Perfect for cricket fans everywhere Thanks Johnners is a warm & witty tribute to Brian Johnston & his time at the helm of Test Match Special. The Test Match Special on-air incident in which Jonathan Agnews comment on Ian Bothams attempt to avoid stepping on his stumps -- He just couldnt quite get his leg over" provoking prolonged fits of giggles most notably from Brian Johnston has been voted the greatest piece of sporting commentary ever. The friendship between " Aggers" & " Johnners" became immortalised through that broadcasting classic but there was a far deeper bond between the two men as this fascinating book reveals. Jonathan Agnew had grown up to the sound of Johnston Arlott & a young Martin-Jenkins et al on TMS as he followed his father around on the family farm ear glued to the transistor radio but the two men met formally only when Agnew joined the BBC team at Headingley in 1991. Thus began a great working partnership which fuelled by a mutual passion for the noble game bridged the generation gap & ended only with Johnstons sudden death in 1994. As this book demonstrates so convincingly Johnnerss wit warmth & sense of fun was a feature not only of his cricket commentaries but also in the way he lived his life. His influence on " Aggers" is clearly recognisable in the same amiable & informal manner in which his successor presents Test Match Special today. Thanks Johnners is a rich blend of biography & anecdote of antics & dramas on & off the pitch in & out of the commentary box its pages filled with stories about the great names of cricket including Fred Trueman Geoffrey Boycott Vivian Richards Michael Holding & Ian Botham. Just as TMS is the sound of summer so Thanks Johnners is the fresh breeze rippling the long grass of remembered pleasures." ...

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A compelling & perceptive tale of intimacy memory & relationships from the No.1 bestselling author. How can you know someone you've never met? Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris which she has never visited. & every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair. Justin Hitchcock is divorced lonely & restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art & meets an attractive doctor who persuades him to donate blood. It's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. When Joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident with her life & her marriage in pieces she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while a strong sense of deja vu is overwhelming her & she can't figure out why.. . ...

'I've always been a girls' girl. & I know from experience that making the very best of yourself is something any woman can do. I was never the six-foot-tall pin-up.. .I've always been the girl-next-door who got lucky. I've come a long way in the last ten years but this book isn't my attempt to tell you what or what not to do. It's just to share some of what I've learned.' Based on the phenomenal bestselling hardback this handbag edition with exclusive new photography is updated with extra tips for where to find your must-have purchases. That Extra Half an Inch is a revealing & practical book on fashion beauty & style. Victoria shares her secrets on dressing for special occasions everyday wear accessorizing holiday tips & making the most of your wardrobe. Whether you're getting ready for work a night out on the town or even doing the school run this is Victoria's personal guide to feeling confident & looking great every time you step out of the front door. ...

Mia is at boarding school. She has access to drugs. They are Marthas. Henry is preparing for art college. He has access to alcohol from Martha. Martha controls their lives. Martha is their mother. That Face" won the TMA Award 2007 for Best New Play. Polly Stenham received both the Charles Wintour Award 2007 & the Critics Circle Award 2008 for Most Promising Playwright." ...

Not even the bombs that destroyed their city could break their spirit... Three generations of strong determined women & the war that threatened to tear them apart. In the backstreets of Liverpool Eileen Watson lives with her mother Nellie daughter Mel & her three tear-away sons. Life isnt great but they have eachother & family can get you through anything. Or...can it? Then on the third day in September 1939 Britain declares war on Germany & their lives change forever. The children have to be evacuated but daughter Mel refuses to go & so Eileen says goodbye to het mother & sons moves away from the street they love & faces a future without most of the people in her precious family. Thus begins a journey for them all. A journey filled with forbidden love tragedy & the terrifying sounds of a city they love crumbling into craters left by the Luftwaffe. Their lives will never be the same again.. . ...

A wonderfully wise romantic comedy about the ones we love & the one that got away... Juliet Joyce has been happily married for twenty-five years. But with two grown-up children who treat the house like a hotel a seventy-year-old mother whos just moved in & a father whos announced hes gay its hardly surprising that her relationship with her husband Rick is beginning to suffer. Juliets resigned to the fact that the only romance shes going to get is from the pages of her library books so nothing prepares her for the unexpected return of Steven Aubrey. Last seen twenty-six years ago when he jilted Juliet on their wedding day he ignites a passion in her that she thought was long gone. But will Steven sweep her off her feet or can Rick remind her of the loving feeling that theyve lost? Theres only one way to find out... ...

Juliet Joyce has been happily married to Rick for twenty-five years. But with two children who treat the house like a hotel a mother whos moved in with them & a father whos announced a radical life change Juliet & Rick have little time for themselves let alone romance. & then Steven Aubrey returns. The same Steven who jilted Juliet on their wedding day twenty-six years ago. He ignites a passion in Juliet that she thought was long gone. Will Steven sweep Juliet off her feet or can Rick revive their marriage before its too late? ...

If there's one motorcycle race that deserves a quality hardback it's the Isle of Man TT. Commonly seen as the world's most dangerous race Rick Broadbent gets behind the scenes & into the helmets of four leading racers over the course of two seasons -- 2010 & 2011 -- following the riders through the numerous vicissitudes of an average season. Ian Hutchinson is as high as they come following his clean-up at the 2010 TT; a fortnight later his leg is being rebuilt after a fellow rider rode over it & Hutchinson has to plead the case for not amputating.. . Conor Cummins is back after battling depression following a serious injury; Guy Martin was on the same hospital after breaking his back but is now a BBC TV presenter; Bridgit Dobbs is the widow of Paul who died in the 2010 race & talks movingly on revisiting the race for the first time since her husband's death.. . Rick Broadbent's That Near Death Thing is the final word on the Isle of Man TT. ...

THAT NEAR DEATH THING is a life-affirming journey to the heart of the world's most dangerous race. The Isle of Man TT is a throwback to a maverick era that existed before PR platitudes & PC attitudes. WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR-shortlisted author Rick Broadbent gets inside the helmets of four leading motorcycle racers as they battle fear fire & family tragedy for a gritty sort of glory. Guy Martin is a tea-drinking truck mechanic & TV eccentric who 'sucks the rabbits out of hedges' but must now deal with the flipside of fame; Conor Cummins is the local hero facing a race against time as he battles depression & a broken body after falling down the mountain; John Mc Guinness is the living legend fending off the ravages of middle-age for one last hurrah; Michael Dunlop is the wild child living with one of the most remarkable legacies in sport. They tell their astonishing stories in a book that provides the most rounded intimate behind-the-scences account yet of the last great race. Rick Broadbent has delivered the final word on the Isle of Man TT one that really gets to grips with an event that continually pulls unsung riders & fans back year after year to witness That Near Death Thing. ...