Adulation for rugby league sensation Sonny Bill Williams turned to incrimination overnight when he left the Bulldogs to play for rich French club Toulon earning himself the new name of ' Money Bill' Williams. Then he made no secret of the fact that he would like to change codes to rugby union if that allowed him to front up in the All Blacks' 2011 Rugby World Cup squad. Rumours & counter-rumours swirled until the guy with the big hand was signed to Canterbury & duly made an appearance in the All Blacks. Throw in sporadic stints boxing & the tale of this superb athlete follows the highways & byways of professional sport across the codes. Is Sonny Bill King of the Codes or King of Cash? The controversy still rages. ...

Charlotte is an only child reared by a brutal father who cannot forgive her for not being the son he desires. Loved by most that she meets Charlotte has a gift for friendship & it is her work as a Sunday School teacher that gives her hope -- & an escape from home. When Charlotte meets Miles Thornton she is instantly drawn to him. He is new to the area & a widower with three lovely young sons to look after but the one thing he has longed for is a daughter. As they grow to understand one another it seems that Miles & Charlotte have more in common that meets the eye... Sweeping from the early 1920s through to the end of World War II SONS & DAUGHTERS is a compelling traditional saga set against the Lincolnshire landscape that Margaret Dickinson portrays so well. ...

Taking its autobiographical inspiration from D.H. Lawrences experience of growing up in a coal-mining town Sons & Lovers" is a vivid account of the conflict between class family & personal desires. This " Penguin Classics" edition is edited by Helen Baron & Carl Baron with an introduction by Blake Morrison author of " When did you Last See your Father?" The marriage of Gertrude & Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated & violent husband delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children especially to her sons William & Paul
- determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mothers suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Set in Lawrences native Nottinghamshire Sons & Lovers is a highly autobiographical & compelling portrayal of childhood adolescence & the clash of generations. In his introduction Blake Morrison discusses the novels place in Lawrences life & his depiction of the mother-son relationship sex & politics. Using the complete & restored text of the Cambridge edition this volume

Includes:: a new chronology & further reading by Paul Poplawski. D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) English novelist storywriter critic poet & painter one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Lawrence published " Sons & Lovers" in 1913 but " The Rainbow" completed in 1915 was declared obscene & banned two months after first publication; & for three years he could not find a publisher for " Women in Love" which he completed in 1917. His last novel Lady Chatterleys " Lover" was published in 1928 but banned in England & America. If you enjoyed " Sons & Lovers" you might like Lawrences " The Rainbow" also available in " Penguin Classics". " Lawrences masterpiece...a revelation". (Anthony Burgess author of "A Clockwork Orange"). " His genius was for instant perception & vivid passionate expression". (" The Times")."


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This is the Penguin English Library Edition" of " Sons & Lovers" by D. H. Lawrence. " She was a brazen hussy." " She wasnt.
- & she was pretty wasnt she?" "I didnt look... And tell your girls my son that when theyre running after you theyre not to come & ask your mother for you
- tell them that
- brazen baggages you meet at dancing classes". The marriage of Gertrude & Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated & sometimes violent husband delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children especially to her sons William & Paul
- determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mothers suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Set in Lawrences native Nottinghamshire " Sons & Lovers" is a highly autobiographical & compelling portrayal of childhood adolescence & the clash of generations. " The Penguin English Library"
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War."




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The twelfth part of the Saga of Darren Shan
- one boy's terrifying journey from human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince. Showdown!
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In the late 1940s in Hartford Connecticut a set of twins is parted at birth. Nat Cartwright goes home with his parents a schoolteacher & an insurance salesman. But his twin brother is to begin his days as Fletcher Andrew Davenport the only son of a multi-millionaire & his society wife. During the years that follow the two brothers grow up unaware of each other's existence. Nat leaves college at the University of Connecticut to serve in Vietnam. He returns a war hero he finishes school & becomes a successful banker. Fletcher meanwhile has graduated from Yale University & distinguishes himself as a criminal defence lawyer before he is elected to the Senate. Even when Nat & Fletcher fall in love with the same girl they still don't meet. They continue on their separate paths until one has to defend the other for a murder he did not commit. But the final confrontation comes when Nat & Fletcher are selected to stand against each other for governor of the state. ' There's a touch of the magician about Jeffrey Archer' Mail on Sunday ...

They are the Pessarane Behesht. Sons of Heaven. The secret sword of Islam. Spawned in war-torn Beirut from the seeds of legend. Nurtured in revolutionary Iran to wreak vengeance on the enemies of Allah. When the freighter Clarion Call disappears mysteriously in the Gulf she is carrying a secret consignment of French arms for the Pessarane Behesht in return for the release of a hostage diplomat. Ex-SAS Major Robert DArcy whose international security firm was protecting the ship finds himself embroiled in a deadly battle of wills between the state-sponsored terrorists & rival Western intelligence agencies with conflicting interests. As the Iranians resort to kidnap & assassination in their thirst for revenge & the lives of an innocent woman & her child are held in the balance DArcy must act alone to prevent more bloodshed. ...

In this fascinating new study of SOE heroes in Greece the author recounts how SOE missions through their courage patience & determination attempted to come to terms with reconciling British political & military objectives in the cauldron of internecine Greek politics. From the very beginning Mc Mullens political headachesabounded as SOE tried to establish a unified Greek resistance movement. For most Missions it was a steep learning curve accelerated by the experience of finding themselves in the middle of a bitter civil war during the winter of 1943
- 44 having to endure attacks by Axis occupation forces at the same time as being caught in fighting between EAM-ELAS & EDES guerrillas. Living behind enemy lines for long periods of time SOE officers & men were nevertheless able to bring off a series of spectacular sabotage acts & with the assistance of Greek partisan forces doggedly harassed German forces as they withdrew North in the autumn of 1944. The author has been in contact with many of the families of these SOE heroes & has had access to letters photographs & diaries. Drawing on these sources as well as official archives & published memoires he profiles the service records of nearly fifty SOE officers & men as they battled against a ruthless enemy endured the privations of the Greek mountains & struggled to prevent civil strife. Their extraordinary stories illustrate the many & varied tasks of SOE missions throughout the different regions of Greece from 1942
- 44 & thus provide a fascinating collage of the history of SOE during the Axis occupation & in the run-up to the tragedy of the Greek Civil War of 1944
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The Earth King Gaborn Val Orden has roamed to the ends of the known world to preserve his people but the life-draining powers he has embraced have finally taken their toll. His death leaves his young son Fallion at the mercy of his enemies. But Fallion is no ordinary prince with no ordinary enemies but is a reincarnation of an immensely powerful immortal. Known as the torch-bearer Fallion is fated to engage with an ancient evil across the many ages of his existence. Now without his father's protection powerful supernatural forces will seek to prevent him waking to his full powers
- & the land of the Runelords will become their battlefield. At stake is not just a single world & Gaborn's hard-won legacy of peace but the very foundations of creation.. .
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A fool couldnt ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once but a fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times & it will always be a bloodcurdling kind of fun. That is the Curse of Speed which has plagued me all my life. I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will carve IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
- Hunter S. Thompson. Sons of Thunder Neil Bradfords exhilaratingly high-octane collection of motorcycle writing makes a persuasive case for the unique excitement & emotional experience offered by one of mankinds greatest inventions. Featuring full-throttle tales by T.E. Lawrence Roald Dahl Melissa Holbrook Pierson Robert Hughes & many others & ranging from Hunter S. Thompsons rip-roaring prose to lyrical contributions from Ted Hughes Thom Gunn & Robert Pirsig the groundbreaking Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author Sons of Thunder is a thrilling tribute to the pleasures & perils of riding this awesome machine.
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