This is the first book to be written about a group of remarkable men who left the wealth & comfort of America before the Second World War to volunteer for the most dangerous trade in the world. While the everlasting popularity of books & films about Bomber Command is self-evident few people know there were any Americans flying with RAF Bomber Comm&. We follow the life stories & flying careers of 21 Americans who fought in the air war over Europe with the RAFs two premier Bomber Command squadrons
- 9 & 617. Of these men of free will 15 were killed in action.
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CAN SHE EVER PEN HER OWN LOVE STORY? Meeting Alistair Devlin Londons most eligible bachelor causes Victoria Bretton no end of problems. Masking her attraction is even more difficult than concealing her alter ego
- playwright Valentine Lawe
- not to mention the fact that this mans unsettling gaze is causing her the most terrible writers block! Alistairs not in the market for love...although he cant help but be beguiled by Victoria & intrigued by the secrets shes hiding. As they grow closer the lines between fact & fiction become blurred. Can she be the heroine of her very own happy ending?

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Sensational. Wildly hilarious. An amazing read". (Stephen Fry). " Andy Kershaw is a compulsive truth-teller & he does it with verve wit & passion. He is one of the few truly original voices in broadcasting & his book is already a classic". (Fergal Keane). Andy Kershaw truly has no off switch. As a teenager he was promoting major rock gigs. He was Billy Bragg's driver & roadie one day & presenting " Whistle Test" & " Live Aid" the next. A passionate music enthusiast he is a man with an obsessive curiosity about the world. Over a twenty-five year career he has worked for the " Rolling Stones" & Bruce Springsteen shared an office with John Peel & amassed a record collection that weighs seven tons. He has won more Sony Radio awards than any other broadcaster. He has visited 97 countries & as a foreign correspondent filed numerous reports for Radio 4. He was also one of the few journalists present during the Rwanda genocide. The past few years have seen him go through a turbulent time in his personal life but he has put this behind him written his story & returned to the airwaves fronting the BBC's " Music Planet" series. Rebel. Maverick. Music fanatic. Andy Kershaw shares the story of his life with candour insight immediacy & incredible humour." ...

In her remarkable stories of seemingly ordinary people living extraordinary lives Miranda July reveals how a single moment can change everything. Whether writing about a middle-aged womans obsession with Prince William or an aging factory worker who has never been in love the result is startling tender & sexy by turns. Miranda July is a brilliant new voice in fiction. ...

The thirteenth fantastic thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Karen Rose. It may be unlucky for some... Will anyone live to tell the tale? If one more woman should accidentally fall therell be no more women &... Ramon Munoz has spent five years in prison convicted of a murder his family is convinced he did not commit. Unable to get the courts to take them seriously they turn to private investigator Paige Holden for help. Paige cannot resist the familys pleas. But when Ramons wife having just handed her the evidence that will help prove his innocence is brutally executed in front of her eyes Paige is thrown headlong into a case which will place her life into jeopardy. As Paige risks everything to prove Ramon was set up she comes to realise that there is more at stake if Ramon is freed than she could have ever guessed. Can Paige stay alive long enough to unmask an unstoppable killer who will not rest until theres no one left to tell? ...

Given away by her mother at five months old raped on the day of her first communion at age seven
- when Celine Roberts was told
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Jane Reynolds father dominates her life. Though she seems a devoted daughter his cruelty has left her afraid to love. After his sudden death she becomes a virtual recluse leaving her small farm only to sell the fruit & vegetables she grows. But everything changes on a dark cold night when she finds a young runaway hiding near her cottage. Alice too is unloved & in pain & as the pair become friends Jane begins to wonder whether she could offer the girl the loving home shes never had. But dark secrets in both their pasts threaten everything Jane hopes for... ...

When best friends Cleo Emma & Rikki find themselves accidentally stranded on a mysterious island something very strange happens. While swimming through an eerie underwater channel the moon has a magical effect on the water changing the three girls forever. One by one the three friends discover that when they come into contact with water they grow a fishtail & become mermaids! Cleo Emma & Rikki just want to be normal teenage girls & live normal lives but as they start to come to terms with their new tails not to mention their magical powers over H20 they begin to realise that they may never be normal again! ...

It was past three oclock in the morning when Joe Calzaghe experienced the sweetest validation of his professional life. Victory over Jeff Lacy a 28-year-old American compared to a young Mike Tyson because of his power & take-no-prisoners attitude" left no one in doubt about the world super middleweight champions talent. Hugh Mc Ilvanney the doyen of British sportswriters & a veteran chronicler of fights described what he had witnessed as "one of the greatest displays of superb technique confidence & fighting intelligence a British boxer has delivered in a major contest." For years Calzaghes virtuosity remained a legend of the Welsh valleys. His defeat in 1997 of Chris Eubank brought him to prominence winning for him the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) super middleweight title. But despite a record number of defences of the belt his career lacked a defining contest.A long line of challengers & ex-titleholders were disposed of but the biggest names in American boxing avoided the ultimate showdown he craved. Hand injuries further obscured the true level of his aptitude for an art he began to learn from his father Enzo at the age of eight when
- inspired by Sugar Ray Leonard
- a rolled-up carpet in the family home in Newbridge became a makeshift heavy bag. This is the story of Calzaghes extraordinary life from his humble beginnings in his hometown of Newbridge to his ascent to personal greatness becoming the first super middleweight boxer to win the prized belt awarded by The Ring the bible of boxing in the divisions near 20-year history. As reticent outside the ring as he is remarkable once he steps inside for the first time Calzaghe reveals his fears & motivations & the real extent of the hand injuries that have dogged his career. One of Britains foremost sporting champions a warrior & working-class hero this is the story of the triumphs & trials that made Calzaghe a legend."

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Sophie Morgan bares all in her controversial sequel to Diary of a Submissive No Ordinary Love Story. Sophie Morgan is a submissive. An ordinary successful young woman who in private surrenders her body & mind to a dominant man. Some of these relationships have been loving others casual one just cruel. But what happens when she meets the dominant man of her dreams? When they move in together? When life love & play collide? In Adam Sophie has found a man to respect & cherish her as well as a lover wholl take her to the very limits of pain & pleasure. But how do you decide whose cooking dinner when later one of you will be whipping the other? Can you be curled up together watching TV one night & the next indulging in a serious punishment session? In this follow-up to the number-one bestseller The Diary of a Submissive Sophie tells us what she did next how she struggled to combine an ordinary relationship with her sexual needs. Its a controversial honest & erotic story of trying to find her kinkily romantic happy-ever-after. No Ordinary Love Story is Sophie Morgans real-life Fifty Shades of Grey. Sophie Morgan is the author number-one best-selling The Diary of a Submissive & is a journalist in her thirties. ...