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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Even as a fourteen-year-old orphan Simon Beauvallet knows his own mind. Later friend & foe alike will know better than to cross the flaxen-haired mountain of a man whose exploits in battle have earned him knighthood lands & gilded armour. After Agincourt he has no equal save the king himself in generalship
- until his legendary prowess is baulked by a woman. In Normandy the icy rage of Simon the Coldheart" must melt
- or quench Lady Margaret spitfire of Belremy."

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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. ...

Lee Mc Culloch plays for Rangers & is club captain. He signed for his boyhood heroes in July 2007 in a GBP 2 million transfer from Wigan & he has helped the club to three SPL titles & a UEFA Cup Final. His popularity with the Rangers fans has increased dramatically in recent months during the turmoil at Ibrox. When others walked out Lee stated he would play for the club for nothing & was also the first player to pledge his future to the Rangers newco. In his explosive autobiography Mc Culloch opens up on the turmoil at Rangers in the past two years as the club was sold by Sir David Murray to Craig Whyte & the historic events that followed from administration to liquidation & to the club being reformed under Charles Green. He lifts the lid on the remarkable & fascinating inside story from the dressing-room & their battles with those in power at Ibrox. From his humble upbringing in Lanarkshire where he was driven to succeed in football by his strict disciplinarian father to joining Rangers & how his first season there left him in tears & regretting the decision to move to Ibrox this book has it all. Lee was also a success at Wigan & was the club's record signing when he joined them from Motherwell in 2001 for GBP 700 000. He was recently voted into their all-time Greatest XI & tells the story of their rise to the English Premiership & the part he played. Lee has been capped for his country 18 times & tells what it was like to play under five Scotland managers
- Berti Vogts Walter Smith Alex Mc Leish George Burley & Craig Levein. He also reveals boozing sessions with Berti Vogts left him shocked & opens his heart on why he quit Scotland under George Burley & the bust-ups that followed with the SFA. With his high profile as Rangers captain his loyal following including more than 50 000 Twitter followers & his unique insight into the recent turmoil at Ibrox Lee Mc Culloch's autobiography is Simp-Lee the Best.
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