The Limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical But the good ones I've seen So seldom are clean & the clean ones so rarely are comical. This collection of witty Limericks some clean many filthy & some packed with double-entendre has been assembled to add gaiety to nations. It contains over 1 000 Limericks historical wistful whimsical clerical medical cynical & gastronomical all of which will delight connoisseurs of the English language. ...

10 September 1961: at the boomerang-shaped racetrack at Monza half a dozen teams are preparing for the Italian Grand Prix. It is the biggest race anyone can remember. Phil Hill
- the first American to break into the top ranks of European racing
- & his Ferrari teammate Count Wolfgang von Trips
- a German nobleman with a movie-star manner
- face one another in a race that will decide the winner of the Formula One drivers championship. By the days end one man will clinch that prize. The other will perish face down on the track. Seeped in danger seductive glamour & burning rivalry this is the story of two young men living in the shadow of oblivion & dicing with death.



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John Logan a British Army Sergeant takes leave from Afghanistan & returns to London to free his sister & her daughter from the control of psychotic Serbian gangster Miroslav Nikolic. But no plan survives contact with the enemy & Logan should have known better. Becoming both predator & prey on the gritty streets of London the boundaries of loyalty & friendship become blurred as Logan is drawn into the dark & shadowy world of spooks drug traffickers & gunrunners where nothing is what it seems & trust walks hand in hand with ultimate betrayal. ...

An essential text for the AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting (Financial Statements). This text contains practice examinations with answers helping the student to prepare for the exam. This revised edition has been updated to include a brand new practice assessment. ...

Much-loved author Tessa Kiros celebrates the heritage of Italy the country she has chosen to call home in Limoncello & Linen Water. This whimsically feminine book is a tribute to the women in our lives
- mothers mothers-in-law grandmothers
- & the important lessons we learn from them. With accessible delicious recipes ranging from robust family dishes to quirky cakes & old-fashioned preserves this book is a precious heirloom to treasure.""

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Mma Ramotswe & Mma Makutsi have always relied on the advice of the classic guide to their trade The Principles of Private Detection. But who is the eminent author Mr Clovis Andersen & what if he were to come to Botswana? That seems a very unlikely possibility & yet.. . When Mr Andersen visits Botswana on holiday he is delighted & intrigued to stumble across a roadside sign that reveals the existence of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Professional courtesy suggests that he call & announce himself. Meanwhile Mma Makutsi & Phuti Radiphuti are embarking on married life & building a new house
- a tricky business under any circumstances but especially hazardous when the name of the contractor is the Joy & Light Building Company.
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Mma Ramotswe & Mma Makutsi have always relied on the advice of the classic guide to their trade The Principles of Private Detection. But who is the eminent author Mr Clovis Andersen & what if he were to come to Botswana? That seems a very unlikely possibility & yet.. . When Mr Andersen visits Botswana on holiday he is delighted & intrigued to stumble across a roadside sign that reveals the existence of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Professional courtesy suggests that he call & announce himself. Meanwhile Mma Makutsi & Phuti Radiphuti are embarking on married life & building a new house
- a tricky business under any circumstances but especially hazardous when the name of the contractor is the Joy & Light Building Company.
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In the hazardous fictional terrain of his historical novels Gore Vidal is never especially kind to American history in general or to its icons in particular. Yet in this brilliantly realised study of Abraham Lincoln he paints a surprising & near-heroic picture of the man who led America through four of the most divisive & dangerous years of the nations history. Observed alternately by his loved ones his rivals & his future assassins Lincoln at first appears as an inept & naive backwoods lawyer. People in this novel are not averse to turning up getting drunk & regaling the reader with details of Lincolns whoring activities & his seemingly inexhaustible supply of folksy stories. Yet gradually Lincoln the towering leader of deep vision emerges in a Washington engulfed by fear greed & the horrors of the Civil War. Lincolns loving but mentally decomposing wife his view from the White House on slavery & Americas bloodiest war & his own fierce personal ambition: all are portrayed with a vibrancy & an urgency that almost belies what they have now become ? history itself. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...