One of the defining rock groups of the 20th Century Thin Lizzy began life in Dublin in 1969 when childhood friends Phil Lynott & Brian Downey were approached by two former members of Van Morrisons band Them Eric Wrixon (keyboards) & Eric Bell (guitar). Now for the first time their story is told by guitarist Scott Gorham & rock journalist Harry Doherty. The bands story is told by the people who were involved directly including former guitarists road crew management family & friends. Their origins in Dublin as a three piece with the Whiskey in the Jar single & a string of unsuccessful but highly creative albums. The move to London to chase the dream of being a major rock b&. The chaotic arrival & departures of various members including Eric Bell (who left the band mid concert) Irish guitarist Gary Moore Brian Robertson & co-author Scott Gorham. How the albums Jailbreak & Boys Are Back in Town took the band to the top of the charts just as they were to become bankrupt.

Includes:: stories of the band on the road the drink & drugs & how the years of partying drug-taking & non stop touring eventually took its toll on not only the band members but on their families. The death of front man Phil Lynott & their legacy following his death.

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This title is shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Biography Award & the 2012 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. Julia Blackburn & her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of northern Italy in 1999. She arrived as a stranger but a series of events brought her close to the old people of the village & they began to tell her their stories. Of how their village had been trapped in an archaic feudal system & owned by a local padrone who demanded his share of all they had
- even a pretty wife or daughter of the eruption of the Second World War of the conflict between the fascists & the partisans of death & fear & hunger of how they hid like foxes in the mountains. Write it down for us they said because otherwise it will all be lost. Thin Paths" is a celebration of the songlines of one place that could be many places & a celebration of the humour & determination of the human spirit."
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In 1997 Andy Cave returned from the Himalayas having climbed the stupendous north face of Changabang but losing his friend & climbing partner in the process. Traumatized by the savage ordeal he must examine his relationship with the mountains that have defined his life so far. Will he have the courage to undertake such a challenge again? Does he want to? Thin White Line" charts his struggle towards finding an answer. It is as much a journey into the mind of an extreme mountaineer as it is into the wild landscapes through which he travels. In a nail biting narrative set in Patagonia Norway & Alaska Cave tackles the severest challenges modern Alpinism can pose. Juxtaposed with the stark beauty of the environment are the colourful characters populating his stories from the adventurers around him past & present to the pioneer aviators who get him & his kind to those impossibly remote places. He vividly recreates the joy & despair of climbing building the book to a desperate finale that lays bare the fragility of our carefully constructed convictions." ...

Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through her Daughter's Heroin Addiction is an honest & intimate account of heroin addiction told by both mother & daughter. Amber is introduced to drugs & becomes addicted without her mother's knowledge. She meets a dealer who feeds her habit. Whilst living together they are raided by the police. Bailed to her mother's address with a GBP200-a-day addiction Amber doesn't think her family will accept her back when they discover the truth. When she's charged by the police with dealing class A drugs & accepting stolen goods she fears she'll go to prison. Trying to feed her habit alone Amber meets a fellow addict who offers to introduce her to prostitution. The prospect terrifies her but will her mother help her? An unflinching story that looks at drug addiction from two different sides Thin Wire will appeal to a diverse range of readers in particular fans of autobiographies & memoirs & is remiscent of Melvin Burgess' Junk. The book's concluding section offers two sets of personal guidelines; one for addicts the other for parents or partners of addicts while the in-depth harrowing real life story vividly illustrates the difficulties of overcoming addiction. In a society where 50% of teenagers experiment with drugs Amber is every mother's child. She could be yours. ...

From the Orange Prize-winning author of ' Half of a Yellow Sun' come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men & women parents & children Nigeria & the West. In 'A Private Experience' a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity & faith force her to confront the realities & fears she's been pushing away. In ' Tomorrow Is Too Far' a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death. The young mother at the centre of ' Imitation' finds her comfortable life threatened when she learns that her husband back in Lagos has moved his mistress into their home. & the title story depicts the choking loneliness of a Nigerian girl who moves to an America that turns out to be nothing like the country she expected; though falling in love brings her desires nearly within reach a death in her homeland forces her to re-examine them. Searing & profound suffused with beauty sorrow & longing this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers. ...

This book contains more weirdly creepy & unnerving tales to unsettle any reader. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century discarding ghosts & witches & instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic & malevolent universe. ...

Already a huge success Things a Woman Should Know About Style" returns in a new edition that makes it an even more desirable accessory for the fashionable womans handbag. Firm but always fair Karen Homer lays down the law & makes sure you never have to commit another fashion faux pas. You can discover why you can never have too many white T-shirts how to choose the right shoes & when to say no to this seasons high-fashion trends. Packed with humour & offering a wry sideways look at the world of womens style this book will have you laughing out loud in recognition. From the hazards of choosing underwear to finding the right wedding outfit this book is the handbag-sized bible for women of all ages." ...

Want to know what happened to unscrupulous tomb raiders if they were caught? How long it took to build the majestic pyramids? How embalmers removed the brain when making a gruesome mummy? Discover all these horrible facts & many many more in Top Ten Worst Things About Ancient Egypt a grim countdown all things terrible about life for the Ancient Egyptians. ...

Were the 70s & 80s all they were cracked up to be? Or have we never had it so good? Philip Glenister
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