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Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Aruba, the Caribbean island 15 miles north of Venezuela and an autonomous dependency of the Netherlands.This flat, riverless island is renowned for its white sand beaches. Its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean. The temperature is almost constant at about 27°C (81°F). The yearly rainfall usually does not exceed 20 inches. Aruba is outside of the Caribbean hurricane belt.The southwest ha...

When the Leeds United players celebrated winning the championship in April 1992, they had no idea how momentous the occasion was. Manchester United, losers at Liverpool that Sunday afternoon, had now gone 25 years without winning the league. Howard Wilkinson's side, promoted just two seasons ago, could bring back the glory days to Leeds. But Wilkinson would prove to be the last English manager to win the league. In 1992, football changed beyond all recognition.The Last Champion...

Ever been thrown off the bus in the middle of a Swedish forest or asked to play at one of the UK's biggest music festivals with musicians you've just met who are covered in blood? If so you've probably been in The Fall. Dave Simpson made it his mission to track down everyone who has ever played in Britain's most berserk, brilliant group. He uncovers a changing Britain, tales of madness and genius, and wreaks havoc on his own life.

A six-part crime drama about a group of Manchester teens fighting for justiceWhen their friend Keith Brandon is charged with murdering a policeman, Gemma, Liam and Andy decide to bunk off school and go to the trial. Keith had a knife, a motive and has confessed to the crime, but they're sure he didn't do it - so when he's found guilty, they can't believe it.Determined to prove Keith's innocence, they take their story to the local media, but no-one will take...

He knows every terrible thing you've done. And he's coming for you.Jack Coates can look inside your mind and see every awful thing you've ever thought or done. It's painful, but it serves him very well at his private security firm that deals with difficult situations and even more heinous people. He's a good soldier with a good team that he trusts...but he's about to find out what happens when you put your trust in the wrong people.Veteran writer Ande Parks...

Jack has returned from his mission and is trying to decompress, but work tends to follow you home when you’re an empath. The dark memories he picked up from his boss are proving hard to shake, and after a night of commiserating with his team, he realizes that maybe he has shared too many secrets. People are turning up dead and Jack has a sneaking suspicion that he’s next. How can he protect himself and those he loves when he knows the darkness that everyone is capable of?The second...

Nessa and Jack are reunited by the same man that tore them apart. Bishop, their first boss, made them both think the other one was dead, but his attempts to finish the job have flushed them from hiding. Now the pair is determined to get to the truth and take Bishop down.Ande Parks, the co-creator of Extraction, crafts a whole new action tale with an extrasensory edge. Featuring art and covers by Dave Wachter (Uncanny Valley) and a...

Jack has lost everything. The discovery that his mentor has been lying to him the whole time they’ve known each other has caused so many people that Jack cared about to die, not to mention causing Jack to question his own mind. How did Bill prevent Jack from reading his thoughts and seeing all the evil he has done?Jack tries to disappear to prevent more people from getting hurt, but enemies and allies alike refuse to let him go...

Stunning images are beautifully presented alongside biographical essays that enhance the soulful nature of this unique portfolio.Many people wear a lifetime of experiences on their face, yet who that person is and what they have experienced often remains a mystery. In Resilient, Wayne Simpson’s first book of photography, readers will encounter a collection of portraits accompanied by individual stories of inspiration, tragedy, and humanitarianism. The book...

Football fans will love this insight into the life and mind of Big Sam. With nearly 20 years as a player - plus almost 25 years as a coach and manager - under his belt, Sam Allardyce is one of the most recognisable figures in British football.'Big Sam' has been a robust defensive general throughout the seventies and eighties, and an imposing touchline presence as a gaffer since 1994.Over the last four decades, Allardyce has seen it all. The game he so loves...

High jinx and japes from Soccer Saturday's roving reporter extraordinaire, Chris "Kammy" Kamara, whose boyish enthusiasm and often baffling, at-the-ground football reportage has given him cult status and an army of fans.Over the past decade, football results programme Soccer Saturday has become a television phenomenon, delivering goals and drama via a raft of ex-professional players positioned in TV studios and on precarious gangplanks in rusting stadiums around the country.

This is the One is a fascinating insight into the mindset and winning temperament of the recently retired Sir Alex Ferguson, the most success manager in English football. When This Is The One was first published in 2007 it was hailed by Michael Crick as 'one of the all-time Manchester United classics' and featured by The Times in their quest to find the 'Best Ever 50 Sports Books'.Written over the course of two eventful and controversial seasons, it offer...