The bestselling author of the nostalgic classics OUR KID & KATES STORY has based his engaging new novel on the fascinating & inspiring life of his father Tommy born in a Manchester slum in 1886 Tommy Hopkins early years arent very promising. Born at the end of the nineteenth century in a slum district of Manchester hes blessed with a loving hard-working mam & dad but they dont have two hapennies to rub together. The family is struck by tragedy not once but twice
- but Tommy is a survivor. He quickly makes friends at school & together they plot money-making schemes settle scores & play lots of football. Then at last its time to leave the playground behind. Denied the chance of a promising career as an engineer Tommy finds employment at Manchesters Smithfield market & works his way up finally becoming a porter. Hes turning into a man & amongst the young women who catch his eye is Kate Lally who may just be the love of his life...
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There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world ever. Described in the Daily Express as a fabulous teller of stories Stephen King writes books that draw you in & are impossible to put down. Everything is familiar. But everything has changed. Coming back to the little community is like walking into a nightmare for Jim Gardener poet drunk potential suicide. It all looks the same the house the furniture Jims friend Bobbi her beagle (though ageing) even the woods out at the back. But it was in the woods that Bobbi stumbled over the odd part-buried object & felt a peculiar tingle as she brushed the soft earth away. Everything is familiar. But everything is about to change. ...

Tomorrow we ride. thats what my brother Louison & I used to say as we arranged to meet: every day while we were racing cyclists & then just on Sundays when we werent competing any more. We kept on riding until the end of his life because even then
- especially then perhaps
- we always understood each other best on bikes. We had always needed a bike beneath us. In the words of the song we took the high road & the low road: in cycling the glory days always have less glorious ones on their tail. Thanks to Louison I had the good fortune to ride with him through the golden years the 50s: the years of post-war reconstruction of Coppi & Bartali of Kubler & Koblet of Gaul & Van Steenbergen Anquetil & Darrigade. These are names that speak of the aristocracy of cycling & the fierceness of the competition. Every day Louison & I took pleasure in cycling together whether on our intimate journeys through Brittany or the Alps or in the frenzy of the Tour de France or Giro d Italia." Jean Bobet. Jean Bobets book is not so much a biography of his superstar brother Louison nor his own autobiography but rather an account of the intermingling of their two lives. & what lives
- Louison triple Tour de France winner & World Champion & Jean (no mean rider himself) who gave up an academic career to ride in the service of his brother in pursuit of sporting glory. Set in the period after the war this story brings alive the romance of the great races & the star riders of the day whose exploits lifted the public spirit after years of conflict & economic hardship."


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For Alan Carter the greatest personal sacrifice of the Great War of 1914-18 is being called-up after only one week of marriage. Leaving his new bride is even more painful than the wound that months later interrupts his war at sea & sends him to Cornwall to convalesce. For there he has time to think about Dora & about the career as a writer that he secretly nurtures. A career that seems possible when he finds himself accepted by the established colony of Newlyn artists. There is one artist in particular
- Vicky Hazleton
- who encourages Alans leanings towards the arts. & she stirs other feelings: inappropriate & impossible ones. For Vicky & her set inhabit a different world from Alan. He as one of Vickys friends makes clear belongs to Londons East End
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When their country is invaded & their families are taken eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie Linton wants one final adventure with her friends before the school holidays are over. Packed in Ellies parents land rover they drive to the famously isolated rock pool Eden dubbed Hell by the locals. Returning to their home town of Wirrawee the seven teenagers realize that something is seriously wrong. Power to the houses has been cut pets & livestock have been left dead or dying & most alarmingly of all everyones family has vanished. When the hostile armed forces discover that the teenagers are lying low in the vicinity Ellie & her friends must band together to escape outwit & strike back against the mysterious enemy that has seized control of their town & imprisoned their friends & loved ones... ...

Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917 the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants. He was tipped for Olympic glory but a promising running career was interrupted by war service. His capture during the fall of Singapore marked the beginning of a three-&-a-half-year nightmare of starvation torture & disease. Andy was imprisoned in the notorious Changi camp before being transported to Taiwan where he worked as a slave in a copper mine & was twice ordered to dig his own grave. He was later taken to Japan on a hellship voyage that nearly killed him but Andy's athleticism & spirit enable him to survive an ordeal in which many died. From his poverty-stricken boyhood in the slums of the Gorbals to the atomic wasteland of Nagasaki Andy's life story is vividly recounted in Tomorrow You Die an epic compassionate tale that will shock enthral & inspire. ...

This third edition of the best-selling Tomorrows Geography for Edexcel GCSE

Specification A is designed to prepare

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The way the human race acts now will shape
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- all our futures. Neale Donald Walschs dialogue with God continues with

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Aim for your best with expert exam guidance. Written by expeienced authors & teachers you can be confident that this guide will cover the facts & ideas you will be expected to recall & be able to use in the exam. It accompanies the third edition of Tomorrow's Geography for Edexcel GCSE

Specification. Improves your examination skills with exam practice questions Helps you understand what is required in the exam with exam tips & guidance Broadens your knowledge with additional specific facts for case studies Contents 1. Coastal Landscapes 2. River Landscapes 3. Glaciated Landscapes 4. Tectonic Landscapes 5. A Wasteful World 6. A Watery World

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Leo Fenders company changed the course of popular music in 1954 when they introduced the Stratocaster. Since then it has been played by everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Buddy Guy & Jeff Beck. In this book new interviews with important Strat players from every decade illustrate the Strats versatility playability & continuing importance. The story of the Stratocaster is also the story of the Fender company from the struggles of the 50s to the new models retro reissues & luscious collectables of the 21st century. The Stratocaster Guitar Book" is three great volumes in one: a compendium of beautiful pictures; a gripping story; & a detailed guide to every model ever made. It is in the sumptuous tradition of Tony Bacons bestselling volumes such as " The Les Paul Guitar Book". " The Stratocaster Guitar Book" paints a glorious picture of one of the worlds greatest musical instruments its makers & its players & is a must for all guitarists & guitar nuts." ...