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Football supporters, over the years, have garnered a pretty poor
reputation, often regarded as anti-social yobs, or foul-mouthed
hoodlums - and at times that reputation has been well deserved.
Some supporters though, fare worse than others, and fans of Rangers
Football Club seem to be particularly vilified, very often
castigated en masse as nothing more than Neanderthal,
knuckle-dragging, bigoted thugs. Well, I'm a Rangers fan and I'm
none of the above! And neither, for that matter, are any of my
friends or associates. Rangers' supporters are in fact just normal
hard working folk who love their football team. This is my story,
from a schoolboy in Clydebank, to a married man in East Calder.
Growing up, maturing as I watch my football team. I experience
sporting joy and triumph, just as I suffer pain and tragedy, my
personal life intertwining with the fortunes of my favourites, the
Rangers. It's off to the match I go - My journey with the 'Gers
This is an autobiographical account of life in Covent Garden
Market. It is illustrated throughout with drawings of both the
traders who work there and also the amazing mix of people passing
through. The story is told with humour and compassion.
22 high-profile contributors, from a wide range of backgrounds,
describe how they have all achieved extraordinary success in their
lives. Each then share, through their brilliantly inspirational
advice, precisely what we should do, to find success in ours
-------------- A FEW WISE WORDS is the perfect guide for young
people, young adults (and older adults too) on how to prepare for
our personal journey towards success, purpose, and fulfilment in
life. -------------- This book is for parents too - helping with
the vital role that we must play, to inspire our children to get
completely ready for the challenges and opportunities ahead
-------------- Compelling, down-to-earth, and beautifully
presented, A FEW WISE WORDS can help anyone to discover the best
version of themselves, while learning how to navigate their journey
ahead, with confidence and direction. -------------- WITH
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM: Sir Ben Ainslie -- Frank Arnesen -- Zak Brown
-- Ursula Burns -- Sir Roger Carr -- Sherry Coutu -- Pablo Ettinger
-- Mikhail Fridman -- Stephen Fry -- Dame Katherine Grainger --
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson -- Anya Hindmarch -- Declan Kelly --
Baroness Martha Lane-Fox -- Joanna Lumley -- Dame Carolyn McCall --
Sir Keith Mills -- Vin Murria -- Danielle de Niese -- Rabbi Lord
Jonathan Sacks -- Shriti Vadera -- Sir Clive Woodward
'Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the
countryside.'-Guardian 'This authentic, impassioned
manifesto-cum-memoir will hopefully have a major impact on what is
likely to be a long-running controversy.'-The Spectator 'Gow has a
fire in his belly. We need more like him.'-BBC Wildlife Magazine A
Waterstones Best Nature Writing Book of 2020 'Bringing Back the
Beaver is a hilarious, eccentric and magnificent account of a
struggle . . . to reintroduce a species crucial to the health of
our ecosystems.'-George Monbiot Bringing Back the Beaver is
farmer-turned-ecologist Derek Gow's inspirational and often
riotously funny first-hand account of how the movement to rewild
beavers into the British landscape became the single most dramatic
and subversive nature conservation act of the modern era. Since the
early 1990s - in the face of outright opposition from government,
landowning elites and even some conservation professionals - Gow
has imported, quarantined and assisted the reestablishment of
beavers in waterways across England and Scotland. With a foreword
by bestselling author of Wilding, Isabella Tree, Bringing Back the
Beaver makes a passionate case as to why the return of one of
nature's great problem solvers will be critical as part of a
sustainable fix for the UK's growing flooding problems, whilst
ensuring the creation of essential landscapes that enable the
broadest spectrum of Britain's wildlife to thrive. 'It is wonderful
to see that beavers are now officially back on the list of native
species, having been absent for so long . . . far too long!'-Dame
Judi Dench
'Since I was a child, I've been interested in dead bodies. When I
was eight years old, I dug up the remains of my pet budgie Zazbut.
He had been buried for about eight weeks in a patch of grass
outside our house in Dasmarinas, a fortified village in Manila, in
the Philippines. 'The first exhumation was the beginning of my
intrigue with death, which has persisted. As a journalist, I've
written about graveyards, funerals and death doulas. I always visit
the local cemetery wherever I am in the world. But one thing that
has largely been hidden from me in this death trip is the dead
body.' Dissection might not be a normal topic to contemplate but
when both your paternal grandparents donate their bodies to science
it does intermittently cross your mind. This is the story of how
Jackie Dent's grandparents-Ruby and Julie-gave their bodies to
science when they died. No one in her family seems to know why, or
what really happened with their bodies afterwards. Were they avid
science buffs? Was it to save on cremation costs? How do scientists
tackle the practicalities and ethics of cutting up the dead for
research? And who are body donors generally? Weaving the personal
with the history of anatomy and the dissected, Jackie Dent explores
the world of whole-body donation - all the while looking for
answers as to what happened to her grandparents.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE KIDS WHO FOUND A FERRARI BURIED IN THEIR
GARDEN? WHAT ABOUT THE MAN WHO SUED SATAN? DO YOU KNOW THE LEGEND
OF THE BUNNY MAN? Strange happenings, unsolved mysteries and
seemingly supernatural events have gripped and shocked us for
centuries, passed from person to person in whispers in classrooms,
tales around the campfire and idle gossip among friends. Whether
they're based on a grain of truth or a complete flight of fancy,
the myths, legends and weird tales contained within this book will
take you on a fascinating journey to the outer limits of
plausibility, and dare you to believe the unbelievable.
In April 2021, the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of 39
former Subpostmasters and ruled their prosecutions were an affront
to the public conscience. They were just a few of the hundreds who
had been prosecuted by the Post Office using IT evidence from an
unreliable computer system called Horizon. When the Post Office
became aware that Horizon didn't work properly, it covered it up.
The Great Post Office Scandal is the story of how these innocent
people had their lives ruined by a once-loved national institution
and how, against overwhelming odds, they fought back to clear their
names. Gripping, heart-breaking and enlightening, The Great Post
Office Scandal should be read by everyone who wants to understand
how this massive miscarriage of justice was allowed to happen.
The unsung hero of the equestrian world is the riding school horse
or pony. Whether you are an Olympic showjumper, a long-distance
riding competitor, a horse racing jockey or a mum who plods out on
a Sunday, you most likely began your career on a riding school
horse. Tippy joined my riding school in 2005. This is her true
story.
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