Every town & city has great stories to tell. They all have local heroes & terrific tales about the people & industries of the area. In this book Frank Beattie has tapped into the rich history of history of his native Kilmarnock & has brought together a wide selection of fantastic facts which cover not just the nationally important events such as one of the world's first timetabled railway passenger services but the quirky like the fact that Kilmarnock celebrates Halloween on the last Friday of October rather than 31 October like everyone else. In The Kilmarnock Fact Book you will learn about great industries such as Johnnie Walker Saxone & BMK which were all founded in Kilmarnock & also about people like Sandy Mc Crone a blind man who climbed up the scaffold around a church & stuck a potato on the beak of the weathercock just to win a bet. ...

Silent & undetectable the Russian-built Kilo-Class submarine is the only true enemy of the American Carrier Battle Groups
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This is a selection edited & introduced by william plomer. Francis Kilvert was an country clergyman who lived from 1840 to 1879 & these are his diaries: gossipy sweet-natured generous curious & full of an abiding wonder & delight in the natural world & the beauties of the changing seasons. A worthy heir to Pepys & Dorothy Wordsworth Kilvert is an irresistible companion. ...

Kim is Rudyard Kiplings finest work. Now controversial this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life & landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama an ageing priest; & both embark on a combined quest. Whereas Kim has an insatiable interest in the varied activities around him the lama seeks redemption from the Wheel of Life. Kim becomes involved in the Great Game undertaking espionage for the British rulers. This engrossing & moving novel with its diversity of memorable characters offers many insights into political religious & social tensions. ...

Kimberly Clark was born to the sound of cackling witches in 1984. Having moved to London to follow her hearts dream the sweet-but-slow Stevie she soon tires of him & decides to destroy the relationship from within by being as vile as is humanly possible. When this tactic leads to Stevies violent death by his own hand Kimberlys soul hangs in the balance
- will she ultimately spend eternity in the great Top Shop in the sky? Or will she be hurtled into an abyss of endless physical torture sexual humiliation & bad st&-up comedy? This is the story of Kimberlys redemption or possibly the story of her damnation: its up to you. There are six different endings on offer. This is a shocking laugh-out-loud nightmare-&-nausea-inducing book. It is a wild narrative experiment that recalls taboo-busting writers from William Burroughs to Irvine Welsh to Chuck Palahniuk.
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After an eventful Christmas with her classmates Sawako is super excited when Chizu & Ayane invite her to come with them to the shrine on New Year's Eve which happens to be her birthday. But what she doesn't count on is her friends' birthday surprise--to get her to go alone with Kazehaya-kun! ...

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. Nicknamed Sadako" after the haunting movie character everyone is afraid to come near her for fear of being cursed. But underneath her scary exterior lies an ordinary teenager who just wants to make friends. A new school year begins happily when Sawako & her friends Chizu & Ayane
- as well as her crush Kazehaya
- are all in the same homeroom. But when another popular guy in the class shows an interest in Sawako will it push Kazehaya & Sawako apart?"

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Chizu is surprised by the sudden homecoming of Toru Ryu's older brother & her childhood crush. But old habits die hard when Chizu can't seem to get enough courage to declare her love. But this is the one time Chizu won't be able to count on Ryu to be supportive of her
- not when he wants her for himself!
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Will the curse of Sadako leave her friendless for life? Kurumi's got it all--looks popularity & friends. But underneath Kurumi's friendly exterior is a manipulative girl who'll do anything to get what she wants! & Sawako has the one thing Kurumi wants--Kazehaya's friendship. Could all of Kurumi's plotting really drive the two apart or will it instead draw them even closer together? ...

Will the curse of Sadako leave her friendless for life? Sadakos dreams come true when she finally becomes friends with her classmates instead of scaring them off. She even gets friendly with the cutest girl in school Kurumi. But will this innocent friendship with Kurumi make Sadako realize that her feelings for Kazehaya are more than just friendly? Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroin for a horror movie. With her jet-black hair sinister smile & silent demeanour shes often mistaken for Sadako the haunting movie character. Unbeknownst to but a few behind her scary facade is a very misunderstood teenager. Shy & pure of heart she just wants to make friends. But when Kazehaya the most popular boy in class befriends her shes sure to make more than just that shes about to make some enemies too. ...