Dave Jones is one of the most respected managers in football who took Cardiff to the FA Cup final Wolves to the Premier League & Stockport to their highest ever league position. But few fans if any could possibly identify with the anguish & turmoil that blighted his life. A staunch family man & loving father of four children Daves world was turned upside down when while manager of Premier League Southampton out of the blue he was charged with child abuse relating to his time working as a care worker. As he fought to clear his name from these totally false allegations supported by his loyal wife Ann who will also reveal her thoughts Dave lost his job & tragically his father. What he didnt lose was his determination to tell his side of the story even in the face of threats from those who sought to finish him. Now in unprecedented detail Dave reveals the effect the traumatic episode had on him & his family identifies those he believes were responsible
- & explains how against all the odds he picked up the pieces & resumed a highly successful managerial career.
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The 1980s was the revolutionary decade of the twentieth century. To look back in 1990 at the Britain of ten years earlier was to look into another country. The changes were not superficial like the revolution in fashion & music that enlivened the 1960s; nor were they quite as unsettling & joyless as the troubles of the 1970s. & yet they were irreversible. By the end of the decade society as a whole was wealthier money was easier to borrow there was less social upheaval less uncertainty about the future. Perhaps the greatest transformation of the decade was that by 1990 the British lived in a new ideological universe where the defining conflict of the twentieth century between capitalism & socialism was over. Thatcherism took the politics out of politics & created vast differences between rich & poor but no expectation that the existence of such gross inequalities was a problem that society or government could solve
- because as Mrs Thatcher said ' There is no such thing as society.. .people must look to themselves first'. From the Falklands war & the miners' strike to Bobby Sands & the Guildford Four from Diana & the New Romantics to Live Aid & the 'big bang' from the Rubik's cube to the ZX Spectrum Mc Smith's brilliant narrative account uncovers the truth behind the decade that changed Britain forever.
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On the morning she will never forget suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover & a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom & dad. But when she leaves her bedroom she discovers the house is empty with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye without any explanation her family has simply disappeared. Twenty-five years later Cynthia is still haunted by unanswered questions. Were her family murdered? If so why was she spared? & if they're alive why did they abandon her in such a cruel way? Now married with a daughter of her own Cynthia fears that her new family will be taken from her just as her first one was. & so she agrees to take part in a TV documentary revisiting the case in the hope that somebody somewhere will remember something
- or even that her father mother or brother might finally reach out to her... Then a letter arrives which makes no sense & yet chills Cynthia to the core. & soon she begins to realise that stirring up the past could be the worst mistake she has ever made...
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Nadine Gordimer is one of our most telling contemporary writers. With each new work she attacks
- with a clear-eyed lack of sentimentality
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The queen of delicious simple food is back! If you love tasty well-prepared food but don't have time to slave over a hot stove Donna Hay's sumptuous new book is the answer to your prayers. This is the only cookbook you will need when you're time poor & after flavoursome food
- it's food for every cook every food-lover & every occasion. In her Assembled Dinners & Fast Flavours chapters Donna shows you how to pull store-bought ingredients together to make easy mouth-watering meals. Take heart from the simple combinations which only need a couple of ingredients & a few minutes to let the intense flavours unfold. Hate the thought of endless washing up? The One Pot chapter teaches you to prepare gastronomic delights in one pan. If you're planning ahead the Some Now Some Later chapter hosts a list of tasty recipes suitable for freezing something Donna is delighted to have re-discovered as a working mum. All this plus cheat's notes short cuts & hints on food styling from one of the world's leading cookbook writers.
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Eva Montgomery is at the peak of her career when she is viciously attacked by a stalker. While still traumatised she makes the biggest mistake of her life
- one she can never turn back from. Sixteen years later Eva has managed to rebuild her life in a way that seemed impossible after the attack. Her home in Dorset high on the cliffs overlooking the sea is as elegant as she is but bears none of the scars. To an outsider her world seems perfect in every way. Then the past invades the present
- with shattering consequences. Hurt frightened & confused Eva struggles desperately to put right the terrible mistake she made sixteen years ago & finally break free from a past that nearly destroyed her.

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Join Mary Wade on a long & perilous journey that begins in the slums of eighteenth century London. Aged thirteen Mary is imprisoned in Newgate prison awaiting sentence of death for a petty theft. When her sentence is commuted to transportation she sets sail onboard a prison ship to the other side of the world. Australia brings the promise of a new life but does Mary have what it takes to make it in the land of opportunity? ...

No Way Down" is the the gripping terrifying story of a brutal struggle for survival on the upper slopes of the Himalayan K2 the worlds most hostile terrain by Graham Bowley. K2 August 1st 2008. Thirty climbers are attempting the summit of the most savage mountain on Earth. They make it. But before they start their descent an ice shelf collapses sweeping away their ropes. It is dark. Their lines are gone. They are low on oxygen. & it is getting very very cold. How many will make it down alive? "A gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalayas over three deadly days. A fitting shelfmate to the modern classic " Into Thin Air". A cracking read". (" Sunday Times"). " Stories of heroism sadness & extraordinary endurance against all the odds [are] woven into a thrilling drama". (" Daily Mail"). " Unputdownable. A portrait of extreme courage folly & loss leavened by a small dose of survival.. .as complete a version of the calamitous story as will probably ever emerge". (" Financial Times"). " The best mountain-disaster memoir since " Into Thin Air"". (" Mail on Sunday"). Graham Bowley was born in England in 1968. He is a reporter for the " New York Times". He lives in Manhattan with his wife & their two daughters & son." ...

Amber is shocked when her brother falls to his death from a tower block. She's convinced it wasn't an accident & so begins her journey to discover the truth & bring some kind of justice for Connor. With twists turns & a fabulous multi-layered plot Bernard Ashley has created a thrilling & engrossing tale. Set in south east London this is a incredibly gritty & absorbing novel. ...

One woman's struggle against great odds with a heart tragically divided. Having spent her childhood with a cold unfeeling stepmother Lily Clair's life is changed for ever when she is sent as general maid to old friends of her family. Soon into the dull routine comes Joel handsome son of a wealthy entrepreneur & for Lily young & vulnerable their meeting is a revelation. Riding high on the crest of her new-found happiness she cannot be prepared for the violent attack that comes in the night or for its devastating life-changing consequences. But live with the consequences she must as with a heart torn she deals with one hand of fate after another. Building to an unforgettable climax set against a plague-ravaged rural England Lily Clair's story is one of love passion betrayal tragedy & longing. In her search for happiness she is a woman you will never forget.. . ...