Josephine Hart author of the bestselling novel Damage had what she called a long love affair with poetry. It was an affair that started as a child & lasted until her untimely death at the age of sixty-nine in 2011. She said I was a word child growing up in Ireland a country of word children where life was language before it was anything else. As a teenager & later she found the poetry of Eliot Larkin Yeats & others a lifeline a route map through life. In the late 1980s Hart by now a successful West End theatre producer began a hugely popular event in which actors read the words of the great poets to an enraptured audience. In 2004 The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour moved to the British Library where it remains today. By her own admission Josephine Hart gave dead poets society. But she also gave them intelligent & exciting introductions; all of which are now collected here in this volume. They are insightful even great works in their own right. Life Saving leaves us an inspiring legacy. It takes us on a journey of the imagination to some of the greatest poems written in the English language & allows us to understand intuitively & deeply why poetry matters. ...

A combination of overwork & jet-leg propels Julia Fairfax into becoming engaged to a golf-playing wine buff called Oscar. But when she realises that she has fonder feelings for his adorable Labrador than for Oscar himself she is forced to confront the fact that there is something drastically wrong. Ditching her fiance & jacking in her job she decides to revolutionise her life. Her new career as a cook on a pair of hotel boats is certainly a departure & teaches her more about life than how to get a couple of narrow boats through a lock. But even afloat Julias past catches up with her. Not only must she contend with the persistent Oscar (not to mention his frightful mother & her own mothers determined matchmaking) but also the arrival of her childhood enemy the enigmatic Fergus Grindley. ...

Take a good hard look at your life. Are there things you are unhappy with? Your life is your responsiblity; the choices you made yesterday brought about the life you have today. If you dont like what you have then get ready to act & move on. Life Strategies gives powerful straightforward advice on shaping your life & tells you how to make dramatic changes. Whether its a bad relationship a dead-end career or a harmful habit Dr Mc Graw helps you wake up & get out of your rut. It is never too late to take charge of & be responsible for your life. ...

Control was the word Dr Toby Harper lived by. She strove to keep her life in order her ER in order. But no one could have been prepared for the man she admits one quiet night to the Springer Hospital. Delirious & in critical condition he barely responds to treatment. & then he disappears without trace. The subsequent search leads Toby to a second patient with the same infection. & it reveals an unsettling twist
- the infection can only be spread through direct tissue exchange. Soon Tobys on a trail that winds from a pregnant sixteen-year-old prostitute to an unexpected tragedy in her own home. Only then does she discover the unthinkable: a terrifying & deadly epidemic is about to be unleashed.. .
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From the outside Vicky Townsley would appear to have it all. Features Director of the hugely successful Poise! magazine she lives alone in London is single & seriously successful. But shed give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage children & a house in the country. Amber Winslow on the other hand has exactly what Vicky Townsley wants; a huge stone mansion in Connecticut children & a busy charitable commitment for the local Womens League. But Amber isnt happy either. She hasnt found quite the fulfilment she had expected from being a full-time wife & mother so when she spots a double page spread in Poise! magazine asking married readers to life swap with a glamorous single journalist in London she sits down & writes a letter. But she never expects to be picked... ...

WINNER OF THE 2011 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2012 FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR Why does an international footballer with the world at his feet decide to take his own life? On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper Robert Enke stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty-two years old & a devoted husband & father. Enke had played for a string of Europe's top clubs including Barcelona & Jose Mourinho's Benfica & was destined to become his country's first choice in goal for years to come. But beneath the veneer of success Enke battled with crippling depression. Award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces together the puzzle of his friend's life shedding valuable light on the crushing pressures endured by professional sportsmen & on life at the top clubs. At its heart Enke's tragedy is a universal story of a man struggling against his demons. ...

LIFE WITH GOD is Richard Fosters first major new work for nearly a decade & is of similar magnitude to his classics: PRAYER CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE & STREAMS OF LIVING WATER. The starting point of LIFE WITH GOD is that so many of us want to make the Bible the foundation of our way of life but struggle to make sense of this huge apparently disjointed book. Why is that Christians try so hard to place the Bible at the centre of their lives but in reality get very little from it in terms of genuine life-transforming practice? Richard Foster believes that it is because we fail to grasp the overriding coherent message of the Bible
- that all of Scripture is unified around the theme of living a vibrant & dynamic life with God. Breaking up history into fifteen epochs that reveal the unfolding of Gods plan for seeking out a relationship with us Foster sees the Bible as the loving heart of God made visible & plain. Readers will discover a whole new way to read Scripture making it a doorway to a lifestyle we can master rather than merely knowledge we underst&.
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This is the story of one of the most successful football clubs in history under one of the greatest football managers of our time. But it is also a book about what it has meant to be a Manchester United supporter during the remarkable 25-year reign of Sir Alex Ferguson. The book begins in the winter of 1986
- when Sir Alex found himself in charge of a demoralised club facing relegation
- & describes the creation of his first great side including Schmeichel Bruce Pallister Keane Ince Giggs Hughes & Cantona. It goes on to introduce Fergie's Fledglings
- the generation of David Beckham Nicky Butt Paul Scholes Gary & Phil Neville
- who were thrown straight into Ferguson's side as teenagers won the double in 1996 & went on to seal the treble in Barcelona in 1999. It then describes how after Beckham left for Real Madrid in 2003 United were knocked off their perch first by Arsenal then by cash-rich Chelsea. Ferguson needed a response to Jose Mourinho's spectacular revolution.. . And in Rooney & Ronaldo playing alongside Rio Ferdinand Scholes Giggs Tevez & Vidic he found one. As much an homage to a great man as it is a passionate account of one fan's lifelong devotion to his team Life with Sir Alex is a the perfect read for football fans all over the world. ' Pacey humorous & intelligent. A great insight into the one-way relationship between a fan & the object of his obsession.' Jim White Daily Telegraph.



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Chrissie Wellington is the world's No 1 female Ironman triathlete a four times World Champion having recently won her fourth title in October 2011 & the World Record holder. In 2009 she was voted ' Sunday Times" Sportswoman of the Year' & in 2010 was awarded the MBE. She is the undefeated champion of Triathlon having won thirteen Ironman titles from thirteen races. She set a new World Record of 8 hours 19:13 at Quelle Roth Germany in 2010 which slashed over 14 minutes from the previous record & where she was only beaten by six men. She went on to improve this time by another minute in the 2011 race. She also set a new world record for the fastest ever Ironman sanctioned event at Ironman South Africa in April 2011. Chrissie has displayed unprecedented levels of stamina strength & competitiveness in becoming Ironman World Champion in only her second event at Ironman level. Her victory in Kona Hawaii in 2007 finishing five minutes ahead of her nearest rival was described as the 'biggest upset in Ironman history' & 'a remarkable feat deemed to be near impossible task for any athlete racing as a rookie at their first Ironman World Championships'. She defended her World title in Hawaii in 2008 & again in 2009. However a bout of severe sickness on the eve of the 2010 event meant she was unable to make the start line to defend her title. She bounced back in 2011 to retain her title in her most fiercely competitive race to date which adds another fantastic chapter to her extraordinary sporting career. This is the remarkable story of how a Norfolk girl
- a 'sporty kid swimming playing hockey running but never excelling & always more interested in the social side of the sports scene'
- became a world champion."

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Chrissie Wellington is the world's No 1 female Ironman triathlete a four times World Champion having recently won her fourth title in October 2011 & the World Record holder. In 2009 she was voted Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year" & in 2010 was awarded the MBE. She is the undefeated champion of Triathlon having won thirteen Ironman titles from thirteen races. She set a new World Record of 8 hours 19:13 at Quelle Roth Germany in 2010 which slashed over 14 minutes from the previous record & where she was only beaten by six men. She went on to improve this time by another minute in the 2011 race. She also set a new world record for the fastest ever Ironman sanctioned event at Ironman South Africa in April 2011. Chrissie has displayed unprecedented levels of stamina strength & competitiveness in becoming Ironman World Champion in only her second event at Ironman level. Her victory in Kona Hawaii in 2007 finishing five minutes ahead of her nearest rival was described as the 'biggest upset in Ironman history' & 'a remarkable feat deemed to be near impossible task for any athlete racing as a rookie at their first Ironman World Championships'. She defended her World title in Hawaii in 2008 & again in 2009. However a bout of severe sickness on the eve of the 2010 event meant she was unable to make the start line to defend her title. She bounced back in 2011 to retain her title in her most fiercely competitive race to date which adds another fantastic chapter to her extraordinary sporting career. This is the remarkable story of how a Norfolk girl
- a 'sporty kid swimming playing hockey running but never excelling & always more interested in the social side of the sports scene'
- became a world champion."

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