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When Lockhart Flawse is catapulted out of his upper-class and rapunzel-esque life with the curmudgeonly Flawse Senior, he must enter the world of suburbia, and marriage. Rendered an absolute twit in modern society by his medieval upbringing, Lockhart must resort to drastic tactics in his attempt to return to Flawse House. Faced with the horrors of suburbia, he must either terrorise, blackmail and potentially kill an entire street of his tenants, or attempt to find his unknown and elusive father in order to inherit the estate. However, with the belief that he was dropped into his mother s arms by a stork, killing a street of people may be the wiser option for the socially inept young man. He is also under mounting pressure, as it may all be in vain if his gold-digging mother-in-law has her way. Now the wife of Flawse Senior, she has decided that if Lockhart s wealthy grandfather can t have the decency to die on his own, she will take matters into her own hands.

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The landscape is flawless, the trees majestic, the flora and the fauna are right and proper. All is picturesquely typical of rural England at its best. Sir Giles, an MP of few principles and curious tastes, plots to destroy all this by building a motorway smack through it, to line his own pocket and at the same time to dispose of his wife, the capacious Lady Maude. But Lady Maude enlists a surprising ally in her enigmatic gardener Blott, a naturalised Englishman in whom adopted patriotism burns bright. Lady Maude s dynamism and Blott s concealed talents enable them to meet pressure with mimicry, loaded tribunals with publicity and chilli powder, and requisition orders with wickedly spiked beer. This explosively comic novel will gladden the heart of everyone who has ever confronted a bureaucrat, and spells out in riotous detail how the forces of virtue play an exceedingly dirty game when the issue is close to home.

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Henry Wilt is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts Technology and the fantasies he now confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats - in addition to his wife s enthusiasm for every Organic Alternative under the compost heap and the insistence of his quadruplets on looking at every problem with an unflinching lack of sentimentality. It is only when Wilt becomes the unintentional participant in a terrorist siege that he is forced to find an answer to the problems of power, which have corrupted greater men than he. With a mental ingenuity born of his innate cowardice, Wilt fights for those liberal values which are threatened both by international terrorism and by the sophisticated methods of police anti-terrorist agents. In the confusion that follows, Wilt resumes his dialogue with the unflagging Inspector Flint and is himself subjected to the indignity of a psycho-political profile. Bitingly funny and brilliantly written, The Wilt Alternative exposes the farcical anomalies, which have become the social norms of our time.

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When his endlessly capricious wife Eva receives plane tickets for the family to visit Auntie Joan and Uncle Wally in Atlanta, Wilt knows only one thing - that nothing could entice him to fly three thousand miles over the water, and especially not two rotund Americans with more money than sense. What better way to escape and find equilibrium then to embark on a walking tour? Just Wilt, the countryside, and an ill-judged bottle of whiskey... Meanwhile, Eva finds her plans to inherit Joan and Wally s fortune slipping away faster than her sanity, thanks to a combination of sinister teenage quadruplets with foul mouths, and her unexpected role as lead suspect in a drug-trafficking plot.Outrageous, darkly comic, and packed with calamity on top of calamity, Tom Sharpe s latest episode of Wilt s misadventures is a razor-sharp farce that will delight fans both old and new.

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*SHARPEâ ™S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington.Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, his riflemen and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer.When he is joined by the future Duke of Wellington they immediately mount a counter-attack and Sharpe, having been the hunted, becomes the hunter once more. Amidst the wreckage of a defeated army, in the storm lashed hills of the Portuguese frontier, Sharpe takes his revenge.Soldier, hero, rogue â “ Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.

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*SHARPEâ ™S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment.Major Sharpeâ ™s men are in mortal danger â “ not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the regiment will be disbanded.Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of high-ranking traitors, any of whom could utterly destroy his career with a word. Sharpe is forced into the most desperate gamble of his life â “ and not even the influence of the Prince Regent may be enough to save him.Soldier, hero, rogue â “ Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.

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The Vikings in the Hebrides provides an introduction to the Viking colonization and Norse occupation of the Outer Hebrides. Our knowledge of this period in the Hebrides has until recently been minimal as the historic evidence was negligible and the archaeology limited. However, two recent excavations at Bornais and Cille Pheadair have transformed our understanding of the period in the region. These two excavations will provide much of the information that is set out in this book but there is also a comprehensive review of other important discoveries such as the Lewis Chessmen, the burial at Cnip, Lewis and the silver hoards from Stornoway Castle and Dibidale in Lewis.The excavations at Bornais have transformed our understanding of the Norse settlement of the North Atlantic. It is possible to chart the evolution of domestic houses from the Viking longhouse to the post-medieval croft, to analyze the distribution of finds on the house floors and to critically assess gender relationships over this long period.The excavations have also produced large quantities of finds that demonstrate the links between the Western Isles and the wider world. These include important assemblages of bone combs and comb making debris, which enable a discussion of craft production and the fluctuating relationship of the Hebrides, the Irish Sea zone and Scandinavia. The presence of exotic green porphyry from Greece, amber, Ringerike art, pottery from the Bristol Channel, coins from Scandinavia, England and the Low Countries all provide opportunities to contextualise the settlements and the region in the wider medieval world.This book places the Outer Hebrides at the center of the Viking World and provides a unique contribution to our understanding of the islandsâ ™ importance at the critical period when Scotland was emerging as a major medieval kingdom.

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SHARPE IS BACK.The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series.If any man can do the impossible it s Richard Sharpe . . .And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he s sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines.For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe.Two French armies march towards the bridge, one from the North and one from the South. If they meet, the British are lost.Only Sharpe s small group of men - with their cunning and courage to rely on - stand in their way. But they re rapidly outnumbered, enemies are hiding in plain sight, and as the French edge ever closer to the frontline, time is running out .

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SHARPE IS BACK. The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series. If any man can do the impossible it s Richard Sharpe .. . And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do when he s dispatched on an undercover mission behind enemy lines, deep in the Spanish countryside.For a remote village is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, it is the last link between two French armies, one in the north and one in the south; if they meet, the British are doomed. Only Sharpe s small group of men – with their cunning and courage to rely on – stand in their way.But they re rapidly outnumbered, enemies are hiding in plain sight, and time is running out . . .

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The official guide to the riverside path from its Gloucestershire source all the way to the outskirts of London. With the London Thames now covered by Aurum’ s separate new guide, a companion volume can concentrate on the appeal of the full 150 miles of the country Thames, which winds all the way from its Gloucestershire source near Cirencester to Hampton Court on the edge of the London conurbation. This new edition has a wealth of new information about the many sights and places of interest along the way, from Wittenham Clumps that Paul Nash used to paint to Heston Blumenthal’ s Fat Duck restaurant at Bray, as well as full walking tours of historic Oxford and Windsor Eton. There are sections on Stanley Spencer at Cookham, and Cliveden and the Cliveden Set, as well as on handsome and interesting towns like Henley and Abingdon. There is also a new section on the wildlife and natural history of the Thames, and plenty of extra information on transport links to and from individual sections.

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As a boy, Tom’s first crush was a strapping young farmhand who worked the fields around his family home. Finland is a land of tough physical men, catching fish in the icy sea; cutting logs in the endless forests; threshing oats, rye, and barley on the farms. Tom, a more sensitive boy, admired these rough men and their distinctive clothing, designed for protection and utility.He later said, “When I was young, leather was worn by people who worked outside because it was warm. All the men who wore leather, they were the type of men which I adored.”When he began to draw he celebrated these early idols, improving their wardrobes with tight jeans, faded T-shirts, and thigh-high beak-toed Lappish boots. It was a young logger in this gear who appeared on the spring 1957 cover of Physique Pictorial, introducing Tom to the world.In the decades to follow Tom added truckers, repairmen, construction workers, circus roustabouts, and the American cowboy to his roster of working-class heroes. Though just sexual fantasies for him, his portrayal of blue-collar lovers helped working class gays accept their true selves. The Little Book of Tom: Blue Collar traces Tom’s fascination with working men in one compact and affordable package.A brawny lineup of multi-panel comics and single-panel drawings and paintings is set alongside archival and contextual material, including historic film stills and posters, personal photos of Tom, sketches, and Tom’s own reference photos.

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*SHARPEâ ™S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*Spain, January 1812Lieutenant Richard Sharpe faces threats from all sides when an old adversary joins the ranks. Yet, despite the risks, he must embark on a deadly mission â “ to capture the impenetrable fortress of Badajoz.Itâ ™s a long, cold winter for war as the French force onwards â “ but Sharpeâ ™s battle-rage burns. Only a Forlorn Hope, a near-suicidal move into the breach, will give the army hope of capturing the fortress. And boldly leading the attack is Sharpe . . .â ˜A master storytellerâ ™ DAILY TELEGRAPH

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*SHARPEâ ™S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*Cape Trafalgar, October 1805Heading home on a merchant ship from India, Ensign Richard Sharpe finds himself on a far more dangerous journey than he could have anticipated, for war brews at sea. The formidable French navy have destroyed the British blockade and face an outnumbered but formidable foe: Admiral Nelson.Sharpeâ ™s meeting aboard the Calliope with the beautiful Lady Grace Hale turns quickly to obsession, but he finds unexpected enemies and deep treachery amongst his fellow passengers. And as they approach Cape Trafalgar and the enemy fleet comes into view, ready to fight in one of the most glorious but deadly clashes of the war is Sharpe . . .â ˜A master storytellerâ ™ DAILY TELEGRAPH

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â ˜A gripping thriller from the man on the inside. You need to read this.â ™ Andy McNabâ ˜Tom Fletcher was the ultimate Downing Street operatorâ ™ David CameronA global conspiracy. A man on the run. What happens when diplomacy fails?An unputdownable thriller, written with unique insight into the highest levels of diplomacy. From the former ambassador and No.10 foreign policy advisor Tom Fletcher, an urgent 21st-century thriller.In the aftermath of a global pandemic, a beautiful and charismatic human rights activist is murdered, live on the internet, at the British Embassy in Paris. It is a mystery that no one wants solved.But, when governments refuse to investigate, Ambassador Ed Barnes is determined to find out the truth himself.The quest for answers plunges Barnes into a world of cyber terrorists and warlords, taking him to Oxford, Copenhagen, the mountains of Snowdonia and Lebanon, where he picks up the trail of a shocking conspiracy.This is an international crisis â “ but also a personal one. Only Barnes can save his family, his diplomatic service and even his country.But can he save himself?Perfect for readers of Robert Pestonâ ™s The Whistleblower, Tom Bradby or Frank Gardner.Praise for The Ambassador â ˜As one long convinced the truth is very often stranger than fiction I enjoyed Tom Fletcherâ ™s debut novel The Ambassador. The author can draw authenticity from a career spent at the coal face of diplomacy and intelligence, which is why it is a page turnerâ ™ Frederick Forsythâ ˜A diplomatic geniusâ ™ Gordon Brownâ ˜A terrific read that blends fact, fiction and fantasy. And a call for all of us to reflect on friendship, family and trust. What do we stand for, and what will we do to defend it?â ™ Sir Graeme Lamb, former Commander of the SASâ ˜A week is a long time in diplomacy: intrigue, betrayal, comradeship and reconciliation! A great read!â ™ Mark Sedwill, Former National Security Adviserâ ˜A very good novelâ ¦ recommendedâ ™ Alastair Campbellâ ˜Vivid and atmospheric, [The Ambassador] rockets around the world with intoxicating verve â ¦ Hugely engagingâ ™ Daily Mailâ ˜A compelling tale of cyber-crime, terrorism and assassinationâ ¦ A real page-turnerâ ™ Tortoise

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â ˜A diplomatic geniusâ ™ Gordon Brownâ ˜Tom Fletcher is the essential diplomat, and was my support and sounding board about virtually every country on earthâ ™ David CameronHow far will he go to save a future he may never see?Having been made High Commissioner in Nairobi, Ed Barnes is keeping his head down and staying out of trouble. But when his daughter, Stephanie, is kidnapped following a security crisis for which he is blamed, his attempts at normality fall apart once again. He finds himself at the heart of a complex negotiation with a dangerous Somali terrorist group, in an effort to avert a regional security crisis and free his daughter.Meanwhile, across the globe a series of political assassinations have been shaking the world of business and government. Tensions boil over when a Chinese envoy is murdered in Jordan, only days before a crucial climate change conference, sparking a diplomatic crisis and the threat of US/China confrontation.In the search for his daughter, Barnes follows the trail of violence from Kenya, through the highest levels of the UN in Geneva, to the Dead Sea in Jordan. With the world on the brink of ecological crisis, Barnes must uncover the terrible truth about the assassinations, prevent a global conflict and save the climate deal. But how much is he prepared to sacrifice to be a good ancestor?The explosive sequel to The Ambassador from former No.10 advisor Tom Fletcher, The Assassin is perfect for fans of Robert Peston, Ken Follett and Tom Bradby.Praise for The Diplomat Thrillers The author can draw authenticity from a career spent at the coal face of diplomacy and intelligence, which is why it is a page turnerâ ™ Frederick Forsyth I read it in one go Kim Stanley Robinson A call for all of us to reflect on friendship, family and trust. What do we stand for, and what will we do to defend it?â ™ Sir Graeme Lamb, former Commander of the SAS Vivid and atmospheric... rockets around the world with intoxicating verve. Hugely engaging Daily Mail

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer charts the escapades of a thirteen-year-old boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi. Testing the patience of his aunt Polly, the bold and sharp-witted Tom Sawyer frequently skips school in search of excitement, and the scrapes he gets into with his friend Huckleberry Finn range from innocent japes to more serious events such as the witnessing of a murder.One of the most popular and influential American novels, Mark Twainâ ™s masterpiece is at the same time a highly entertaining romp which celebrates youth and freedom and a more profound investigation of his times, touching on themes such as race, revenge and slavery. This volume includes Tom Sawyer, Detective, a sequel and pastiche of the detective genre, first published in 1896.

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A new picture-book Christmasaurus story from beloved children s author Tom Fletcher, with breathtaking illustrations from Shane Devries - now in paperback!Meet the Christmasaurus, a very special dinosaur who’s determined to make Christmas perfect . . . Twas the night before Christmas and at the North Pole,The festive excitement was out of control!The elves were all wrapping the last of the toysThat Santa would soon give to good girls and boys . . .All Christmasaurus wants to do is help Santa and the elves get ready for the big day. But everything he does goes disastrously wrong. Then, someone special shows him that things don t need to be perfect to wonderful.Because the true spirit of Christmas comes from the unique sparkle in each and every one of us. With brilliant read-aloud rhyme by Tom Fletcher, magical illustrations from Shane Devries and two stunning pull-out gatefold spreads, this gorgeous book is the perfect Christmas gift. More Christmas magic from Tom Fletcher:The Christmasaurus – Tom Fletcher s timeless picture-book adventure

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A Zwilling Pro Sharp 7 darabos készlet egy önműködően élesítő késtárolóból, öt különböző konyhai késből és multifunkciós ollóból áll. A tárolóblokkba épített keramikus köszörűk automatikusan fenntartják a pengék élességét minden használatkor. A késkészlet prémium anyagokból készült, ergonómikus kialakítású, és mosogatógépben is tisztítható.

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A moving celebration of the power of books and reading from bestselling author and illustrator, Tom Percival, creator of Ruby #39;s Worry. Mia feels alone; so alone that it #39;s as if she lives on a small island, far out to sea. But then one day, Mia is given a book - the first she has ever been able to call her own. As Mia reads the book, bridges appear and her island fills with colour and life. And the more Mia reads, the stronger the bridges become, opening up a world of connection and hope... Because a book can take you anywhere... Celebrate the power of books and reading in this moving picture book by Tom Percival, author of Ruby #39;s Worry and The Invisible, among many more. Also by Tom Percival and published by Simon Schuster:The Sea Saw The Invisible The River

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Comic book superstars Tom King and Ryan Sook present the match of the millennium: beloved superhero Black Canary versus deadly assassin Lady Shiva!ItÂ’s Black Canary versus Lady Shiva to determine who is the single greatest hand-to-hand fighter in the DC Universe! Who will walk away with the title?Find out as Eisner Award-winning writer Tom King (Wonder Woman, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and Ryan Sook (Legion of Super-Heroes, Seven Soldiers: Zatanna) go six rounds to see if our hero has what it takes to be…the best of the best.With an opponent as ruthless as Lady Shiva, this fight wonÂ’t be an easy one, but luckily, Black Canary has some powerful people in her corner—including her mother, the original Black Canary, ready to train her daughter for the fight of both their lives. And will Batman cheer her on or tell her to throw in the towel?Exploring Black Canary like never before, this is a self-contained, action-packed character study from Tom King, in the vein of his hits Mister Miracle and The Vision!This volume collects Black Canary: Best of the Best #1-6.

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A moving celebration of the power of books and reading from bestselling author and illustrator, Tom Percival, creator of Ruby #39;s Worry. Mia feels alone; so alone that it #39;s as if she lives on a small island, far out to sea. But then one day, Mia is given a book - the first she has ever been able to call her own. As Mia reads the book, bridges appear and her island fills with colour and life. And the more Mia reads, the stronger the bridges become, opening up a world of connection and hope... Because a book can take you anywhere... Celebrate the power of books and reading in this moving picture book by Tom Percival, author of Ruby #39;s Worry and The Invisible, among many more. Also by Tom Percival and published by Simon Schuster:The Sea SawThe InvisibleThe River

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⠘A brilliantly clever puzzle box of a book full of Christie-esque twists, turns and thrills ⠓ with a gloriously realised setting⠙ Lucy Foley A trip into the arctic darkness you won t want to miss! J M Hall The setting is stunning and the mystery is entertaining. The Guardian Terrific... claustrophobic, surreal [and] dazzling The Sunday Times__________________________________________A frozen wilderness.A killer in the skies.When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she⠙s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime.But she hasn⠙t had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin.Trapped at the top of the world, the group agrees a tragic accident has occurred. But as the hours tick by, fear turns to doubt.It seems everyone⠙s a suspect.And it isn⠙t long before the passengers begin to turn on each other . . .________________________________________ Fiendishly clever David Goodman With its secrets, suspicions and unusual setting, Death in the Arctic is [Hindle s] best yet! Anita Frank A clever, classy and unputdownable whodunnit in a wonderful setting. Daily Mirror A fantastic locked-room mystery My Weekly Chilling Crime Monthly This escapist mystery is out of this world! Fabulous An intriguing, addictive whodunnit.⠙ Woman⠙s Weekly________________________________________PRAISE FOR TOM HINDLE A new heir to Agatha Christie . . . classic crime for the 21st century Ragnar Jónasson Clever, classy and captivating Chris Whitaker One heir to Christie Daily Mail This is riveting stuff, breathing new life into the traditional locked-room mystery. Hindle puts a 21st century spin on a Golden Age tale that s both captivating and cunning Sun Tricksy, expertly plotted and kept me guessing till the end Adam Simcox Twist after gut-punching twist M. W. CravenMurder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle was a Sunday Times bestseller January 2024

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LIKE LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES? YOU LL LOVE TOM MEAD S JOSEPH SPECTOR SERIES!An enthralling locked-room murder mystery inspired by Golden Age Crime Fiction, Death and the Conjuror is the critically acclaimed debut novel by Tom Mead.1936, London. A celebrity psychiatrist is discovered dead in his locked study. There seems to be no way a killer could have escaped unseen. There are no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence of the murder weapon. Puzzled, Inspector Flint of Scotland Yard calls on retired stage magician turned part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. Spector has a knack for explaining the inexplicable, but even he finds more to this mystery than meets the eye. As Spector and the Inspector interview the colourful cast of suspects, they uncover no shortage of dark secrets... or motives for murder. And when a second impossible death occurs, they realise the cuplrit will not cease in their deadly mission unless they are caught.Readers love Death and the Conjuror: one of the Mysteries of the Year for both Publishers Weekly and the Guardian. Pure escapism and an excellent puzzle, ingeniously expounded The Times Splendidly tricksy Guardian An intricate impossible crime that completely fooled me Peter Lovesey A real treat for mystery fans Ragnar Jónasson A beautiful, dark, atmospheric story Victoria DowdRead all the perfectly puzzling Spector Locked-Room Mysteries from Head of Zeus:#1 Death and the Conjuror#2 The Murder Wheel#3 Cabaret Macabre#4 The House at Devil s Neck

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Tom captured the times - the lows and the many highs - and shared them all with us, documenting, encouraging and capturing a real, authentic timeline of fantastic pictures. This is the inside story of The Charlatans, told through the lens of legendary photographer Tom Sheehan and the words of the band s frontman Tim Burgess.More than 250 of Sheehan s photographs - blending iconic shots with those seen here for the first time - are accompanied by moving and insightful text from Burgess, sharing his memories of a band at the very height of their powers.Covering a decade of the band s story, the book captures recording sessions, live performances, cover shoots, tours and intimate moments snatched backstage and around the world.Beautifully presented in a cloth-bound hardback, this book is a stunning visual history of The Charlatans, one of the defining bands of a generation.

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They called for a break, and Gambon magicked up a cigarette from out of his beard. He and I were often to be found outside the stage that housed the Astronomy Tower, having a breath of fresh air as we referred to it. There would be painters and plasterers and chippies and sparks, and among them all would be me and Dumbledore having a crafty cigarette.From Borrower to wizard, Tom Felton s childhood was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame saw him catapulted into the limelight aged just twelve when he landed the iconic role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. Speaking with candour and his own trademark humour, Tom shares his experience of growing up on screen and as part of the wizarding world for the very first time.He tells all about his big break, what filming was really like and the lasting friendships he made during ten years with the franchise, as well as the highs and lows of fame and the reality of navigating adult life after filming finished. Prepare to meet a real-life wizard

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LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - THE BILL ROLLINSON PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE TRADITION RUNNER UPJoin travel writer Tom Chesshyre for a Lakeland adventure like no other. Explore towering mountains, wide-open valleys and magnificent lakes - stopping off at a cosy inn or two along the way - on a 379-mile hike around the Lake District From Penrith and back, via Keswick, Cockermouth, Coniston, Grasmere and Windermere, plus many places in between, Tom Chesshyre puts on his walking boots and sets forth in a big wobbly circle around the Lakes, drawn onwards by the dramatic scenery that attracts more than 19 million visitors each year. Across landscape that so inspired the Romantic poets, he takes in remote parts of the parkland that many tourists miss - enjoying encounters aplenty with farmers, fell runners and fellow hikers, while staying in shepherds huts, bothies and old climbers hotels along the way, and even going for a (chilly) dip in Derwentwater. This is the Lake District seen from its walking paths - with just a backpack, an open mind... and a spring in the step.

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A stunning, emotionally satisfying tale about the art of storytelling. I never wanted the lights to come up. I could not put it down GRAHAM NORTON It s its own universe, complete with a sun, a cast of circling planets, and a limitless number of stars. Its gravity pulls you in and its far reaching, multi-layered, rollicking exuberance holds you in place. I would have been happy to live inside this book forever ANN PATCHETTA wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all. Spanning 80 years of a changing America and culminating in the opening of the film, we meet a colourful cast of characters including a troubled soldier returning from war, a young boy with an artistic gift, an inspired and eccentric director, a pompous film star on the rise, a tireless production assistant and countless film crew members that together create Hollywood magic.Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece offers an insider s take on the momentous efforts it takes to make a film. At once a reflection on America s past and present, on the world of show business and the real world we all live in.Praise for Tom Hanks: Authentically geniune . . . a Writer with a capital W. Stephen Fry Hanks s prose is impressive . . . fluent, convincing and confident. The Times Tom Hanks is a wise and hilarious writer with an endlessly surprising mind. Steve Martin

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The Union army may be full of bastards, but there s only one who thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling: the incomparable Colonel Sand dan Glokta.Curnden Craw and his dozen are out to recover a mysterious item from beyond the Crinna. Only one small problem: no one seems to know what the item is.Shevedieh, the self-styled best thief in Styria, lurches from disaster to catastrophe alongside her best friend and greatest enemy, Javre, Lioness of Hoskopp.And after years of bloodshed, the idealistic chieftain Bethod is desperate to bring peace to the North. There s only one obstacle left - his own lunatic champion, the most feared man in the North: the Bloody-Nine . . .Sharp Ends combines previously published, award-winning tales with exclusive new short stories. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue s gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp endings from the world of the First Law.

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Inspired by our native landscapes, saturated by the shadows beneath trees and behind doors, listening to the run of water and half-heard voices, Tom Cox s first collection of short stories is a series of evocative and unsettling trips into worlds previously visited by the likes of M. R. James and E. F. Benson.Railway tunnels, the lanes and hills of the Peak District, family homes, old stones, shreds fluttering on barbed wire, night drawing in, something that might be an animal shifting on the other side of a hedge: Tom has drawn on his life-long love of weird fiction, folklore and nature s unregarded corners to write a collection of stories that will delight fans old and new, and leave them very uneasy about turning the reading lamp off.

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While secretly investigating a decades old suspicious death on the idyllic island of Jersey, DI Lancaster and DS Videt uncover more than they bargained for.

Objev podobné jako One of the Few - David Sharp

A hill is not a mountain. You climb it for you, then you put it quietly inside you, in a cupboard marked Quite A Lot Of Hills where it makes its infinitesimal mark on who you are. Ring the Hill is a book written around, and about, hills: it includes a northern hill, a hill that never ends and the smallest hill in England. Each chapter takes a type of hill - whether it s a knoll, cap, cliff, tor or even a mere bump - as a starting point for one of Tom s characteristically unpredictable and wide-ranging explorations. Tom s lyrical, candid prose roams from an intimate relationship with a particular cove on the south coast, to meditations on his great-grandmother and a lesson on what goes into the mapping of hills themselves. Because a good walk in the hills is never just about the hills: you never know where it might lead.

Objev podobné jako Ring the Hill - Tom Cox

The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebrated around the world, was the beginning of a new era for the Windsors. Yet, within one tumultuous year, the dream became a nightmare, with the infamous Megxit split and bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview. In the aftermath, and with the recent passing of the Queen, the Royal Family s fate seems persistently threatened.The public remains puzzled. Meghan s success has alternatively won praise, bewildered and outraged. Confused by the Sussexes slick publicity, few understand the real Meghan Markle. What lies ahead for Meghan? And what has happened to the family she married into? Can the Windsors restore their reputation under a new monarch?With extensive research, expert sourcing and interviews from insiders who have never spoken before, Tom Bower, Britain s leading investigative biographer, unpicks the tangled web of courtroom drama, courtier politics and thwarted childhood dreams to uncover an astonishing story of love, betrayal, secrets and revenge.

Objev podobné jako Revenge, Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors - Tom Bower

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A stunning blockbuster Robert Fisk A brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling Simon Sebag Montefiore A compelling detective story of the highest order Sunday Times Tom Holland has an enviable gift for summoning up the colour, the individuals and animation of the past IndependentIn the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelt, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In the Shadow of the Sword explores how this came about. Spanning from Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror, and startling achievement.

Objev podobné jako In The Shadow Of The Sword - Tom Holland

A magical, mischievous adventure into an incredible new world, from Tom Fletcher, number-one-bestselling author of The Danger Gang and The Christmasaurus.Lucy wakes up one morning to discover something very strange indeed. All the grown-ups in her town have disappeared.All the other kids in Whiffington are so excited! No more grown-ups means no more school! No more bedtime! No more rules!But Lucy wants her mum back - and nothing is going to stop her.So - along with her friends Norman and Ella - Lucy sets off on an unbelievable adventure into a topsy-turvy, back-to-front and inside-out new world . . . The world underneath her bed. The world of . . . The Creakers!The number one bestseller, packed with amazing illustrations by Shane Devries.Praise for The Creakers: Stonkingly good . . . A compelling adventure and a nuanced celebration of friendship and family love The Guardian 10 out of 10 bum trumps! Guff the Creaker

Objev podobné jako The Creakers - Tom Fletcher

Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true story of the Windermere Boys. The best childrenâ ™s fiction book Iâ ™ve yet read about the Holocaust â “ Tim Robertson, CEO Anne Frank TrustSummer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are among three hundred children who arrive in the English Lake District. Having survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, they ve finally reached a place of safety and peace, where they can hopefully begin to recover.But Yossi is haunted by thoughts of his missing father and disturbed by terrible nightmares. As he waits desperately for news from home, he fears that Mordecai and Leo â “ the closest thing to family he has left â “ will move on without him. Will life by the beautiful Lake Windermere be enough to bring hope back into all their lives?

Objev podobné jako After the War - Tom Palmer

An excellent, beautifully written book Patrick Galbraith, Sunday Times A rich and hugely enjoyable celebration of the local, the vernacular and traditional ... a beautifully written craftsman s memoir Daily MailThatched roofs are like living organisms: each one a web of repair, replacement and alteration, shaped, dressed and re-moulded by every pair of hands that works on it.Thatching is one of the world s oldest crafts - an ancient trade that roots us in nature, as Tom Allen discovered when he quit an office job to become an apprentice in Devon. Now a master of the trade, in On the Roof he goes in search of its history and future, meeting fellow thatchers, from the son of a lobster fisherman who thatches with a dune grass in the Hebrides, to a Syrian refugee who found peace among the seagrass roofs of Denmark, to one of the first women to master Japan s 5,000-year-old thatching tradition.Eye-opening, beautifully told and revealing a tradition hand-shaped over centuries, On the Roof is a story of how we live with the land and how we have chosen to treat it.

Objev podobné jako On The Roof - Tom Allan

For the many millions of headache sufferers and fans of Mary Roach, Siddartha Mukerjee, and Ed Yong, a deeply reported, sometimes harrowing, and frequently humorous journey into the authorÂ’s own excruciating headaches, and the science behind these surprisingly mysterious disorders that may, finally, offer relief. Virtually everyone has experienced a headache—a nuisance arising from occasional stress or as payback for last nightÂ’s overindulgence. But for hundreds of millions of people, there are headaches, and then there are headaches. From blinding migraines to severe headaches known as “clusters,” chronic head pain can upend entire seasons of life. And perhaps owing to the ordinariness of the very word “headache,” these disorders are frequently trivialized. In The Headache, veteran science journalist Tom Zeller Jr. takes readers on an odyssey both intimate and panoramic, through his own decades-long struggle with cluster headaches and across the scientific landscape of a group of disorders that are—to the chagrin of sufferers—as much a curse as a cultural punchline. He visits cutting-edge clinics; interviews dozens of doctors, neurologists, and fellow headache patients; participates in clinical trials for multi-million-dollar new medicines; and even experiments with psilocybin in search of relief.  Along the way, Zeller traces the longer arc of mystery around headaches, from prehistoric skull surgery to Virginia WoolfÂ’s assertion that, in the throes of a migraine, “language runs dry,” to reveal how headaches became one of the most under-researched afflictions in medicine—and how that is slowly starting to change. With warmth, wit, and infectious curiosity, ZellerÂ’s search for the origins of his own headaches becomes a journey into the inner workings of the human nervous system, and an illuminating look at the nature of pain itself.Â

Objev podobné jako The Headache - Tom Zeller Jr.

Going to the Wire looks at a dozen teams, from the 1970s to the present day, whose survival came down to the season⠙s final day. It captures the drama and the passion that comes when not only league survival, but jobs and even a club⠙s very existence can be on the line. It⠙s all here, as Tom Brogan looks at the drama of late, late goals, on those days when fans can spend more time with ears pressed to radios, or eyes glued to mobile phones, all for news from another ground! The passion, the shredded nerves, bitten fingernails, the absurdities of blatant time-wasting, fake news of ⠘goals⠙ elsewhere and ultimately teams coming back from the dead. Relegation is all part of the game, but one that no fan wants their team to get dragged into, but great escapes can make heroes of the unlikeliest of players. Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Middlesbrough, Burnley, Derby County and Coventry City are just a few of the clubs whose final-day escapes make the cut in Going to the Wire, as Brogan reveals just how close some clubs got to falling through the relegation trap door and what it took to avoid it.

Objev podobné jako Going to the Wire - Tom Brogan

THE STORY BEHIND THE HARDEST CLIMB IN HISTORY ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY DAWN WALL Heart-stopping, absorbing Daily Mail The most daring free climber on the planet The Times__________ In 2015, climber Tommy Caldwell took on the hardest challenge of his life, spending 19 days freeclimbing Yosemite s vertical, 3000-foot Dawn Wall - regarded as the most difficult climb in history and a route nobody had ever done before. This odds-defying feat was the culmination of seven years planning and a lifetime of determination. Here, he recounts how he got there, the falls and setbacks - being held hostage, losing his index finger, the break-up of his marriage - the summits conquered and the fears overcome. Fans of Free Solo and Dawn Wall, and climbers and non-climbers alike, will be gripped by this story of drive, focus and achieving the impossible. __________ The Push is not simply a book about rock climbing Guardian Probably the greatest living athlete most people have never heard of Telegraph Arguably the best all-round rock climber on the planet National Geographic A real page-turner . . . captivating and deeply moving Climb magazine Captivating and unfailingly honest Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air

Objev podobné jako The Push - Tommy Caldwell

Discover the pooptastic world of Dino and Danny, from bestselling authors Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter!When playtime on Gran s old swing sends Danny and Dinosaur accidentally looping back through time to the Jurassic age, there s no knowing what might happen.Especially when the swing breaks and there s the rumble of a volcano ready to erupt!Can Danny and Dinosaur make it back to the future with their new dino friends?A Jurassic classic from the bestselling creators of The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet!, The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas! and The Dinosaur that Pooped a Princess!

Objev podobné jako The Dinosaur that Pooped the Past! - Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter

Terrific... claustrophobic, surreal and dazzling The Sunday Times Fiendishly clever David Goodman This escapist mystery is out of this world! Fabulous___________________________________________A frozen wilderness.A killer in the skies.When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she⠙s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime.But she hasn⠙t had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin.Trapped at the top of the world, the group agrees a tragic accident has occurred. But as the hours tick by, fear turns to doubt.It seems everyone⠙s a suspect.And it isn⠙t long before the passengers begin to turn on each other . . .___________________________________________ A trip into the arctic darkness you won t want to miss! J M Hall With its secrets, suspicions and unusual setting, Death in the Arctic is [Hindle s] best yet! Anita Frank The setting is stunning and the mystery is entertaining, and now I really want airship travel to be a thing. The Guardian A fantastic locked-room mystery My Weekly Chilling Crime Monthly___________________________________________PRAISE FOR TOM HINDLE A new heir to Agatha Christie . . . classic crime for the 21st century Ragnar Jónasson Clever, classy and captivating Chris Whitaker One heir to Christie Daily Mail This is riveting stuff, breathing new life into the traditional locked-room mystery. Hindle puts a 21st century spin on a Golden Age tale that s both captivating and cunning Sun Tricksy, expertly plotted and kept me guessing till the end Adam Simcox Twist after gut-punching twist M. W. Craven Dazzling Crime Monthly

Objev podobné jako Death in the Arctic - Tom Hindle

Welcome to Dawson, Ahriman Dawson!*The team of commercial sorcerers at Dawson, Ahriman Dawson can help with any metaphysical engineering project, large or small. (Though by definition, they all tend to be pretty large.)They can also create massive great puddles of chaos that might one day swallow up the entire universe.Take, for example, the decision to recruit a certain bearded fellow whose previous work experience mainly involves reindeer and jingle bells. It might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but is he really the best person to save the world from Tiamat the Destroyer?Find out today in Tom Holt s brilliantly funny new novel set in the world of The Portable Door (now a delightful movie starring Patrick Gibson, Sophie Wilde, and Christoph Waltz).*By reading beyond this point you agree to comply with certain terms and conditions that are mostly reasonablebut confidential. Dawson, Ahriman Dawson management reserves the right to terminate any employees or clients, human or otherwise.

Objev podobné jako The Eight Reindeer of the Apocalypse - Tom Holt

The Imposters is the first novel in stories that Tom Rachman has written since his international bestseller The Imperfectionists. An astonishing achievement - brutally funny, humane, dizzying - will win Rachman the readership he deserves Patrick Gale Easily the best thing I have read in ages Rebecca Wait Clever and full of tricks from start to finish SpectatorIt s set during a crisis in democracy, a society in lockdown linked digitally but convulsed by a social media frenzy, and is told by a little-known, little-read Dutch novelist named Dora Frenhofer who has decided that her life as an old woman in this post-truth pandemic world has become too much.But like a twenty-first century Scheherazade Dora spins stories to fend off the evil day, conjuring connections from her past to give meaning to the present. She imagines the fate of her missing brother, lost on the hippie trail in India in the sixties; the loneliness of her estranged daughter Beck, whose career writing stand-up shows for Netflix dramatizes the culture wars; Danny, an almost equally unfashionable writer she meets at a festival; the tortured history of the van driver who takes her unwanted books away; the nonchalant courier who nearly ran her over in the rain; her former lover, the sophisticated food critic; her last remaining friend. And finally, Dora s own last chapter.The Imposters is Rachman at his inimitable best, a writer whose formal ingenuity and flamboyant technique is matched by his humanity and generosity.

Objev podobné jako The Imposters - Tom Rachman

This is a must-read for those who grew up in awe of The Phantom Tollbooth...Holt achieves near-perfection in his new comic fantasy. - Publishers Weekly, starred review Exceedingly clever and funny. RT Book ReviewsNew Evil.Same as the Old Evil, but with better PR.Mordak isn t bad, as far as goblin kings go, but when someone, or something, starts pumping gold into the human kingdoms it puts his rule into serious jeopardy. Suddenly he s locked in an arms race with a species whose arms he once considered merely part of a calorie-controlled diet.Helped by an elf with a background in journalism and a masters degree in being really pleased with herself, Mordak sets out to discover what on earth (if indeed, that s where he is) is going on. He knows that the truth is out there. If only he could remember where he put it.A witty fantasy novel of good, evil and everything inbetween, from one of Britain s best-loved comic writers - perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams.Books by Tom Holt: Walled Orchard Series Goatsong The Walled Orchard J.W. Wells Co. Series The Portable Door In Your Dreams Earth, Air, Fire and Custard You Don t Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps The Better Mousetrap May Contain Traces of Magic Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages YouSpace Series Doughnut When It s A Jar The Outsorcerer s Apprentice The Good, the Bad and the Smug Novels Expecting Someone Taller Who s Afraid of Beowulf Flying Dutch Ye Gods! Overtime Here Comes the Sun Grailblazers Faust Among Equals Odds and Gods Djinn Rummy My Hero Paint your Dragon Open Sesame Wish you Were Here Alexander at World s End Only Human Snow White and the Seven Samurai Olympiad Valhalla Nothing But Blue Skies Falling SidewaysLittle PeopleSong for NeroMeadowlandBarkingBlonde BombshellThe Management Style of the Supreme BeingsAn Orc on the Wild Side

Objev podobné jako The Good, the Bad and the Smug - Tom Holt

The electrifying number one bestselling adventure from the author of The Christmasaurus and The Creakers, Tom Fletcher!Franky can t wait to move to his new town - although he wishes he didn t have to leave his best friend Dani behind. But everything changes after the storm, when strange green lightning and powerful thunder crash down on the town. From that night on, the kids who live on Franky s street start to change. One by one, they become a little odd. A little unusual. A little... magical. Franky s always wanted to be part of an amazing gang - just like his hero, super-spy Zack Danger! And soon, he realises that there s real danger in store for himself and his new friends. And so the Danger Gang is born...

Objev podobné jako The Danger Gang - Tom Fletcher

______________________________The endlessly funny novel widely regarded as a classic of comic English literaturePorterhouse College is world renowned for its gastronomic excellence, the arrogance of its Fellows, its academic mediocrity and the social cache it confers on the athletic sons of country families.Sir Godber Evans, ex-Cabinet Minister and the new Master, is determined to change all this. Spurred on by his politically angular wife, Lady Mary, he challenges the established order and provokes the wrath of the Dean, the Senior Tutor, the Bursar and, most intransigent of all, Skullion the Head Porter - with hilarious and catastrophic results.

Objev podobné jako Porterhouse Blue - Tom Sharpe

When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon on the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded; Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch, ever active in the pursuit of Communist cells; Konstabel Els, with his propensity for shooting first and not thinking later - and also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race. In the course of the strange events which follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss Hazelstone s remarkable rubber room; and some even more amazing perversions of justice when Miss Hazelstone s brother, the Bishop of Barotseland, is sentenced to be hanged on the ancient gallows in the local prison. Not a political novel in any previously imagined sense, Riotous Assembly provided a completely fresh approach to the South African scene - an approach startling in its deadpan savagery and yet also outrageously funny.

Objev podobné jako Riotous Assembly - Tom Sharpe

Discover the pooptastic world of Dino and Danny, from bestselling authors Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter!Danny and Dinosaur want to watch telly but Mum won t let them until they ve tidied their room.So Danny thinks of a plan to make all the mess go away - he gets Dino to eat it all up!But just when they think they can get away with it, there s a rumble in Dino s tummy - another EXPLOSIVE adventure is about to begin!From the best-selling creators of The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet!, The Dinosaur That Pooped the Past! and The Dinosaur That Pooped a Princess!

Objev podobné jako The Dinosaur that Pooped the Bed! - Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter

At the turn of the 20th Century, scientists and explorers were in a race to unlock the secrets of the last great uncharted place on Earth â “ Antarctica. This is the true story of Tom Crean, the legendary Irish explorer and crewmate of three of the most important and famous expeditions in British history â “ Discovery, Terra Nova and Endurance. Through his story, we discover the events that took place on these voyages which were often thrilling, inspiring and heart-breaking.

Objev podobné jako The Indestructible Tom Crean - Jennifer Thermes

Blending history, monarchy, and gastronomy, Tom Parker Bowles guides the reader on an adventure across royal culinary historyFrom breakfasts, picnic lunches and dinners, to coronations and state banquets, Cooking and the Crown showcases an abundance of beloved royal recipes for all seasons and occasions. Sophisticated creations feature alongside dishes of surprising simplicity, combining historical insights with modern tastes. Each chapter is accompanied by fascinating tales of royal kitchens, chefs and culinary traditions.Weaving together material from the royal archives, contemporary accounts and personal insight, Tom Parker Bowles paints a vivid picture of royal tastes and traditions, as far back as Victorian times.

Objev podobné jako Cooking and the Crown - Tom Parker Bowles