Birmingham would definitely not be the place that it is today without Eddie Fewtrell. Born one of ten children in the 1930s in the backstreets of Aston much of Eddies childhood was spent keeping house & caring for his younger brothers. An alcoholic father & an invalid mother prevented him from attending school & leading a normal life
- a scenario a million light years away from the vast nightclub empire that he was destined to build. By the 1970s he had become the most powerful man in Birminghams Clubl&. With the support of his large family in particular his seven brothers he went on to achieve even greater success. Eddies first club the Bermuda Club was in Navigation Street Eddie moved to pastures new in the form of the Cedar Club on Constitution Hill. Over the next few years Eddie opened Rebeccas Abigails Boogies nightclub Boogies Brasserie Edwards No.7 Edwards No.8 the Paramount pub & Goldwyns. Barbarellas became the top showcase for many up & coming UK pop groups. In 1989 he sold his clubs to Ansells but he returned three years later to open a new wave of clubs. Professional success came at a high price; Eddie reveals how his millionaire lifestyle & the pursuit of wealth led to tragic consequences. Other contributors include Laurie Hornsby Kenny Lynch Patti Bell Tony Christie Raymond Froggatt & H. Cain Mike Alexander BBC WM presenter Phil Upton pop legends Bev Bevan Steve Gibbons & Chuck Botfield. Comedians Don Maclean Dave Ismay & Eddies good friend Bernard Manning interviewed shortly before his tragic death.
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David Swain is two years into his life sentence for murdering the lover of his ex-girlfriend Katya Osman. In the dead of night he escapes from prison. Hours later Katya is found murdered in her uncle's home Blackwater Hall. Having first brought Swain to justice two years earlier Inspector Trave of the Oxford police heads the manhunt. Once Swain is recaptured & put on trial for his life a guilty verdict seems guaranteed. But Trave's investigation has taken an unexpected turn. Katya's uncle is a rich diamond dealer with a grudge against Trave & his sinister brother-in-law has gone to great lengths to create a new identity. Now convinced that they have arrested the wrong man & with personal scores to settle Trave must risk everything he holds dear to bring his unlikely target to justice. ...

In the second instalment of The Conclave of Shadows. The Conclave demands its membership price from their new protege: Tal must gather information on the sinister magician Laso Varen. But to do this means service with the sorcerers master Duke Kaspar of Olasko
- the very man he suspects of killing his family. A POWERFUL NEW EPIC FANTASY SERIES FROM ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF THE GENRE Talon orphan of the Orosini tribe & last of his people has been transformed by the Conclave of Shadows from a trusting young boy to the dashing young nobleman Talwin Hawkins: educated confident & now Roldems premier swordsman. The title won at the Masters Court in front of the King brought him a step closer to his desire
- to avenge the massacre of his family. Two participants in the slaughter are dead by his hand; Lieutenant Campaneal fell under his blade during the Masters Tournament & the other Raven died whilst attempting to butcher an Orodon village as he did Tals people. But still his lust for vengeance will not be sated until the reason for the massacres has been uncovered & their architect revealed & punished. The Conclave demands its price from Tal: he must gather information on Laso Varen a magician of terrible power & subtle craft dangerous beyond contemplation. To do this means service with the sorcerers master Duke Kaspar of Olasko
- & swearing loyalty to the very man he suspects of killing his family even if it means becoming the Dukes right-hand & tracking down his enemies
- the members of the Conclave & Talons own friends.



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Greece is a country in turmoil divided by feuding kingdoms desiring wealth power & revenge. When Eperitus a young exiled soldier comes to the aid of a group of warriors in battle little does he know that it will be the start of an incredible adventure. For he is about to join the charismatic Odysseus Prince of Ithaca on a vital quest to save his homel&. Odysseus travels to Sparta to join the most famous heroes of the time in paying suit to the sensuous Helen. Armed with nothing but his wits & intelligence he must enter a treacherous world of warfare & politics to compete for the greatest prize in Greece. But few care for the problems of an impoverished prince when war with Troy is beckoning.. . An epic saga set in one of the most dramatic periods of history King of Ithaca is a voyage of discovery of one man's journey to become a King -- & a legend. ...

Jackson Workman Pickens
- ' Work' to his friends
- an unambitious lawyer in a small Southern town has some serious baggage.

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Rex looks like an average 6 year old living on his parents moog farm & going to mini galactic citizen school but hes going to be King of Space! With the help of unsuspecting friends Rex creates an army of warbots with dung-blasters & begins his conquest of the known worlds. But when he goes too far only one person can save him from the wrath of the Galactic Alliance
- his tough-talking mum!
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The new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency. Hanmouth: a quiet picturesque English seaside town. But behind closed Georgian front doors & the within the artisan cheese shop its residents live lives that are anything but. When an 8-year-old girl goes missing from the estate on the fringes of the town Hanmouth becomes the centre of national attention. Under the scrutiny of the investigation the extraordinary individual lives of the community are laid bare: the passions of a quiet international aid worker; a recently widowed old womans late discovery of sexual gratification; & a memorable party held by the Bears. Through the apparent civility & spiralling paranoia a small town Philip Hensher brings us another brilliantly funny & perfectly observed slice of contemporary English life. ...

They were born in the middle of a battle into a world at war. & from their first moments of life twins Satyrus & Melitta were fighting for survival. Their father a Greek mercenary was cut down not long after they had taken their first breaths; their Scythian mother was cruelly murdered when they were still children. But Satyrus & Melitta are children no more. They have learned how to fight how to love how to plot & how to kill. Now it is time to leave their adopted home the city of Alexandria & the protection of Alexander the Great's former general Ptolemy
- & seek revenge. Now it is time to go to war.. .
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When Japan invades China Ashley & his Uncle Sung are forced to flee. It is a perilous journey across the Himalayas & they face a desperate struggle to survive. Then Ashley is captured by a group of strange creatures. Who are they & why do they revere him as their king? ...

In this second book of The Malloreon Garion & Cenedra continue the quest begun in Guardians of the West. In their party travel the immortal Belgarath the Sorcerer his daughter Polgara the Sorceress & the little Drasnian Silk. Garion knows that it is the mysterious figure Zandramas who is responsible for the abduction of his infant son & he & his companions journey many miles & encounter many strange beings in their search for him. Their way leads through the foul swamps of Nyissa ruled over by the Snake-Queen & on into the dark kingdom of the Murgos where human sacrifices are still made to the dead god Torak. Further on however even beyond those forbidding lands they must face the ultimate danger
- not only to themselves but to all mankind...THUS CONTINUES BOOK TWO OF THE MALLOREON.
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