Author: K. Udos Publisher: ISBN: 9780755333981 Category : Diary fiction Languages : en Pages : 347
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Read the innermost thoughts of the enigmatic leader of the Spooks team, Harry Pearce, in Headline's second, fantastic book about the hit BBC television series. Harry Pearce is the enigmatic leader of the Spooks team. Mature and wise with unrivalled experience of dealing with the most senior members of the government and the intelligence community, Harry also has a healthy regard for courage, lateral thinking and mischief-making. Unknown to the rest of the team, it will come to light that Harry has been keeping a diary throughout his career at MI5. Whether this was eventually intended for publication or not is unclear, but it will chronicle in minute detail exactly what Harry was doing in his early career and how this lead to him heading up the Spooks team. It will also fill out the back story of what Harry thinks about the major operations that we have seen played out on the screen and what he has done to help his team behind the scenes. With topics ranging from what mission Harry was on in Northern Ireland to how he felt when Tom left and Danny died, HARRY'S SECRET DIARY will prove to be a fascinating insight into the world of Spooks.
Author: Kudos (Firm) Publisher: ISBN: 9780755333998 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Read the innermost thoughts of the enigmatic leader of the Spooks team, Harry Pearce, in Headline's second, fantastic book about the hit BBC television series. Harry Pearce is the enigmatic leader of the Spooks team. Mature and wise with unrivalled experience of dealing with the most senior members of the government and the intelligence community, Harry also has a healthy regard for courage, lateral thinking and mischief-making. Unknown to the rest of the team, it will come to light that Harry has been keeping a diary throughout his career at MI5. Whether this was eventually intended for publication or not is unclear, but it will chronicle in minute detail exactly what Harry was doing in his early career and how this lead to him heading up the Spooks team. It will also fill out the back story of what Harry thinks about the major operations that we have seen played out on the screen and what he has done to help his team behind the scenes. With topics ranging from what mission Harry was on in Northern Ireland to how he felt when Tom left and Danny died, HARRY'S SECRET DIARY will prove to be a fascinating insight into the world of Spooks.
Author: K. udos Publisher: ISBN: 9780755333974 Category : Spooks (Television program) Languages : en Pages : 0
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This is a look at the complete personnel files of eight of the most popular characters from the BBC TV hit series, 'Spooks'. The files contain all the information that fans could wish for.
Author: David Almond Publisher: ISBN: 9781406322897 Category : Animals Languages : en Pages : 0
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The dream team of David Almond and Dave McKean bring us a complete story set in an incomplete world.The gods have created a world - they've built mountains, a sea and a sky - and now their days are filled with long naps in the clouds (and tea and cake). That's until Harry, Sue and little Ben begin to fill the gaps of the world: with a mousy thing, a chirpy thing and a twisty legless thing. As the children's ideas take shape, the power of their visions proves to be greater than they, or the gods, could ever have imagined.
Author: David Mitchell Publisher: Random House ISBN: 158836528X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 306
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By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Selected by Time as One of the Ten Best Books of the Year | A New York Times Notable Book | Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World, The Christian Science Monitor, Rocky Mountain News, and Kirkus Reviews | A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist | Winner of the ALA Alex Award | Finalist for the Costa Novel Award From award-winning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new. Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys’ games on a frozen lake; of “nightcreeping” through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid-fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jason’s search to replace his dead grandfather’s irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran LPs, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatcher’s recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow-motion divorce in four seasons. Pointed, funny, profound, left-field, elegiac, and painted with the stuff of life, Black Swan Green is David Mitchell’s subtlest and most effective achievement to date. Praise for Black Swan Green “[David Mitchell has created] one of the most endearing, smart, and funny young narrators ever to rise up from the pages of a novel. . . . The always fresh and brilliant writing will carry readers back to their own childhoods. . . . This enchanting novel makes us remember exactly what it was like.”—The Boston Globe “[David Mitchell is a] prodigiously daring and imaginative young writer. . . . As in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Herman Melville, one feels the roof of the narrative lifted off and oneself in thrall.”—Time
Author: Alex Pan Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781541073968 Category : Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization) Languages : en Pages : 0
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Everybody knows the story of a brave Harry Potter: he was the great wizard who conquered Lord Voldemort. But have you ever heard the story of a Wimpy Harry Potter? Harry's a regular kid, who hates fighting, and just so happens to be named Harry Potter. But he's not the Harry Potter you're thinking of! Coincidentally, this Wimpy Harry Potter does go to Hogwarts, and guess what? Hogwarts stinks! It's just like every other school! Mostly, it's boring, but it's stressful and embarrassing and scary too! Plus, at Hogwarts, there's actually evil teachers, monsters lurking in the basement, and those awful Slytherins always teasing everyone about magical blood purity! It's a mess. Read Harry's diary and you'll learn how to survive at school--even if you never wanted to go in the first place! Diary of a Wimpy Harry Potter is a parody, aimed at young readers who enjoy Harry Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, or Mad Magazine style parodies. Plus, ten hilarious illustrations are in the book! It's a silly fun read for independent readers. Diary of a Wimpy Hairy Potter
Author: Gerald Seymour Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 184894943X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1068
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From the author of Harry's Game - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pick Two men who hate each other are committed to working together on a job far more dangerous than they knew when they signed up. These men are surveillance experts, lying in a mosquito-infested Iranian marsh for days, part of a huge international operation designed to kill a celebrated maker of the roadside bombs which kill so many British soldiers. And if things to wrong, as far as Her Majesty's Government is concerned, their part in the plot is totally deniable. Gerald Seymour expertly explores the moral compromises of the secret world upon which we rely for our everyday security - and the amazing reserves of courage which ordinary people can find in extraordinary circumstances.
Author: R. Alton Lee Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813158656 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 304
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By 1926, it seemed that John R. Brinkley's experimental rejuvenation cure—transplanting goat glands into aging men—had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that "Doc" Brinkley's medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed medication over the airwaves via his high-power radio stations. To most in the medical field, he was a quack. But to his many patients and listeners, he was a brilliant surgeon, a savior of their lost manhood and youth. His rogue radio stations, XER and its successor XERA, eventually broadcast at an antenna-shattering 1,000,000 watts and not only were a megaphone for Brinkley's lucrative quackery but also hosted an unprecedented number of then-unknown country musicians and other guests. The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley tells the story of the infamous "Goat Gland Doctor"—a controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario, and prescient political campaigner—and recounts his amazing rags-to-riches-to-rags career. A master manipulator and skilled con artist, Brinkley left behind a patchwork of myths and unreliable personal accounts that many writers have merely perpetuated—until now. Alton Lee brings Brinkley's infamous legacy to the forefront, exploring how he ruthlessly exploited the sexual frustrations of aging men and the general public's antipathy toward medical doctors. Lee leaves no stone unturned in this account of a man who changed the course of American institutions forever.
Author: Mark Tsoy Publisher: ISBN: 9781790798117 Category : Languages : en Pages : 76
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EDITED VERSION Everybody knows the story of a brave Harry Potter: he was the great wizard who conquered Lord Voldemort. But have you heard ever heard the story of a Wimpy Harry Potter? Harry's a regular kid, who hates fighting, and just so happens to be named Harry Potter. But he's not the Harry Potter you're thinking of! Coincidentally, this Wimpy Harry Potter does go to Hogwarts, and guess what? Hogwarts stinks! It's just like every other school! Mostly, it's boring, but it's stessful and embarassing and scary too! Plus, at Hogwarts, there's actually evil teachers, monsters lurking in the basement, and those awful Slytherines always teasing everyone about magical blood purity! It's a mess. Read Harry's diary and you'll learn how to survive at school--even if you never wanted to go in the first place! Diary of a Wimpy Harry Potter is a parody, aimed at young readers who enjoy Harry Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, or Mad Magazine style parodies. Plus, ten hilarious illustrations are in the book! It's a silly fun read for independent readers. Diary of a Wimpy Hairy Potter