The master of the game is back with another pulse-pounding adventure featuring the unstoppable Sean Dillon Whilst checking up on the volatile situation in Kosovo the US Presidents right-hand man Blake Johnson meets Major Harry Miller a member of the British Cabinet. Miller is there doing his own checks for the British Prime Minister. When both men get involved with a group of Russian soldiers about to commit an atrocity Miller puts & end to the scuffle with a bullet in the forehead of the ring-leader. But this action has dire consequences not only for Miller & Johnson but their associates too including Britains Sean Dillon & all the way to the top of the British Russian & United States governments. Death begets death & revenge leads only to revenge & before the chain reaction of events is over many will be dead... ...

From Alex Ross the sensational award-winning artist of the bestselling Mythology" comes his never-before-seen "DC Comics Sketchbook". It features an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the stunning black-&-white drawings of the DC characters you loved from " Mythology": Batman Superman Wonder Woman Aquaman The Flash Green Lantern Black Canary & many more. All of Alex Ross' extraordinary hyper-realistic paintings start as pencil on paper & some of them never get beyond that stage. None of these hundreds of graphite sketches has ever been published before & most of them will make their only published appearance in " Rough Justice". Plus in an interview with Chip Kidd Ross reveals his process & how these drawings translate into the finished paintings. In 2008 Ross became the first cover artist in DC history to work simultaneously on the monthly " Superman" & " Batman" titles. All of the designs he created for an entire year-even those that did not make the final cut-are included here." ...

The seventh book in the bestselling Dan ' Spider' Shepherd series. Villains across London are being beaten crippled & killed by vigilante cops. Crime rates are falling but the powers that be want Dan ' Spider' Shepherd to bring the wave of rough justice to an end. Shepherd has always known that there are grey areas in the fight against crime. & that sometimes justice gets lost in the process. He has never been comfortable investigating cops but working for the Serious Organised Crime Agency means that he has no choice. He has to go undercover with an elite group of officers who are at the sharp end of policing risking their lives daily on the toughest streets in the Capital. But Shepherd has hard decisions of his own to make when his family is in the firing line. ...

First published in 1990 Rough Ride" is one of the greatest books ever written about the life of a professional athlete. Almost twenty years later Yellow Jersey is publishing an updated edition of this cycling classic with a new foreword by the author which reflects on his life both inside & outside the sport. Paul Kimmages boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: wearing the yellow jersey cycling the Tour de France becoming a national hero. He knew it wouldnt come easy but he was prepared to put in the graft: he spent his teenage years cycling an average of 400 miles per week. The dedication began to pay off. As an amateur he represented his country & finished sixth in the World Championships. In 1986 he turned professional. Thats when reality hit. He soon discovered it wasnt about glory & courage & it wasnt about how much training you put in or how much you wanted to win. It was about gruelling defeats complete & utter exhaustion & it was about drugs. Not drugs that would ensure victory but drugs that would allow you to finish the race & start another day. Paul Kimmage left the sport to write this book. It is a powerful & frank account that breaks the law of silence surrounding the issue of drugs in sport. An eye-opening expose & a heartbreaking lament it is a book that anyone interested in any sport should read." ...

A trawlermans life was hard often up against bad weather rough seas & black frosts although on calm days it was a pleasure to be at sea. In this eventful memoir deep-sea trawlerman James Greene relates his life at sea from his childhood when his father would take him out in some of the worst gales & hurricanes imaginable (and he loved every minute of it!) to his early career as a deckhand learner obtaining his skippers ticket & the many experiences
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- to occur throughout his time at sea. During his career he was involved in ship collisions & fires arrested for poaching fired upon by Icelandic gunboats in countless storms & even swept overboard in icy conditions off the Russian coast. The British trawling industry is now a by-gone age & people are beginning to forget the adventures & hardships that characterised this profession. This book seeks to keep the memories of a once great industry alive.

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Rough Water Handling" by Doug Cooper is a practical guide that will help you to master the skills needed to manoeuvre a sea kayak efficiently in rough water & advanced conditions. For intermediate & advanced paddlers Doug draws on his personal & coaching experience to help the reader master sea kayak handling skills & techniques. Accurate sequential photos & simple concise language make the descriptions easy to follow & underst&. The technical tactical physiological & psychological aspects of these skills are covered in the areas of: high wind paddling moving water surf rock hopping tide races open crossings & rolling. " Rough Water Handling" is recommended as support material for the British Canoe Union 4 & 5 Star (Sea) awards. (The 1 star is a novice encouragement award the 2 star covers basic generic kayak skills the 3 star basic/intermediate sea specific skills & experience & the 4 star covers intermediate sea specific skills & leadership in moderate conditions). Doug has spent a lifetime playing & working in the outdoors! He is at his happiest when exploring new parts of the world or challenging himself & others to improve their skills; this he has been doing for over twenty years. With a constant lust for adventure Doug has sea kayaked all over the world including Greenland Iceland Norways Lofoten Islands Canada Ireland Scotland Wales Corsica Sardinia & Croatia. His whitewater kayaking & mountaineering has also taken him on adventures around the globe. At present Doug works as Head of Paddlesport at Glenmore Lodge Scotlands National Outdoor Centre. Here his love of helping others learn & improve is put to good use every day when he works as a BCU Level 5 Sea & Whitewater Coach Level 4 Surf Coach & a Mountain & Ski Instructor. Doug is the author of " Sea Kayak Handling" & co-authored " Scottish Sea Kayaking" (Pesda Press) a selective guide to sea kayaking in Scotl&." ...

Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy beautiful & well connected. Shes also a notorious gold digger only recently separated from her latest husband
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In 2012 Bradley Wiggins made history by becoming the first Briton ever to win the Tour de France. His compatirot Chris Froome came second while fellow Brits the 'fastest man on earth' Mark Cavendish & reformed doper David Millar made sure that between them Britain accounted for 7 of a possible 21 stage wins. Great Britain had conquered the Tour de France. In Roule Britannia" number one bestselling author William Fotheringham charts British cycling's rise to the top. From the early days of Brian Robinson to Bradley Wiggins' dominant ride via Tom Simpson Robert Millar Chris Boardman & many others " Roule Britannia" celebrates a nation's love affair with the greatest race of all." ...

This annual celebration provides an exclusive look into the world of professional racing from a band of photographers with distinct takes on what it is that makes cycling the most visually inspiring sport in the world. Rouleur has published a seasons review for the last five years. With more than 20 photographers working on features there is a unique library of superb images to draw from making the Annual the perfect companion to the Rouleur magazine & a wonderful addition to the new Bloomsbury Rouleur imprint. The Annual

Includes:: a foreword from the Guardians chief sports writer Richard Williams.

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Patrick Leigh Fermor's Mani compellingly revealed a hidden world of Southern Greece & its past. Its northern counterpart takes the reader among Sarakatsan shepherds the monasteries of Meteora & the villages of Krakora among itinerant pedlars & beggars & even tracks down at Missolonghi a pair of Byron's slippers. Roumeli is not on modern maps: it is the ancient name for the lands from the Bosphorus to the Adriatic & from Macedonia to the Gulf of Corinth. But it is the perfect evocative name for the Greece that Fermor captures in writing that carries throughout his trademark vividness of description. But what is more the pictures of people traditions & landscapes that he creates on the page are imbued with an intimate understanding of Greece & its history. ...