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Part Dirty Harry, part Judge Dredd, all badass! Police Detective
Jack McBane is the toughest, meanest law enforcer in 1970's New
York City. Having lost his left eye in the line of duty, McBane
will stop at nothing to rid the crime-infested streets of scumbags
and villains - even if it means having to occasionally break the
rules!
This is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as its inimitable
subject himself. This book will be a joy for both lifelong fans and
for a whole new generation. John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon:
Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio
presenter, social and cultural commentator. At 5 feet 11 inches
(32in chest, 27in waist), in trademark dark suit, dark glasses,
with dark messed-up hair and a mouth full of gold teeth, he is
instantly recognizable. As a writer his voice is equally
unmistakable and his own brand of slightly sick humour is never far
from the surface. I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life,
filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry,
from Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Elvis Costello to
Gregory Corso, Gil Scott Heron, Mark E. Smith and Joe Strummer, and
on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner, Plan B and
Guy Garvey. Interspersed with stories of his rock and roll and
performing career, John also reveals his boggling encyclopaedic
take on popular culture over the centuries: from Baudelaire and
Edgar Allan Poe to Pop Art, pop music, the movies, fashion,
football and showbusiness – and much, much more, plus a few
laughs along the way.
The global best-selling graphic novel series - over half a million
copies sold! Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files collects the
adventures of the iconic British character, presented in
chronological order, complete and uncut! He's judge, jury and
executioner - the lawman delivering justice to the mean streets of
far-future Mega-City One. This third blockbuster volume includes
classic Judge Death and Psi Anderson storylines. Written by comic
legends John Wagner (A History of Violence), Pat Mills (Marshall
Law) and Alan Grant (Batman), with art by Brian Bolland (The
Killing Joke), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of
Halo Jones) and many more!
The godfather of British performance poetry - Daily Telegraph The
Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new book of poetry from Dr John
Cooper Clarke for several decades - and a brilliant, scabrous,
hilarious collection from one of our most beloved and influential
writers and performers. From the 'Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman'
to a hymn to the seductive properties of the pie - by way of
hand-grenade haikus, machine-gun ballads and a meditation on the
loss of Bono's leather pants - The Luckiest Guy Alive collects
stunning set pieces, tried-and-tested audience favourites and brand
new poems to show Cooper Clarke still effortlessly at the top of
his game. Cooper Clarke's status as the 'Emperor of Punk Poetry' is
certainly confirmed here, but so is his reputation as a brilliant
versifier, a poet of vicious wit and a razor-sharp social satirist.
Effortlessly immediate and contemporary, full of hard-won wisdom
and expert blindsidings, it's easy to see why the good Doctor has
continued to inspire several new generations of performers from
Alex Turner to Plan B: The Luckiest Guy Alive shows one of the most
compelling poets of the age on truly exceptional form. 'John Cooper
Clarke is one of Britain's outstanding poets. His anarchic punk
poetry has thrilled people for decades ... long may his slender
frame and spiky top produce words and deeds that keep us on our
toes and alive to the wonders of the world.' Sir Paul McCartney
The global best-selling graphic novel series - over half a million
copies sold! Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files collects the
adventures of the iconic British character, presented in
chronological order, complete and uncut! He's judge, jury and
executioner - the lawman delivering justice to the mean streets of
far-future Mega-City One. This fifth blockbuster volume includes
the all-time classic mega-epic `The Apocalypse War'. Written by
comic legends John Wagner (A History of Violence) and Alan Grant
(Batman), with art by Carlos Ezquerra (Preacher), Brian Bolland
(The Killing Joke) and Mick McMahon (The Last American) and many
more! "If you want to sink your teeth into classic Judge Dredd, the
best place to start" - Mental Floss "Amazing and addictive" - io9
"What a collection it will be when it's complete." - Den of Geek
This is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as its inimitable
subject himself. A joy for both lifelong fans and for a whole new
generation. 'One of Britain's outstanding poets' - Sir Paul
McCartney 'Riveting' - Observer 'An exuberant account of a
remarkable life' - New Statesman John Cooper Clarke is a
phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and
radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. At 5 feet 11
inches (32in chest, 27in waist), in trademark dark suit, dark
glasses, with dark messed-up hair and a mouth full of gold teeth,
he is instantly recognizable. As a writer his voice is equally
unmistakable and his own brand of slightly sick humour is never far
from the surface. I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life,
filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry,
from Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Elvis Costello to
Gregory Corso, Gil Scott Heron, Mark E. Smith and Joe Strummer, and
on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner, Plan B and
Guy Garvey. Interspersed with stories of his rock and roll and
performing career, John also reveals his boggling encyclopaedic
take on popular culture over the centuries: from Baudelaire and
Edgar Allan Poe to Pop Art, pop music, the movies, fashion,
football and showbusiness - and much, much more, plus a few laughs
along the way.
In Mega-City One Judge Dredd is the Law. From the League of Fatties
to Trapper Hag and the Starborn Thing no perp escapes the instant
justice he dispenses with an iron fist. Now in this sixth volume of
his collected adventures you'll meet some of Dredd's most bizarre
adversaries yet! Written by comic supremos John Wagner (A History
of Violence) and Alan Grant (Batman) with art by Carlos Ezquerra
(Strontium Dog) and Steve Dillon (Preacher) amongst others, this is
classic 2000 AD!
* Includes contemporary and scantly researched hospitality related
topics such as sexual harassment, bullying, & celebrity chefs.
* First and only contribution to the research literature on HRM in
commercial kitchens * Highly experienced author team in both
academia and industry
First published in 1998, this volume explores how the genre of
school stories had become firmly established by the turn of the
twentieth century, having been built on the foundations laid by
writers such as Thomas Hughes and F.W. Farrar. Stories for girls
were also taking on a more exciting complexion, inspired by the
'Katy' books of Susan Coolidge. The first five decades of the
twentieth century saw further developments in children's fiction.
In this comprehensive volume, John and Jonathan Cooper examine each
decade in turn, with alphabetically arranged entries on popular
children's writers that published works in English during that
period. 206 different authors are covered, many from the United
States and Canada. Each entry provides information on the author's
pseudonyms, date of birth, nationality, titles of works, place and
date of publication and the publisher's name. The artist
responsible for a book's illustrations is also identified where
possible. With over 200 illustrations of cover designs and
dustwrappers, many of which are now rare and have never before been
published, this book will delight collectors, dealers, scholars,
librarians, parents and all those who simply enjoy reading
children's fiction.
'A classic of historical fiction' HILARY MANTEL. 'By widespread
assent, one of the finest historical novels ever written. It may
even be the finest' TLS. Sir John Uvedale had business at Coverham
Abbey in Wensleydale, lately suppressed, so he sent his people on
before him to Marrick, to make ready for him, and to take over
possession of the Priory of St. Andrew from the Nuns, who should
all be gone by noon or thereabouts. In 1536, Henry VIII was almost
toppled when Northern England rose to oppose the Dissolution of the
Monasteries. An enthralling novel about a moment in history when
England's Catholic heritage was scattered to the four winds by a
powerful and arrogant king.
Super-spy action thrills in 2000 AD's answer to James Bond and The
6 Million Dollar Man! + ALERT STATUS RED + CRISIS POINT EXCEEDED +
When terrorists, super-weapons and other-worldly forces plot
destruction, the British Secret Service need John Probe - their
number one super-agent. But when Probe begins to question the
motives of his superiors and the ruthless logic of his cybernetic
brain, he finds the service has dark secrets up its sleeve...
including failed prototype, M.A.C.H. Zero! The agency will find out
what happens when they try to control Men Activated by
Compu-Puncture Hyperpower!
'Yes, it was be there or be square as, clad in the slum chic of the
hipster, he issued the slang anthems of the zip age in the
desperate esperanto of the bop. John Cooper Clarke: the name behind
the hairstyle, the words walk in the grooves hacking through the
hi-fi paradise of true luxury.' Punk. Poet. Pioneer. The Bard of
Salford's seminal collection is as scabrous, wry & vivid now as
it was when first published over 25 years ago. 'The godfather of
British performance poetry' Daily Telegraph.
First published in 1998, this volume explores how the genre of
school stories had become firmly established by the turn of the
twentieth century, having been built on the foundations laid by
writers such as Thomas Hughes and F.W. Farrar. Stories for girls
were also taking on a more exciting complexion, inspired by the
'Katy' books of Susan Coolidge. The first five decades of the
twentieth century saw further developments in children's fiction.
In this comprehensive volume, John and Jonathan Cooper examine each
decade in turn, with alphabetically arranged entries on popular
children's writers that published works in English during that
period. 206 different authors are covered, many from the United
States and Canada. Each entry provides information on the author's
pseudonyms, date of birth, nationality, titles of works, place and
date of publication and the publisher's name. The artist
responsible for a book's illustrations is also identified where
possible. With over 200 illustrations of cover designs and
dustwrappers, many of which are now rare and have never before been
published, this book will delight collectors, dealers, scholars,
librarians, parents and all those who simply enjoy reading
children's fiction.
The Big Book of Animals is an exciting reference guide that features some of world's most amazing creatures from past to present.
The easy to read text intriguing questions and colourful illustrations, make this a helpful tool for homework or for simply browsing.
The Complete Case Files series is a chronological collection of all
of Judge Dredd's adventures. This book collects some of his most
famous cases inlcuding Trapper Hag and the Starborn Thing.
In Mega-City One Judge Dredd is the Law. From Trapper Hag to the
Starborn Thing no perp escapes the instant justice he dispenses
with an iron fist. Now in this sixth volume of his collected
adventures you'll meet some of Dredd's most bizarre adversaries yet
Written by comic supremos John Wagner (A History of Violence) and
Alan Grant (Batman) with art by Carlos Ezquerra (Strontium Dog) and
Steve Dillon (Preacher) amongst others, this is classic Dredd
This pioneering study is a treasure trove of new information,
illustrating the lives and professional experiences of the people
involved in such a way as to demonstrate clearly both the obstacles
they faced and the status they achieved. Its wealth of detail, in
many cases fleshing out the careers of leading Jewish professional
figures for the first time, makes engaging reading. The narrative
proceeds chronologically with careful attention to social context,
starting with the Victorian and Edwardian eras. For the medical
profession, the account of subsequent changes begins with the
influx of Jews into medical schools after 1914. John Cooper goes on
to describe the problems these Jewish medical students, most of
them from immigrant families, encountered. Finding employment even
as general practitioners was problematic, and almost insurmountable
barriers confronted aspirants to consultant status. Afraid of
antisemitic claims that Jews were flooding the market, the leaders
of Anglo-Jewry even tried in the 1930s to dissuade young Jews from
becoming doctors and lawyers. In this context, Cooper also
considers the position of refugee doctors before and during the
Second World War. The establishment of the National Health Service
in 1948 resulted in fundamental changes, particularly in the way in
which consultants were selected, and Cooper shows how this
permitted Jewish doctors to enter specialties from which they had
previously been excluded and to climb to the highest rungs within
the medical hierarchy. He summarizes the careers of many prominent
Jewish doctors. The experience of Jews in the legal profession,
both as solicitors and barristers, is examined in similar detail.
Cooper sets the context with a discussion of the treatment of
Jewish litigants in the early years of the twentieth century in the
Whitechapel County Court and the criminal courts. He shows how the
persistence of an anti-Jewish bias in the inter-war period limited
opportunities for Jews and dissuaded them from entering the law; he
also considers the position of Jewish refugee lawyers who came to
England during the 1930s and 1940s. After the war, major changes in
the economy and legal system allowed Jewish law firms to expand
rapidly, challenging the dominance of the City law firms in the
commercial world. Many of these firms consequently began to admit
Jewish partners for the first time, and Jewish barristers, hitherto
confined to the less remunerative areas of civil and criminal law,
were likewise able to enter the more lucrative pastures of company
and tax law. From the late 1960s, Jews were also promoted in
increasing numbers to position on the High Court Bench. As well as
giving a detailed picture of these mainstream developments the book
also looks at the careers of Jewish communist, socialist, and
maverick lawyers. The story John Cooper tells will appeal not only
to readers with a general interest in the subject but also to
social historians. It is based on a wide range of sources,
including newspapers and professional journals, archival material,
law reports, and interviews conducted by the author, and there are
detailed indexes of names and subjects. As well as providing an
illuminating account of recent Jewish social history, the book
makes a valuable contribution to the history of the medical and
legal professions and to the scholarly debate as to whether or not
antisemitism was of peripheral or central importance in
Anglo-Jewish history.
These are further exciting instalments of the popular aerial combat
story from the classic war comic, Battle! Johnny Redburn has just
led Falcon Squadron on a successful mission over Stalingrad. But
Major Rastovitch has a new mission for Johnny: to fly an important
Russian official to a top-secret conference in England in the
incredible "Flying Gun". The stakes are high and danger never far
away...
'The godfather of British performance poetry' - Daily Telegraph The
Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new book of poetry from Dr John
Cooper Clarke for several decades - and a brilliant, scabrous,
hilarious collection from one of our most beloved and influential
writers and performers. From the 'Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman'
to a hymn to the seductive properties of the pie - by way of
hand-grenade haikus, machine-gun ballads and a meditation on the
loss of Bono's leather pants - The Luckiest Guy Alive collects
stunning set pieces and tried-and-tested audience favourites to
show Cooper Clarke still effortlessly at the top of his game.
Cooper Clarke's status as the 'Emperor of Punk Poetry' is certainly
confirmed here, but so is his reputation as a brilliant versifier,
a poet of vicious wit and a razor-sharp social satirist.
Effortlessly immediate and contemporary, full of hard-won wisdom
and expert blindsidings, it's easy to see why the good Doctor has
continued to inspire several new generations of performers from
Alex Turner to Plan B: The Luckiest Guy Alive shows one of the most
compelling poets of the age on truly exceptional form. 'John Cooper
Clarke is one of Britain's outstanding poets. His anarchic punk
poetry has thrilled people for decades . . . long may his slender
frame and spiky top produce words and deeds that keep us on our
toes and alive to the wonders of the world.' - Sir Paul McCartney
The British Campaign for Soviet Jewry 1966-1991: Human Rights and
Exit Permits is the first full length study of the movement based
on primary sources. The book tells the story of one of the three or
four most significant events of twentieth century Jewish history.
Almost 1.5 million Jews left the Soviet Union mainly for Israel and
the United States. According to Natan Sharansky, the international
human rights campaign was the most successful such movement in
history. It was one of the principal props of the Soviet dissidents
campaigning, and an important factor that led to the humbling of
the regime and the eventual disintegration of the Soviet Empire. It
was also a rare example of the reversal of an attempt at Cultural
Genocide, that the Soviet Union had intended to inflict on its
Jewish citizens. The book attempts to weave the exciting story of
the British movement in its international context in a fluent and
readable manner. It focusses on its various components – the
women and students and the National Council for Soviet Jewry; and
differentiating it from its American counterparts, and the Israeli
government, which attempted to guide its over-all strategy. While
it covers the changing attitude of the British government to human
rights from Harold Wilson to Margaret Thatcher, it also details the
trials and tribulations of a countless number of Jewish and other
dissidents and their supporters overseas. They bravely defied not
only Stalin and his successors but the secret police and enabled
the mass migration of Soviet Jewry to happen.
A true story of a bank robber and a chilling car chase worthy of an
Elmore Leonard novel or a Brian De Palma movie. Like many new
arrivals to Canada, Hermann Beier came to this country with big
dreams - visions of a wide-open country where hard work and
entrepreneurial flair would make him rich. A charismatic handyman,
martial arts teacher, and small business owner, he charmed women
and earned the respect of men. He was loved in his community of
Alliston, Ontario, and had a plan to make a million bucks. But when
those dreams soured, Beier turned to crime to pay the bills. Faced
with bankruptcy in 1991, Beier hatched a plan to rob a string of
banks in a single day. But it was all too much, too fast. After
leading authorities from Guelph to Caledon on what was then the
longest police chase in Canadian history, Beier was gunned down
alongside a farmer's fence, his body pierced by a hail of police
bullets. But he survived, and the end of his crime spree marked a
new beginning. After spending almost a decade in various Ontario
prisons, searching for a way to get his life back on track, Beier
was finally paroled. He now lives a quiet life, dividing his time
between Canada and Austria.
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