Meat Loafs bizarre & spectacular life story is scarcely credible. After surviving an abusive childhood during which he was almost murdered by his alcoholic father he starred in one of the biggest stage & film musicals ever then went on to record the third best-selling album of all time. To Hell & Back is the story of a man who ran away from a cruel home life at 17 & starred in the legendary Rocky Horror Picture Show before turning to rock-nroll. His first album Bat Out Of Hell was considered so uncommercial by his first record label that they dropped him
- only for it to go on to sell 20 million copies worldwide. He then spent the Eighties on the skids with a severe drink & drugs problem & mounting money problems leading him to a nervous breakdown before making a triumphant comeback with 1993s album Bat Out Of Hell II & colossal hit single Id Do Anything For Love. This is an extraordinary story & a classic rock autobiography.
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Classic stories of gallantry in World War II are featured in this edition of Mel Rolfe's title containing 20 dramatic but true stories of Bomber Command adventures. Some of them defy belief
- like the RAF bomb aimer who was blown out of his Liberator over Warsaw at 400 feet without a parachute & made a poignant return in 1989 to witness the unveiling of a memorial on the crash site. Others defy logic
- like two men of the same crew who survived a terrible crash neither aware of the others' existence but both saved by the tolling of the same church bell. Journalist Mel Rolf has conducted his interviews & prepared the stories in such a way as to take the reader into the events as they happened.

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Dante Valentine has been through Hell. Literally. Her body shattered & her mind not far behind shes dumped back into her own world to survive
- or not
- as a pawn in one of Lucifers endless games. Unfortunately hes just messed with the wrong Necromance. & this time shes mad enough to do something about it. This time the Devil will pay.

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In this title Eli Maor examines the role of infinity in mathematics & geometry & its cultural impact on the arts & sciences. He evokes the profound intellectual impact the infinite has exercised on the human mind
- from the horror infiniti of the Greeks to the works of M.C. Escher; from the ornamental designs of the Moslems to the sage Giordano Bruno whose belief in an infinite universe led to his death at the hands of the Inquisition. But above all the book describes the mathematicians fascination with infinity
- a fascination mingled with puzzlement. Maor explores the idea of infinity in mathematics & in art & argues that this is the point of contact between the two best exemplified by the work of the Dutch artist M.C. Escher six of whose works are shown here in beautiful color plates". (" Los Angeles Times"). "[ Eli Maors] enthusiasm for the topic carries the reader through a rich panorama". (" Choice"). " Fascinating & enjoyable...places the ideas of infinity in a cultural context & shows how they have been espoused & molded by mathematics". (" Science")."

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Che Guevara & Alberto Granados journey through South America in 1952 on a Norton 500 motorcycle is one of the most famous motorcycle journeys of all time. Guevaras experiences on that journey led him to become a key figure of the Cuban Revolution & one of the greatest inspirational icons of the twentieth century. Steve Holmes & Pete Sandfords journey through South America in 2009 is arguably the least known motorcycle journey of all time but it took them on the same route through Argentina Chile Peru Colombia & Venezuela. Along the way the pair did battle with some of the most dangerous environments on the planet including the Atacama Desert (the driest place on Earth) & the mighty Amazon River. To make it just a bit tougher they made the trip on authentic period Nortons just like Ches. Ches motorcycle never completed the 5000 mile journey. Would Holmes & Sandfords 60-year-old bikes survive this epic trip? To infinity & beyond relates the dangerous & exciting adventure as they follow Ches route faithfully. ...

' Shoot all the Bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel
- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence & hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much...A benchmark of classic American literature To Kill A Mockingbird approaches the highly sensitive topic of racism in 1930s America with humour warmth & compassion making it widely recognised as one of the best books of the twentieth century & in American literature.
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' Shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel
- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence & hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To Kill a Mockingbird" is a coming-of-age story an anti-racist novel a historical drama of the Great Depression & a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition."
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Lawyer Atticus Finch defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic Puliter Prize-winning novel--a black man charged with the rape of a white woman. Through the eyes of Atticus's children Scout & Jem Finch Harper Lee explores with rich humor & unanswering honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race & class in the Deep South of the 1930's. ...

' Shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel
- a black man charged with attacking a white girl. Through the eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Lee explores the issues of race & class in the Deep South of the 1930s with compassion & humour. She also creates one of the great heroes of literature in their father whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice & hypocrisy.
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Shoot all the Bluejays you want if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a Mockingbird. A lawyers advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lees classic novel
- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence & hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one mans struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.
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