An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. But this islander Tormod Macdonald
- now an elderly man suffering from dementia
- has always claimed to be an only child. When Tormods family approach Fin Macleod for help Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery.

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Lewis Mad Dog Moody has been a familiar face in English rugby for fifteen successful & at times painful years. The former Leicester & now Bath flanker has seen & done it all in a sport that has changed beyond recognition from his first forays into the sport to the huge spectacle that rugby & especially test match rugby has become. Known for his near-suicidal fashion of playing the game Moody has achieved as much as anyone in the history of the sport from league cup & European honours with an iconic Leicester Tigers team alongside the likes of Martin Johnson & Neil Back to a 2003 World Cup winners medal & an MBE when still a young man. A great deal of heartbreak would follow
- pain illness self-doubt & dark days in the four years before the next World Cup campaign that saw Moody & England fall in the 2007 final but he re-emerged to finally captain his country to a third World Cup campaign in 2011. Mad Dog
- An Englishman is the story warts & all of one of the most-loved & respected British sporting figures; a story that allows the reader into the inner sanctum of a top rugby stars life from the early days of student & rugby dressing room mayhem to the latter years of dedication to the cause & utter professionalism against all odds. You may think some of Lewis Moodys adventures are well-known. You would be wrong. In this searingly honest autobiography the original Mad Dog lays himself bare & along the way takes you on an incredible journey that will make you laugh cry & understand what it takes to construct a career as successful as Lewis Moodys.

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Lewis Mad Dog Moody has been a familiar face in English rugby for fifteen successful & at times painful years. The former Leicester & now Bath flanker has seen & done it all in a sport that has changed beyond recognition from his first forays into the sport to the huge spectacle that rugby & especially test match rugby has become. Known for his near-suicidal fashion of playing the game Moody has achieved as much as anyone in the history of the sport from league cup & European honours with an iconic Leicester Tigers team alongside the likes of Martin Johnson & Neil Back to a 2003 World Cup winners medal & an MBE when still a young man. A great deal of heartbreak would follow
- pain illness self-doubt & dark days in the four years before the next World Cup campaign that saw Moody & England fall in the 2007 final but he re-emerged to finally captain his country to a third World Cup campaign in 2011. Mad Dog
- An Englishman is the story warts & all of one of the most-loved & respected British sporting figures; a story that allows the reader into the inner sanctum of a top rugby stars life from the early days of student & rugby dressing room mayhem to the latter years of dedication to the cause & utter professionalism against all odds. You may think some of Lewis Moodys adventures are well-known. You would be wrong. In this searingly honest autobiography the original Mad Dog lays himself bare & along the way takes you on an incredible journey that will make you laugh cry & understand what it takes to construct a career as successful as Lewis Moodys.

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Lewis Moody has seen & done it all in a glittering career that has seen him win the 2003 World Cup under Martin Johnson's captaincy lose in the final of the 2007 World Cup after the most shambolic passage & now lead England under Johnson's management in the 2011 World Cup. Moody has not only been an ever-present in the England team for the past decade
- a team that has featured some of the most iconic & interesting figures in British sport such as Jonny Wilkinson Lawrence Dallaglio & Jason Robinson
- but also until his shock move to Bath last summer he was a key part of the all-conquering Leicester Tigers team that became champions of England six times & of Europe twice. Moody does not just explore the incredible highs of which there are many but also the equally incredible lows. There was the bullying at school the time as a child when he was so near to death that the doctors advised his parents to prepare for the worst & later the many occasions when he wanted to walk away from a sport that has produced so much success when the injuries were mounting up & becoming so serious that Moody felt he had had enough. The end result is at times a painfully funny & at other times painfully sad story of sporting triumph achieved only after leaping major obstacles along the way.

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During the years between 1890 & 1930 Lewisham was a byword for solid comfort & respectability. However this was a time of rapid change when the wealthy merchants who had dominated Victorian Lewisham were moving further from their workplaces in london & the streets were being colonised by thousands of lower middle class settlers. The commercial clerk was the characteristic denizen of early twentieth-century Lewisham. These new inhabitants were great lovers of postcards & most of the pictures presented here more than two hundred in total & taken from the huge number of them published during that classic period. Very few have appeared in book form before. There are photographs of Blackheath (both the Lewisham & Greenwich parts) Lee central Lewisham Hither Green Ladywell Crofton Park Catford Bellingham Southend Village & Grove Park. Most of the sections can form the basis for an interesting historical & architectural walk. But hurry! One of the old Lewisham buildinhs illustrated here has probably been demolished while you have been reading this! ...

A powerful & accessible account of globalization
- the new world order that has replaced the cold war
- by the award-winning

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As with many of the leading bus & coach manufacturers in Britain Leyland built a wide range of vehicles. Some of the types
- such
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For 800 years the Leylanders had clustered around their medieval village cross but all this changed rapidly after 1870 when the town embarked on nearly a century of phenomenal growth. One of the stars of the Second Industrial Revolution Leyland became a world leader in both the rubber & motor vehicle industries & -- prospering through two world wars -- full employment was the norm. Optimism peaked in the post-war years but the 1970s saw the beginning of the collapse of large scale industry in Britain the half century of inertia which choked town centre development plans & led to the progressive & irreversible demolition of the district. By 1990 Leyland Cross was presiding over a semi-derelict wasteland before the investment & redevelopment of the mid 1990s began a steady recovery from the days of stark economic re-adjustment. Leyland Then & Now traces the story of these developments through a wonderful collection of old photographs which are compared & contrasted with modern equivalents unveiling amazing changes & unexpected similarities. ...

This is a book guaranteed to provide hours of fun for Leyton Orients loyal fans. Containing over 1 300 challenging questions Leyton Orient The Official Quiz Book" will test the memory of all Os fans with sections covering every aspect of the clubs history. Some of the questions being fairly easy & some a little more difficult but all done with the purpose of enlightening all Os & footballing fans around the world about our grand history & important events. It also covers many of the players & officials over the years right down to today when we all look to the Gaffer Russell Slade & his boys taking Os up the League. As informative as it is entertaining this book is guaranteed to provide hours of fun for Leyton Orients loyal fans." ...

This is Liam. Every day Liam eats lots of good food. Each time Liam eats his tummy gets fuller & fuller...and fuller...until Liam's tummy starts to stretch". Successful toilet training is a time of celebration for both parents & child. It marks the end of dirty diapers & a forward step in the development of a child. Fraught with both stress & triumph the period of toilet training can take from days to months. For a typical child learning to gain control over the body's internal stimuli can be at best challenging. For many children however these internal cues can be overwhelming & confusing leading to both a frustrating & traumatic toileting experience." Liam Goes Poo in the Toilet" illustrates the relationship between eating & excreting. It provides visual instructions on how to 'relax & push'. After much fanfare Liam finally masters going 'poo' in the toilet & both he & Mum bask in the glory of a job well done." ...