Melanie Mc Grath's critically acclaimed East End family memoir now in paperback. In this remarkable book award-winning writer Melanie Mc Grath has given us a vivid & poignant memoir of the East End. Mc Grath spent years wondering about her East End roots. At the turn of the twenty-first century the places where her grandparents lived out their lives Poplar East Ham & Silvertown -- are virtually unrecognisable; her grandparents Jenny & Len Page long since dead & already half forgotten. Silvertown teems with stories of life in the docks & pubs & dog tracks of the old East End where Melanie Mc Grath's grandparents scraped a living. Here are the bustling alleys & lanes of Poplar in 1914 where eleven year old Jenny watches the men go off to fight; the Moses sweatshop on the Mile End Waste; the London docks then the largest port in the world; & Jenny having her teeth pulled out on her seventeenth birthday. Here too is the Cosy Cafe opened full of hope by Jenny & Len -- later a home to their troubled marriage -- & an East End landscape which is altered forever by the closure of the docks & the disintegration of this close knit community. The places Melanie Mc Grath describes have largely vanished now. This evocative & deeply moving family memoir recreates the lost East End & the struggles of those who live there. ...

Only eighteen black people live in Kingsmarkham. One of them is Wexfords new Doctor Raymond Akande. When the doctors daughter Melanie goes missing the Chief Inspector takes more than just a professional interest in the case. Melanie just down from university but unable to find a job disappeared somewhere between the Benefit Office & the bus stop. Or at least no one saw her get on the bus when it came. According to her parents Melanie was happy at home. She had recently broken up with her boyfriend but until now there had been no cause to worry about her. & no one liked to voice the suspicion that something might have happened that Melanie might be dead.. . ...

The creators of Captain America" & the " Boy Commandos" produced some of the hardest-hitting crime comics of the 1950s. Often featuring real-world criminals like Ma Barker Al Capone & Pretty Boy Floyd & true-to-life events like the St. Valentines Day Massacre these adventures were torn from post-prohibition headlines. Explosive enough to draw the attention of the congressional committee on juvenile delinquency they remain action-packed for todays graphic novel audience. These are the best of the Simon & Kirby Crime comics fully restored & collected for the first time." ...

The creators of Captain America" produced some of the most thrilling science fiction. Spanning more than 20 years this volume features the first stories Joe Simon & Jack Kirby ever produced together (" The Blue Bolt Adventures") as well as " Race for the Moon" featuring pencils by Kirby & inked artwork by comic book legends Reed Crandall Angelo Torres & Al Williamson." ...

Love him or loathe him Simon Cowell is arguably the most influential player in the British entertainment industry & one of Britain's most successful exports. After a humble start in the post room at EMI his meteoric rise began when he became a top A&R executive signing huge acts from Westlife & Five to Robson & Jerome. Fame & a television career followed when he became a judge in the TV talent shows Pop Idol" & " American Idol" & subsequently created the hit shows " The X Factor" & " Britain's Got Talent" watched by millions every year. His trademark blunt honesty coupled with his extraordinary business savvy has made him a household name
- but what do we really know about this charismatic & sharp-tongued man? In " Simon Cowell" Chas Newkey-Burden finds out interviewing friends & old colleagues & lifting the lid on the professional & private life of one of Britain's most eligible batchelors."
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Simon Wiesenthal was the legendary Nazi hunter a Holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to the punishment of Nazi criminals. A hero in the eyes of many he was also attacked for his unrelenting pursuit of the past when others preferred to forget. For this definitive biography Tom Segev has obtained access to Wiesenthals hundreds of thousands of private papers & to sixteen archives including records of the U.S. Israeli Polish & East German secret services. Segev is able to reveal the intriguing secrets of Wiesenthals life including his stunning role in the capture of Adolf Eichmann his controversial investigative techniques his unlikely friendships with Kurt Waldheim & Albert Speer & the nature of his rivalry with Elie Wiesel. Tom Segev has written a brilliant character study of a hunter who was driven by his own memories to ensure that the destruction of European Jewry never be forgotten. ...

Simon Tofield returns with a charming follow-up which sees the adorable but incorrigible cat embark on a series of adventures beyond the garden fence. Sharply observed & beautifully drawn this new book promises to be an even bigger hit than the first. ...

In the four years since Simons Cat first leapt in to our lives he has stared in more than 15 films appeared in three best-selling books & has entertained & delighted millions of fans across the world. Along the way he has swotted flies pulled down Christmas trees & generally terrorized his long-suffering owner Simon. & for the most part he has had things his way. Until now. This year the nations favourite cat faces up to his toughest challenge yet. With a new kitten in the house a new girlfriend for Simon & endless new visitors to the garden it is time to reassert his position
- once & for all
- as the undisputed Top Cat. One hundred original cartoons (each one in full colour) one hundred hilarious encounters: this is Simons Cat vs. The World!

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With over 25 million hits on You Tube in little over a year Simon's Cat is a genuine word-of-mouth phenomenon. Fans from all over the world have fallen for this adorable but anarchic feline who will do just about anything to be fed. Simon Tofield's beautiful drawings & warm humour come alive on the page in the first of a series of irresistible humour books. ...

From the author of Stuart: A Life Backwards; a warm & witty portrait of a harmless eccentric bona fide genius. Alexander Masters landlord Simon lives in the basement of their Cambridge house. Between teetering towers of outdated maps & slagheaps of plastic bags Simon eats endless meals of tinned kippers & plans trips on the Cambridge public transport system. But Simon was one of the greatest mathematical prodigies of the twentieth century. He spends his time between train journeys working on a theoretical puzzle so complex & critical to our understanding of the universe that it is known as the Monster. Poignant & comical Simon: The Genius in my Basement is about the frailty of brilliance & how genius matters very little in the search for happiness. ...