In the late 1940s Shay leaves school as soon as he can to become a trailer-boy on a Gardner truck that is noisy cold & limited in speed. The driver Fred is one of the old school a transport man through & through who knows the best cafes & pubs & all the tricks of the trade. Shay soon comes to love this life on the road despite long hours & frequent absences from his home in Kent. In those days lorries were less able to cope with bad weather. Truckers North"

Includes:: a vivid account of the terrible winter of 1947 when twenty miles an hour was an achievement & the powerful vehicles were dangerous to handle. Shay encountered some lively characters: the drivers who worked played & joked hard; the kindly landladies who provide a home from home; Rosy who awoke the man in the boy. Shay progressed in his career moving on to become a driver himself & finally the proud owner of his own HGV."

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This fully-updated edition is the ultimate companion for truck & coach drivers listing all of the most popular truckers' haunts in the UK & Irel&. With easy-to-follow symbols it gives a huge range of information about truckstops service stations & lorry parks from canopy height & availability of showers to the types of fuel card accepted. There are also comprehensive sections on how to operate your vehicle personal driver health & laws applicable to truckers all presented with clear photographs & diagrams. A glossary of common trucking terms a mini-dictionary in six languages & useful contact details completes this essential guide. New subjects include satellite navigation systems the VBG multifunction coupling the new driver CPC licences & taking your LGV tests. ...

This is a simple colouring book ideal for introducing very young children to trucks & diggers. Large clear spaces make the scenes easy for children to colour including two pages of stickers encourage creativity. Busy scenes include a building site motorway farm & town. This title is designed to be treasured rather than discarded when finished. ...

Snap is every child's much-loved first card game & these large colourful & high quality cards will delight very young children. Match as many animals or trucks & diggers as you can to win the game. The cards are durable & robust to survive repeated use. Snap is an easy & fun game which is a great way for young children to develop important sorting matching & reading skills. ...

This is a wonderful new truck book with endearing illustrations & delightful touch & feel textures. Watch the amazing trucks do all their hard work. Listen to the sounds they make & touch their shiny wheels & the scratchy sand they dump. This is a wonderfully tactic book with endearing dynamic illustrations. It is one of twenty new exciting books in the Baby Walker" series featuring the best quality art & design for babies. It features fresh contemporary artwork & fun tactile features to stimulate your baby's imagination. This is a perfect introduction to trucks & building." ...

Sounding like one instrument a wild whirling bagpipe the Stones chugged to a halt. But the crowd didnt stop we could see Hells Angels spinning like madmen swinging at people. By stage right a tall white boy with a black cloud of electric hair was dancing shaking infuriating the Angels by having too good a time. The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones is not just the greatest book about the greatest rock n roll band it is one of the most important books about the 1960s capturing its zeitgeist
- that uneasy mix of excess violence & idealism
- in a way no other book does. Stanley Booth was with the Rolling Stones on their 1969 U.S. tour which culminated in the notorious free concert at Altamont. But this book is much more than a brilliant piece of journalism. It gives a history of the Rolling Stones from their early rhythm n blues days in west London clubs to the end of the 1960s; & it interweaves with mastery the two tragic stories of the decline & death of Brian Jones & the terrifying Altamont concert itself where the Hells Angels supposedly providing security ran amok & murdered a member of the audience. Although it took nearly fifteen years to write the book that emerged has been rightly acclaimed as the one authentic masterpiece of rock n writing.

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A guide to the acting profession by a leading American playwright. He advises aspiring actors on topics such as judging a role approaching the part working with the playwright undertaking auditions & the relationship with agents & the business in general. ...

The book opens on the day Hemingways close friend Pop a legendary hunter leaves him in charge of the camp. Tensions have heightened among the various tribes & news arrives of a potential attack on the hunters forcing Hemingway not only to take on his new role of leader but equally important to assist his wife Mary in pursuing the great lion she is determined to kill before Christmas. Passionately detailing the African landscape the excitement of the chase & the heartfelt relationships with his African neighbours Hemingway a master of dramatic fiction weaves a tale that is rich in laughter beauty & insight. ...

Can the mysteries of the human heart ever be unravelled? Pursuing a scientific explanation for a disturbing & unexplained phenomenon Jeremy's sceptical nature is thrown off course when he meets Lexie the town librarian. As they work together ghostly occurrences & passionate moments converge forcing Jeremy to realise that there are some truths science cannot explain as he finally appreciates the pleasures of exploring the heart. ...

True Blood is the blockbuster paranormal drama created by Alan Ball set in Louisiana's bayou country in the fictional town of Bon Temps. From its first season True Blood has been a runaway success internationally; a massive 1.6 million people switched on for the show's Channel 4 premier & now in its 4th season averages around 200 000 viewers in the UK alone. The series has 275 000 followers on Twitter & 8.4 million fans on Facebook. The cooking of eastern Louisiana lends authenticity to many scenes in True Blood. This book celebrates the Bayou country cooking served up at Merlotte's & in the home kitchens of the show's characters rounded out with drinks from Fangtasia & with a few maenad feasts. The book

Includes:: 82 recipes true to the cooking of the region & whenever possible relevant to the food & drinks seen in the episodes. All recipes included are introduced by head notes (written in the voice of the cast character to whom the recipe is attributed) & gathered into three chapters each introduced by a chapter intro (written in the different characters' voice). The book opens with a main introduction (in Sookie's voice) & Approx. 25 sidebars run throughout featuring 'recipes' & relevant"es (such as baby vamp Jessica's musings about not cooking).

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