Paul Newman who died in 2008 achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades broken heroes & winsome anti-heroes in such classic films as The Hustler Cool Hand Luke Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid The Verdict & The Color of Money. & for all the diverse parts he played on the silver screen Newman occupied nearly as many roles off it. He was a loving husband & family man a fund raiser sold his own brand of pasta sauce to make millions for charity drove racing cars & much more. Shawn Levy reveals the many sides of this legendary actor in the most comprehensive biography of the star yet published. We see Newman the consummate professional a stickler for details & a driven worker. In his private life he played the roles of loyal son & brother supportive husband
- married to Joanne Woodward for 50 years
- & responsible provider for six children. But Levy shows that Newman & his life were by no means perfect: there was a dalliance with another woman & failings as a father. The death of his only son Scott from a drug overdose in 1978 would haunt Newman for the rest of his life. Ultimately the author reveals how Newman was able to blend his many roles & become a man of great integrity who was successful at almost everything he tried. It is a fascinating portrait of an extraordinarily gifted man & will leave readers feeling that they have slipped through the security gate & got to know a movie star who was famously guarded about his private life.

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Paul 'mad as a badger' Nixon is one of cricket's most distinctive figures a wicketkeeper known as much for his manic words & deeds as a trophy-laden career which spanned four decades. But behind the bullishness England & Leicestershire's most notorious 'sledger' was battling strange mental demons both on & off the field. In Keeping Quiet" the Cumbrian farmer's son reveals the nature of his psychological torment & how his career finally took off after conquering dyslexia. He offers a candid insight into the events that shaped his life including family tragedy turbulent England tours a controversial World Cup turmoil at his county his sensational swansong sledging tales aplenty
- as well as revelations about match-fixing."
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Between the end of Frank Herberts Dune & his next novel Dune Messiah lies a mystery: how a hero adored by a planet became a tyrant hated by a universe. Paul of Dune begins the story of those twelve fateful years & the wars of the jihad of Paul Muad Dib. It is an epic of battle & betrayal; of love & idealism; of ambition & intrigue. Above all it is the story of how Paul Atreides
- who achieved absolute power when scarcely more than a boy
- changes from an idealist into a dictator who is the prisoner of the bureaucrats & fanatics who surround him. Have you read Dune? & have you read Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Andersons novels continuing the story? The latest are Hunters of Dune & Sandworms of Dune.

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This is a brand new fully dramatised remake of the lost archive drama Paul Temple & Steve starring Crawford Logan & Gerda Stevenson. From 1938 to 1968 crime novelist & detective Paul Temple & his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC Radios most popular serials. Now the dapper duo return refreshed & reinvigorated to the airwaves to investigate the activities of a shadowy & ruthless criminal mastermind in post-war London. Enlisted by Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard to help track down the mysterious Dr Belasco Paul & Steve find clues in cigarette lighters & bodies in shrubberies dance the night away in louche Latin American night clubs meet sinister manservants & suspicious foreigners & have their lives threatened at every turn. Just as well Steve remembered to bring along her revolver as well as her ration book... This new production for BBC Radio 4 uses the original scripts vintage sound effects & much of the incidental music from the missing 1947 production. As far as possible it is a technical & stylistic replica of how that production might have sounded had its recording survived. ...

3 CDs. From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist & detective Paul Temple & his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBc radios most popular serials. They inhabit a sophisticated well-dressed world of chilled cocktails & fast cars where the women are chic & the men still wear cravats. & where Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard always needs Pauls help with a tricky case. ...

Peter Coke & Marjorie Westbury star in another suspenseful case for BBC radio s smoothest sleuth & his glamorous wife From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist & detective Paul Temple together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC radio s most popular serials. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails & fast cars where the women were chic & the men wore cravats a world where Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard usually needed Paul s help with his latest tricky case. This time the case involves the Fergusons who Paul & Steve meet while on the way home from New York. They are flying to England to visit their son Richard a student at Oxford University. But at the airport there is shocking news: Richard has been murdered found shot dead in his room. The only clues are a postcard from Harrogate signed Jonathan & Richard s missing gold signet ring. But who is Jonathan & what is his connection to the dead man? It is up to Paul to find the answer... ...

From 1942 in one of the oldest full-length radio dramas in the BBC archive Carl Bernard stars as Paul Temple & Bernadette Hodgson as his wife Steve. From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist & detective Paul Temple together with his Fleet Street" journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails & fast cars where the women were chic & the men wore cravats
- a world where Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. The murder of well-known American Myron Harwood found dead in a small country lane heralds the start of a series of celebrity murders. Each time the body is found with a small square piece of white cardboard bearing the inscription ' The Marquis'. When the eighth victim a girl is picked out of the river with the same card attached to her dress a note from Paul Temple is delivered to Sir Graham Forbes. The message reads: ' Is it true what they say about Rita?' Rita Cartwright was a private detective investigating the Marquis murders
- & now she too has ended up dead. With the police baffled & the Home Secretary specially requesting his involvement Paul Temple has no choice but to intervene..."

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Paul was a Hebrew of the Hebrews steeped in the learning of his people. But he was also a Roman citizen who widely traveled the Mediterranean basin & was very knowledgeable of the dominant Greek & Roman culture of his day. These two mighty rivers of influence converge in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. With razor-sharp attention to the text Kenneth Bailey examines the cultural milieu & rhetorical strategies that shaped this pivotal epistle. He discovers the deep layers of the Hebraic prophetic tradition informing Paul's writin 2949g linking the Apostle with the great prophets of the Old Testament. Throughout Bailey employs his expert knowledge of Near Eastern & Mediterranean culture to deliver to readers a new understanding of Paul & his world. Familiar passages take on a new hue as they are stripped of standard Western interpretations & rendered back into their ancient setting. ...

Paolo Hewitt has known Paul Weller since they were both teenagers in the depths of Woking" through his ascent to fame with " The Jam" the halcyon years of " The Style Council" & for all of his critically acclaimed solo career. Hewitt has even been the inspiration for some of Wellers songs
- & he has extraordinary in-depth knowledge of the inspiration behind the rest. Once when Hewitt interviewed Weller for a music magazine he complained
- I dont know why people ask me all these questions. All the answers are in my songs. Largely unnoticed Weller has used thirty-years of lyrics to explore his personal history & beliefs. Taking as his starting point these lyrics alongside a lifetimes friendship Paolo Hewitt shows us the real Paul Weller the man inside the music."

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Always uncomfortable in the pop limelight Paul Weller has at times suffered for his art. His fascination with contemporary black music eventually led The Style Council to a dead end & his moral convictions championing causes like CND & Red Wedge left him disillusioned with politics. Wellers return was slow but gradual & for the last decade he enjoyed an artistic renaissance that continues unabated. Traces Wellers career from his upbringing in Woking through his years with The Jam & the difficulties he faced after its demise to his current status as one of Britains most respected performers & songwriters. This new paperback edition has been revised & updated to take Wellers story into the 21st century. It covers his link-up with Bransons V2 label along with The Rolling Stones & lovingly compiled album of cover versions Studio 150. It chronicles the peaks & troughs of the three stages of Wellers remarkable careers.

Includes:: comprehensive discography & many previously unpublished photographs. John Reed a former Research Editor of Record Collector magazine has interviewed many of Wellers friends & colleagues & presents a comprehensive picture The Modfather.

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