By his eighteenth birthday David Millar was living & racing in France sleeping in rented rooms tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour winner. A year later he'd realised the dream & signed a professional contract. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically
- he broke his heel in a fall from a roof after too much drink & before long the pressure to succeed had tipped over into doping. Here in a full & frank autobiography David Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because 'cycling's drug culture was like white noise' & because of peer pressure. 'I doped for money & glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest Millar is clean & reflective & holds nothing back in this account of his dark years.
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By his 18th birthday David Millar was living & racing in France sleeping in rented rooms tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour winner. A year later he'd realised the dream & signed a professional contract with the Cofidis team who had one Lance Armstrong on their books. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically -- high on a roof after too much drink he broke his heel in a fall & before long the pressure to succeed had tipped over into doping. Here in a full & frank autobiography David Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because 'cycling's drug culture was like white noise' & because of peer pressure. 'I doped for money & glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest Millar is clean & reflective & holds nothing back in this account of his dark years. ...

Given the importance of what they do & the controversies that often surround them & the violent people they sometimes confront it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fawcett just became number five. His body was found in the small basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself & frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning his law clerks panicked called the FBI & in due course the agents found the crime scene. There was no forced entry no struggle just two dead bodies
- Judge Fawcett & his young secretary. I did not know Judge Fawcett but I know who killed him & why. I am a lawyer & I am in prison. It's a long story.
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Given the importance of what they do & the controversies that often surround them & the violent people they sometimes confront it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fawcett just became number five. His body was found in the small basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself & frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning his law clerks panicked called the FBI & in due course the agents found the crime scene. There was no forced entry no struggle just two dead bodies
- Judge Fawcett & his young secretary. I did not know Judge Fawcett but I know who killed him & why. I am a lawyer & I am in prison. It's a long story.
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David Adam believes that the way to get the most out of worship on Sundays is to pray regularly on weekdays. Here to help us in this duty & joy of preparation he offers prayers that link with the readings for each Sunday & great festival of the Christian Year. The prayers employ the Celtic emphasis & style that many people have found helpful in David's earlier books & will benefit those who do not use a weekly lectionary & those who do. ...

Born & raised in Essex Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager. Abandoning his love of hip hop music graffiti & girls he was recruited into Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Liberation Party) where he played a leading & international role in the shaping & dissemination of an aggressive anti-West narrative. While studying for his Arabic & law degree he travelled around the UK & to Denmark & Pakistan setting up new cells. Arriving in Egypt the day before 9/11 his views soon led to his arrest imprisonment & mental torture before being thrown into solitary confinement in a Cairo jail reserved for political prisoners. There while mixing with everyone from the assassins of Egypts president to Liberal reformists he underwent an intellectual transformation & on his release after four years he publically renounced the Islamist ideology that had defined his life. This move would cost him his marriage his family & his friends as well as his own personal security. Five years after his release Maajid now works all over the world to counter Islamism & to promote democratic ideals through his organisation The Quilliam Foundation which he co-founded with former Islamist & bestselling author Ed Husain. Following in the wake of the extraordinary democratic change in the Arab world that few would have foretold Radical is Maajids intensely personal account of life inside & out of Islamic extremism. It also highlights one mans quest to inspire change & challenge extremism in all its forms. ...

In the West most of us have suffered the fear of not being good enough feeling insecure about our appearance our sexuality our intelligence our spiritual progress or
- often most importantly
- being worthy of love. When these feelings of insufficiency or self-aversion are strong we fear abandonment & rejection. Many people have already found the Buddhist perspective on our emotional life to be extremely valuable
- & this book will be a major practical contribution to the subject.


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Veteran brewer & creative genius Randy Mosher delivers an entertaining look at beer history & culture along with a no-nonsense approach to the art of innovative brewing. He combines a passion for good beer with a solid understanding of brewing science to give a practical guide to joyfully creative brewing. It will take you to places you never thought you would go! ...

War is the natural occupation of man.. .war-and gardening. Winston Churchill to Siegfried Sassoon 1918 In the common public perception contemporary gardening is understood as suburban as leisure activity as television makeover opportunity. Its origins are seen as religious or spiritual (Garden of Eden) military (the clipped lawn the ha-ha & defensive ditches) aristocratic or monarchical (the stately home the Royal Horticultural Society). Radical Gardening travels an alternative route through history & across landscape linking propagation with propaganda. For everyday garden life is not only patio barbecue white picket fence topiary herbaceous border... From window box to veggie box from political plot to flower power this book uncovers & celebrates moments movements gestures of a peoples approach to gardens & gardening. It weaves together garden history with the counterculture stories of individual plants with discussion of government policy the social history of campaign groups with the pleasure & dirt of hands in the earth as well as original interviews alongside media pop & art references to offer an informing & inspiring new take on an old subject. ...

Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting" presents an array of works that reflect the energy vitality & innovation demonstrated by a diverse group of contemporary artists who apply traditional knitting & lacemaking techniques to unusual materials or new techniques & technologies to traditional materials. The works brought together here are by artists from many different countries. Individually these works peak to the pervasive & persuasive cultural social & political issues with which art intersects today. The role of hand work as a symbol of community & communication is highlighted in many of these pieces & the artists personal commitment to collaborative experiments is the focus of others. The works are also barometers of change in the visual arts of our time signaling the dissolving of the categories of art craft & design that have fragmented the world of aesthetic & functional objects for more than a century." ...