The definitive story of The Stone Roses by Simon Spence with an updated final chapter covering the reunion rollercoaster ride. From the Manchester backwaters to the worldwide 2012 tour War & Peace lays bare the irresistible tale of the last of the great bands. Based on 400 hours of interviews with over seventy of The Stone Roses' closest associates including six former band members War & Peace is the first major biography of the band that defined a generation. Originally planned in collaboration with Reni the reclusive drummer this book had been a year in the making when the Roses against all odds announced their re-formation. It is a remarkable coda to an astonishing story. In 1989 their debut album & the single ' Fools Gold' made them the most exciting British export since the Sex Pistols. With their incendiary aura the Roses became figureheads of the ' Madchester' movement. War & Peace traces the band's genesis studded with violent gigs & abandoned recordings & shaped by their infamous manager Gareth Evans. The Roses' legendary gigs culminated in the era-defining Spike Island show in 1990. From this pinnacle the unravelling was spectacular. But the true story behind their rise & fall
- & resurrection
- has never been told. Until now. With 40 unseen photos including from renowned rock photographer Dennis Morris. This is the one. It's the definitive biography of the band stuffed with photos that have never been seen before. The writing feels really fresh & definitive. It's a classic". (Alex Heminsley BBC 6 Music Book of the Month). "A comprehensive no-holds-barred account.. .details with steely forensic precision the story of the group's ascent heyday & spectacular implosion. All the triumphs & disasters are here". (The Sunday Times). " An era-defining definitive biography". (Q). Simon Spence collaborated with Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham on the acclaimed memoirs Stoned & 2 Stoned. He has written for the NME i-D Dazed & Confused & the Independent. He was at the Stone Roses' legendary Blackpool & Alexandra Palace shows in 1989 & covered their era-defining Spike Island show for The Face."

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The Stone Roses have become folk heroes frozen in time. & their story with roots in punk through post-punk scooter boys skinheads Northern Soul psychedelia acid house & Madchester is everything that is great about British street culture. Reni. Mani. Ian Brown. John Squire. Names that will forever be remembered for creating their defining album The Stone Roses" & a unique but inimitable baggy-style. Their phenomenal story was first documented by the man who was with them every step of the way: John Robb. & now in this special edition of his acclaimed & intimate biography Robb brings the ultimate rock n roll tale fully up-to-date." ...

John Stone a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets industries & indeed whole countries & continents has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. His beautiful young widow commissions a journalist to carry out an unusual bequest in his will but as he begins his research he soon discovers a story far more complex than he could have ever imagined... As the story moves backwards through time from London in 1909 to Paris in 1809 before concluding in Venice in 1867 the mystery of John Stone's life & loves begins to unravel. The result is a spellbinding novel that is both a quest for the truth a love story that spans decades & a compelling murder mystery. ...

The third psychological thriller from No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. Irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson & Jo Nesbo. The remote resort of Fjallbacka has seen its share of tragedy though perhaps none worse than that of the little girl found in a fisherman's net. But the post-mortem reveals that this is no case of accidental drowning... Local detective Patrik Hedstrom has just become a father. It is his grim task to discover who could be behind the methodical murder of a child both he & his partner Erica knew well. He knows the real question
- & answer
- lies with why. What he does not know is how this case will reach into the dark heart of Fjallbacka & the town's past & tear aside its idyllic facade perhaps forever.

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Our knowledge about Stonehenge has changed dramatically as a result of the Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009) led by Mike Parker Pearson & included not only Stonehenge itself but also the nearby great henge enclosure of Durrington Walls. This book is about the people who built Stonehenge & its relationship to the surrounding landscape. The book explores the theory that the people of Durrington Walls built both Stonehenge & Durrington Walls & that the choice of stone for constructing Stonehenge has a significance so far undiscovered namely that stone was used for monuments to the dead. Through years of thorough & extensive work at the site Parker Pearson & his team unearthed evidence of the Neolithic inhabitants & builders which connected the settlement at Durrington Walls with the henge & contextualised Stonehenge within the larger site complex linked by the River Avon as well as in terms of its relationship with the rest of the British Isles. Parker Pearsons book changes the way that we think about Stonehenge; correcting previously erroneous chronology & dating; filling in gaps in our knowledge about its people & how they lived; identifying a previously unknown type of Neolithic building; discovering Bluestonehenge a circle of 25 blue stones from western Wales; & confirming what started as a hypothesis
- that Stonehenge was a place of the dead
- through more than 64 cremation burials unearthed there which span the monuments use during the third millennium BC. In lively & engaging prose Parker Pearson brings to life the imposing ancient monument that continues to hold a fascination for everyone.

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Bernard Cornwell's new novel following the enormous success of his Arthurian trilogy (The Winter King Enemy of God & Excalibur) is the tale of three brothers & of their rivalry that creates the great temple. One summer's day a dying stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the settlement of Ratharryn. The three sons of Ratharryn's chief each perceive the great gift in a different way. The eldest Lengar the warrior harnesses his murderous ambition to be a ruler & take great power for his tribe. Camaban becomes a great visionary & feared wise man & it is his vision that will force the youngest brother Saban to create the great temple on the green hill where the gods will appear on earth. Saban' s love for Aurenna the sun bride whose destiny is to die for the gods finally brings the rivalries of the brothers to a head. But it is also his skills that will build the vast temple a place for the gods certainly but also a place that will confirm for ever the supreme power of the tribe that built it. Stonehenge: A Novel of 2000 BC is first & foremost a great historical novel. Bernard Cornwell is well known & admired for the realism & imagination with which he brings earlier worlds to life. & here he uses all these skills to recreate the world of primitive Britain & to solve the mysteries of who built Stonehenge how & why. 'A circle of chalk a ring of stone & a house of arches to call the far gods home' ...

Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston & even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up. An estuary town north of Aberdeen Stonemouth with its five mile beach can be beautiful on a sunny day. On a bleak one it can seem to offer little more than seafog gangsters cheap drugs & a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. & although theres supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart & the towns biggest crime family its soon clear that only Stewart is taking this promise of peace seriously. Before long a quick drop into the cold grey Stoun begins to look like the soft option & as he steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt & all that it has lost him Stu uncovers ever darker stories & his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even he had anticipated. Tough funny fast-paced & touching Stonemouth cracks open adolescence love brotherhood & vengeance in a rite of passage novel like no other. ...

Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston & even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up. An estuary town north of Aberdeen Stonemouth with it's five mile beach can be beautiful on a sunny day. On a bleak one it can seem to offer little more than seafog gangsters cheap drugs & a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. & although there's supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart & the town's biggest crime family it's soon clear that only Stewart is taking this promise of peace seriously. Before long Stu steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt & all that it has lost him uncovering ever darker stories. Soon his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even he had anticipated. Tough funny fast-paced & touching Stonemouth cracks open adolescence love brotherhood & vengeance in a rite of passage novel like no other. ...