The Sunday Sessions" consists of twenty-six poems the contents of two tapes recorded by Philip Larkin in Hull in February 1980
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Jane was a sweet funny chubby seven-year-old desperately seeking love from her self-obsessed mother Vivienne & a father who was wrapped up in a new life with his beautiful young girlfriend. Janes only friend was handsome funny thirty-something Michael. Michael was different; no one else could see him nor did they believe he existed beyond the realms of Janes very creative imagination. They would talk from morning until night. As Jane grew older though the time came for Michael to leave Janes side. Jane couldnt forget him though. Over twenty years since Michael said goodbye Jane catches a glimpse of that unforgotten face her heart pounding she cant believe it is true
- could it really be Michael? This time though Michael isnt just a figment of her imagination. But will the path of true love be a smooth one? & will Jane get her happy ever after? Sundays at Tiffanys" is a heart-warming romance about a girl who until now has lived her life on the sidelines about what it feels like to fall in love a tale of soulmates."
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Fully endorsed by the club This fan must-have is packed with fascinating facts figures trivia stats quirky stories & legendary anecdotes all relating to the history of the club. From memorable matches & legendary players the book follows no set order chronological or otherwise but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more. ...

Sunderland Match of My Life sees a dozen all-time greats re-live the game that stands out for them in their Sunderland careers. Jim Montgomery chooses the 1973 FA Cup final where he made the greatest save ever seen at Wembley while Niall Quinn also selects a great game from beneath the old twin towers the sensational 1998 play-off final where Sunderland scored 10 times & still somehow lost. Player of the Century Charlie Hurleys choice is a promotion winning game from 1964 record outfield appearance maker Len Ashurst goes for a cup quarter final that went to two replays with Manchester United in the same season while Stan Anderson picks a game where he scored twice to knock Arsenal out of the cup. Gary Rowell & Marco Gabbiadini select famous derby wins in which they scored at Newcastle while Tony Norman & Gary Bennett join Niall Quinn in re-visiting play-off games that ended in tears rather than joy. A famous Premier League win over Chelsea is Kevin Balls selection while as the only man alive to score five goals in a game Nick Sharkeys choice was an easy one. One of only three other players to score five in a match is SAFCs all-time record goalscorer Bobby Gurney. He passed away in 1994 Match of My Life reveals a previously unpublished 1992 interview with the England international who scored Sunderlands first ever goal at Wembley as the cup was won in 1937 a year after Gurney had netted 31 times as Sunderland won their sixth league title. Gurneys choice is a 10 goal thriller at Everton where he reckons he scored the most impossible of the impossible goals he was famed for. ...

This is the first book to give a detailed first-hand account of post-World War II RAF Short Sunderland operations in the Far East. The author was a navigator with 88 Squadron & later 205 Squadron flying operations during the Korean War the Malayan Emergency & many other operations. He was based at Seletar in Singapore Kaitak in Hong Kong Iwakuni near Hiroshima & various other operational bases throughout his two & a half year tour. The Sunderland flying boat was a unique aircraft in that each crew was allotted an aircraft which became their floating & airborne home. The author describes the Sunderland's performance & flying boat operating techniques including taking-off from & landing on the open sea. It

Includes:: a tour of the aircraft's interior & the equipment used by the ten-man crew all well illustrated by photographs. The task of long distance navigation in the Far East during the early 1950s relied on the conventional methods of astro navigation & dead reckoning a difficult task when crossing hundreds of miles of open ocean & encountering monsoon & tropical storm conditions. Amongst the noteworthy events included is a return flight from Singapore to Hong Kong across 1 400 miles of ocean with a VIP passenger his first operational flight as a 21 year old Pilot Officer navigator. He then undertakes an operation involving a return trip to Scotland which took three months. On moving to Kaitak the Sunderlands provided air cover for search & rescue operations taking off & landing amongst the port's many small & erratically steered shipping craft. He flew sixty-one missions in support of the United Nations forces fighting in & around Korea enduring the threat of Chinese fighters over the Yellow Sea. In one operation an engine fire caused the crew to ditch in the Tsushima Strait with serious structural failure & they were rescued by the USS De Haven a US destroyer. This is a worthy record of some of the legendary Short Sunderland's final roles in the RAF.

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Bestselling author Torey Hayden's new novel poignantly tells of a daughter's attempt to grow up in the shadow of her mother's haunted past. Warm melancholy & evocatively rendered this book captures the essence of a family touched by sadness. A haunting tale of a family who can't escape the consequences of their mother's tormented childhood. Hayden a master storyteller again turns her talent to fiction in this novel that combines a psychological thriller with a nuanced family drama. Lesley's Hungarian mother Mara -- charming childlike lovable -- is traumatized by her adolescent Holocaust experiences. Though her American husband & daughters try to live a normal life Mara holds them thrall to her moods & quirks. Lesley struggles to understand but dealing with Mara is a severe strain which sets her apart from her peers. But when Mara's psychosis results in tragedy Lesley goes to Wales in search of her mother's remembered joy. ...

The little knight wants a sword to whoosh & swoosh in the air. His mother gives him a sunflower instead. The sunflower sword whooshes & swooshes very well. But says the little knight it wont be any good for fighting dragons. Or will it? ...

He had given her everything. There would be no games with him When Anna Hazel arrives in Crete to work on an archaeological dig for the summer she has yet to meet her new boss the brilliant but mysterious Dr William Sillery. He has a reputation as a slave-driver. As Anna begins to enjoy the sun-drenched Greek island she also develops a friendship with the darkly handsome host of her villa Vangelis. Intoxicated by the long fiercely hot summer Anna's darkest desires are about to be realised as she embarks on a series of forbidden adventures. But in the end she must decide who will own her heart. ...

Inspector William Monk: In search of justice he will not stop until he has found the truth. 1864: When the body of a brutally mutilated body of a woman is found on Limehouse Pier Monks enquiries into her death unearth a suspicious connection between the victim & Dr Lambourn a recently deceased scientist & staunch supporter for a new pharmaceutical bill aimed to regulate the sale of opium. Investigating further Monk learns that Lambourns widow refuses to believe that her husbands death was suicide; she is convinced that he was murdered by government officials intent on keeping the lucrative trade of opium flowing. With pressure mounting for the police to find the Limehouse killer Monk is propelled headlong into an investigation that will delve the darkest depths of the opium trade & threatens to expose corruption in the very highest echelons of society... ...

The enthralling & heartwarming new novel from the hugely popular Sunday Times bestselling author of TO LOVE & TO CHERISH & A SECRET IN THE FAMILY. The Great War is over & sisters Iris & Rose are adjusting to life in their modest Liverpool home after their brother Charlie has returned from the front. But when their mother sends Rose to the beautiful Welsh village of Tregarron to recover from an illness she discovers a new world of possibility at her feet. There she obtains a job as housemaid to the wealthy but tragic Rhys-Pritchard family & falls in love with the young but troubled head of house. Meanwhile at home Charlie keen to improve his social standing becomes engaged to the daughter of a successful coal merchant while Iris falls for a porter from the local fruit market. Then tragedy strikes & the whole family must pull together if they are to survive the turmoil ahead. Their support of one another can only bring them closer together but will they be forced to put their dreams on hold in the process? ...