The master of a journalistic style long vanished
- urbane lucid courteous...A masterpiece of observation & storytelling".
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Penguins Stopped Play" meets " Cool Runnings" in this hilarious & uplifting true story of footballing triumph against all the odds set on a Pacific isl&. After one too many late night discussions football journalist Paul Watson & his mate Matthew Conrad decide to find the worlds worst national team become naturalised citizens of that country & play for them
- achieving their joint boyhood dream of playing international football & winning a cap. They are thrilled when Wikipedia leads them to Pohnpei a tiny remote island in the Pacific whose long-defunct football team is described as the weakest in the world. They contact Pohnpeis Football Association & discover what it needs most urgently is leadership. So Paul & Matt travel thousands of miles leaving behind jobs families & girlfriends to train a rag-tag bunch of novice footballers who barely understand the rules of the game. " Up Pohnpei" tells the story of their quest to coach the team & eventually organise an international fixture
- Pohnpeis first since a 16-1 defeat many years ago. With no funding a population whose obesity rate is 90 percent & toad-infested facilities in one of the worlds wettest climates their journey is beset by obstacles from the outset. Part travelogue part quest " Up Pohnpei" shows how the passion & determination of two young men can change the face of football
- & the lives of total strangers
- on the other side of the world."



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The girls
- Rube Lily & Sylvie
- work at Mc Crindle's sweet factory during the week & on Saturday they go up the Junction in

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Although it was first published more than thirty-five years ago Up the Organization continues to top the lists of best business books by groups as diverse as the American Management Association Strategy + Business (Booz Allen Hamilton) & The Wharton Center for Leadership & Change Management. 1-800-CEO-READ ranks Townsend's bestseller first among eighty books that every manager must read." This commemorative edition offers a new generation the benefit of Robert Townsend's timeless wisdom as well as reflections on his work & life by those who knew & worked with him. This groundbreaking book continues to remind us not to get mired in all those sacred organizational routines that stifle people & strangle both profits & profitability. He shows a way to humanize business & a way to have fun while making it all work better than it ever worked before." ...

In this important book historians lawyers economists & writers come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish economic collapse has resulted in national humiliation renewed emigration & a decline in living standards for the majority of the population there is still hope that the country can be reformed & renewed. Irish politicians offered the now notorious blanket guarantee to all the banks which had got in over their heads during the great property bubble
- including one that had become little more than a criminal enterprise. A different set of politicians grimly enforces the consequences of that guarantee locking an entire generation of Irish men & women into paying for the mistakes of greedy bankers & their corrupt friends in government. The energy of hope has to come from elsewhere. These essays demonstrate how simple measures & different economic & social policies could release that energy & fulfil the promise of an educated literate & culturally vibrant people.
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Emma is resigned to attending her cousin's wedding expecting the usual excruciating round of polite conversation & bad dancing. Instead it's the scene of a horny encounter which encourages her to behave even more scandalously than usual. When she meets motorbike fanatic Kit it's lust at first sight & they waste no time in getting each other off behind the marquee. They don't get the chance to say goodbye however & Emma resigns herself to the fact that she'll never see her spontaneous lover again. Then fate intervenes as Emma & Kit are reunited at another wedding
- & so begins a year of outrageous sex wild behaviour & lots of getting up to no good.
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Having given up a high-powered job & the lifestyle to match Tessa Hainsworth had no idea how hard she would struggle when full of optimism she fulfilled her dream of moving to rural Cornwall with her young family one September. Within months she is almost ready to return to London tail between her legs: her husband is still out of work her children are struggling in a cold damp tumbledown house & the family is running out of money
- fast. But a chance encounter in the local post office leads her to accept the unlikeliest of job offers. Up with the Larks charts Tessas turbulent first year with the Royal Mail & her transformation from outsider to Posh Postie adopted Cornishwoman & much-loved member of her new community. She starts in the bitter darkness of midwinter faced with the perils of the Christmas rush a van with a mind of its own & a host of unfamiliar routes local characters
- & their animals large & small. But day by day & month by month she meets & learns to love a wonderfully colourful cast of characters until her second Christmas in Cornwall is entirely different from the first as the community goes out of its way to thank her with small gifts & other tokens of their affection. At last she feels Cornwall is home.

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Pam Wedgwood's hugely popular Up-Grade!" series now extends into pop & jazz so even the youngest beginners can bridge the gap between grades with some of their favourite tunes. " Up-Grade Pop!" offers Pam's own take on songs such as Robbie Williams' " Angels" Queen's " Another One Bites the Dust" & James Blunt's " You're beautiful" as well as her own specially composed pieces. Guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing the varied pieces in this collection are designed to easy you gently on to the next grade. So lighten up & move on with " Up-Grade"." ...

Writing with the warmth & humour that have made her so popular Coleen describes her eventful life from joining her sisters' band The Nolans when she was only nine to growing up in the spotlight as they went on to chart-topping success around the world. Coleen also reveals how she coped with her tumultuous marriage to television star Shane Richie & how after they split she was left a single parent struggling to get through each day. She landed the job of presenter on This Morning" & was just finding her feet when she was sacked plunging her into depression as she lost all confidence. A way out finally came in the form of chat show " Loose Women" where Coleen reclaimed her place in the nation's hearts. Today she is happily married & an inspiration to women everywhere who believed their 'best days' were behind them. Entertaining funny & shockingly honest this book is sure to appeal to her many fans old & new." ...

For 25 years Upgrading & Repairing PCs has been the world's 1 guide to PC hardware: The single source for reliable information on troubleshooting & fixing problems adding hardware optimizing performance & building new PCs. Now better than ever this 21st edition offers beefed-up coverage of the newest hardware innovations & maintenance techniques plus more than two hours of new DVD video. Scott Mueller delivers practical answers about PC processors mother-boards buses BIOSes memory SSD & HDD storage video audio I/O input devices networks Internet connectivity power & much more. You'll find the industry's best coverage of diagnostics testing & repair-plus cutting-edge discussions of improving performance via overclocking & other techniques. Mueller has taught thousands of professionals in person & millions more through his books & videos-nobody knows more about keeping PCs running perfectly. Whether you're a professional technician a small business owner trying to save money or a home PC enthusiast this is the only PC hardware book you need! NEW IN THIS EDITION * The newest processors including Intel's 3rd generation Ivy Bridge Core i-Series processors & AMD's 2nd generation Trinity CPUs * 3TB (and larger) disks 4K sectoring partition alignment faster SATA disk interfaces & SSD (solid state drive) hard drive replacements * New firmware innovations from full UEFI BIOS support to built-in motherboard flash BIOS upgrade utilities * Integrated video & audio including 5.1/7.1 surround sound HDMI & Display Port connections & Windows 8 compatible multi-touch touchscreen technology * Updated PCI Express 3.0 4.0 interfaces & Power Supply specifications for powering high-end video cards * Emerging interfaces such as SATA Express USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 & Thunderbolt * Updated coverage of building PCs from scratch-from choosing & assembling hardware through BIOS setup & troubleshooting ON THE DVD Get 2 hours of up-to-the minute studio-quality how-to videos-all playable on your DVD player or computer! In this edition Scott Mueller offers true insider information about several of the key components in a PC including motherboards solid-state drives & more. You will see a detailed tour of a modern high-performance motherboard showing all the components from the processor socket & CPU voltage regulators to the audio & network chipsets & more. You'll learn how all the devices on the board are interconnected so you can more easily understand their importance. There is a detailed segment comparing solid-state drives (SSDs) to conventional hard disk drives (HDDs) explaining all the differences & similarities between them in an easy to understand fashion. Finally there are several segments on building a state-of-the art system from scratch using a high-performance overclockable motherboard & processor combination. You'll see tips on how to best prepare the components how to assemble the system properly how to make the front panel connections much easier to deal with & finally how to route the cables for maximum airflow & ease of future upgrades or repairs. This DVD also contains the complete 19th & 20th editions of this book in printable form plus extensive technical reference material a comprehensive glossary & more! ...