Corporal Andy Reid was an ordinary soldier serving in Helmand Province Afghanistan. But his life changed for ever on Tuesday 13th October 2009 when he was blown up by a Taliban improvised explosive device (IED). Evacuated to the UK & the specialist military wing of Selly Oak Hospital it was touch-&-go whether he would survive. He had lost both legs & his right arm while the index finger of his left hand was almost completely removed. Yet survive he did & less than a month after being blown up he was reunited with his patrol back in Warminster. From there he went on to have a pair of prosthetic legs fitted at the Defence Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court & this allowed him to go on a world cruise with his fiance Claire in 2010. In the same year he was nominated for & won the Sun's Military Award. In between he has cycled from Land's End to John O' Groats skydived & made a number of appearances on behalf of service charities. Andy's story demonstrates how with patience courage & determination hope can triumph over despair. But he has two stories to tell. The first is the story of Corporal Reid Burma Company 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment: Infantry Section Commander. Then there is the story of Andy Reid triple-amputee skydiver cyclist charity fundraiser husband & father. But Andy is acutely aware that for every injured soldier like him there are many more who have their spirits crushed with despair as they face a lifetime of pain disability & impairment. Even those who seem to make a full recovery may yet exhibit the true extent of their mental injuries. He is not seeking pity of admiration. But he does want to make sure that we the general public know as much as someone who has not been there or been through it themselves can ever know what opertations in Afghanistan are like what happens to those who get injured & what future they might have. ...

Across the length & breadth of Britain & Ireland lies an unsurpassed richness of prehistoric heritage. Standing with Stones" is a personal voyage of discovery taking the reader to over a hundred megalithic sites in a photographic journey through the British Isles. The book is divided into regions & each site featured is given its Ordnance Survey grid reference. Some like Stonehenge & Newgrange are well known & often visited but many such as Fernworthy & Bleasdale are remote & barely known. Rupert Soskins stunning & original photographs act as windows into the past which together with his engaging & accessible text encourage the reader to think afresh about the meaning & purpose of these monuments & at the same time open the eyes of travellers & enthusiasts to the great wealth & variety of henges circles dolmens barrows & standing stones across the British Isles." ...

These four h&-coloured maps of London in the Victorian age show all of London including the surrounding countryside & outlying villages such as Hampstead Stratford Merton & Beckenham. Perfect for researchers & genealogists they are presented in a slipcase box set & are so detailed that they show individual buildings the gardens of suburban houses separate platforms of new railway stations & even individual statues in Londons squares. ...

Stanislavski in Practice is an unparalleled step-by-step guide to Stanislavski's System. Author Nick O' Brien makes this cornerstone of acting accessible to teachers & students alike. This is an exercise book for students & a lesson planner for teachers on syllabi from Edexcel WJEC & AQA to the practice-based requirements of BTEC. Each element of the System is covered practically through studio exercises & jargon-free discussion. Over a decade's experience of acting & teaching makes O' Brien perfectly placed to advise anyone wanting to understand or apply Stanislavski's system. Features include: Practical extension work for students to take away from the lesson Notes for teachers on how to use material with different age groups Exam tips for students based on specific syllabi requirements A chapter dedicated to using Stanislavski when rehearsing a text A glossary of terms that students of the System will encounter ...

The most informal
- & in some ways the most delightful
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Here for the first time is complete collection of actor & entertainer Stanley Holloway's incomparable comic monologues which he performed between 1929 & 1941. All the much-loved characters such as Albert Ramsbottom ('with a stick with an 'orse's 'ead 'andle') Sam Small (' Sam Sam pick oop tha' arm) & King Arold ('on his 'orse with his 'awk in his 'and') are gathered together & brilliantly illustrated by cartoonist Bill Tidy. ...

Stanley Kubrick (USA 1928-99) was a master who took the art of filmmaking further than any other contemporary director a creative perfectionist whose work now fascinates new generations. He started out as a photographer before moving into film noir aged barely 25 after which the power & originality of his work soon brought him box-office success. In the 1960s he lived & worked in London away from the scandal caused by his adaptation of Lolita (1962) & from the major studios from which uniquely he was able to wrest total control of his films. He made only a dozen features in 50 years each of which displays an extraordinary degree of technical & aesthetic invention. From the sci-fi 2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) onwards each of his masterpieces explores new genres & controversial topics such as Vietnam (" Full Metal Jacket" 1987) violence ("A Clockwork Orange" 1971) horror (" The Shining" 1980) & sexuality (" Eyes Wide Shut" 1999)." ...

Imagine your misfortune if like Stanley Yelnats you found yourself the victim of a miscarriage of justice & interned in Camp Green Lake Correctional Institute. How would you survive? Thoughtfully Louis Sachar has learnt his knowledge & expertise to the subject & created this wonderful quirky & utterly essential guide to toughing it out in the Texan desert. Spiced with lots of information about the characters in Holes" as well as lots of do's & don'ts for survival this is an essential book for all those hundreds of thousands of " Holes'" fans." ...

Stanleys Stick is a teaming-up of hefty talents
- glorious poet John Hegley & award-winning illustrator Neal Layton. Stanleys stick
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For Crystal Wyatt growing up on a ranch in Northern California Hollywood seems a million miles away. Bold passionate & enchantingly beautiful she knows her destiny is waiting for her. But no one said it was going to be easy. Singled out for her devastating looks & captivating singing voice Crystal soon embarks on the dangerous road to stardom. Her dreams are creeping closer but then so are those determined to stop her. & when the darkest of scandals comes out Crystal must face the challenge of her life. ...