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Over the years, I've been continually surprised about people's attitudes towards accountants; this tends to veer from contempt to fear. An accountant should be there for their clients and can't operate without them.In order to dispel the idea that an accountant is a necessary evil, I decided to write...

'Thomas died at 2.30 a.m. on the 16th March 2004. He was eighteen.How do I know that? Strictly speaking, I don't. I don't know what death is.'This was the last challenge. But Thomas, disabled, paralysed and epileptic, faced challenge after challenge with a childlike innocence and love of happiness. Joke...

The Japanese Instructors' Course is infamous in the Karate world. In 1997 it had been running for 50 years, with less than one hundred people successfully completing it - only four of which had been non-Japanese. In the same year Scott Langley was at the top of his game, a third degree black belt, captain...

Ronnie Sharpe, lifelong Sheffield United fan, Dronfield scrapmen and semi-retired football hooligan has just written the X-rated first volume of his life story, Sharpe as a Blade.Nick Hornby has nothing on him; Ronnie's book is footballs answer to the Fred Pass phenomenon with added sex and violence.Once...

Twelve stories set on the beautiful Isle of Man, penned with affection by a writer who loves the 'land of her birth' with a passion. These varied tales range from early Christian times, through the 19th and 20th centuries, post WWII and the Beatles era, as well as contemporary and near-future pieces....

Twelve stories set on the beautiful Isle of Man, penned by a local writer whose ancestry reaches back to 1500s. Glimpses of humour, character and dogged determination shine out from the subjects of this mixed medley of short fiction. Romantic, thought provoking and moving, each story is prefaced by a...

At the end of the world who's left to blame? Tucker and Six are two teenagers living in the last city on earth, a city full of odd characters, each with a different theory of how the world ended. Together they uncover a murder and begin to realise that, not just one, but all these theories could be true.......

A fun sing-along book for little construction enthusiasts. Visit the construction site early in the morningand join the rough and tough construction vehicles, as they go about their daily work.This book comes with a free song download!

Barbara Pomeroy, a planning adjudicator, is trying to balance home and career now that her son Toby, a kidney transplant recipient, is at last leading a normal boyhood in St.Ives, looked after by his father, Colin. Barbara is hearing a case about plans for a new nursery school, with supporting evidence...

The academic year must have been a difficult one as when the summer holidays arrived, secondary school teacher Andrew Sykes was happy to do as little as possible. But while sitting on his sofa watching the exploits of the cyclists at the Great Wall of China at the Beijing Olympics, he realised the error...

A truly remarkable story of a young Irish girl from Belfast, Northern Ireland who took show business by storm in the mid 50s with a succession of hit records - at one time she had no less than five hits in the TOP TWENTY - all at the same time! This was a unique accomplishment, a world record, not even...

Sharpe as a Blade 2 (A 70s Trip) is the follow up to Sharpe as a Blade one (The 50s and 60s) The book continues the life story of retired football 'lad' Ronnie Sharpe and his love affair with Sheffield United Football Club. To those who were there, football in the 70s represented a golden...

To enter a Long or Ultra distance event or challenge the likes of 100 km is a decision and a half. The confidence that needs to be built up not only of the distance but of the whole experience cannot be underestimated. Get it right and to complete such a distance is very, very self-satisfying. Preparation...

As the only person with a camera attending the first Sex Pistols gig outside London at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester on Friday June 4th 1976, I unwittingly captured a piece of musical history which still intrigues people to this day. I was covering the event for the magazine that I was producing...