Mike Stephens went to Paris, aged ten, with his father and ended up eating dog biscuits. As a young man, his tastes improved, and he visited many elegant cities in Europe, sometimes being an informal ski guide in the Alps. Becoming more adventurous, Mike toured India and the Far East, and also Mexico, Cuba, USA, and Canada. His greatest adventures, however, were on safari in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. In this book, Mike reveals many of the hilarious events in which he was invo...

In the summer of 1973 the Riverside area of a south Wales town is devastated by the closure of its mighty steelworks. The impact on one family is especially harsh. David Rhys loses his job in the melting shop. With few alternative jobs available, David does some part-time work helping his father, Thomas, who is the steward of a working men's club run by a committee largely indifferent to the welfare of its steward. Previous years as a coal miner, and a steady supply of cigarettes, now pres...

Crime and Social Policy discusses the criminal justice system in England and Wales in an accessible and engaging manner. This title guides students through the system's complexities, reviewing its history, highlighting current problems, and offering recommendations as to where and how it can be improved.

When a body is dumped in an alley, the two witnesses react in very different ways. But the police detectives investigating are going to need them both to solve the case...

There wasn’t much a one-armed, middle-aged man could do in that nice, clean, small town, after the army sent him home. Money was no problem. Finding a job was. So he spent his days on a bench in front of the courthouse, watching people, enjoying the sun, and knowing more than he really wanted to about the goings-on around him. Of course, when the sheriff found the bodies, Bencher was the one to ask about them...

The story opens with Jimmie, at this point a young boy, trying by himself to fight a gang of boys from an opposing neighborhood. He is saved by his friend, Pete, and comes home to his sister, Maggie, his toddling brother, Tommie, his brutal and drunken father, and mother, Mary Johnson. The parents terrify the children until they are shuddering in the corner.Years pass, Tommie and his father die as Jimmie hardens into a sneering, aggressive, cynical youth. He gets a job as a teamste...

Toper Kelly died on the main street of Fox River at three o’clock on a chilly October morning, his life finished by a hit-and-run driver. At seven I sat at my desk in the sheriffs office and listened to Julio explain that all he could do was send Toper’s body to the hospital for examination by Dr. Blenheim and pick up the broken glass from the shattered headlight, which was the only physical evidence to be found...

A fogged-in airport. A small plane that can't take off. A desperate man who needs to escape...and who's willing to kill....

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Manipulation carries with it a lot of negative connotation but all of us have used it at some point or another, and it is likely that we have been a subject of it as well. It is simply the process that is used in order to get someone to do something specific for you. It can present itself in the form of a commercial on television, a billboard ad on the street, or a sales person that is trying to convince you to purchase a produc...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You're going to learn how to get rid of irritating and excruciating abdominal fat in seniors over 40!If you are a woman or male over the age of 40, you know just as well as I do that belly fat is harmful, difficult to shed as you grow older, unappealing, and certainly not attractive. We want to be, feel, and look our best at all times, and in order to do so, you must be exceedingly attentive of your health and e...

**Essential reading for every golfer from the sport’s most acclaimed course developer—a comprehensive, firsthand account of restoring the inherent satisfactions of this centuries-old game, from the beauty of natural courses to the joys of walking the course“Mike Keiser is the best thing to happen to golf since the Big Bertha. He’s the guy who single-handedly saved us from the Fake 100-foot Waterfall Era. He gave us back nature, walking and buddy trips. This is a fascinating read on...

Now a major TV series: COOPER AND FRY on Channel 5**, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)****'A modern master'GuardianBen Cooper and his team from Derbyshire Constabulary's E Division return in this gripping new page-turner from the master of the genre.**For the Peak District hamlet of Shawhead, there's only one road in and one road out. Its handful of...