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. ...

Crime novelist & detective Paul Temple & his glamorous wife Steve made their first appearance on BBC Radio in 1938. 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 Temples help with his latest tricky case. The radio serials proved so popular that Francis Durbridge was inspired to write a succession of novels featuring the smooth sleuth. In this compelling story read by Buffy" & " Little Britain" star Anthony Head Paul & Steve investigate an intriguing case of robbery & murder. Making their getaway after raiding Harkdale bank a gang of thieves are surprised by the police & a car chase ensues. When the robbers car crashes killing two of them the police go to retrieve the money but it is not there. They trace it to an accomplice Gavin Renson but then he is found dead in the garage of Pauls country cottage. Shortly before the gruesome discovery Paul & Steve had given a lift to a beautiful redhead Betty Stanway who overheard her boyfriend Desmond Blane plotting a robbery on the telephone. Is he the gang leader? Did he kill Renson? & if so is Bettys life in danger? It is up to the Temples to unravel the complex mystery... The great radio detective lives again in a brand new reading by Anthony Head."
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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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Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance Second Edition is an accessible introduction to the classical side of quantitative finance specifically for university students. Adapted from the comprehensive even epic works Derivatives & Paul Wilmott on Quantitative Finance Second Edition it

Includes:: carefully selected chapters to give the student a thorough understanding of futures options & numerical methods. Software is included to help visualize the most important ideas & to show how techniques are implemented in practice. There are comprehensive end-of-chapter exercises to test students on their understanding.

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