There are few people better acquainted with the West Country than Johnny Kingdom. His knowledge of local wildlife is second to none but he's also a fount of knowledge when it comes to all the old stories that get passed down from generation to generation. West Country Tales" is a charming collection of these local myths & legends interwoven with many more anecdotes from Johnny himself & his forbears & friends. The atmospheric West Country landscape lends itself perfectly to dramatic tales of eerie hauntings & ghostly happenings daring smugglers & dashing highwaymen & many have heard of
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- the modern-day legend that is the Beast of Exmoor. But what about the Flying Fish of Exmoor a slippery catch of Johnny's that sailed up & over a bridge into the back seat of a passing open-top car never to be seen again? Gently humorous & wonderfully evocative it's only a matter of time before some of Johnny's own tales weave their way into West Country lore."

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Johnny Kingdom is the English countryside made flesh. He has lived his whole life on Exmoor from his childhood catching moles to sell their skins to his early wild days of adventure as a poacher to today when the demands of wildlife photography make extraordinary patience rather more useful than the ability to run fast... He embodies a way of life that may soon be gone for ever. His life story accompanied by BBC2s landmark documentary series is highly entertaining & completely enchanting. In Johnny Kingdom
- A Wild Life on Exmoor" we see how integral the both the landscape & the creatures of Exmoor have been to Johnnys often hair-raising life story. The beauty of Exmoor captured in lavish colour photographs in this book forms a stunning backdrop to his story. Johnny lives in the same area near Exmoor as his father & his father before him. Married to his childhood sweetheart he took on his fathers official job as the local gravedigger (and his unofficial living as a poacher) before a horrific accident made him change his lifestyle & seek solace in the less physically demanding work of wild-life photography. Johnnys book is full of hilarious & captivating stories of his escapades from how he spent the night in a jail cell with a red deer to how he persuaded the local badger population to run along a mini assault course turning wheels & tilting up & down on see-saws. Johnny is a wonderfully charismatic raconteur. His television series & this amazing book are already conferring on him the title of national treasure."
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People in London are being taken away in unmarked police vans never to be seen again... While trying to keep up with his school studies & ensuring his football team stays top of the league its Johnnys job to safeguard planet Earth. Suspicious of the strange occurrences Johnny investigates to find that alien enemies are feeding humans to their Queen on a nearby planet. He then discovers a more terrifying secret: the aliens are planning a devastating invasion of Earth. The battle for Earth will take all of Johnnys & his friends strength & resolve. Can they win? If they do what price will they pay to save the world? ...

The Smiths were the best British band since The Beatles. Their shimmering muscular guitar-driven pop remains the barometer for everyone who looks back at the 1980s with affection. In a decade that arguably produced more poor pop music than any other since the 1950s. The Smiths shone like a beacon & inspired a generation of indie guitar bands & their influence continues undiminished to this day. Musically The Smiths were a league ahead & guitarist Johnny Marr was the driving force behind their revolutionary sound. Manchester-born Marr proved to be a craftsman & explorer without equal a guitarist who rode the longest highways to find the most perfect sounds & who built the gilt-edged frames in which the word-pictures of co-writer Morrissey sat so perfectly. After The Smiths Marr continued to inject beautiful sophisticated guitar into some of the best music of the period: The Pretenders Kirsty Mc Coll Billy Bragg & Talking Heads all benefited from his incendiary input. More recently with his band Johnny Marr & The Healers & the critically acclaimed album Boomslang" Johnny remains as influential & important as ever
- a true guitar hero."
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The final collection of Joe Colquhouns work on the seminal aerial combat story! After Johnny Redburn is discharged from the RAF for killing an officer he takes to the skies in a stolen Hurricane. Soon he meets the Falcon Squadron of the 5th Soviet Air Brigade & begins his fight against Germany from the other side of the Iron Curtain!

Includes:: a feature on Stalingrad by comics legend Garth Ennis.

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Parents trust John Deere & kids love both the toys & the real thing! Full of personality & humour these storybooks bring excitement & adventure in stories starring Johnny Tractor & friends at Merriweather Farm & in Deerefield Valley. Big strong Johnny Tractor (JT) & light nimble Allie Gator make a great team as they work around the farm. But when Allie can't find the big sack of seeds she was carrying to the flower garden the two friends must set aside their usual chores to look for the missing seeds. After a long search they still have a hard days work ahead of them
- until they realize their jobs have been done & the seeds planted. The John Deere Company was founded in 1837 & is an international brand synonymous with power & quality in everything from farm tractors & heavy construction equipment to lawn mowers. John Deere licenses its name to a wide variety of consumer products from clothing & bedding to collectibles & children's toys.
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The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its aim. Moreover the commander General Sir Ian Hamilton was at fault in the way he conducted his campaign. Never happier than when he was in the thick of action Hamilton was an excellent tactician but by 1915 & in a situation like Gallipoli his style of leadership was outdated. This book examines why Hamilton failed at Gallipoli & shows how in spite of that failure & it being his last command he became a well respected military prophet who many several perceptive predictions about the future of warfare. ...

London is special. For centuries it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London told through a relay-race of great Londoners shows in one personality-packed book that the ingenuity diversity creativity & enterprise of London are second to none. Boris Johnson believes that in order to understand London one has to know about its past. The heart & spirit of London lies in its people in the range of its cultures. Through its diversity & energy London provides an environment which empowers people to create the impetus to invent. Boris Johnsons new book explores this cross current of influences between Westminster & the City between the politicians & the wealth creators over many centuries from Boudacea to the Rolling Stones. JOHNSONS LIFE OF LONDON -- a fitting tribute of course to one of the greatest Londoners -- celebrates many of the characters who have made this city great. Boriss book provides a chronological story of London but is written in the form of a relay race of biographies -- some very famous figures some more obscure. He ranges from the Romans to one of the authors predecessors as mayor Dick Whittington; from John Wilkes (a strong upholder of the freedom of the press) to J.W. Turner; from Chaucer to Gandhi & through to modern times. Boris Johnson writes with wit & erudition providing the reader with delightful insights. The book discovers London as none of us have seen it before & the journey is exhilarating & surprising. ...

London is special. For centuries it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London told through a relay-race of great Londoners shows in one personality-packed book that the ingenuity diversity creativity & enterprise of London are second to none. London is the best big city in the world. Boris Johnson London a city which has over the centuries survived attack fire & devastation is a place where people feel enabled to create & empowered to invent. It is & always has been home to a great variety of remarkable men & women
- whose lives have enriched the rest of the world. Boris Johnsons book is a celebration of the people who from the Romans to the present day give the city its vibrant & exuberant character. From Boudicca to Chaucer Shakespeare to Florence Nightingale Winston Churchill to Keith Richards Johnsons Life of London is the real story of London told through the Londoners & non-Londoners who have helped to shape the greatest city in the world.
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Danny Wallace was bored. Just to see what would happen he placed a whimsical ad in a local London paper. It said simply Join Me. Within a month he was receiving letters & emails from teachers mechanics sales reps vicars schoolchildren & pensioners
- all pledging allegiance to his cause. But no one knew what his cause was. Soon he was proclaimed Leader. Increasingly obsessed & possibly power-crazed Danny risked losing his sanity & his loyal girlfriend. But who could deny the attraction of a global following of devoted joinees? A book about dreams ambition & the responsibility that comes with power Join Me is the true story of a man who created a cult by accident & is proof that whilst some men were born to lead others really havent got a clue.
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