a wide range of chapters from leading performers & writers of today but has brought together in one convenient format Ireland's own writings on music the memories of his friends & students (including Britten Moeran & Arnell) & a selection of important earlier articles. The Companion also

Includes:: a complete list of works & the most comprehensive discography of Ireland ever compiled. The accompanying CD contains historical recordings featuring the voice of John Ireland with two of his broadcast talks as well as otherwise unobtainable performances of Ireland's music from the composer himself & from other well-known performers of the past. LEWIS FOREMAN is author of Bax: A Composer & His Time (Boydell 2007) & London: a Musical Gazetteer (Yale 2005). Contributors: FELIX APRAHAMIAN RICHARD ARNELL BENJAMIN BRITTEN JOCELYN BROOKE ALAN BUSH GEOFFREY BUSH GEORGE DANNATT JULIE DELLER JEREMY DIBBLE EDWIN EVANS LEWIS FOREMAN NORAH KIRBY FREDERICK LAMOND PHILIP LANCASTER STEPHEN LE PROVOST STEPHEN LLOYD CHARLES MARKES ROBERT MATTHEW-WALKER E.J. MOERAN ANGUS MORRISON ERIC PARKIN BRUCE PHILLIPS C. B. REES FIONA RICHARDS ALAN ROWLANDS R. MURRAY SCHAFER MARION SCOTT COLIN SCOTT-SUTHERLAND HUMPHREY SEARLE FREDA SWAIN KENNETH THOMPSON RODERICK WILLIAMS KENNETH A. WRIGHT



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With scholarly elegance R.S. White finds fresh links between John Keatss life & work. His five years as a medical student are considered in the formation of his thought as are his political radicalism & philosophical ideas of life as a vale of soul-making & of the three chambers of the creative imagination. Keats is seen as more heavily indebted to Renaissance writers than were his contemporaries. This comprehensive biography tactfully probes Keatss emotional entanglements with Fanny Brawne & other women & the shifting relationships within his literary coterie. The much loved Odes The Eve of St Agnes & narrative poems are considered alongside his playwrighting ventures & many other rich poems that are not so well known. This powerful book now out in paperback will excite students scholars & all readers who love Keatss poetry & are drawn to the moving story of his brief life. ...

This landmark biography of celebrated Romantic poet John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of him as a delicate overly sensitive tragic figure. Instead Nicholas Roe reveals the real flesh-&-blood poet: a passionate man driven by ambition but prey to doubt suspicion & jealousy; sure of his vocation while bitterly resentful of the obstacles that blighted his career; devoured by sexual desire & frustration; & in thrall to alcohol & opium. Through unparalleled original research Roe arrives at a fascinating reassessment of Keats's entire life from his early years at Keats's Livery Stables through his harrowing battle with tuberculosis & death at age 25. Zeroing in on crucial turning points Roe finds in the locations of Keats's poems new keys to the nature of his imaginative quest. Roe is the first biographer to provide a full & fresh account of Keats's childhood in the City of London & how it shaped the would-be poet. The mysterious early death of Keats's father his mother's too-swift remarriage living in the shadow of the notorious madhouse Bedlam--all these affected Keats far more than has been previously understood. The author also sheds light on Keats's doomed passion for Fanny Brawne his circle of brilliant friends hitherto unknown City relatives & much more. Filled with revelations & daring to ask new questions this book now stands as the definitive volume on one of the most beloved poets of the English language. ...

John Lennon was a writer as well as a musician. It was entirely natural for him to put pen to paper whenever he had an idea a thought a reaction or a desire to communicate. He lived
- & died
- in an age before emails & texts. Pen & ink was what he turned to. John wrote letters & postcards all of his life; to his friends family strangers newspapers organisations lawyers & the laundry
- most of which were funny informative campaigning wise mad poetic anguished & sometimes heartbreaking. For the first time Johns widow Yoko Ono has given permission to publish a collection of his letters. The Editor is the Beatles official biographer Hunter Davies who knew John well. Johns letters are in a way something of a mystery
- where are they all? Over the years many have come up at auction then sold to dealers & collectors. Or they have been kept by the recipients locked up safely. It has been a wonderful piece of detective work tracing many of these 250 letters postcards & notes which are arranged in chronological order so that a narrative builds up reflecting Johns life. It will be visual
- in a sense that many of the letters are reproduced as they were in his handwriting or typing plus the odd cartoon or doodle. THE JOHN LENNON LETTERS is fundamentally a book to read & study providing a unique insight into the mind of one of the great figures of our times.




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John Lennon was a writer as well as a musician. It was entirely natural for him to put pen to paper whenever he had an idea a thought a reaction or a desire to communicate. He lived
- & died
- in an age before emails & texts. Pen & ink was what he turned to. John wrote letters & postcards all of his life; to his friends family strangers newspapers organisations lawyers & the laundry
- most of which were funny informative campaigning wise mad poetic anguished & sometimes heartbreaking. For the first time Johns widow Yoko Ono has given permission to publish a collection of his letters. The Editor is the Beatles official biographer Hunter Davies who knew John well. Johns letters are in a way something of a mystery
- where are they all? Over the years many have come up at auction then sold to dealers & collectors. Or they have been kept by the recipients locked up safely. It has been a wonderful piece of detective work tracing many of these 250 letters postcards & notes which are arranged in chronological order so that a narrative builds up reflecting Johns life. It will be visual
- in a sense that many of the letters are reproduced as they were in his handwriting or typing plus the odd cartoon or doodle. THE JOHN LENNON LETTERS is fundamentally a book to read & study providing a unique insight into the mind of one of the great figures of our times. Johns letters are read by Christopher Eccleston. Christopher Eccleston is an English actor who has had a hugely successful career in film TV & on stage. His regular appearance on the TV series Cracker in 1993 brought him recognition & he went on to star along side such actresses as Nicole Kidman & Cate Blanchett. He won the 2011 International Emmy Award for his performance in Jimmy Mc Governs Accused. He played John Lennon in the 2010 TV movie in & has twice been nominated in the Best Actor category of the BAFTA TV Awards. Hunters editorial materials are read by Allan Corduner. Allan Corduner trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School & has appeared on stage in PASSION at the Donmar Warehouse SERIOUS MONEY in the West End & TITANIC on Broadway & on screen in YENTL & TOPSY-TURVY amonst many other roles. He is a highly experience voice actor & memorably narrated the voice of Death when reading THE BOOK THIEF. He has read Elspeth Coopers WILD HUNT novels for Orion.

Includes:: a foreword read by Yoko Ono.






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John Lennon was a writer as well as a musician. It was entirely natural for him to put pen to paper whenever he had an idea a thought a reaction or a desire to communicate. He lived
- & died
- in an age before emails & texts. Pen & ink was what he turned to. John wrote letters & postcards all of his life; to his friends family strangers newspapers organisations lawyers & the laundry
- most of which were funny informative campaigning wise mad poetic anguished & sometimes heartbreaking. For the first time John's widow Yoko Ono has given permission to publish a collection of his letters. The Editor is the Beatles' official biographer Hunter Davies who knew John well. John's letters are in a way something of a mystery
- where are they all? Over the years many have come up at auction then sold to dealers & collectors. Or they have been kept by the recipients locked up safely. It has been a wonderful piece of detective work tracing many of these 250 letters postcards & notes which are arranged in chronological order so that a narrative builds up reflecting John's life. It will be visual
- in a sense that many of the letters are reproduced as they were in his handwriting or typing plus the odd cartoon or doodle. THE JOHN LENNON LETTERS is fundamentally a book to read & study providing a unique insight into the mind of one of the great figures of our times.




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In 1925 John Buchan published his second most famous novel John Mac Nab"; three high-flying men
- a barrister a cabinet minister
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