This is a book about men who love women. But it is not a collection of love stories. It is a study of the secret erotic fantasies that men have always kept hidden a taboo-shattering investigation that reveals the deepest most conflicting feelings that men have about women men & their own sexuality. Men in Love goes beyond the socio-sexual cliche of woman seen as either madonna or whore to reveal the conflict of love & rage at the centre of men's emotions & erotic desires. Based on thousands of candid responses from men ranging from their teens to their sixties Men in Love
- startling & shocking
- will change men's deepest feelings about their sexuality & make the women who care about them understand them as never before.

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After seven years presenting the hugely successful Something for the Weekend & now as frontman for the equally popular Sunday Brunch Simon Rimmer knows how to whip up delicious fun exotic & traditional food to really indulge in over the weekend. Men Love Pies Girls Like Hummus is the perfect combination of delicious modern dishes personal anecdotes & the approachable laid back voice that has made Simon so popular around the UK. With chapters including ' Tim hates coriander' 'I like Prawns but they don't like me' & 'A muckment of sauce' Simon brings his inimitable style to the table & creates a variety of dishes that will please everyone including your parents unexpected visitors your partner & your friends. ...

Its 526 BC & the empire of the Pharaohs is dying crumbling under the weight of its own antiquity. Corruption & decay cripple its cities infects its leaders & cripples its armies while across the great expanse of Sinai like jackals drawn to carrion the forces of the omnipotent king of Persia watch & wait... But all is not quite lost. For leading the fight to preserve the soul of Egypt is the Phoneician warrior Hasdrubal Barca the pharaohs deadliest killer
- possessor of a rage few men can fathom & fewer can withst&. But the defection of one of Egypts most celebrated generals the Greek mercenary Phanes to the Persians triggers a savage war that will test Barcas military skills & his humanity to the limit. But Barca is changing
- a girl who was once a slave but with a gift for healing
- tends to his wounds & as she does so eases his tortured soul & teaches him how to be truly human again. From the political wastelands of Palestine & the searing deserts east of the Nile to the streets of the ancient city of Memphis Barca & Phanes play a desperate & brutal game of cat-&-mouse that culminates in the bloodiest battle of Egypts history. In the dusty hills east of Pelusium a reckoning will unfold for there over the dead of two nations Hasdrabal Barca will face the same choice of as those great heroes of old: death & eternal fame or long life & obscurity...


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It is the age of empire of blood & conquest of boundless excitement & possibility. Striding in the footsteps of the pioneers is Zouga Ballantyne. His dream begins in the danger & drudgery of the diamond pits & ends up on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland
- but not before a king & a proud warrior nation have paid the price of history...
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Few modes of travel have the enduring appeal of steam railways. Today preserved lines locomotives & rolling stock attract not just expert enthusiasts but more casual visitors who are keen to savour the distinctive atmosphere of a lost era in transport history. Yet these relics are but one aspect of the long story of steam for they cannot reveal the human side of working life on the railways
- the experience of the railwaymen who operated the machinery of the steam age. It is this the human aspect of railway history that David Wragg has chosen as the subject of this landmark book. He has selected extracts from the personal reminiscences of railwaymen to create an allround portrait of the industry in its prime. He records their memories anecdotes & insights & he brings the routines of the steam railway vividly back to life. As this fascinating portrait of the industry reveals the men who worked on the railways during that era knew a different world from todays electric & diesel network. The railways were not simply a job for life but the job was their life. They could spend their entire careers advancing step by step through the industry from engine cleaner to fireman to driver & from working on a shunter to operating a famous named express. Fortunately for us the railwaymen of that time shared their experiences with one another through their employee magazinesand their books so they have left behind them a fascinating record of their work their attitudes & concerns. The observations eyewitness accounts operating procedures complaints anecdotes & simple descriptions of the long-lost daily routines of the steam railway are the raw material for David Wraggs remarkable book.
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The two-engined Mosquito was one of the classic aircraft of the Second World War. Famously wooden-built its graceful lines & powerful performance have made it into an airborne icon. Its operational versatility as a fighter low level bomber & reconnaissance aircraft was unsurpassed. In this book we get the first-hand crew accounts of a selection of the actions & missions that the Mossie undertook. These include audacious raids on Nazi HQs & Gestapo jails
- real precision attacks carried out by ace fliers.
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In 1781 the British Empire suffered its most devastating defeat in a war that most believed Britain ought to have won. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders & political leaders in London must have been to blame their arrogant confidence & outdated tactics proving no match for the innovative & determined Americans. But this is far from the truth. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war Andrew O' Shaughnessy dispels the myths emerging with a very different & much richer account of the conflict
- one driven by able & at times even brilliant leadership. In interlinked biographical chapters O' Shaughnessy follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III Prime Minister Lord North military leaders including General Burgoyne the Earl of Sandwich & others whose stories shed new light upon our understanding of how the war unfolded. Victories were frequent & in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War retaining key strongholds even during the peace negotiations. Taking a wider lens to events O' Shaughnessy looks past the surrender at Yorktown to British victories against the French & Spanish demonstrating that ultimately many of the men who lost America would go on to save the empire.
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In 1979 a secret unit was established by the US Army. Defying all known military practice -- & indeed the laws of physics -- they believed that a soldier could adopt a cloak of invisibility pass cleanly through walls & perhaps most chillingly kill goats just by staring at them. They were the First Earth Battalion. & they really werent joking. Whats more theyre back & fighting the War on Terror. So unbelievable it has to be true -- this is the real-life account that inspired the film. Simultaneously frightening & hilarious The Times Not only a narcotic road trip through the wackier reaches of Bushs war effort but also an unmissable account of the insanity that has lately been done in our names Observer ...

In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US Army. Defying all known military practice -- & indeed the laws of physics -- they believed that a soldier could adopt a cloak of invisibility pass cleanly through walls & perhaps most chillingly kill goats just by staring at them. They were the First Earth Battalion. & they really weren't joking. What's more they're back & fighting George Bush's War on Terror. Often funny sometimes chilling & always thought-provoking The Men Who Stare at Goats is a story so unbelievable it has to be true. ...

Fast hard-hitting funny & honest this is the book that answers the question that all women discuss every day: Where are the interesting & available men? Forget the fiction. This is not self help or a dating manual
- This is Men!"
- controversial sassy & very entertaining
- Michael Moore meets real life Bridget Jones. Bestselling author Isabel Losada throws herself (literally) into all male environments to learn about how different Men! are from women. From learning to be a plumber & riding a Harley to interviewing psychologists scientists & dating hosts every page will have readers smiling & learning about Men! & about themselves. How do you define an interesting man? (or women?) How are male & female brains different? What do men fantasise about? What do the richest men in the city & the builders on the building sites want of women? How do women entice men from watching sport on TV & encourage them to really enjoy women instead? This is not a book for women who think that finding a man is the solution to their problems; rather it is an intelligent controversial & often hilarious journey through modern life & relationships by a unique & well-loved author."


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