Everyone knows that Lord Sugar has strong opinions & is not afraid to share them
- no matter how controversial they may be. His
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Everyone knows that Lord Sugar has strong opinions & is not afraid to voice them
- no matter how controversial they may be. His
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Stanley Matthews was the most popular footballer of his era the man who epitomised a generation of legendary players: Tom Finney Nat Lofthouse Billy Wright & many more. He was the first footballer ever to be knighted the first European Footballer of the Year (at 41) & he played in the top division until he was 50
- & he will be forever remembered for his performance in the Matthews FA Cup final of 1953 when he inspired Blackpool to victory over Bolton. THE WAY IT WAS is a the fascinating memoir of a great footballer & the remarkable story of an extraordinary life written in the last months of his life.
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This is the Penguin English Library Edition" of " The Way of All Flesh" by Samuel Butler. The greater part of every family is always odious; if there are one or two good ones in a very large family it is as much as can be expected. Written with great humour irony & honesty " The Way of All Flesh" exploded perceptions of the Victorian middle-class family in its radical depiction of Ernest Pontifex a young man who casts off his background & discovers himself. The awkward but likeable son of a tyrannical clergyman & a priggish mother & destined to follow his father into the church Ernest gleefully rejects his parents respectability & chooses instead to find his own way in the world. " The Penguin English Library" contains 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War." ...

According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted & captured heaven casting out God & men. Men took root on Roshar the world of storms. & the Voidbringers followed.. . They came against man ten thousand times. To help them cope the Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor & mystical weapons known as Shardblades. Led by ten angelic Heralds & ten orders of knights known as Radiants mankind finally won. Or so the legends say. Today the only remnants of those supposed battles are the Shardblades the possession of which makes a man nearly invincible on the battlefield. The entire world is at war with itself
- & has been for centuries since the Radiants turned against mankind. Kings strive to win more Shardblades each secretly wishing to be the one who will finally unite all of mankind under a single throne. On a world scoured down to the rock by terrifying hurricanes that blow through every few day a young spearman forced into the army of a Shardbearer led to war against an enemy he doesn't understand & doesn't really want to fight. What happened deep in mankind's past? Why did the Radiants turn against mankind & what happened to the magic they used to wield?
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When we think of the Kray Legend we think of Sixties London an underground culture that has all but vanished. Reg Kray was the torchbearer of that era in British history. But despite ongoing press interest in the world of the Krays few have an understanding of Reg the man
- a man who spent half of his life in prison & who died of cancer in October 2000. Sidgwick & Jackson published Reg & Rons joint memoir Our Story" in 1988 & Ron Krays autobiography " My Story" in 1993. This is Reggies story a diary of the life he lived with reflections on the past & the new role he found for himself on the inside. It is a story of courage & remorse revelation & friendship. For the first time he speaks of his marriage to Roberta of his relationship with his brothers Ron who died five years ago & Charlie who died April 2000 putting certain misconceptions straight. Updated with a new chapter by Roberta Kray this is a valuable document for future generations & a fascinating insight into prison life."
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On his journey from his war-torn village Muri the cat travels through Yugoslavia Austria Germany Lithuania Finland & Sweden meeting on the way an unlikely
- but helpful
- group of creatures from a sperm whale to a paraplegic mountaineer & a wandering Jew. This is no children's book but a witty exploration of the human condition through the people & objects Muri meets on his travels. Somewhere in the mix Boyashov introduces us to two eminent professors one from Cambridge one from Geneva who take opposite views on the question: Is man in a perpetual & aimless state of wandering or must he always have a goal in mind? The book is intended to be read on two levels
- as a narrated story of real (fictional) characters & as an allegory. It has been compared with ' Sophie's World'.


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An essential guidebook for anyone planning to walk the Way of St James. The 778km Pilgrim Road from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the foothills of the Pyrenees on the French side to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain & finally to the end of the earth at Finisterre on the Galician coast. A companion volume by the same author The Way of St James (Le Puy to the Pyrenees) describes the French section of the route through to the Pyrenees. As well as giving directions for walking the route the book also provides information on places to visit along the way the history of the pilgrimage & the availability of practical facilities such as shops bars restaurants & accommodation. Unlike existing guides (in any language) this one contains: details of the walkers continuation from Santiago to Finisterre (75km) & a comprehensive listing of St James & other pilgrim references along the way (as an Appendix). It also contains a list of suggestions for further reading a glossary of geographical & other useful terms & a series of sketch maps covering the entire route to help the user in planning his or her journey. ...

A comprehensive guide to walking the 740km Way of St James Pilgrim Road from Le Puy-en-Velay in central France to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the Pyrenees. This is the first volume of the only guide to the whole route written in English in a second edition completely rewalked & updated in time for the next Holy Year in 2010. A companion volume The Way of St James (Pyrenees-Santiago-Finisterre) continues the route through Spain from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostella (or Finisterre). As well as giving step by step directions the book also provides information on places to visit along the way the history of the pilgrimage & details of the facilities such as shops bars restaurants & accommodation. An outline of the route along the Cele valley (53km) is also included & new to this second edition route descriptions from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Pamplona & also St Palais to Irun to join the Camino del Norte&. Unlike existing guides (in any language) a comprehensive listing of St James & other pilgrim references along the way is provided & there are also suggestions for further reading & a glossary of geographical & other useful terms. ...