The USAs most respected Krav Maga experts present a book targeted at the martial arts fastest growing demographic
- women. Krav
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Deep in the water lurks a new breed of Beast. Max is about to face the most awesome Robobeast
- Kraya the Blood Shark. He must
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Best-selling author Robin Mc Gibbon was welcomed into the inner sanctum of the Kray twins. For more than ten years he saw Britains most notorious killers at close quarters
- Reggie in top-security prisons his bisexual brother Ron in Broadmoors hospital for the criminally insane. As a well-connected valued friend who had ghost-written older brother Charlies autobiography Mc Gibbon spoke to the twins on visits on the phone & corresponded regularly by post. He became such a trusted confidant he advised on media & personal matters negotiated TV rights to Ronnies funeral & his wife was so admired by the Kray family she was asked to speak on Reggies behalf in church. Drawing on that first-hand experience & revealing for the first time confidential details of letters to & from the twins Mc Gibbon describes their contrasting personalities: the infuriating mood swings & egomania of the hyper more aggressive Reggie & the gentle courtesy & generosity of his paranoid-schizophrenic twin who revealed in an exclusive interview the real reason behind one of the Krays legendary murders
- & personal memories he had never shared with anyone but family. Mc Gibbon a former national newspaper journalist who ghost-wrote Barbara Windsors best-selling autobiography All of Me" has written a pacy narrative coloured with a cast of supporting characters
- from the Yorkshire Ripper TV stars & Page Three Girls to gangland hierarchy & convicted criminals the twins befriended in prison. With sensational revelations that should guarantee newspaper serialisation it is an enthralling & compelling read that describes for the first time the bizarre lives the twins led after an Old Bailey judge jailed them in 1969 saying that society had earned a rest from their activities. It is a genuine inside story of the countrys most infamous killers whose terrifying violence shocked the nation & made them underworld legends."


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The Krays were a product of their age nurtured by a doting mother & created by their community the East End of London. Their name alone conjures up images of power violence & greed
- & even brother Charlie counldn't steer the twins Ron & Reg clear of murder mayhem as they killed their way to the top of the criminal tree. They lived by their own rules. & died by them. The three brothers will never be forgotten. They are an indelible part of our history whether we like it or not. From media-manipulation to control-freak paranoia the Krays were masters of deception. Even at the end Reg Kray was still portraying himself as just an ordinary East Ender
- mistreated by the Home Office & the police misunderstood & mistakenly labelled Godfather of Crime" by the media. This biography traces their history from childhood & early adolescence to manhood & death. It explores the brothers' fantasy lives full as they were of mind games & false memories. Only now can the truth be revealed
- without fear of intimidation retribution or revenge. The Krays are dead & buried but the myth lives on."


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Two names reigned supreme in London's underworld in the sixties
- Ronnie & Reggie Kray; & it wasn't until 1969 that the twins went
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We have broken the East End's code of silence & are on the verge of a sensational breakthrough in stamping out these mobsters for good..." Commander Davis Metropolitan Police Krayzy Days is the true story of the East End underworld between the late 1950s & 1970s including the infamous Kray twins & the man who was part of their intimate circle. Micky Fawcett paints a vivid picture of life with & beyond the Krays as well as the murderous war of the '70s which saw the East End gangs vying for position in the vacuum left by the twins' imprisonment with countless knifings & shootings not to mention frequent bombings & murders. With unprecedented insight into the private life of a man whom even the Krays respected
- the notorious Billy Hill
- Micky not only details Hill's criminal dealings with men such as Marcel Francisci the Boss of the Union Corse but also divulges facts regarding Hill's unconventional sex life that only his closest confidantes knew. This is Fawcett's fascinating account of an almost surreal world of sex violence & paranoia where one of the key rules was 'kill first or be killed'."

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Geordie Sharp is asked to undertake an SAS operation so outrageous that his conscience will barely allow him to carry it out. The ostensible aim of Operation Nimrod is to train a new Spetznaz unit to combat the threat of the Russian Mafia but Sharps orders contain a sinister hidden agenda. When two SAS men are lifted by Mafia agents the British authorities secret weapon is turned against London & only Geordie Sharp can save the day. ...

The third book in the seventh series of the exciting adventure stories that are as gripping as a computer game! Great for boys with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books & links to an excellent interactive website. Evil Wizard Malvel is steering the land of Tavania towards total destruction. Tom must stop him by defeating six rampaging Beasts & sending them back to their rightful homes. Krestor the Crushing Terror awaits him... Don't miss CONVOL THE COLD-BLOODED BRUTE HELLION THE FIERY FOE MADARA THE MIDNIGHT WARRIOR ELLIK THE LIGHTNING HORROR CARNIVORA THE WINGED SCAVENGER ...

Pozdnyshev & his wife have a turbulent relationship. When her beauty blossoms after the birth of their children men begin to flock around her & he becomes increasingly jealous. Convinced his wife is betraying him with a young musician his overpowering suspicion drives him to ever more dangerous lengths. United by the theme of love the writings in the Great Loves" series span over two thousand years & vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to loves endlessly fascinating possibilities & extremities: romantic love platonic love erotic love gay love virginal love adulterous love parental love filial love nostalgic love unrequited love illicit love not to mention lost love twisted & obsessional love..." ...

This the first of two volumes on Germanys World War II U-boats traces their development through: the early U-boats of the Kaisers navy; the prohibition on Germany having U-boats following the Armistice in 1918 & the subsequent Treaty of Versailles; the secret development of U-boats using a cover-firm" in Holland; & culminating in the formation of the 1st U-boat Flotilla in 1935 with the modern Type II. The operational history section

Includes:: examples from the classes Type VIIA Type VIIB VIID VIIE & VIIF before concentrating on the mainstay of the U-boat arm the Type VIIC. Comparisons are also made with the standard Allied submarines their strength & weakness & U-boat tactics."

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