Vivid bawdy & bitter' (The Times) Pat Barker's first novel shows the women of Union Street young & old meeting the harsh challeges of poverty & survival in a precarious world. There's Kelly at eleven neglected & independent dealing with a squalid rape; Dinah knocking on sixty & still on the game; Joanne not yet twenty not yet married & already pregnant; Old Alice welcoming her impending death; Muriel helplessly watching the decline of her stoical husb&. & linking them all watching over them all mother to half the street is fiery indomitable Iris. ...

Dominic has always been a disappointment to his ambitious father but he has never understood why. Then he discovers that he had an older brother who died before he was born. Where his brother was a brilliant academic & scientist Dominic prefers to waste his time painting. His father cannot forgive him for it. Dominic decides to try to find out about his brother but he discovers more than he bargained for. Their father had Dominics dead brother cloned & Dominic is the result. How can he live with this mind-blowing discovery? If the truth is ever made public it could put peoples lives in danger
- including his own.
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We have searched the UK for the most unusual novel & quirky eating experiences be it the location the building the food the entertainment or all four. Choices include the charming Windmill at Cley Norfolk; Sunday lunch on a canal boat cruise through the quiet backwaters of Birmingham; dining with a smooth soundtrack at the renowned Jazz Cafe in Reading; & the cutting edge Inamo in London where you place your order via the interactive menus projected onto the tables! This experience entitles two people to a delicious two or three-course meal at a carefully selected restaurant. The number of courses & type of food varies according to the restaurant you choose & the variety has something to suit any taste. ...

If you’re looking to treat someone to a weekend break away somewhere unique why not surprise them with this Unique Places to Stay Gift break for two. Once you have purchased your Unique Places to Stay Gift break you will be able to spend time selecting the perfect location for your break from the wide range of locations featured on the right. Getting away for the weekend can be the ideal opportunity to try something new but staying somewhere completely different can really add that element of fun. With many unique locations to choose from there are plenty of opportunities to experience something completely new which is bound to leave any guest with a fresh perspective. Whether you want to spend a night in a cider house an old registry office or if you want to experience life on a boat there are breaks here to suit everyone. Couples can muck in & help on a working farm or pursue tranquillity & enlightenment in a more relaxing environment. How about a night in a converted jail cell? Whichever option you choose a break in an unusual setting is sure to inspire & entertain.
This is a one night stay for two with breakfast.

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Getting away for the weekend can be the ideal opportunity to try something new staying somewhere different can really add that element of fun. With many unforgettable locations to choose from there are plenty of opportunities to experience something completely unique which is bound to leave any guest with a new perspective. Whether you want to spend a night in a cider house an old registry office where so many dreams have been made or if you want to experience life on a boat & wake up to the gentle sound of water outside your window there are locations here to suit everyone. Couples can enjoy some time in a moated hotel or pursue tranquility & enlightenment in a more relaxing environment. Whichever option you choose a break in an unusual setting is sure to inspire & entertain. ...

Most travellers want to have fun & feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination
- that's what Marco Polo
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Songwriter Dave Carroll wasnt the first person abused by an airlines customer service. But he was the first to show how one person armed with creativity some friends $150 & the Internet could turn an entire industry upside down. United Airlines had broken Daves guitar after his luggage had been checked on one fateful day. After eight months of pestering the airline for compensation Dave turned to his best tool
- songwriting
- & vowed to create a You Tube video about the incident that he hoped would garner a million views in one year. Four days after launching the first million people had watched United Breaks Guitars". United stock went down 10 percent shedding $180 million in value; & Dave appeared on television to tell his story. United relented. & throughout the business world people began to realise that efficient but inhuman customer-service policies had an unseen cost
- brand destruction by frustrated creative & socially connected customers. " United Breaks Guitars" has become a textbook example of the new relationship between companies & their customers & has demonstrated the power of one voice in the age of social media. It has become a benchmark in the customer-service & music industries as well as branding & social media circles. Today more than 150 million people are familiar with this story. In this fascinating book Dave will tell you how he developed the just do it philosophy that made him the ideal man to take on a big company what it felt like to be in the center of the media frenzy & how hes taken his talents & become a sought
- after songwriter & public speaker. & businesspeople will also learn how companies should change their policies & address social-media uprisings. Since Daves story came to light nothing has been the same
- for consumers musicians or business. Whether you are a guitarist a baggage handler or a boardroom executive this book will entertain you & remind you that we are all connected.. .that each of us matters & that we all have a voice worth hearing."




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The United Nations has been called everything from the best hope of mankind" to "irrelevant" & "obsolete." With this much-needed introduction to the UN Jussi Hanhimaki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived how it has come to its present form & how it must confront new challenges in a rapidly changing world. After a brief history of the United Nations & its predecessor the League of Nations the author examines the UNs successes & failures as a guardian of international peace & security as a promoter of human rights as a protector of international law & as an engineer of socio-economic development. Hanhimaki stresses that the UNs greatest problem has been the impossibly wide gap between its ambitions & capabilities. In the area of international security for instance the UN has to settle conflicts--be they between or within states--without offending the national sovereignty of its member states & without being sidelined by strong countries as happened in the 2003 intervention of Iraq. Hanhimaki also provides a clear accounting of the UN & its various arms & organizations (such as UNESCO & UNICEF) & he offers a critical overview of how effective it has been in the recent crises in Rwanda & the former Yugoslavia for example--and how likely it is to meet its overall goals in the future. The United Nations Hanhimaki concludes is an indispensable organization that has made the world a better place. But it is also a deeply flawed institution in need of constant reform." ...

With Lou Macari Joe Jordan Martin Buchan Gordon Hill Tommy Docherty Gerry Daly Sammy Mc Ilroy Jimmy Greenhoff Jimmy Nicholl & Stuart Pearson Following the success of his books on United in the 1980s & 90s Andy Mitten has travelled far & wide to track down ten of Manchester Uniteds stars from 1970s
- including Martin Buchan Lou Macari Sammy Mc Ilroy Gordon Hill Gerry Daly Joe Jordan Jimmy Greenhoff
- as well as The Doc himself to open the door to the Old Trafford dressing room during one of the most enthralling eras in the history of Englands greatest club. A highly respected journalist & editor of the influential United We Stand fanzine Mitten has produced another book packed with brilliantly colourful anecdotes that transports the reader back to a time when the players were not highly paid went to the pub after training & played hard on & off the pitch. His interviewees discuss not only cup final joys & disasters but also behind the scenes politics sackings relegation hooliganism bust ups & mad pranks. United! United! is an astonishingly candid & entertaining look at the decade when the Red Army & Uniteds wingers went on the rampage from Northampton to Norwich George Best went AWOL four managers tried to fill Matt Busbys shoes & fans were fenced in.

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The Universal Carrier was a fast lightly armed vehicle developed by the British Army to carry infantry across ground defended by small-arms fire; specifically the Bren light machine gun hence the name Bren Gun Carrier. This name would stick with the Universal Carrier & all of its future variants. This book details the Carrier which was employed in a number of roles including carrying ammunition & towing anti-aircraft guns & trailers. All Allies used the Universal Carrier extensively during practically every World War II campaign. By the wars end the Universal Carrier had proved itself to be an invaluable & successful cross-country vehicle that was both agile & fast for its time. ...