When I look in the mirror I know that I came from dirt. I came from the streets. Both of my parents are drug addicts. I lived in cars motels in the back of people's houses. But now I look in the mirror & realize that I'm somebody. Everybody in this world can have goals & dreams & they can achieve those goals & dreams if they work hard enough. I came from nothing & I've done it. I smile every time I talk about it. So begins the inspirational tale of Jacob ' Tito' Ortiz aka the ' Huntington Beach Bad Boy'. Ortiz made his mixed martial arts debut as an amateur at UFC 13. He wasn't interested in being paid or getting a contract -- he just wanted 'to kick somebody's ass'. Before long he was fighting for the UFC Middleweight (200 pound) title & battled it out in an historic contest with prodigy Frank Shamrock. Ortiz lost but the fight shaped the future of the division for the next several years to come. The Middleweight title was renamed the Light Heavyweight title & Ortiz again took the belt successfully defending it five times in the next three years. A controversial opponent Ortiz remains one of the most exciting Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters to watch. This is the outspoken no-holds-barred story of his colourful life & career. ...

This is when it begins Autumn 2008. This is where it begins The coast of Dublin. This is why it begins Bruno an American has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie an out-of-work architect is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide they experience a connection unlike any they've previously felt but soon their newfound love will be tested in ways they never imagined possible. This is how it ends.. . ...

This is when it begins Autumn 2008. This is where it begins The coast of Dublin. This is why it begins Bruno an American has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie an out-of-work architect is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide they experience a connection unlike any they've previously felt but soon their newfound love will be tested in ways they never imagined possible. This is how it ends.. .

This is How it Ends is part of the Richard & Judy Summer 2013 Book Club. Find out how you can get involved with Britain's biggest & best book club. Visit the brand new Book Club website Â- ...

This book captures the dramas & the emotion of Manchester Citys victories & losses as witnessed through the eyes of two lifelong City fans 40 something Will & nephew Martyn 17 years his junior. Feel their hopes fears nerves disappointment resignation exultation & final relief. Forty-four years since their last top league title City were crowned champions of England in 2012 for only the 3rd time in their history pipping local rivals Manchester United on goal difference in the process. In 1999 they won a far less coveted trophy awarded for winning the Division Two promotion play-off final & thus propelling the club back up to the heights of English football s 2nd tier (at about the same time the aforementioned local rivals were completing an unprecedented treble of the English Title & Cup as well as being crowned champions of Europe). Without City s 99 victory it is highly likely that 2012 triumph would never have happened. Modern City may be light years away from the humble outfit of just over a decade ago but there are plenty of parallels to be drawn alongside all of the contrasts. ...

Junot Diazs new collection This Is How You Lose Her is a collection of linked narratives about love
- passionate love illicit love
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This Is More Than I Can Stand" is a detailed biography of Charlie Hall a little known man from Birmingham who worked with some of the biggest stars of the silver screen. Charlie was born into a working class family in the Ward End district of Birmingham in 1899. In 1920 he left England to start a new life in New York. Incredibly within a few years he had moved to Hollywood & was appearing in films with some of the greatest silent comedy stars of all time. How did this come about? & why did Charlie find himself working back in a factory in Birmingham in 1938? These & many other questions will be answered in this new book about the life of Charlie Hall. The book contains interviews with family & friends who knew him & remember meeting him when he returned to Birmingham in the late 30s. Plus some of Charlies personal letters written at this time giving a unique insight into his thoughts his memories & what it was like to work with Laurel & Hardy. From humble beginnings Charlie experienced the early movie industry the birth of the talkies & the advent of television. Not bad for a lad from Ward End." ...

This is not a diary: while these observations were recorded in autumn 2010 & spring 2011 in the form of dated entries they are not a personal reflection but an attempt to capture signs of our times in their movement
- possibly at birth at a stage when they are still barely perceptible & in any case before they have matured into common all too familiar forms escaping our attention due to their banality. Some will perhaps settle in our daily life for a long time to come others will fade & vanish before they would otherwise have a chance to be noted recorded & explored in

Depth: in our fast-moving protean & kaleidoscopic world it is hardly possible to predict their future course & to decide in advance which of them will grow in volume & significance & which will prove to have been still-born. Whatever their fate the author tried to take a leaf from William Blakes precept of seeing the universe in a grain of sand
- & having done so alert us to what is or may be happening to our individual lives forms of togetherness shared prospects; to the ways we perceive & relate to each other the forces that shape our life chances & itineraries; & to the ways we try to control or at least influence & sometimes even reform for the better some or all those

Dimensions of our existence. These timely meditations by one of the most perceptive social thinkers of our time will appeal to a wide range of readers.





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Its the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside wont stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person & bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price that doesnt sound so bad. Six months ago her world collapsed & since then shes failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall shes forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live. But as the days crawl by the motivations for survival change in startling ways & soon the groups fate is determined less & less by whats happening outside & more & more by the unpredictable & violent bids for life
- & death
- inside. When everything is gone what do you hold on to?

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From her earliest years with a boozy accident-prone father & a reluctantly pragmatic mother Janice Galloways grew up as a watcher
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From the creator of the bestselling & award-winning Want My Hat Back" comes a second wry tale. When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue top hat (which happens to fit him perfectly) trouble could be following close behind. So it's a good thing that enormous fish won't wake up. & even if he does it's not as though he'll ever know what happened will he. Visual humour swims to the fore as the bestselling Jon Klassen follows his break-out debut with another deadpan-funny tale. This is a second thought-provoking musing on the nature of crime & punishment." ...