Liverpool
- the port of a king the birthplace of The Beatles the gateway to a new life for migrants & the home of proud Scousers.
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Wallpaper* City Guides not only suggest where to stay eat & drink but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up & coming areas landmark buildings in an ' Architour' design centres & the best shops to buy items unique to that city. Wallpaper* City Guides present travellers with a fast-track ticket to the chosen location. The edited guides offer the best most exciting & the most beautiful of that particular city. As well as looking beautiful the guides are expertly designed with function as a priority & have tabbed sections so that readers can easily find the information they are looking for. The guides include rate & currency information maps & a colour-coding system to help you navigate the different parts of the city. They are the ultimate combination of form & function. ...

Annie Harrison has a difficult childhood & she eventually goes to live in the Grand Hotel with a rich school friend. Marriage follows & when her husband dies she throws herself into providing for her children. Starting with a market stall she discovers a talent for designing clothes that develops into a successful business. But there comes a time amidst the success when Annie feel she can no longer go on. Then a chance meeting leads to events she has no control over & at last she finds the happiness that has previously eluded her. ...

Discover the colourful history of Liverpool with this collection of tales from across the city. Featuring a story for every day of the year it

Includes:: famous historical events such as the opening of the citys first dock the abolition of the slave trade the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway & the Hillsborough Disaster alongside less well known & often humorous events from the citys colourful past. Featuring events from as early as 1207 right up to the present day this fascinating selection is sure to appeal to everyone interested in one of Britains most historically rich cities.

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Writer & female journalist Ragnhild Lund Ansnes has spent two years getting to know many of the greatest legends who played for the Reds during the past 50 years. The result is a fascinating official club book which for the first time delves beneath the surface to tell the human story of the man behind the player. In 2010 Ansnes penned the best-selling official Liverpool Hearts which analysed how following Liverpool FC has changed the lives of Norwegian fans & showed what football is doing to its supporters. Now she skillfully turns the focus on to the clubs players in Liverpool Heroes. Never before have so many Anfield legends opened up so freely about their personal lives in a book. David Fairclough talks about how the untimely death of his father affected his Anfield career & how the Reds fans have supported him through the sudden death of his wife Phil Thompson breaks his silence about how a 15 year long disagreement with a team mate & fellow European Cup winning captain was finally healed Phil Neal & Tommy Smith reveal the personal sacrifices they made for Liverpool FC
- how their career affected their family & home life More revelations follow from Kevin Keegan Bruce Grobbelaar John Barnes Roy Evans Alan Kennedy & modern day giants Jamie Carragher & Steven Gerrard among others. Liverpool Heroes is a different & revealing football book that will show you a side of the legends you have never seen before.
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Liverpool FC is the most successful English football club in history. Eighteen-time league champions five-time European Cup Winners
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Take a photographic journey into Liverpools often overlooked local craft & advertising history. This intriguing book profiles h&-painted advertising from across the city & investigates the companies that commissioned the signs that now appear faded on the brickwork of buildings. It is a snapshot of a time that is almost forgotten but which lives on through the sometimes haunting presence of ghost signs on Liverpools city streets. Over 150 signs gloriously illustrated here in full colour are explored through chapters focused on the types of products advertised: Food & Drink; Alcohol & Tobacco; Shoes & Clothing; etc. Liverpool Ghost Signs is a must for all true local historians. ...

It is 1941 & Connie & Lottie Brinsley are training to be nurses at Liverpools Walton Hospital. When heavy bombing is followed by the news that their home has taken a direct hit & their parents & little brother are dead the two sisters are utterly devastated. Later they are shocked to discover that their uncle Steve is not who they thought he was & the Brinsleys have been living a lie for years. & Steves not the only one whos hiding the truth for when Lottie meets & marries Waldo Padley no one tells her that hes a liar & a cheat. But no matter what life throws at them the sisters find the strength to face the troubles ahead... ...

One of Lyn Andrews first eight novels transferring from the original publisher to Headline; already steady sellers they will be targeted for a huge increase in sales. Aunt Babsey considered herself a cut above her neighbours on Everton Ridge. For one thing she was trade. She taught her children to be respectable & she ruled her family with a rod of iron. Fourteen-year-old Louisa was the only one who didnt quite fit in. With her mother dead & her father away at sea she was becoming increasingly aware of the grinding poverty of the thirties. The tough conditions of Liverpool
- love war betrayal death
- all made her determined to seek her own path both in the man she loved & the work which would eventually make her famous throughout the city as Liverpool Lou.

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The fully revised & updated 2012 edition of The Liverpool Miscellany is essential reading for fans in the red half of Merseyside. Written by respected football journalist Leo Moynihan a lifelong Liverpool fan this goldmine of information reveals all manner of facts feats & stories from the proud history of one of English football's most successful clubs. A rich source of quirky trivia the book explains how Liverpool twice made history on ' Match of the Day' what happened when a Mr Whippy van spared the blushes of a European Cup-wining captain & reveals the lucky mascot that inspired one of the club's greatest ever managers. In addition it also tells the story of Anfield's legendary stadium announcer reveals the full list of Pepe Reina's matchday superstitions & celebrates the wit & wisdom of the great Bill Shankly in a special chapter containing some of his finest quips. Alongside these meticulously researched entries are biographical sections on club heroes like Billy Liddell Kevin Keegan Emlyn Hughes John Barnes Robbie Fowler Steven Gerrard & Kenny Dalglish as well as detailed season-by-season records to satisfy even the most ardent of statisticians. With its extensive array of facts feats & anecdotes to chew over this labour of love is the perfect Christmas present for the Liverpool fan in your life
- young or old. Beautifully printed on imitation cloth.
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