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This book is a straightforward, comprehensive guide to mastering the violin quickly and efficiently. This method of learning and practicing correctly is tailored specifically for children and adults in this busy modern age who want to be good at the violin but do not have time to fit in hours of daily...

Although Frank Zappa died over 20 years ago, he continues to be regarded as an iconic figure in 20th century culture. In 1973 he famously said ‘Jazz is not dead… it just smells funny,’ and in this new book Geoff Wills takes a look at Zappa’s widely assumed antipathy for the jazz genre. Along...

London, 1971. A London Cabbie stumbles upon the existence of a secret society within the ranks of the Black Cabs. The Knowledge could cost him his life. TONY PINNER comes from a tradition of Black Cab drivers. His life has stalled. When one of his regular fares is kidnapped and, later, fished out...

London, 1925. The greatest treasure in the world, the crown jewels, have been stolen. It is up to three Beefeaters and a Chelsea Pensioner to get it back! The hunt for the thieves will take them into London's murky underworld and to the north of Scotland. This is a tale of high adventure, daring and risk.

Twenty one years ago Keith and Maggie Bell bought Crook Hall and Gardens as a private home and then decided, in what might be seen as a fit of madness, to open it to the general public. This is the story of buying a medieval Manor House situated in the middle of Durham City, and then the extraordinary...

Bone and Blood opens in Berlin August 2005 as the death of Brigitte’s daughter, Katharina brings back memories of her conception in 1945 when Brigitte was imprisoned in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. Brigitte has never told her story of the war years but is challenged by Aisling, her great-niece...

Planet Two Faced covers a host of present day subjects of cover, from political upheaval and baking to litter louts.

Shelled and shot at in the Iranian Revolution. Nearly murdered in Sicily. Crucified by the Lord Chief Justice in the Appeal Court. Silenced by the BBC for telling the truth. This is the autobiography of Martin Young and his 45 years in television, working for all the major BBC news and current affairs...

Sir Crispin Tickell, GCMG, one of Britain’s outstanding diplomats and one of the word’s leading proponents of ‘climate change’, says of this book: “Here John Pedler takes the broadest of views, ranging from politics and science to religion and beyond, and paints a picture of the world as...

1964 was when the swinging sixties really began. Youth culture dominated the media and the spirit of optimism was ubiquitous. Yet there were also darker forces at work which proved to be equally significant for the future. Changing Times presents a clear and detailed picture of the many personalities,...

It's September 1960. Mark Barker has passed his eleven-plus and has followed his brother into Parkside Grammar School for boys. Having two sons at a Grammar School places a huge burden on his working class family and he is already wearing his brother's hand-me-down blazer, while all around him are...

Private Investigator Drake Sanders is having a difficult day. Not only has he been press-ganged by an old police colleague into investigating a murder that he is somehow the main suspect for, but he's been hired by two different people to search for an ancient artefact that doesn't appear to be missing....

You are so special and make life a joy to live; I hear sounds of music whenever you’re near. Let me serenade you and pour out my love, For life is a song worth singing with you here. Clive Saffron’s A Rhyming Explosion of Love and Emotion is a personal anthology of poetry that expresses the feelings...

What motivates our MPs? Who inspires them? What do they do to relax? What keeps them awake at night? What are their hopes and aspirations for the future? Commons People answers all of these questions and more, allowing the reader to get into the minds of our elected representatives, and reveals what’s...