Once upon a time there was a deep dark forest where monstrous trees groaned terrible beasties moaned & wiggly woos waited to tickle your toes. Nobody ever went there until... Sir Charlie Stinkysocks his good grey mare & his pet cat Envelope decide the time has come for a really big adventure. Sir Charlie packs his best sword & his sandwiches & off he goes over the hills & far away until he gets to the deep dark forest. Sir Charlie doesnt flinch when he meets the beasties or the dragon or the wily witch but when he comes across the princess he realises hes met his match! ...

David Jason is Britains best-loved star. From Del Boy in Only Fools & Horses to Detective Jack Frost & Mr Micawber he lights up the television screen whenever he appears. This remarkable biography traces the life of Britains favourite actor from his humble roots in north London to Sir David Jason the icon we all know & love. Recruited to an early Python project for his masterful sense of timing David soon attracted the attention of Ronnie Barker with whom he appeared in classic BBC comedy series Porridge & Open All Hours. He has gone on to create many of televisions most popular characters garnering numerous accolades including the Royal Television Societys Award for Best Actor & a BAFTA fellowship for his outstanding contribution to television. He aslo received the ultimate tribute in 2005: a knighthood from the Queen. This affectionate biography paints a complete portrait of one of Englands funniest & most talented actors; a true national treasure. ...

David Jason is Britain's best-loved star. From his wonderful characterisation of Del Boy in Only Fools nd Horses to Detective Jack Frost & Mr Micawber he lights up the television screen whenever he appears & has captured the heart of a nation. This remarkable biography traces the life of Britain's favourite actor from his humble roots in north London through his days as an electrician to Sir David Jason the icon we all know & love. Recruited to an early Python project for his masterful sense of timing David soon attracted the attention of Ronnie Barker with whom he appeared in episodes of the classic BBC comdey series Porridge & Open All Hours. He has gone on to create many television's popular & enduring characters garning numerous accolades including Royal Television Society's Award for Best Actor a Top Television Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards & a BAFTA fellowship for his outstanding contribution to television. He also received the ultimate tribute in 2005: a knighthood from the Queen. Revealing the man behind Del Boy Pop Larkin & Jack Frost this authoritative biography offers valuable insight into his life & loves covering the tragic loss of his partner of eighteen years Myfanwy Talog & the joy of his secret wedding to new love Gill Hinchliffe & the birth of their daughter Sophie Mae. ...

More than four hundred years after his death Sir Francis Drake remains one of the legendary figures of history. His career is one of the most colourful on record. The most daring of the corsairs who raided the West Indies & Spanish Main he led the English into the Pacific & cirumnavigated the world to bring home the Golden Hind laden with Spanish treasure. His attacks on Spanish cities & ships transformed his private war into a struggle for surivival between Protestant England & Catholic Spain in which he became Elizabeth I's most prominent admiral. His exploits marked the emergence of England as a major maritime nation. ...

Composed during the fourteenth century in the English Midlands Sir Gawain & the Green Knight" describes the events that follow when a mysterious green-coloured knight rides into King Arthurs Camelot in deep mid-winter. The mighty knight presents a challenge to the court: he will allow himself to be struck by one blow on the condition that he will be allowed to return the strike on the following New Years Eve. Sir Gawain takes up the challenge decapitating the stranger
- only to see the Green Knight seize up his own severed head & ride away leaving Gawain to seek him out & honour their pact. Blending Celtic myth & Christian faith " Gawain" is among the greatest Middle English poems: a tale of magic chivalry & seduction."
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This is an insightful & fascinating portrait into the life of one of cinemas greatest actors. Born Maurice Micklewhite son of a Billingsgate fish porter & a charlady Michael Caines life has been an extraordinary rollercoaster: from washing dishes & fighting on National Service to winning two Oscars & being knighted by the Queen. With more than eighty films to his name he has starred in some of the classics of modern cinema: as an action anti-hero in Get Carter a Cockney lothario in Alfie & a disillusioned alcoholic academic in Educating Rita. He is an enduring model of British cool. This authorised biography charts the amazing highs & lows in his turbulent ride to fame fortune & respect. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the authors work & as low as 30 per cent with characters & plot lines removed. ...

Get ready for more brilliant page-turning fantasy from master Garth Nix. On the fourth day there was war! Pick up with Arthur Penhaligon as his Keys to the Kingdom adventures continue in the mysterious House. Following their adventures in the Border Sea Arthur & Leaf head for home. But only Leaf gets through the Front Door. Arthur is blocked because someone -- or something -- has assumed his identity & is taking over his life. Before Arthur can take action he is drafted by Sir Thursday & forced to join the Glorious Army of the Architect. The Army has its headquarters in the Great Maze a defensive area of the House. Half of the Maze has already been dissolved by Nothing & hordes of Nithlings emerge regularly to attack the rest. If the Nithling invasion can overcome the Army & the Great Maze the House will be lost & the whole universe with it. While Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppelganger on earth Arthur must survive his basic training avoid getting posted to the Front & work out how he can free Part Four of the Will & gain the Fourth Key from Sir Thursday. If the latest strongest & most dangerous Nithling offensive doesn't break through first! ...

Sir Walter Winterbottom was arguably the most influential man in modern English football. He is known as the first England team manager but more than that he was an innovator of modern coaching sports administrator & a man ahead of his time; a man who had a profound effect on English football & who laid the foundations for England's success in 1966. Walter managed them all from Lawton to Charlton & inspired many to become coaches: Ron Greenwood Bill Nicholson Jimmy Hill & Bobby Robson were amongst his disciples & took his gospel to the clubs they managed. Born in 1913 Winterbottom started out as a teacher & physical education instructor playing amateur football in his spare time. He was soon signed up by Manchester United playing his first game 1936 & winning promotion to the First Division in 1938. A spinal ailment curtailed his career but during World War II he served as an officer in the Royal Air Force before the FA appointed him as national director of coaching & England team manager in 1946. He remains the ony manager to have taken the national side to more than two World Cup finals & was created an OBE in 1963 & a CBE in 1972 before being knighted in 1978. Walter died in 2002 but his legacy continues to inspire many in football today especially with the opening of the new St George's Park football academy. With interviews & insight from top football names this book
- written by Winterbottom's son-in-law
- also draws on personal diaries photographs & letters. However this is more than just a biography of one man
- it's the story of how modern football came about.


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Sir William Garrow was born in Middlesex in 1760 & called to the Bar in 1783. He was the dominant figure at the Old Bailey from 1783 to 1793 later becoming an MP Solicitor-General Attorney-General & finally a judge & lawmaker within the Common Law Tradition. Garrow is now in the public-eye for daring to challenge entrenched legal ways & means. His gifts to the world include altering the relationship between judge & jury (the former had until then dominated over the latter in criminal trials) helping to forge the presumption of innocence rules of evidence & ensuring a general right to put forward a defence using a trained lawyer. He gave new meaning to the trial advocates forensic art of cross-examination later diverting skills honed as a radical to help the Crown when it was faced with alleged plots treason & sedition. This is a generous work in which well-known legal historian & biographer John Hostettler & family story-teller Richard Braby (a descendant of Garrow) combine their skills & experience to produce a gem of a book. The lost story of Sir William Garrow & its rediscovery will prove enlightening for professional & general readers alike & provide an invaluable missing-link for legal & social historians. It is also a remarkable work of genealogical research which will register strongly with family historians. ...

There are some books you never forget. Some stories that can change your world. This is one of them. Author Nora Sutherlin thought she knew everything about being pushed to your limits. But in a world where passion is pain nothing is ever that simple. Now Nora must face up to the choices she has made...and to the man she left behind. This story is about discovering who you really are...and who you want to be. The Siren" is a love story that will leave you bruised shaken & begging for more." ...