Two minutes can be a lifetime. But break the two minute rule & it's a lifetime in jail. Ask anyone on the wrong side of the law about the two minute rule & they'll tell you that's as long as you can hope for at a robbery before the cops show up. But not everyone plays by the rules. When an ageing ex-con finally gets out of jail freedom doesn't taste too sweet. His son is gunned down in a drive-by shooting. It seems like a random crime but when the victim is a cop
- especially a cop with a con for a father
- the motives are never simple. When the hit is exposed as a revenge killing & the question of police corruption is raised it becomes a father's last duty to clear his son's name & catch the killer.

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Two monsters live on either side of a mountain. Sometimes they talk through the hole in the mountain but they never see each other. One evening they get into a silly argument about whether day is departing or night is arriving which escalates into a rock throwing fight which eventually destroys the mountain & enables the monsters to see each others point of view & live together as friends. ...

Demetrius & Paula Ogglebutt are two perfectly beautiful children but they have a pair of parents who do nothing but argue bicker & clash. In fact Demetrius & Paula begin to worry that its all their fault which leaves them feeling very sad & confused. So they call a meeting at school to see if anyone else is in the same parental predicament
- & it turns out theyre not alone! The result is a decision that has everyone in agreement
- an un-wedding!

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When John Thaw star of The Sweeney & Inspector Morse died from cancer in 2002 a nation lost one of its finest actors. Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husb&. In this unique double biography she chronicles their lives
- personal & professional together & apart. John Thaw was born in Manchester the son of a lorry driver. When he arrived at RADA on a scholarship he felt an outsider. In fact his timing was perfect: it was the sixties & television was beginning to make its mark. With his roles in Z-Cars & The Sweeney fame came quickly. But it was Johns role as Morse that made him an icon. In 1974 John married Sheila Hancock with whom he shared a working-class background & a RADA education. Sheila was already the star of the TV series The Rag Trade & went on to become the first woman artistic director at the RSC. Theirs was a sometimes turbulent always passionate relationship & Sheila describes their love
- weathering overwork & the pressures of celebrity drink & cancer
- with honesty & piercing intelligence. The Two of Us is a remarkable book
- a biography of a born actor & a tender often heartbreaking memoir of a marriage. Full of insight & vivid memories it evokes two lives lived to the utmost.



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When John Thaw star of The Sweeney & Inspector Morse died from cancer in 2002 a nation lost one of its finest actors & Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husb&. In this unique double biography she chronicles their lives
- personal & professional together & apart. John Thaw was born in Manchester the son of a lorry driver. When he arrived at RADA on a scholarship he felt an outsider. In fact his timing was perfect: it was the sixties & television was beginning to make its mark. With his roles in Z-Cars & The Sweeney fame came quickly. But it was John's role as Morse that made him an icon. In 1974 he married Sheila Hancock with whom he shared a working-class background & a RADA education. Sheila was already the star of the TV series The Rag Trade & went on to become the first woman artistic director at the RSC. Theirs was a sometimes turbulent always passionate relationship & in this remarkable book Sheila describes their love
- weathering overwork & the pressures of celebrity drink & cancer
- with honesty & piercing intelligence & evokes two lives lived to the utmost.


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Two penn'orth of sky is all you can see from dirty cramped Nightingale Court where Emmy lives with her widowed mother. Her main aim in life is to escape & she sees marriage as her best way out. When Peter Wesley First Officer aboard a cruise ship proposes she accepts eagerly. The Wesleys have a baby Diana & all seems set fair for the small family but Peter is killed & Emmy left penniless. She & Diana are forced to move back to Nightingale Court. Emmy has to take work as a waitress but she becomes ill & when suitors appear Diana detests them all...A tale of hardship heartbreak & hope from a beloved storyteller Two Penn'orth of Sky is classic Katie Flynn & sure to delight every one of her readers. ...

Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat set the world to rights take the piss. They talk about their wives their kids their kids' pets their football teams &
- this being Ireland in 2011-12
- about the euro the crash the presidential election the Queen's visit. But these men are not parochial or small-minded; one of them knows where to find the missing Colonel Gaddafi (he's working as a cleaner at Dublin Airport); they worry about Greek debt the IMF & the bondholders (whatever they might be); in their fashion they mourn the deaths of Whitney Houston Donna Summer Davy Jones & Robin Gibb; & they ask each other the really important questions like ' Would you ever let yourself be digitally enhanced?' Inspired by a year's worth of news Two Pints" distils the essence of Roddy Doyle's comic genius. This book shares the concision of a collection of poems & the timing of a virtuoso comedian."

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When Rosie Jones sweetheart Sean Quinnan is killed in a building accident she knows the blame lies with her childhood tormentor Joe Brindle. But though Rosie longs for justice she has more pressing matters to deal with
- when she find she is carrying Seans baby she is disowned by her mother & loses her job. Salvation comes in the form of war veteran George Metcalf. Hes prepared to make an honest woman of her & accept another mans child as his own. Although he doesnt stir her heart Rosie knows George is a good man. But even with a husband to protect her will she ever be truly safe from Joe Brindle.
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Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett star in highlights from their BBC TV Series. This special facsimile vinyl-look CD edition of a classic LP

Includes:: such sketches as Mispronounciation"; " Night Night"; " Cheers"; " Cricket Commentators"; " Train of Events"; & not forgetting the " News according to The Two Ronnies". Theres also " All in a Days Wonk"; " Sex Equality"; " Pam Ayres"; " The Castaway"; & " Youre Welcome Milord". " Vintage Beeb": classic albums first available as BBC LPs now on CD for the first time ever."

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First ever illustrated paperback of part two of Tolkiens epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring 16 colour paintings by Alan Lee Conceptual Designer on Peter Jacksons THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. Frodo & the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard Gandalf in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; & at the Falls of Rauros Boromir seduced by the power of the Ring tried to seize it by force. While Frodo & Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone that is save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. JRR Tolkiens great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance & a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic & homely epic & diabolic the narrative moves through countless changes of scene & character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Part of a set of three paperbacks this sumptuous edition is available in a smart new livery & is illustrated in colour by Alan Lee award-winning artist & Conceptual Designer on Peter Jacksons THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. ...