The fascinating insightful & at times hilarious memoirs of one of the most gifted & enigmatic British footballers of the last 25 years. Nicknamed Le God" by the Southampton faithful Matt Le Tissier was not cast from the same mould as 99% of other professional footballers. A real "one-off" if every there was one he was a one-club man in a 16-year career that brought little in the way of trophies but countless plaudits from footballs fans & commentators alike. To the old school brigade he was a "luxury player" someone with a less than ideal work rate & waistline who simply wouldnt conform to the blueprint of a typically hard-working unsophisticated British player. Terry Venables & Glenn Hoddle found it all too easy to leave him out of their England squads. But to the vast majority Le Tissier was a maverick to be treasured a flair player who lit up every match he played in & delighted fans with his sumptuous technique & elan for the beautiful game. In fact the kind of skilful inventive player & scorer of wonderful goals this country produces all too rarely. Did he simply enjoy the comfort zone of being a big fish in a small pond? Or did he display commendable loyalty in staying with Southampton for his entire career? Did he shun opportunities to move on? Were England managers right not to pick him so many times? Would Fabio Capello pick him for England now? Does the British game discourage his style of play? & how much would he be worth in todays transfer market? Taking Le Tiss is the great mans first chance to answer all these questions & many more. It is also a delightfully self-deprecating & witty story from a player who was more of a Big-Mac-&-fries than a chicken-&-beans man." ...

Intrigue seduction & revenge in a disreputable financial world... When attractive thirty-something Beth Bradley takes a job as PA to Simon Henderson a highly successful financier she is well aware of his philandering reputation & determined to turn the tables on his fortune. Her initial attempt backfires & she begins to look for a more subtle & erotic form of retribution. However Beth keeps getting sidetracked by her libido & finds herself caught up in the dilemma of craving sex with the dominant man she wants to teach a lesson. ...

Grand Central station New York. 1:23pm. What starts as a normal day on the New York City subway becomes a race against time when a commuter train is hijacked. It is packed with passengers & the ransom is one million dollars. The NYPD frantically pursue the train on the city streets but the question remains: the subway is a closed system
- surely there is no way out... But the four hijackers led by a mercenary named Ryder have thought about this. & once they receive their ransom money they plan to send the train off at top speed toward the terminal station where it will crash killing all the passengers...
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' Billy Collins is one of my favourite poets in the world' Carol Ann Duffy Readers will only have to open this book at random to realize the privation a life without Billy Collins has been. A writer of immense grace & humanity Billy Collins shows how the great forces of history & nature converge on the tiniest details of our lives
- & in doing so presents them in a new radiance. He is also unbelievably funny. ' The most popular poet in America' New York Times ' Billy Collins writes lovely poems.. . Limpid gently & consistently startling more serious than they seem they describe all the worlds that are & were & some others besides' John Updike ' Billy Collins' medium is a rare amalgam of accessibility & intelligence. I'd follow this man's mind anywhere. Expect to be surprised' Michael Donaghy ' Smart his strings tuned & resonant his wonderful eye looping over the things events & ideas of the world rueful playful warm voiced easy to love' E. Annie Proulx
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When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe yachtings toughest race aged just 24 the nation took her to its heart. The depth of the affection for Ellen is extraordinary
- she makes people feel like they can do anything! This is her story written in true Ellen style in her own words without the help of a ghost writer. Passionate dramatic & deeply affecting her story will move & inspire all who read it.
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Today most major cities have undertaken some form of sustainability initiative. Yet there have been few systematic comparisons across cities or theoretically grounded considerations of what works & what does not & why. In Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously Kent Portney addresses this gap offering a comprehensive overview & analysis of sustainability programs & policies in American cities. After discussing the conceptual underpinnings of sustainability he examines the local aspects of sustainability; considers the measurement of sustainability & offers an index of serious" sustainability for the fifty-five largest cities in the country; examines the relationship between sustainability & economic growth; & discusses issues of governance equity & implementation. He also offers extensive case studies with separate chapters on large medium-size & small cities & provides an empirically grounded analysis of why some large cities are more ambitious than others in their sustainability efforts. This second edition has been updated throughout with new material that draws on the latest research. It also offers numerous additional case studies a new chapter on management & implementation issues & a greatly expanded comparative analysis of big-city sustainability initiatives. Portney shows how cities use the broad rubric of sustainability to achieve particular political ends & he dispels the notion that only cities that are politically liberal are interested in sustainability. Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously draws a roadmap for effective sustainability initiatives." ...

Electras finally taking the plunge. After all her friend Lucy did it in France Sorrel thought she had but hadnt after all & Claudia whos done it loads of times has bet Electra she wont. She will though. Shes going to go out with the first boy who asks her. But what if he turns out to be a frog & not a prince? ...

Taking the Waters is a celebration of four unique swimming spots on Hampstead Heath: the Kenwood Ladies' Pond the Highgate Men's Pond the Mixed Bathing Pond & the Parliament Hill Lido. People have swum at the ponds for over 200 years
- from champion swimmers & world famous divers to international film stars & hardy year round bathers
- while the Lido is one of London's few remaining outdoor pools. Together they attract over a quarter of a million visits a year. How & why did they come to be & what stories do they have to tell? This book is an illustrated history full of personal memories archive images & stunning modern photography.

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After the wholesale assassination of the Romulan senate in the feature film Star Trek: Nemesis the Romulan Empire is in disarray with rival factions fighting to pick up the pieces & seize the reins of power. After several factions separately contact the Federation Council -- each laying claim to legitimate political power -- Starfleet Command sends Captain William Riker & the USS Titan to Romulus to set up a forum for power-sharing talks. But even as the factions take their first faltering steps towards building a new Romulus civil war looms. Meanwhile the remnants of the Romulan intelligence service the dreaded Tal Shiar are regrouping behind the scenes taking advantage of the political vacuum to mobilize ships & soldiers threatening to touch off a conflict that would tear Romulus apart. With no other help available Riker & the Titan crew are all that stands between the shattered Star Empire & a bloodbath. ...

On March 4 2002 a team of SEALs was choppered onto a hostile Afghan mountain peak as part of Operation Anaconda. The largest operation by US forces since Vietnam it was intended to bring to battle foreign al-Qaeda fighters who had fled after the overthrow of the Taliban & the battle of Tora Bora. But when their special ops Chinook was hit by RPGs it marked the beginning of the SEALs' epic day-long battle for survival which involved Coalition special forces gunships & Predators in a 17-hour firefight against the al-Qaeda guerrillas. ...