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Paperback. Condizione: New. Official LFC 68-page celebration magazine + A2 double-sided poster!A team that plays the Liverpool Way and wins the championship in.April.Liverpool FC are firmly back on their perch after clinching a record-equalling 20th top-flight title.New head coach Arne Slot carried on where Jûrgen Klopp left off and delivered the Reds' first Premier League title in front of fans.Virgil, Mo, Ali, Ibou, Trent, Robbo, Ryan, Dom, Macca, Cody, Lucho and more.it's a team packed full of modern LFC legends, fearless and flamboyant, and this special shows how they stormed to that coveted Premier League title.Re-live the key figures and goals of 2024/25, read all the reaction from Slot and his players, and learn how the Kop played its part.Packed full of awesome action shots and featuring a giant double-sided poster, it's the perfect souvenir for all those Reds in the mood for a summer-long party!

Paperback. Condizione: New. Official LFC 68-page celebration magazine + A2 double-sided poster!A team that plays the Liverpool Way and wins the championship in.April.Liverpool FC are firmly back on their perch after clinching a record-equalling 20th top-flight title.New head coach Arne Slot carried on where Jûrgen Klopp left off and delivered the Reds' first Premier League title in front of fans.Virgil, Mo, Ali, Ibou, Trent, Robbo, Ryan, Dom, Macca, Cody, Lucho and more.it's a team packed full of modern LFC legends, fearless and flamboyant, and this special shows how they stormed to that coveted Premier League title.Re-live the key figures and goals of 2024/25, read all the reaction from Slot and his players, and learn how the Kop played its part.Packed full of awesome action shots and featuring a giant double-sided poster, it's the perfect souvenir for all those Reds in the mood for a summer-long party!

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Sarah Sidebottom was repeatedly raped by both her father and her brother as a child hassecured justice thanks to a forgotten letter. Sarah Sidebottom, 54, was raped and sexuallyabused by her father, Arthur William Bowditch, and her brother, Arthur Stephen Bowditch.They were jailed in 2022 for a total of 32 years.The first attack, when she was just three and a half years old, left Sarah needing surgery torepair internal damage. A decades-old letter from her doctor proved crucial in securing aconviction for the abuse, which began almost 50 years go.Sarah, 54, now happily married and a mum of two, runs a charity for ex-army veterans withher husband, Darren, himself a former soldier, in Barnsley, South Yorks. She's even beena guest at Buckingham palace in her charity role - a far cry from the suffering of her earlyyears.Sarah also shares a special bond with her dog, Kayla, a German Shepherd, who saved her lifewhen she has felt unable to carry on.She says: "I had no idea about the surgery until 2021, and I saw my medical records. I washorrified, but at the same time, this was exactly what the prosecution needed to build acase against my father. After staying silent for nearly 50 years, part of my healing process ishaving a voice and speaking out.".

Paperback. Condizione: New. For 35 years Gina McGavin hunted for her mother's killer.Mary McLaughlin's senseless brutal murder ignited in Gina a deep sense of injustice and an insatiable need to seek the truth about her death.The two women had only just begun to work on their broken relationship with Gina finding ways to forgive her mother for abandoning the family home when Gina was just two years old. Now she felt abandoned again and it awakened in her an obsessive quest that would overshadow her whole life.Gina unravels family secrets and revelations about her mother as she began to suspect that some close to her knew more about Mary's murder than they were letting on.She puts family members on the spot and rakes over every detail she can find to not only lead her to a killer but to understand who her mother was and why she abandoned her family.Gina delves into potential suspects, discovers shocking details about her family and explores how her mother's death has impacted her own life, her marriage, her relationships and when the case is finally solved by police, it leaves Gina with unanswered questions. She doesn't believe the man convicted acted alone.Mary's murder gripped the town of Partick for years after her death. This is the extraordinary journey of a daughter's search for truth and justice for the mother she never really knew.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UPDATED PAPERBACK FOR 2025FEATURING ON MAJOR BBC SOUNDS PODCAST 'GANGSTER' IN 2025If you think you know everything about the East End's toughest gangsters, think again.Meet Linda Calvey, aka the Black Widow.Growing up after the war in the East End of London, Linda falls in with local gangsters including the Krays, Freddie Foreman and Ronnie Cook. When the love of her life, Mickey Calvey, is gunned down on a job gone wrong, Linda resolves to carry on his work.But in 1990, after years of living in fear of her lover Ronnie Cook, Linda finds herself accused of his murder alongside Danny Reece, in a trial that shocks the nation. Still, Linda sticks to her code of honour, refusing to confess. Until now.After 18 years behind bars alongside notorious names including Rose West and Myra Hindley, she is released.This is the final truth about her life and what happened the day Ronnie Cook was murdered.Linda Calvey is a convicted murderer and has served her time in prison. She now lives in Chigwell, Essex, where she spends her time with friends, children and grandchildren.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A picture celebration of the first heavy metal band, Black Sabbath fronted by Ozzy Osbourne, as they reunite for one last show.

Paperback. Condizione: New. In national treasure Dame Kelly Holmes' most personal book yet, she tells the true story behind her extraordinary life from army recruit to Olympic hero and much- loved TV personality. Last year, Dame Kelly came out publicly as being gay and revealed that for the first 52 years of her life she'd been living a LIFE OF FEAR. Now in a heart-rending and inspirational new memoir she tells of her journey from hiding her sexuality as a young soldier at a time when being gay in the military was illegal, to her fears of being outed as she stood on the podium at the Athens Olympics, the games which catapulted her to fame as a double-gold medallist. Dame Kelly tells how she has managed to find happiness and inner peace as she has opened herself to a world where she's finally free to be herself, and proud. In the last year she has become an unofficial ambassador for the LGBT community and has become one of the best- loved faces of daytime TV, joining the regular panel of ITV's Loose Women. This honest memoir is a tale of self-discovery, overcoming struggles and learning to be true to yourself. This honest memoir is a tale of self-discovery, overcoming struggles and learning to be true to yourself. Dame Kelly says: "80,000 people were chanting my name as I stood on top of a double-decker bus and did a victory lap of my hometown. I'd won two Olympic gold medals, the first woman the UK to ever do that, and I should have been on top of the world at my homecoming parade but even in that magical moment I had this deep fear that someone was going to go to the media and out me for being gay. "All my life I lived with that fear and anxiety of not being accepted if I lived publicly as my true self. But 18 years later I was standing on stage in Trafalgar Square at London Pride, and people were chanting for me again, this time for the person I have become and I was finally free to be me. Nothing is perfect, the journey continues and I'm learning every day about the community I'm now proud to be part of. But I'm being true to myself and that means everything.".

Paperback. Condizione: New. Irish Sports Book Award 2021 Winner! Fight Or Flight: My Life, My Choices is the autobiography of Irish rugby legend Keith Earls. Keith Earls started out in senior rugby as a teenage star and during the course of his long career has become one of the most admired and respected players of his generation. A British and Irish Lion at the age of 21, he is now closing in on his 34th birthday and still playing at the top of his game. He has won 93 caps for Ireland and played over 180 games in the famous red of Munster. He started every match of the 2018 Six Nations campaign that culminated in an Irish Grand Slam victory. A lethal finisher blessed with a sprinter's speed, Earls is the second-highest try scorer of all time for his country. With Munster he is one try short of the all-time total and looks set to break that record next season.Yet, Earls has achieved these milestones whilst being racked by private battles with his mental health for most of his career. A number of crises brought him to the brink of voluntary retirement from the game.A native of Limerick city, Earls grew up in one of its most socially disadvantaged housing estates. Moyross was blighted by crime and violence and he did not escape unscathed from the surrounding fear and trauma visited upon his beloved community. His natural talent brought him into the privileged bastion of elite rugby union. His autobiography tells the story of his long struggle to reconcile the world whence he came with the world opened up by his brilliance with an oval ball.Earls has maintained a low profile throughout his career. For the first time he will talk in depth and at length about the inner turmoil that went unseen by team-mates, friends and fans. It is a confessional, intimate and courageous story of the pain that was a constant companion to the glory.Earls says: "It's not me at all to be doing anything remotely like an autobiography. I don't like talking about myself, I don't like bringing attention to myself. And I guess that's one reason why I am doing it. We're supposed to get out of our comfort zone. I've learned enough along the way to know that much. It's where your progress and growth happens. I hope if I can share some of my life experiences here, it might inspire others.".

Paperback. Condizione: New. "They say the first year is the hardest."Kelsey Parker's world was turned upside down in the summer of 2020 when her husband Tom, singer in boyband The Wanted, was cruelly diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.Heavily pregnant with their second child and coping with her own heartache at losing her partner of 13 years, Kelsey remained a tower of strength and positivity for Tom during his darkest days. When traditional treatments stopped working, she spent hours researching alternative therapies to give her husband extra time with his young children Aurelia and Bodhi.Hope came late in 2021 when Tom's tumour became stable, but sadly his condition quickly deteriorated and on March 30, 2022, aged just 33, he died surrounded by his loyal wife, family and friends.With And Without You is her moving, deeply personal story of the first 12 months since Tom's tragic passing. An intimate diary of how she coped with a year of unwanted firsts - first birthdays, first Christmas, first Valentine's Day - all without the love of her life. It is the story of how she rebuilt her life, and bravely found a way to face the future.Since Tom's death, Kelsey has been an inspiration to many and a rock to the couple's children. She has sought to raise awareness of glioblastoma and has bravely campaigned for vital funds for more research into the disease. She has also found spirituality - following Tom's long held belief there is something greater than just one life.With and Without You is not only a story of coping with unimaginable heartbreak and grief, but how your love for someone you've lost can be turned into something positive and bring hope and light into your life as you carry on your journey without them.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Slave Girls, a new series by bestselling author Louise Allen, reveals a shocking modern-day scandal of County Lines - the single most dangerous form of systematic child abuse prevalent today.Charlotte - The Cutting Girl - comes from a family of high achievers. Her father is a politician, and her mother is a senior medical officer.When she moves from her prestigious boarding school she is groomed by a girl two years her senior, spiralling into a cycle of drugs, self-harm and sexual abuse.When she goes missing, five other girls do, too. A nationwide media campaign sets out to track them down, but can Charlotte ever escape the gang behind the abduction and abuse?

Paperback. Condizione: New. An unhealthy obsession and a dark secret spell trouble for Louise in a disturbing case.A baby is named 'Marilyn' after the Hollywood legend, Norma Jean. Marilyn inherits her mother's fascination for Marilyn Monroe and develops an obsession with her alter-ego. She wears red lipstick and mirrors the curvy, platinum-blonde film star from a very young age. When her family is torn apart by tragedy, she finds herself in the care system. Suddenly placed with Louise, she turns the family's longed-for summer holiday into an utter disaster.But is her diva behaviour masking a dark secret?

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Irish Sports Book Award 2021 Winner! Fight Or Flight: My Life, My Choices is the autobiography of Irish rugby legend Keith Earls. Keith Earls started out in senior rugby as a teenage star and during the course of his long career has become one of the most admired and respected players of his generation. A British and Irish Lion at the age of 21, he is now closing in on his 34th birthday and still playing at the top of his game. He has won 93 caps for Ireland and played over 180 games in the famous red of Munster. He started every match of the 2018 Six Nations campaign that culminated in an Irish Grand Slam victory. A lethal finisher blessed with a sprinter's speed, Earls is the second-highest try scorer of all time for his country. With Munster he is one try short of the all-time total and looks set to break that record next season.Yet, Earls has achieved these milestones whilst being racked by private battles with his mental health for most of his career. A number of crises brought him to the brink of voluntary retirement from the game.A native of Limerick city, Earls grew up in one of its most socially disadvantaged housing estates. Moyross was blighted by crime and violence and he did not escape unscathed from the surrounding fear and trauma visited upon his beloved community. His natural talent brought him into the privileged bastion of elite rugby union. His autobiography tells the story of his long struggle to reconcile the world whence he came with the world opened up by his brilliance with an oval ball.Earls has maintained a low profile throughout his career. For the first time he will talk in depth and at length about the inner turmoil that went unseen by team-mates, friends and fans. It is a confessional, intimate and courageous story of the pain that was a constant companion to the glory.Earls says: "It's not me at all to be doing anything remotely like an autobiography. I don't like talking about myself, I don't like bringing attention to myself. And I guess that's one reason why I am doing it. We're supposed to get out of our comfort zone. I've learned enough along the way to know that much. It's where your progress and growth happens. I hope if I can share some of my life experiences here, it might inspire others.".

Paperback. Condizione: New. UPDATED PAPERBACK FOR 2025FEATURING ON MAJOR BBC SOUNDS PODCAST 'GANGSTER' IN 2025If you think you know everything about the East End's toughest gangsters, think again.Meet Linda Calvey, aka the Black Widow.Growing up after the war in the East End of London, Linda falls in with local gangsters including the Krays, Freddie Foreman and Ronnie Cook. When the love of her life, Mickey Calvey, is gunned down on a job gone wrong, Linda resolves to carry on his work.But in 1990, after years of living in fear of her lover Ronnie Cook, Linda finds herself accused of his murder alongside Danny Reece, in a trial that shocks the nation. Still, Linda sticks to her code of honour, refusing to confess. Until now.After 18 years behind bars alongside notorious names including Rose West and Myra Hindley, she is released.This is the final truth about her life and what happened the day Ronnie Cook was murdered.Linda Calvey is a convicted murderer and has served her time in prison. She now lives in Chigwell, Essex, where she spends her time with friends, children and grandchildren.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The eleventh instalment in the popular Thrown Away Children paperback series. Michelle and Andy are thrilled to be fast-tracked into fostering and are quickly paired with 7-year-old Milo - whom they hope will complete their family, making a 'pigeon pair' with their older daughter, Grace. But Milo tears through their home like a raging tornado, destroying a beautiful interior - and their lives. Their dream of a new homelife costs Michelle her job, thousands of pounds in damages to their home and car, and leaves them with a traumatised daughter in need of professional support. What are the secrets of his violent and destructive behaviours? Experienced foster carer Louise Allen steps in. Can she uncover the little boy's disturbing past and help him?

Paperback. Condizione: New. The tenth instalment in the popular Thrown Away Children paperback series. A young girl's life is shadowed by secrets and lies.When Willow arrives in the Allen household, curious things begin to happen.Who is the strange child dressed in outlandish clothes who refuses a mobilephone? What are the mysterious allegations that have been made about her?Determined to find out Louise gets more than she bargained for, as she unravelsthe truth about Willow's family background and uncovers some distressingsecrets.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The twelfth instalment in the popular Thrown Away Children paperback series.Camila is born to childhood sweethearts, Gabriella and Robbie, who lead a privileged, but dysfunctional life. When she and her younger brother, Josh, start displaying sexualised behaviour, it's discovered they are exposed to adult parties and they're both placed in emergency care.Separated, their new lives appear to go well for a while. But Camila hits puberty and a shocking wild streak that no one can stop emerges. Asked to help, Louise is horrified to unravel the appalling secret the young girl has harboured for years. But her fight to bring Camila some peace, shatters the harmony of her own home, too.

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Paperback. Condizione: New. "I took Ted Turner, Kofi Annan and Tony Bourdain into Palestine, shook handswith Yasser Arafat, took Anderson Cooper into the mountains of the Congo insearch of a rebel general, a CNN crew into the heart of battle in Liberia, flew toHuman Rights Watch in Moscow to help it manage the most dangerous pieceof information it has ever possessed, serious enough to threaten the lives ofeveryone involved."Duncan Falconer has survived five explosions, two only just, been shot at on numerousoccasions, chased by machete wielders, hunted by man and beast, survived drowningonce, a faulty parachute opening once, an air-crash, several vehicle crashes, blacked outwith anaphylactic shock, walked through a minefield, barely escaped capture by fanaticalterrorists when others were caught and executed, and experienced close calls so manytimes he has forgotten most of them.First Into Action Again is a sequel to Falconer's best-selling first autobiography, First IntoAction. The story begins where the first book ended, with him leaving the Special BoatService after a slew of adventures, to embark on what turned out to be a new life filledwith many more exciting exploits, more than he had in the SBS, where he was often,once again, the first into action.Within days of leaving the SBS, he was recruited by a company that conducted specialisedtasks, many of them filtered down through MoD sources. Tasks included heading alone intothe hills of northern Spain to spend many months training Basque police recruits and turningthem into an anti-terrorist force to combat the notorious terrorist organisation, ETA. Anothertask, that came from British military intelligence, was as a lone undercover operator on theQE2 during a terrorist threat on a transit from Southampton to New York.Falconer has spent the last 15 years operating in the most dangerous places on earth whileat the same time writing 10 novels, most of them based on real life experiences.

Paperback. Condizione: New. "These girls, they know the night is coming for them, always chasing them, always there right behind them. We have to do something now. We have to get to them first."After ten years as a national newspaper journalist, Matt had an experience in Brazil which changed his life.A chance encounter with an 11-year-old girl selling her body on the side of a remote motorway led him into a dark world of exploitation and trafficking few knew existed.Fast-paced and full of drama, corruption, tragedy, set-backs and victories, this is the gripping story of a race against time - to save hundreds of young victims and expose a hidden, unreported scandal.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Slave Girls, a new series by bestselling author Louise Allen reveals a shocking modern-day scandal of County Lines - the single most dangerous form of systematic child abuse prevalent today.Little Candace is growing up in a trap house. Her mum, abused by the local dealers and totally incapable of escaping her supply does nothing while her daughter is used as a mule and front for their business.Completely unregistered, with no school and no one looking out for her, Candace is a ghost, living invisibly, constantly exposed to violence and horrendous, dark events happening in her home.But she has a friend in young dealer Joey. And he has hatched a dangerous plan to get them both out of the grip of the dealers. It's a huge risk. And time is running out for them both.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A collection of interviews with men and women from the Silent Generation - those born between 1928 and 1945 - about their childhood experiences during World War Two "Those men and women who donned uniforms to 'do their bit' were not the only ones affected by a conflict that turned the world upside down. Many millions of children also lived through the war."Each November we remember the sacrifice and courage of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who fought in two world wars. Sadly, as each year passes, only a handful of veterans survive to tell their stories, and those of their comrades who paid the ultimate price.But there's another group of women and men, themselves now elderly, who also survived a war. They may not have borne arms, or worn a uniform, but they too faced war's horrors - as children - and they bear its scars. They may not be war veterans but they are war's victims and survivors.Author Chris Manby and social historian Simon Robinson finally give a voice to those children, and tell some of the very few untold stories of World War Two. Tales of hardship, danger, brutality and terror."Alongside their parents and grandparents, they too faced the blitzes, lived on rations and were, in many terrible cases, imprisoned, subjected to torture and used as slave labour. Though the children of World War Two were too young to serve they were not too young to suffer."Moving, compelling, tragic and uplifting, it is also a story of our times as the authors say. "A new generation of children is spending nights in bomb shelters, becoming refugees and losing their loved ones. Perhaps listening to the voices of those who were children during World War Two, and examining how their lives developed in the decades that followed, can help us to better understand how to support this new band of war babies in the years to come. It's time for the Silent Generation's stories to be heard.".

Paperback. Condizione: New. The heartbreaking story of a mother who lost two sons to an abusive husband. But saved countless othersOn October 22, 2014, Claire Throssell's life changed forever after her ex-husband lured their two children, Jack, 12, and his nine-year-old brother, Paul, to the attic of their family home, before deliberately setting fire to the house, murdering his children and killing himself.Claire had been subject to her husband's cruel coercive, physical, emotional and financial abuse throughout their 16-year marriage. After she found the strength to leave her husband, his campaign of brutality didn't end, but the courts ignored her, and their sons' wishes. They gave him unsupervised access to their two sons, despite Claire's concerns that he was very capable of harming them. Her worst fears came true.Since 2016, Throssell has been an ambassador for Women's Aid and IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Service). Determined to ensure the voices of children never go unheard again, she has played a fundamental role in the implementation of the Domestic Abuse Bill, as well as ensuring survivors of domestic abuse can no longer be cross-examined by their perpetrators in the Family Court.Claire also played a significant role in pushing for all judges to be trained on the subject of domestic abuse and has spearheaded the Child First campaign, lobbying parliament to abolish the 'presumption of contact' guidelines in child custody cases.For My Boys is Claire's heartbreaking story and her tale of determination to seek justice for her sons and give a voice to all children who are at risk at the hands of an abusive parent. Her battle with government and court bureaucracy will anger and shock, but Claire's humbling and remarkable story of strength will inspire.

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Having lived through these experiences and been unable to speak out - not knowing how to use my voice to ask for help - I am thrilled that I am finally being heard and my story is being told."This is a memoir about childhood neglect; childhood sexual abuse; and living in care - but it is also one of the best examples of resilience and survival.Groomed and abused as a child, Liz could easily have crumbled. Instead, she stood up and saw justice done.But Hear Me is more than one woman's story - as remarkable and powerfully written as that story is.It is also a call to arms for the unheard victims across the country. Liz is fiercely passionate about spreading awareness of child neglect, abuse, poverty, living in care and how that can impact people throughout life, and limit their chances of achieving their full potential.She is determined to have an impact on this subject, to be a voice for change. Until these topics are highlighted on prime-time TV, on drive time radio shows, and are discussed around the dinner table and in the playground, abusers will continue to abuse, protected by a blanket of fear. Liz is hopeful her story will contribute to a change in the culture we live in.Despite the horrors she has endured, Hear Me is also a beautifully, sometimes even funny, memoir which will make readers stop in their tracks and really think.

Paperback. Condizione: New. It is the early 1980s, Mrs Thatcher is ruling the country with an iron hand and Stevie is on a quest for change. Her marriage over, her job familiar. She decides to move as far away from her  past as possible and start again in the middle of nowhere, alone with her small daughter and her pets.Stevie knew about nursing in towns. She could manage a traffic jam and a high-rise block in her sleep. Patients were the same everywhere, she reasoned with herself as she drove over Sugar Loaf mountain at dawn and entered Wales. How wrong she was, how much she had to learn as she became a community nurse in rural Wales in the early 1980s.Stevie's romantic images of rolling hills and lilting Welsh accents were soon replaced with the reality of surviving a terrain that ruined her car exhaust every other week. She found herself struggling to navigate the mountain paths while chasing the postman with a slip of paper containing the very long name of the farm she was trying to find.The patients presented the same problems as she was used to, but with many more complications that inevitably come with rural life. Stevie's work varied from laying out patients with the help of a bricklayer on his first 'hobble' (odd job) to leaving a patient in the shed until the undertaker came the next dayWith tales as touching and sad as they are hilarious, Stevie's exploits paint a picture of a time gone by and a district nurse trying to keep her head as a fish out of water.She started alone and scared, a stranger in a different land. She emerged from the experience wiser and humbler with new coping strategies, some dear friends, and an incredible recipe for Welsh cakes.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Slave Girls, a new series by bestselling author Louise Allen, reveals a shocking modern-day scandal of County Lines - the single most dangerous form of systematic child abuse prevalent today. This is the second installment in the brand new series. Hanna - The Shrinking Girl - has always struggled to fit in. The eldest of five kids, her homelife is complicated and poor, and her single mum, Eva, can barely keep their heads above water.Bullied at school for her obvious signs of poverty, she is happy and relieved when a cool girl makes a move to be her new friend. But this friendship carries a terrible cost. She is thrown into a dark world of drugs, gangs, sex and a controlling 'boyfriend'. Repeatedly raped and addicted to drugs herself, a desperate Hanna starts to self-harm and develops an eating disorder.Totally controlled by a gang that uses her as a commodity, is there any way she can be pulled from their grip and reunited with her family?

Paperback. Condizione: New. "You might have thought I would run for my life, scream at the top of my voice, smash the nearest window. But I was beaten and broken and I could take no more."When Sam was only 12 years old, she was groomed online by a man who went on to sexually assault and rape her. Weeks later, she fell into the clutches of a paedophile ring and was raped repeatedly by a gang, only one of whom faced justice.It could have been a series of events which broke her but Sam channeled her pain, rage and devastation at the failures in the judicial system into a campaign for change.Over and over she refused to take no for an answer, demanding more support and understanding for grooming victims as well as harsher sentences for abusers.Sam has battled back from unimaginable tragedy and devastation in her personal life to fight for change, not just for herself but for the countless victims of abuse still out there.

Paperback. Condizione: New. As a pioneer in the field of TV betting, Rob thinks he has uncovered the path to untold riches, winning big on Strictly Come Dancing, X Factor, Eurovision - you name it.While millions sat on their sofas watching and wondering who might win or who'd be evicted from their favourite shows that week, Rob would be working out the odds, checking his formulas and gambling big.Rob's book takes readers into the fascinating world of TV gambling and beyond. Surviving the nerve-jangling moments waiting and watching to see if his luck was in or if he'd be on the breadline that week, Rob honed his skills over years to seem almost psychic.And he didn't stop at TV, branching out to take a chance gambling on everything from the mating habits of pandas in a zoo to whether a superstar will sing with their top off on stage.But he soon discovers that cleaning up with the bookies comes at a huge cost. With his trading exploits taking over his every waking thought, and creating a life of desolate solitude Robinson Crusoe would be proud of, he fears his obsessive pursuit of the golden ticket is poised to end unhappily, in lonely bachelorhood.So he decides to take his longest shot yet - heading off into the wilds of provincial Russia, with dreams of a James Bond-style tryst with a mystery woman who could yet turn out to be a vodka-drinking scammer aiming to fleece him out of house and home.Detailing the often weird and downright wacky investments Rob makes over two decades of betting, The Gambler reveals the roller coaster world of someone willing to risk it all on the most outlandish outcomes, including when it comes to seeking romance.Quirky, irreverent and authentic, this is a deeper tale about adventure, taking a leap of faith, and seeking to beat the odds.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The untold story of the infamous criminal, Charles Salvador - known to millions asBritain's most violent prisoner Charles Bronson - from the unique perspective of hiswife Irene Dunroe.Every other book about Charles romanticises his crimes and violent nature, while Inside and Out examines his life before prison, when was a completely 'normal', well-adjusted young man, and how deeply loss can affect behaviourThe author is in weekly correspondance with Charles Salvador over email and letters and has been invited to visit Charles in Long Lartin prison to inform her research.---A story of two halves, documenting the life of Irene Dunroe - the first wife of Michael Peterson, now known as Charles Salvador, Britain's most notorious and longest serving prisoner. The story will be told from two points of view, a chapter dedicated to Irene's view from when she first met 'Mick', followed by a chapter dedicated to Charlie's view.As well as documenting Irene's life, the story will show in Charlie's chapters what was going on in his life behind bars, and will focus on never before told details of how Irene's life impacted his state of mind. Charlie was aware of everything that was happening in Irene's life, and though he didn't acknowledge it at the time, in retrospect he realises that a lot of his violent outbursts behind bars were directly related to his feelings of anger and grief at losing the only people he had truly loved - his wife and his son.This is a truly tragic love story, and despite Irene re-marrying, having two more children, and living a full life without her first husband, she has always been drawn back to Charlie, and he to her. Now, more than 40 years after divorcing and both in their 70s, the star-crossed lovers seem to be drawn together once again. Irene lights up when she talks about 'her Mick', and in his many letters to the author, Charles can't help but talk about his heart missing a beat and his breath being taken away when 'his Irene' visits him.This book ends with a series of questions.Is this man really a monster? How much has the system created him? Is it now time for the parole board to give him a chance to live out his final years as a free man? While never excusing the violence and horror he has inflicted on others, Shaw takes an in- epth look, for the first time, at the possible root causes of his behaviour.