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Broken Skin
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Starred Review.at the start of McBride's vivid third Det. Sgt. Logan MacRae police procedural (after 2006'sDying Light), the Aberdeen police, on the trail of a serial rapist, catch Scottish sports hero Rob Macintyre stalking tarted-up Woman Police Constable Jackie Watson, MacRae's live-in lover. Macintyre's arrest ignites public sentiment against the police, stifling the investigation. Meanwhile, a second case drags MacRae into the local s&m scene, where he gets an unexpected education in the sordid details from his red-faced assistant constable, and then he has to track down an eight-year-old killer. The one thing the three cases have in common is that nothing is what it seems. MacRae bounces back and forth among them, yanked between two cranky, childlike detective inspectors demanding overtime and loyalty. When Jackie starts behaving suspiciously, Logan fears the truth may be worse than unfaithfulness. With a dose of sharp wit, MacBride effortlessly interweaves the plot strands while conjuring up three-dimensional characters who slog through the relentless sleet of Aberdeen.(Aug.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Way Back Home
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In this childlike fantasy, a boy finds an airplane and takes it out for a ride—to the moon, where it runs out of fuel. Just as his flashlight grows dim, a spaceship crashes, and a Martian climbs out. Initially, each fears the other, but they quickly become fast friends. Soon they’re carrying out a splendid plan to repair their spacecraft and get back to their homes. Children who know Jeffers’ Lost and Found (2006) and How to Catch a Star (2004) may recognize the distinctive figure of the boy, with his large head, sticklike legs, and striped shirt, and catch other visual references to the earlier books. Economy of line in both text and pictures combine with Jeffers’ flair for storytelling to create plenty of fine, original scenes. The deadpan text is well matched by the slightly quirky pencil-and-watercolor illustrations, which make great use of color and composition on the large, double-page spreads. An imaginative space adventure for young children. Preschool-Grade 1. --Carolyn Phelan--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
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Poirot: Omnibus: The Perfect Murders
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'Mrs Christie as usual puts a ring through the reader's nose and leads him to one of her smashing last-minute showdowns' Observer 'The empress of the crime novel' Daily Express 'Told briskly, vivaciously, and with ever-fertile imagination' Manchester Evening News--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
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'Pema's deep experience and her fresh way of looking at things are like mountain water - clear and deep.' Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry. 'As one of Pema Chodron's grateful students, I have been learning the most pressing and necessary lesson of all: how to keep opening wider my own heart.' Alice Walker 'It is a lively and accessible take on ancient techniques for transforming terror and pain into joy and compassion.' O, the Oprah Winfrey magazine
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Cooking Without Made Easy: Recipes Free from Added Gluten, Sugar, Yeast, and Dairy Produce
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Barbara Cousins is a qualified nutritional therapist.with over 18 years of experience Cooking Without was first a self-published book, written primarily for the author's clients. Then word spread and she sold over 11,000 herself before Thorsons published.
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The Times Great Lives: A Century in Obituaries
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'a glorious celebration of human diversity, genius and sheer eccentricity!Great Lives is a great book' Daily Express 'an engrossing volume, full of lively writing' Times Literary Supplement--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Secrets of Watercolour Success (Collins Artist's Studio)
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Hazel Soan is a successful artist with an international reputation. She divides her studio time between London and Cape Town, exhibits her work widely, and her paintings can be found in collections worldwide. She is the author of 7 books on painting, regularly contributes to art magazines, and runs very popular painting holidays. She was an Art Expert on Channel 4's Watercolour Challenge and has made a number of other radio and TV appearances both in the UK and abroad.
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Collins Gem 10-Minute Watercolours: Techniques & Tips for Quick Watercolours
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Hazel Soanis an internationally renowned artist and the author of several art instruction books, includingDiscover Watercolour,Learn to Paint Light, Secrets of Watercolor Success, andVibrant Watercolours.
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Juice Master: Turbo-Charge Your Life in 14 Days
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'What made me change was reading a book by Jason Vale. He was the first person who said 'It's up to you!' ANNE DIAMOND in The Daily Mail 'Your book has been invaluable to me and has changed my way of thinking completely. I feel enlightened and lucky to have come across you in my life journey. If you're in Harrogate sometime, maybe we could meet over a fresh cup of...juice! Thanks again bud.' Ramesh Mehay 'Thank you, thank you, thank you for your brilliant book...Even my husband, who is very much an 'eat as little fruit and veg as possible' kind of person, is reading the book and, after just a few days of cutting out the rubbish, is 'hooked' on this way of thinking and eating.' Lynne Pritchard
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Discover Your Destiny with The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: The 7 Stages of Self-Awakening
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PRAISE FOR 'THE MONK WHO SOLD HIS FERRARI': "A captivating story that teaches as it delights." Paulo Coelho "The book is about finding out what is truly important to your real spiritual self rather than being inundated with material possessions." Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) "[Its] principles have been fascinating and there were shared principles from writers such as Robin Sharma and Deepak Chopra. How does all that impact on a game of rugby? I can't answer that. All I know is it's enough to help me to proceed in a way that makes me happy enough to go out there and be proud of who I am and what I hope I can bring to this team." Jonny Wilkinson
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Reflexology: The 5 elements and their 12 meridians : a unique approach
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Inge Dougans was born in Denmark, where she received her reflexology training. In 1983 she started the School of Reflexology and Meridian therapy and in 1985 she formed the South African Reflexology Society. She gives lectures and workshops on reflexology throughout the UK, Europe and the USA, and runs her own busy practice in South Africa.
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Sketching (Collins Gem)
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Jackie Simmonds started painting in her thirties, attending art school as a full-time 'mature student', and is now a busy and successful painter as well as an art instruction author. She exhibits her original works regularly in galleries in London and the UK, and reproductions of her work are sold worldwide. An excellent communicator, Jackie writes for The Artist magazine and runs occasional workshops and painting holidays. She is also the author of three other books and has made six art instruction videos.
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Smith of Wootton Major
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"The book has a haunting quality, characteristic of the best of the 'deeper' folktales. It is a beautiful, memorable story." Times Educational Supplement "It may be compared to the most delicate miniature but it is one of a rare kind: the more closely it is examined the more it reveals the grandeur of its conception. Whoever reads it at eight will still be going back to it at eighty." New Statesman "A tremendously valuable volume with important new insights into Tolkien's way of working. It's also a beautiful hardcover edition of the story." Mythprint
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The Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl
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In timely step with stories glorifying characters created for video games, Quan's semi-autobiographical novel takes readers by the hand (and various other appendages) at the tail end of call girl Nancy Chan's career. Chan (whom Quan created for her Salon online column) is a "successful" (read: expensive) prostitute who spends more time listing her favorite clothes, restaurants and cosmetic tips than even Bret Easton Ellis did in American Psycho. In between $400-per-hour quickies at exclusive hotels, Nancy and her happy hooker pals Jasmine and Allison attend sex-industry activist meetings and debate the sinister reappearance of Jack, a former john who now appears to be obsessed with Allison. Nancy whines about this and her deepening relationship with her commitment-minded boyfriend to her shrink, also revealing how she plunged into prostitution as a teen. The novel has neither a substantial plot (Nancy dithering over whether to marry her dream boyfriend and get out of the life) nor sex appeal: Nancy's descriptions of her sensual encounters, be they professional or personal, are about as erotic as a stereo instruction manual ("always do a few extra Kegels afterwards"). Fans of Quan's online column may enjoy the continuation of Nancy's X-rated soap opera, but first-time readers may be put off by her snobbishness.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
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Flashman on the March
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Last seen inFlashman and the Tiger(2000), that incomparable English rogue, Sir Harry Flashman, is up to his usual amatory and military hijinks in the 12th installment of Fraser's masterful Flashman papers. Having seduced a silly Austrian princess on the ship bearing the body of Maximilian, the ill-fated emperor of Mexico, back home to Trieste in 1867, Harry eludes the offended Austrian authorities by seizing the chance to become the British envoy on a mission to rescue a group of European hostages held by the mad Abyssinian king, Theodore. (When Whitehall neglected to respond to the polite letter Theodore wrote Queen Victoria, he took captive a few hundred unfortunate foreigners.) This now obscure expedition, which made headlines in its day, provides the kind of sardonic history lesson fans have come to relish. Allusions to adventures not yet published tantalize, notably those to do with Flashman's role in the U.S. Civil War. Fraser has nibbled at the edges (Flashy was there for John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in 1995'sFlashman and the Angel of the Lord), and one can only hope that the next volume does more than simply mention such iconic names as Gettysburg.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Tiger's Child
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Abandoned by her mother on a highway at age four, abused by her drug-addict father between his prison stints, autistic, electively mute Sheila Renstad at age six broke through her silent rage to communicate, aided by her five-month relationship with special-education teacher Hayden. That experience, recorded in Hayden's One Child, which became a TV movie, is updated in this deeply moving sequel. It picks up with Sheila as a sullen 13-year-old bouncing between juvenile facilities and her father's "care." As Hayden renews her ties to Sheila?first at a clinic, then through informal contacts?the girl's outbursts and foul-mouthed sexual preoccupations betray a desperate craving for a sense of belonging. An inspirational testament to the healing power of love, this authentic tearjerker resonates with drama. There is no storybook ending: Sheila, with an IQ over 180, forgoes college to work for McDonald's; an epilogue finds her 10 years later as a branch manager at McDonald's and an articulate, stable woman. Paperback rights to Avon; Literary Guild alternate; Readers Digest Condensed Book selection.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History
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‘Pryor's performance in this book remains a hugely entertaining one.’ Sunday Telegraph‘[The book lets in] new and fascinating light.’ Scotsman'Francis Pryor is that rare combination of a first-rate working archaeologist and a good writer, with priceless ability of being able to explain complex ideas clearly…Herein lies a great pleasure of Pryor's writing…The author's eclectic interests and his passion for a past he considers deeply relevant to the present drive “Britain in the Middle Ages”. This is popular archaeology at its best: engaging, knowledgeable and provocative, driven by the author's zestful, insatiable curiosity. One can only hope that Pryor makes good his threat to write a book on the archaeology of the 20th century. It will be an eye-opener.'’ Times Higher Educational Supplement
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Evil Under the Sun: Complete & Unabridged
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"You can't go wrong with this one" Books "She springs her secret like a land mine" Times Literary Supplement
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Mind Map Handbook: The Ultimate Thinking Tool
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'One of the world's leading thinkers!his brain-storming techniques have boosted the confidence and ability of his followers around the world.' DAILY MAIL 'Tony Buzan is Mr Memory!endorsed by government ministers, Mensa brainiacs and MDs alike.' METRO 'The radical technique that will blow your mind ! discover the real meaning of freedom of mind.' EXECUTIVE WORLD 'Tony Buzan will do for the brain what Stephen Hawking did for the universe.' THE TIMES
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The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World
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Illes, the author of three previous books on magical spells, has compiled a lively and chatty reference on witches. The work is arranged topically, and there is a helpful index. Individual articles within the topic chapters sometimes haveseereferences as well. After a long introduction discussing several different and sometimes nearly mutually exclusive definitions of witches, chapters cover plants, animals, food and drink, magical beings, famous people in the magical world, the creative arts, witch persecution, and more. Chapters--or sections within the chapters--includeA-Zentries that range from a few paragraphs to a few pages. An extensive bibliography and a list of Internet resources complete the work.Illes focuses most strongly on Western European witchcraft practice and history, but she gives considerable attention to Asian, African, Mesoamerican, Caribbean, and South American practice as well. The creative arts chapter is up-to-date enough to discuss the Harry Potter phenomenon as well as many films, television programs, and other arts-related representations. Illes' take on the representation of witches inThe Wizard of Ozis in solidarity with witch practice.The book is long and could have used editing both to trim the text and to correct errors in spelling and grammar. Illes tends to overwrite when she feels passionately, and an editor would have helped with this as well. The horrors of witch persecutions--which continue in many places to this day--do not require overwriting, as William Burns shows very well inWitch Hunts in Europe and America(Greenwood, 2003), which is not in the bibliography.Academic libraries with extensive witchcraft collections may wish to consider this volume if only for the bibliography. Public libraries seeking a popular reference work on witchcraft could do much worse than this one. At the price, public libraries may wish to purchase some circulating copies as well.Kathleen StipekCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Matt Goss: More Than You Know
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Along with his brother Luke and friend Craig Logan, Matt fronted the '80s pop sensation Bros. After unprecidented success, Bros disbanded in 1991, but hits such as 'When Will I Be Famous' and 'I Owe You Nothing' have been used on countless film and tv soundtracks. Recently, Matt Goss has made a comeback with his album Early Side of Later and his hit single 'Fly', and has made numerous high-profile television appearance, including ITV's Hell's Kitchen.
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Anna and the Black Knight: Incorporating Anna's Book
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'The explosive individuality of Anna is not sentimentally touching but sometimes almost frightening. I hope that a new edition will introduce a new generation to this formidable and astonishing figure.' Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
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The Times Bridge
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“If you want to be better, buy the book”The Spectator
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Watercolour Textures (Collins Artist's Studio)
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‘This is a wonderful lively book that will inspire readers to take more risks with the medium, moving their work on to something perhaps truly extraordinary.’ Leisure Painter‘This is muscular watercolour, painting for the new millennium if you must. It’s vibrant, alive and exciting.’ Artists’ Choice Book Club‘Flowers, leaves and seedheads…also landscapes, animals and still lifes done in a way that will definitely make you look twice. [Warecolour Textures]Offers all kinds of opportunities for development.’ The Artist Magazine‘A use of paint that goes far beyond the medium’s more demure image…this is very much the way forward. Read Ann’s book and you can say you were there when it started!’ Artist’s Choice
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The Shadow of Solomon: The Lost Secret of the Freemasons Revealed
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Praise for Bloodline of the Holy Grail: "This book, provocative as it may be, is not a work of fiction, but the product of years of painstaking research. Committed Christians will find it casts fascinating light on the origins of their beliefs." Daily Mail
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Percy the Park Keeper: A Classic Treasury
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"A treasure trove." —Georgia Family Magazine"Absolutely charming."  —The Courier-Journal
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Celtic Daily Prayer
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The Northumbria Community is well-respected across the Christian Church for its solid base and adventurous exploration of Celtic themes in personal prayer and corporate worship.
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary: Hardcover with CD-ROM
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Through a collaborative initiative, Collins COBUILD and Heinle are co-publishing a dynamic new line of learner's dictionaries offering unparalleled pedagogy and learners' resources. The first Collins COBUILD dictionary was published in 1987, thanks in part to John Sinclair, one of the very first modern corpus linguists who personally oversaw the creation of the Bank of English. Every COBUILD dictionary is based on the Bank of English, a huge electronic database of both written and spoken language, which today contains over 650 million words.
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Some Sunny Day
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Praise for Annie Groves:‘An engrossing story.’ My Weekly‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story.’ Liverpool Daily Post‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break‘Exceptionally good within this area, well written and beautifully developed characters.’ Sarah Broadhurst Bookseller‘This novel [Some Sunny Day] adds to Annie Groves’ growing reputation as a storyteller…This is an absorbing story, with a delightful heroine’ Historical Novels Review
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Secret Language of Birds: A Treasury of Myths, Folklore and Inspirational True Stories
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Adele Nozedar has long been fascinated by the spiritual significance and healing power of birds. She is founder and owner of a music studio in the Brecon Beacons and formerly was one of the few women in the music industry to run a record label. Her own healing journey with birds began when a merlin sat on her window ledge when she was recovering from an operation. It allowed her to stroke it and was there every day of her convalescence. Only when she was better did the bird fly away.
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Stormed Fortress (Alliance of Light, Vol. 5) (Bk. 5)
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Praise for the Wars of Light and Shadow:‘Astonishingly original and compelling… A gifted creator of wonder’ Raymond E Feist‘Janny Wurts builds beautiful castles in the air … where every detail is richly imagined and vividly rendered’ Diana Gabaldon‘It ought to be illegal for one person to have so much talent’ Stephen Donaldson
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The Times Killer Su Doku: The Deadly New Dimension
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the Times2 supplement contains sudoku, Killer Sudoku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and a quick crossword.
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Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
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Adult/High School—Lynas has gathered global-warming information from an array of authoritative scientists: geologists, glaciologists, oceanographers, climate scientists, and paleoclimatologists, as well as "major scientific projections" from computer modelers. He divides his findings into six main chapters representing the consequences of a one- to six-degree shift in temperature rise. More factual than hysterical and using accessible language, the author portrays a sobering, but broad and fascinating, view of the problem. He discusses not only the environmental consequences of melting icecaps, ocean warming, coral reef bleaching, CO2 emissions, deforestation, and severe weather, but also cultural and economic reverberations-the result of population shifts, animal migrations, and societal collapse. Through computer-modeling simulations he looks back into the past (the Pliocene, the Mayan civilization) and projects into the future for CO2 comparisons. His premise: the problem is now at global scale and will not just impact the disappearance of one group alone as it did the Maya. Claiming that solutions must be political, and that it is too late for quick fixes using renewable energy sources or technology, he concludes with some cautionary possible solutions: relocalization of goods and services, less consumption, global-scale carbon rationing, and a "2 degree increase target." Anyone studying climate change will find this a helpful reference as much current research has been precompiled and interpreted within one resource.—Jodi Mitchell, Berkeley Public Library, CACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich
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'A thorough, and thoroughly moving, piece of work' Daily Telegraph 'Highly recommended' When Saturday Comes 'Covering a lot of ground, this splendid book provides a fascinating insight into many of those affected by the tragedy' Winger 'Jeff Connor has written a deeply moving account of what happened...Connor's well-researched account is a powerful, enthralling and poignant addition to the growing literature on British soccer.' BBC History Magazine 'A fascinating memoir' The Times
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Mermaid Magic: All About Mermaids and How to Bring Their Magic into Your Life
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Amy Sophia Marashinsky has been counselling clients, facilitating past-life regressions, doing intuitive readings, mediating conflicts and teaching women's empowerment workshops for over 12 years. She is the author of The Goddess Oracle.
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Somebody Else's Kids
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'Hayden is a fine storyteller, recounting the touching bonds that form among children and between Hayden and her students.' Washington Post 'A heartwarming book full of tenderness.' Library Journal 'Torey Hayden deserves the kind of respect I can't give many people. She isn't just valuable, she's incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden.' Boston Globe
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Resurrectionist
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Praise for 'Resurrectionist': 'Breakneck pace, brutal action, clever characterisation and twisty plotting ... James McGee brings Regency London to life - or perhaps I should say to death!' Reginald Hill 'Fascinating... with quickly paced action and many a twist and turn, McGee draws the plot's threads skilfully together... thoughtful, colourful and very readable' Historical Novels Review Praise for 'Ratcatcher': 'Irresistible... rambunctious entertainment.' Observer 'Rumbustious...a darkly attractive hero, terrific period atmosphere and action.' The Times 'Atmospheric and well researched... try it.' Daily Mirror '"Ratcatcher" marks the start of a series that will run and run... and run!' Reginald Hill 'A richly enjoyable and impressively researched novel' Andrew Taylor, author of 'The American Boy'
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Street Kid: One Child's Desperate Fight for Survival
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‘If Judy’s story doesn’t become a book, DVD, video I’ll be amazed.’ John Peel
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Vibrant Watercolours (Collins Artist's Studio)
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Shirley Trevena is a successful watercolour artist, internationally renowned for her paintings of still life, flowers and landscape imagery. She is a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and has won several watercolour awards – the Winsor & Newton Award and the Llewellyn Prize. Shirley regularly runs painting workshops and exhibits her work annually at the Mall Galleries, London, and The Orange Steet Gallery, Rutland.
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Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard
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'He's probably the best midfielder in the world right now' Jose Mourinho
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea
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An unexpected guest arrives at Sophie's house and eats morethan his fair share in The Tiger Who Came to Tea (1968) by JudithKerr, conveyed in charming scenes that reflect 1960s sensibilities;and the language is deliciously British ("They had a lovely supperwith sausages and chips and ice cream").Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Colour of Blood (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
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Set in an unnamed East European country, Moore's political thriller concerns a Cardinal who finds himself caught in the middle of an escalating revolution.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Juice Master Keeping it Simple: Over 100 Delicious Juices and Smoothies
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'The juice programme works! And if it can work for me I believe it can work for anyone.' Jordan
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Band of Brigands: The First Men in Tanks
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‘A fascinating story…told by Christy Campbell with verve and an eye for the telling detail.’ Sunday Telegraph‘Continuously interesting, so much so that one has to remember that for almost all the 1914-1918 war, tanks were a sideshow.This is the story of vision, false starts, blunders, obstinancy, obstructionism, determination, perseverance, quarrels and courage.’ Daily Telegraph'A military historian of the first rank … a completely satisfying investigation that is both chilling and startling' Len Deighton‘A fascinating book’ Daily Mail’Wonderfully entertaining.’ BBC History Magazine’Campbell is to be applauded for producing a book that portrays life in the tank corps so vividly while guiding the reader painlessly through a morass of technical information.’ THE Book Magazine
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The Valhalla Exchange
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Another first rate page-turner from Jack Higgins, a writer at the peak of his power' Daily Express 'Open a Jack Higgins novel and you'll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers ... first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.' Sunday Express 'Higgins is a master of his craft.' Daily Telegraph 'A thriller writer in a class of his own.' Financial Times 'The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.' Daily Mail
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Born to Run
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Praise for Born to Run: "Pitch perfect... this hardened book reviewer kept having to wipe away the tears" Daily Mail Praise for The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips: "...a succinctly engaging tear-jerker, it is also full of happiness and affection and has a joyful ending... It is also about people who care enough to look after each other, offering a lesson in life as well as history. Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week "From the first sentence of a Michael Morpurgo book, you know you are in the hands of a natural storyteller." Guardian "As always, Morpurgo writes with solid confidence in a voice that's gentle yet spellbinding." Evening Standard "Classic Morpurgo brilliance" Bookseller's choice, Publishing News "...Michael Morpurgo weaves a touching tale that's full of surprises. A master storyteller at his best." Funday Times
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"Sharpe" Cut: The Inside Story of the Creation of a Major Television Series
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Praise for Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels: 'The Richard Sharpe novels are notable for their wonderfully astringent view of history. Sharpe is a man first and a patriot second: he is as likely to pick a fight with one of his own side as charge blindly towards the enemy.' Sunday Telegraph 'No one is better than Bernard Cornwell in describing battles large and small, howitzer fire, cavalry charges or bayonet attacks.' Evening Standard
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What's Left?: How Liberals Lost Their Way
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'A roaring polemic of outrage against the moral and political crisis of the liberal tradition. It is already one of the most discussed current affairs books of the new year!At the very least it forces anyone on the left to think carefully about where their movement has ended up in the modern world.' The Guardian '!exceptional and necessary!Do not feel you have to be a leftist or liberal to read it, because it engages with an argument that it crucial for all of us, and for our time.' Christopher Hitchens, Sunday Times '(He writes with) a genuine passion and human sympathy about people who have experienced appalling suffering.' Michael Burleigh, The Evening Standard 'Undoubtedly controversial and provocative "What's Left?" is, as its title suggests, a bleakly witty but perhaps dimly hopeful examination of what it means to be liberal in an age where the lines that have been drawn in the sand are in danger of being washed away.' Waterstones Books Quarterly 'One of the most powerful denunciations of the manner in which the Left has lost its way!Cohen's is a brave voice.' Michael Gove, The Spectator 'Nick Cohen explains how contemporary liberals have lost their way with his usual polemical brio.' The Observer 'An essay of wide reference and great brilliance.' John Lloyd, Financial Times 'Cohen skilfully shows how the left perversely set its moral compass by the United States!Cohen is at his best as a painstakingly forensic officer and he marshals his evidence with flair and rigour!He is at his very best when he exposes the dishonesty of the liberal press!Cohen's book has made me look with greater respect at the motives behind those who led the journey to war in Iraq in 2003, and view many of the anti-war campaigners with a new scepticism!This book is much more than a mere denunciation of old left-wing friends and colleagues. It is also a moving account of a long personal journey carried off with wit, verve, considerable literary skill and compassion.' The Observer 'It is an essay of wide reference and great brilliance, which flays every kind of foot-shuffling excuse for not facing up to the nature of the regime which that evil (and now, mercifully dead) tyrant, Saddam Hussein, inflicted on his country and planned for his region. Cohen surveys a gamut of liberal-left Western opinion that, in part under the pressure of the Iraqi war, has forgotten its best tradition and instead lapsed into its worst, that regards nothing as more important than the failures of its own societies, and that lacks the imagination or the will to comprehend the agonies of those living under tyranny.' Financial Times 'Nick Cohen smells out the cesspits of corruption and injustice with the keenest of noses. He tells it as it is, without fear or favour. He's one of the few independent voices left in an increasingly closed society.' Harold Pinter
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Flashman in the Great Game: From the Flashman Papers, 1856-1858
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'The Flashman Papers do what all great sagas do - winning new admirers along the way but never, ever betraying old ones. It is an immense achievement.' Sunday Telegraph 'Not so much a march as a full-blooded charge, fortified by the usual lashings of salty sex, meticulously choreographed battle scenes and hilariously spineless acts of self preservation by Flashman.' Sunday Times 'Not only are the Flashman books extremely funny, but they give meticulous care to authenticity. You can, between the guffaws, learn from them.' Washington Post 'A first-rate historical novelist' Kingsley Amis
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Sabotage
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Praise for Jimmy Coates: Revenge "Boys love this stuff, and so do girls. Jimmy is a pint-sized verision of Robocop or Terminator... Like Anthony Horowitz's splendid fantasies, [these novels] tap into almost everything a bolshy boy wants and feels. Immensely clever, immediately engaging, they will prepare a child for Orwell and Huxley." Amanda Craig, The Times "Fast-paced and intelligently written." The Bookseller "the sort of book to wow reluctant boy readers away from computer games and into the pages of a book." Books for Keeps "Joe Craig has produced another thrilling page-turner." Jewish Chronicle "A rollicking good spy romp." School House magazine. And for Jimmy Coates: Target "With cinematic skill, Craig unrolls a series of action-packed scenes, with a new crisis at every turn of the page. It's gripping, but not mindless" Angela Kilverstein Praise for Jimmy Coates: Killer "...a totally excellent adventure - a lit bit Bond, a lit bit Matrix and a lot of what you've never read before. Someone make this into a movie!" Flipside "A gripping action-thriller that's packed with twists." Funday Times "[Joe Craig] has developed the sharp satirical edge that keeps the new generation of boys hooked on books. Which is, in itself, the act of a superhero." Amanda Craig, The Times "The perfect primer to the Bourne series by Robert Ludlum." VOYA "...By turns excitingly action-packed, believably sensible and character driven, and then refreshingly paranoid, this is a book I'd be happy to recommend to the kid in everyone." Vector
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As Time Goes By
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Praise for Annie Groves:‘An engrossing story’ My Weekly‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story’ Liverpool Daily Post‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break‘Written from the heart’ My Weekly
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Age-Proof Your Brain: Sharpen Your Memory in 7 Days
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ABOUT TONY BUZAN 'One of the world's leading thinkers...his brain-storming techniques have boosted the confidence and ability of his followers around the world.' DAILY MAIL 'Tony Buzan is Mr Memory...endorsed by government ministers, Mensa brainiacs and MDs alike.' METRO 'The whole world should Mind Map.' THE EXPRESS 'The biggest name in memory.' THE NEW YORKER 'Tony Buzan will do for the brain what Stephen Hawking did for the universe.' THE TIMES
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Derek Acorah: Extreme Psychic
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'Derek is the model of the modern medium.' Guardian Weekend 'Acorah is regarded by some as the most inspirational living medium in the UK.' Independent 'Derek [is] now the country's best-known ghost hunter.' The Sun 'Britain's best-known medium - Acorah is a thoroughly modern medium.' The Express
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The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution & Revenge (Rev. Ed.)
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'[Preston's] economical style, together with a telling choice of quotes and mordant use of irony, serve his purpose admirably...it is founded upon a vast knowledge and will not easily be refuted.' History Today 'Not just a detailed description of events but a real interpretation of the causes and course of the war. By allowing the actors of the great Spanish drama to speak, he captures the dynamics of the civil war.' La Stampa 'Paul Preston's book throws new, definitive light on the conflict.' L'Unita
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Bird Cloud
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The Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Brokeback Mountain portrays her flawed paradise in the majestic, hardscrabble West in this vibrant memoir. Proulx bought a 640-acre nature preserve by the North Platte River in Wyoming and started building her dream house, a project that took years and went hundreds of thousands of dollars over budget. In her bustling account, Proulx salivates over the prospect of a Japanese soak tub, polished concrete floor, solar panels, and luxe furnishings that often turn into pricey engineering fiascoes. The meticulous master builders she dubs the James Gang are the book's heroes. Though the house never quite lives up to its promise, it does inspire the author's engrossing natural history of the locale. Proulx drives cattle off of the overgrazed terrain; finds stone arrowheads; recounts the lore of the Indians, ranchers, and foppish big-game hunters who contested the land; and documents the antics of the eagles, magpies, mountain lions, and other critters who tolerate her presence. Like her fiction, Proulx's memoir flows from a memorable landscape where "the sagebrush seems nearly black and beaten low by the ceaseless wind"; the result is a fine evocation of place that becomes a meditation on the importance of a home, however harsh and evanescent. (Jan.) (c)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner
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Alwyn Crawshaw is the author of over 25 titles on art instruction and is the Founder of the Society of Amateur Artists, past President of the National Acrylic Painters Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.Sharon Finmark is an experienced art teacher in all media but with specialism in life drawing. She has written several books on painting.Trevor Waugh is a well-travelled popular painter whi runs very successful painting workshops. He has written several books on painting and has become known to a wide market through his greeting cards and prints.
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Wolf Hall
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Amazon Best of the Month, October 2009:No character in the canon has been writ larger than Henry VIII, but that didn't stop Hilary Mantel. She strides through centuries, past acres of novels, histories, biographies, and plays--even past Henry himself--confident in the knowledge that to recast history's most mercurial sovereign, it's not the King she needs to see, but one of the King's most mysterious agents. Enter Thomas Cromwell, a self-made man and remarkable polymath who ascends to the King's right hand. Rigorously pragmatic and forward-thinking, Cromwell has little interest in what motivates his Majesty, and although he makes way for Henry's marriage to the infamous Anne Boleyn, it's the future of a free England that he honors above all else and hopes to secure. Mantel plots with a sleight of hand, making full use of her masterful grasp on the facts without weighing down her prose. The opening cast of characters and family trees may give initial pause to some readers, but persevere: the witty, whip-smart lines volleying the action forward may convince you a short stay in the Tower of London might not be so bad... provided you could bring a copy ofWolf Hallalong. --Anne Bartholomew--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Thirst
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Praise for 'Kitchen Diaries': 'The recipes sound uniformly delicious, rustic and tasty ! but they're also straight forward: easy to follow, easy to cook.' Independent on Sunday 'Slater wants his food, above all, to be uplifting. As a cookbook "The Kitchen Diaries" succeeds brilliantly.' Observer Praise for 'Appetite': 'Nigel is a bloody genius.' Jamie Oliver 'I am getting fed up with writing nice things about Nigel Slater's books. Why can't the fellow be human like the rest of us and do something duff for a change? Perhaps because he's a genius.' Matthew Fort, Guardian
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The Element Encyclopedia of 20,000 Dreams: The Ultimate A-Z to Interpret the Secrets of Your Dreams
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Theresa Cheung was born into a family of psychics and astrologers. Since receiving a masters from King's College, Cambridge, she has been involved in the study of the psychic world and dream interpretation. Theresa has contributed to magazines such as Red, She, and Fate & Fortune and is the author of over 25 books including 'Amazing You: Dreams' (Hodder).
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A Greedy Man in a Hungry World
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‘If you want to eat clever in the 21st Century read Jay Rayner’s joyful book. The rules of lunch just changed’ Caitlin Moran, author of ‘How To Be a Woman’‘“Muddled thinking” and numpty moralising about food are major annoyances of the foodie age. Rayner skewers them deftly, as a man who knows his cutlery can’ Observer‘Jay Rayner is always thinking about his next meal so in his new book he examines the economics of food to forecast how we will feed ourselves in the future and what exactly will, or possibly won’t, be served on our dinner plates. It’s part-memoir, part reportage and never preachy. He serves up much food for thought’ Daily Express‘Challenging the organic movement, locavores, and the food miles, he serially slaughters the sacred cows of the liberal foodists. Easy to read – uncomfortable to accept’ Financial Times‘Rayner’s latest [challenges] the organic movement, locavores, food miles and seemingly every other sacred cow of the modern food world. Easy to read, even when uncomfortable to accept’ Financial Times‘Funny and thought-provoking, Rayner – a self-confessed glutton – questions preconceptions about food issues. Supermarkets versus farmers’ markets, the GM debate, food miles, seasonality, food poverty and the madness of the Western diet are all examined with a refreshing honesty, and a desire to see both sides of the argument’ BBC Good Food
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Times Crossword Book 12 (Bk. 12)
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the Times2 supplement contains sudoku, Killer Sudoku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and a quick crossword.
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Cloister Cats
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Richard has been a professional photographer for 30 years, working for leading advertising agencies & magazines. He was also a founder member and artistic director of the Ledbury Poetry Festival. He has lived in Spain for the last five years, writing and photographing articles on monastic and church architecture, in northern Spain. Richard also leads tours of European historical houses. Richard and his family divide their time between London and the Asturian mountains of northern Spain.
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Lost Voices of the Edwardians
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Praise for Max Arthur: 'An extraordinary and immensely moving book.' Stephen Fry 'The words are as fresh as if they were written yesterday...extraordinary.' Deborah Moggach 'What emerges from these hundreds of forgotten voices is not change but continuity - the essence of a national character which survived two world wars and survives today.' Daily Mail 'Another of Max Arthur's splendid oral histories, giving the undiluted voices literally of princes and paupers...this is a rich and informative read.' BBC History Magazine 'Fascinating and sometimes touching...Max Arthur vividly recreates the world of our great-grandparents...' Image Magazine 'Max Arthur is a researcher with a huge appetite for the almost forgotten..."Lost Voices" penetrates to the core of Edwardian Life - a marvellous evocation of a neglected era.' Oxford Times
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Please, Daddy, No: A Boy Betrayed
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‘Truly moving.’ Fern Britten, This Morning--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
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Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child
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'Cannot fail to move those who read it.' Adoption-net‘Heartbreaking.' The Mirror'A true tale of hope. ****.' OK!‘Foster carers rarely get the praise they deserve, but Cathy Glass’s book should change all that.****’ First Magazine
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Abandoned: The true story of a little girl who didn't belong
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‘Truly Inspirational’ The Sun'An uplifting story of survival.' Elle magazine‘Hugely inspiring … Anya’s story gave me goose bumps.’ Jane Elliott, author of The Little Prisoner'A powerful and utterly compelling story of a child’s staggering courage.’ Judy Westwater, author of Street Kid‘A highly emotional story well told.' Evening Telegraph
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Ssssh! Duck, Don't Wake the Baby
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'With a nod to Dr. Seuss and a wink to John Burningham, Jez Alborough deals an irresistible lesson in rhyme and rhythm as well as storytelling, which is hugely entertaining.' Child Education Reviews for Duck in the Truck: 'Rhyme, illustration, wit and inventiveness combine to produce outstanding quality.' TES Primary 'Alborough's text is perfect for reading out loud and the mix of close-up and panoramic illustrations give an animated, live-action feel.' Junior 'Colourful, arresting and busting with action.' Child Education Praise for Hit the Ball Duck: 'A really great story; the best Duck book so far.' The Guardian
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The Times Killer Su Doku: Bk. 3
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the Times2 supplement contains sudoku, Killer Sudoku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and a quick crossword.
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Paddington's Suitcase
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Praise for the Paddington series: 'I've always had great respect for Paddington...He is a British institution.' Stephen Fry 'Paddington has joined Pooh as one of the great bears of English children's literature.' The Teacher 'Michael Bond's accident-prone bear...has become one of the most enduring of children's characters.' The Bookseller
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Memories, Dreams and Reflections
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‘A rare talent for lyrical, inventive prose gives her anecdotes wings….a powerful, radical and quite beautiful work of biographical art.’ Sunday Telegraph‘She opens up a box of mini-memoirs about the characters she has met. Instantly engaging. Faithfull is able to produce something of grit and newsworthiness.’ Observer
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Blind Eye
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Starred Review. Det. Sgt. Logan McRae, who's still recovering from the bloody events of 2008'sFlesh, investigates a series of brutal attacks on Polish immigrants in MacBride's excellent fifth novel to feature the Aberdeen, Scotland, cop. A local xenophobe, bitter about the influx of Polish workers, appears to be the culprit, but when one of the city's local crime bosses is assaulted, McRae begins to wonder if the violence is the result of a brewing turf war between Scottish crime figures and encroaching Eastern European thugs. Meanwhile, McRae and foul-mouthed Det. Insp. Roberta Steele are stuck babysitting Rory Simpson, a pedophile who becomes an inadvertent—but key—witness. MacBride's liberal use of humor, especially in the often slapstick rapport between McRae and the crusty Steel, never detracts from the action. A lesser writer would have fumbled such a complexly layered plot, but MacBride is in his element the more dark and twisted the story—and characters—become.(Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted
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‘A chilling account of life in the grip of a sinister madness' Daily Mail
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Wayne Rooney: My Decade in the Premier League
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Wayne Rooney was born in Liverpool in October 1985. He became the youngest scorer in Premier League history in 2002, at the age of 16, shortly after making his debut for Everton. In August 2004 he joined Manchester United for a fee of GBP30million and has gone on to become their highest ever scorer in the Premier League. He has won 4 League titles and the 2007-08 Champions League in addition to numerous FA and League Cups. He is widely regarded as one of the finest players of his generation and is, undoubtedly, the most talked about player in British football.
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Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity
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'In the hands of another historian, the results might have been dry and overly academic, but Starkey, always an engaging writer, has a gift for bringing ideas as well as individuals to life.' The Sunday Times 'Excellent!the really crucial events in the history of the British Monarchy since the Middle Ages are assessed with authority, wisdom and wit!This is Starkey at his fluent and entertaining best.' Sunday Telegraph 'This book!is vivid, lucid and engaging!his judgements delivered with quasi-Pontifical assurance are often acute!a very enjoyable book.' Daily Telegraph 'David Starkey tours England's monarchical horizon with gusto.' Sunday Times 'Starkey brings the past to vivid life.' Daily Express 'Combines compelling narrative and lucid analysis to guide us with a sure hand through two centuries of domestic turmoil unparalleled in any other period of English history!nowhere is there to be found a better short summary of the Glorious Revolution of 1688!Starkey's book will undoubtedly make him and his publishers a tidy profit.' The Spectator 'I found myself compelled by David Starkey's vivid recreation of the hazardous uncertainty of Elizabeth's early life, her successive exclusions from the centre of power, the studiedly ambiguous answers she offered her interrogators, her inevitable implications in conspiracies and narrow escapes from execution.' Times Literary Supplement 'This work has real drive, and it is often hard to remember how dull history could be at school'.' Daily Telegraph 'Combines a relaxed and unfussy style with a thorough knowledge of the period and a sharp eye for detail. Elizabeth's life makes for a compelling story and Starkey tells it well.' Spectator 'Starkey is as eloquent and lucid as ever' The Times 'Starkey is an energetic and authoritative guide through the Wars of the Roses, the Tudors and Stuarts and the Civil War to the Hanoverians, Victorians and Windsors.' Express
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Fallen Angel (The Roth Trilogy)
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Praise for the Roth Trilogy: 'Finely crafted...Taylor has established a sound reputation for writing tense novels that perceptively penetrate the human psyche.' The Times 'Marvellous and devilishly clever.' Mail on Sunday 'Exciting, readable and thoroughly amoral.' Daily Telegraph 'The author knows precisely how to wield suspense.' Independent on Sunday 'A major thriller talent.' Time Out 'Skilful, elegant, powerfully atmospheric, in which ancient evil shimmers like images trapped in a corridor of mirrors.' Literary Review 'It deals in the quietest, most civilized way with abominable suffering... a highly sinister piece of work.' Times Literary Supplement 'Complex, with lots of sinister implications... moves the traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration.' Independent 'A highly praised trilogy of novels...they inform not only the heart but the brain since Taylor is a writer blessed with great compassion as well as an unerring eye for historical detail. His flawed heroes and heroines and narrators are people you have met before in the street. Their dilemmas are murderously mundane, but the scale of their tragedies devastating.' Frances Fyfield, Sunday Express 'A fascinating unravelling of the horrors that the past can visit on the present.' Val McDermid
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Last Highlander: Scotland's Most Notorious Clan-Chief, Rebel and Double-Agent
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'Sarah Fraser tells the story of the "Old Fox" with notable panache ... Makes delightful bedside reading for a posterity spared from having to live with him' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Superb ... akin to a John Buchan adventure story' Mail on Sunday 'In this colourful, entertaining biography, Sarah Fraser does not attempt to excuse Lord Lovat's personal faults or political chicanery but, rather, [presents] him amply in a complex historical context' The Times 'Sarah Fraser deserves to be acclaimed as a notable biographer ... This is a brave and meaty book tells this remarkable tale with admirable patience, industry and understanding' Spectator 'A vivid and fascinating biography of a quirky aristocrat' Evening Standard 'Irresistibly romantic biography' Sunday Telegraph
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The Times Samurai Su Doku: 100 Original Puzzles
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the Times2 supplement contains sudoku, Killer Sudoku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and a quick crossword.
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Cosmic Ordering in 7 Easy Steps: How to Make Life Work for You
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Carolyn is qualified as a Trainer of Neuro-linguistic-programming and holds a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy. Her first degree was in classical and modern Chinese and Japanese and she has studied many of the world's spiritual and esoteric traditions and philosophies including Taoism, Confucianism (in Chinese), Huna (Hawaiian shamanism), Reiki, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, the Western Mystery traditions, as well as psychic development and different forms of meditation. Her publications include Gem Psychic Powers, NTK NLP and NTK Body Language.
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Punished: A mother's cruelty. A daughter's survival. A secret that couldn't be told.
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Vanessa Steel was born and brought up on the outskirts of Birmingham in the 1950s. After surviving her ordeals, and developing her psychic gift (as a young child she foresaw the assassination of Kennedy in 1963 without knowing who he was), she starting working professionally as a psychic. She is now one of the most sought after psychics in Britain.
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The Dangerous Book for Boys Yearbook
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Praise for 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' 'The perfect handbook for boys and dads.' Daily Telegraph 'Full of tips on how to annoy your parents'. Evening Standard 'An old-fashioned compendium of information on items such as making catapults and knot-tying!the end of the PlayStation may have been signalled.' The Times 'Just William would be proud. A new book teaching boys old-fashioned risky pursuits!has become a surprise bestseller.' Daily Mail 'If you want to know how to make crystals, master NATO's phonetic alphabet!and build a workbench, look no further.' Time Out 'Beautifully presented, this is full of new intruiging material to keep the boy in your life - be he eight or 80 - entertained for hours'. Belfast Telegraph "boys stuff that any enquiring mind will love' Scottish Daily Record Praise for Yearbook: "Packed with useful historical facts to impress your friends' Cork Evening Echo
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Dead Man's List
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THE INSIDE RING 'Smart, original, crafted with true insider knowledge, brimming with vivid characters and with a forward drive that just won't quit...I couldn't put it down' Vince Flynn, author of Memorial Day 'Mike Lawson writes a mean thriller and has a sense of humour that hurts. I love this one.' Independent on Sunday House Secrets 'Lawson's latest Joe DeMarco thriller proves to be his best yet...Intriguing, multidimensional characters balanced between good and evil...It all adds up to one of the best thrillers of the year' Jeff Ayers 'Lawson's excellent fourth Washington thriller to feature Joe DeMarco...The action builds to a stunning final twist.' www.publisherweekly.com '...plotted artfully, written with panache...delicious' Washington Times
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The Times Samurai Su Doku: Bk. 2
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the Times2 supplement contains sudoku, Killer Sudoku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and a quick crossword.
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When Daddy Comes Home
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Praise for Don’t Tell Mummy:‘Hard to put down …. I truly felt I was living her life alongside her, being taken back in time. I could almost smell the honeysuckle and soda bread but also feel the dread and fear.’ Jane Elliott, author of the No.1 bestseller ‘The Little Prisoner’'This memoir is testament to [Toni Maguire's] amazing courage'. Closer magazine.‘Amazing'. The Mirror.
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The Favoured Child
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This impassioned sequel to the page-turning Wideacre carries the fortunes of the Lacey family, now decaying country gentry, into the late 18th century. "Gregory's galloping plot leads to a savage but satisfying conclusion that piques anticipation for the trilogy's conclusion," commented PW.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Silent Boy: He Was a Frightened Boy Who Refused to Speak- Until a Teacher's Love Broke Through the Silence
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"Torey Hayden deserves the kind of respect I can't give many people. She isn't valuable, she's incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden." Boston Globe "A story rich in reasons for hope." Publisher's Weekly "A skilful storyteller! Torey Hayden writes vividly about the challenges and frustrations of working with disturbed children." Washington Post Book World
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The Kitchen Diaries II: A Year of Simple Suppers. Nigel Slater
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'Nigel is a bloody genius' Jamie Oliver 'The greatest cookery writer of them all' Guardian 'The best food writers combine beauty with practicality, and no one does it more elegantly than Nigel Slater' Jane Shilling, Daily Mail - BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'The pick of the bunch...bubbling with ideas, suggestions, hints and personal opinions that genuinely help you to make your own mind up about how and what to cook' The Times 'He's a genius' Matthew Fort, Guardian 'Slater remains the reigning champion, a writer incapable of uninspiring sentences' Daily Express 'No one writes more temptingly about food' Independent
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Monster War (Nightmare Academy)
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'Men in Black for kids. Pure entertainment.' Kirkus Reviews
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Tell Me Why, Mummy: A Little Boy's Struggle to Survive. A Mother's Shameful Secret. The Power to Forgive.
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‘David Thomas has one of the most powerful and intriguing minds in the country.’ The Daily Mail‘This book is one of the most harrowing I’ve ever read, but because of the way David turns his life around it is also inspirational.’ The Sun
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Sketching (Collins 30-Minute Painting)
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'These books are clear and very easy to follow. They make the reader feel confident that they will be able to achieve good results in the given time, and at a reasonable price!' Leisure Painter, April 2008
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The World of Karl Pilkington
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'Not many idiots could make something this funny.' Guardian 'Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!' Sunday Telegraph
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Times Crossword Book 13 (Bk. 13)
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the Times2 supplement contains sudoku, Killer Sudoku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and a quick crossword.
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Somebody Else's Kids
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'Hayden is a fine storyteller, recounting the touching bonds that form among children and between Hayden and her students.' Washington Post 'A heartwarming book full of tenderness.' Library Journal 'Torey Hayden deserves the kind of respect I can't give many people. She isn't just valuable, she's incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden.' Boston Globe
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Gordon Ramsay's Playing with Fire
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'A truly inspiring read that makes you realise if you want something enough, it's there for the taking.' The Sun Praise for Humble Pie: 'Gordon Ramsay's Humble Pie - so exuberantly angry boastful, cliche-ridden, expletive-laden and touchingly sincere that I can't believe that a single sentence has been written by anyone but the failed footballer, great cook, telly star and businessman himself. He's the genuine bollocks, as he's so fond of saying, and this is the tale of his personal class struggle.' - The Observer 'Inspirational stuff.' Heat 'I cannot recommend strongly enough that every BII member reads it... The book is an inspiration. Anybody running any kind of business will benefit from reading this.' BII Business magazine
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Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections
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Praise for Paulo Coelho: 'An exceptional writer.' USA Today 'His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people.' Times 'One of the few to deserve the term "Publishing Phenomenon".' Independent on Sunday 'Coelho's writing is beautifully poetic but his message is what counts...he gives me hope and puts a smile on my face.' Daily Express '"The Alchemist" is a beautiful book about magic, dreams and the treasures we seek elsewhere and then find on our doorstep.' Madonna 'It's like music, really, the way he writes, it's so beautiful. It's a gift that I envy above all others.' Julia Roberts
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Seeing Red
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'Undoubtedly Graham Poll has been this country's top referee over the past ten years' Sir Alex Ferguson‘England’s No 1 match official has lifted the lid on the disillusionment shared by many colleagues’ Daily Mail‘Poll's fascinating response to years of criticism as one of England's top officials is far more interesting than the standard fare trotted out by most players these days - it also evokes the rarest of things in a football fan: sympathy for the referee.' 442 Magazine
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In the Blood (Carson Ryder, Book 5)
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Praise for the Carson Ryder series:'Superb stuff' Independent on Sunday'Kerley will truly scare the pants off his readers. This one's another winner from a writer moving towards the top of the thriller heap' Publishers Weekly'Kerley, who writes like a house fire, has a boundless and truly ghastly imagination that'll keep you awake long after you turn the last page' Kirkus'A fascinating and frightening take on the genre' Independent on Sunday'A chilling journey into a pitch-black mind' Michael Marshall, author of The Straw Men trilogy'A sturdy hero with a clearcut mission and a setting that holds possibilities for fresh adventure. Kerley writes in a thrusting style that pushes the action from crime scene to autopsy table' New York Times Book Review'Superb… fantastic' Sunday Express
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I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
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Reviews for ‘Damaged’:'Cannot fail to move those who read it.' Adoption-net‘Heartbreaking.' The Mirror‘A truly harrowing read that made me cry.’ The Sun'A true tale of hope. ****.' OK!‘Foster carers rarely get the praise they deserve, but Cathy Glass’s book should change all that.****’ First Magazine‘A hugely touching and emotional true tale.’ Star Magazine
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Branson
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Praise for ‘Branson’:'An addictive read, packed with sex, money, tantrums – top quality.’ Guardian'One of the most devastating books of the year…an explosive book. Bower reveals a remarkable and sinister picture of the man who likes to appear as the ever-smiling hero.' Daily Mail'Bower's book is a devastating indictment.' Sunday Times'A damning biography…startling accusations.' Daily Express
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Ching's Chinese Food in Minutes
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Praise for Chinese Food Made Easy: 'Packed with delicious, easy-to-make dishes ... Ching-He Huang is the new face of Chinese cooking.' Heat magazine [five star review on 19/7/08]
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Heroes, Villains & Velodromes: Chris Hoy & Britain's Track Cycling Revolution
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'This is an absolutely must-read book...Moore has cleverly used the very cogent words of others to paint a picture of real characters within a new order' Graham Obree, Scotsman 'A cracking story...I couldn't put it down' Hugh Porter, BBC cycling commentator 'Like its hero, this book is the real McHoy.' Scotland on Sunday 'An excellent book'. The Sunday Times '...an inspiring tale. And in Richard Moore it has a splendid chronicler.' Independent on Sunday 'This is a must-read book that tells a story that had to be told.' The Scotsman '...a gripping inside story of how Team GB's cyclists rode to glory.' Independent on Sunday
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