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The story of an Irish family living in London. Of a young man, newly released from prison, searching for love, but still in love with the girl he shot a man dead for, while he finds that only murder and betrayal follow in his wake.

Walking is aerobic exercise; it is also the 'Superfood' of exercise.Most of us do it every day to varying degrees and many of us do not fully appreciate the many proven benefits for the body and mind that you can get simply by taking regular walks.Author Russ Williams - a UK based broadcaster - has been a walker for many years and noticed a distinct upturn in his physical and mental health as a result of walking regularly.He researched and subsequently wrote this book to help people fully understand WHY walking is such an important way of exercising and to understand the many PROVEN benefits of doing it for the mind and body.In his book he shares the medical evidence and why you can reap the benefits without taking a big chunk out of your daily life and routine.'How To Walk Yourself Healthy And Happy' explains how walking can significantly help: -Blood pressure health-Help you lose weight safely with speed/ time and calorie burning charts.-Control cholesterol levels-Correct your posture-Increase core muscle strength and flexibility-Energy levels-Walking to ease back pain-Help control diabetes-Encourage better brain health-Tackle and help solve sleep issues.-Increase memory capacity-Aid recovery from cancer treatment-Post cardiac event recovery-The risk of a heart attack or stroke-Issues and conditions of the menopause-Reduce loneliness by walking-Improve mood and your state of mind Discover the many types of walking that you can do (14 in total!) - there really is a type of walking for everyone.The book shows you what to do and what not to do, explains why starting out modestly and increasing your walks and their intensity over time give the most sustainable benefits to your health.You will learn that regular walking is by far the best and why you have to keep it up and not stop for a week or two.There is a guide to the right kind of equipment and footwear that you will need and the smartphone apps that will make recording your walks simple and fun.Proven medical facts support the long list of benefits of walking as a principal form of exercise whether it is in a forest, going around the block or just popping out to get your lunch on a break from work. By adding regular walking to your exercise regime, you will quickly notice how much better you feel both physically and mentally. It is time to get those walking shoes or boots on for better health

Newly promoted after successfully rising to greatest challenge of her career, Angela Crossley finds herself once again facing evil head on - but this time her investigative insight is clouded by the burgeoning awareness of her increasing sensitivity to the paranormal. Newly installed at Scotland Yard, she's haunted by the past even as her torrent of inexplicable dreams foretells events and crimes to come with terrifying accuracy. Her new department's first task is to look into patterns of criminal behaviour - find the correlations between crime and criminal, victim and violation, pick up the trail and solve the unsolvable. The past, therefore, is her constant companion - but soon the violent and bloody present intervenes and Angela must come to terms with who she really is before time runs out. What she finds, about herself and the crimes themselves, no one could have predicted.

This is the story of a Woman Police Officer, Angela Crossley, and her experiences with Connie Rowden, a young psychic girl who has a vision that enables her to lead the Police to the burial site of a Paedophile Serial killer's young female victims. Seven bodies are recovered from a septic tank deep in the woods, including the little girl the police have been searching for. Unfortunately, Connie suffers a mental collapse as a result of the horrific discovery, and is hospitalised in a psychiatric unit for a number of years. The killer remains at large. When Angie returns from University she is promoted to Detective Sergeant at the young age of twenty-four. The killer from four years earlier has never been apprehended, but the Psychiatrist caring for Connie, a Doctor Paul Simmons, informs Angie that does not mean the killing of children will have stopped The story continues with the intensifying pursuit of a vicious psychopath, whom Connie has terrifying visions of from time to time; something tells her the killer is familiar from somewhere in her past, but her loss of memory prevents her from identifying him. Further children go missing and the story culminates in a nightmarish scene in the cellar of a house where the killer lives, when Connie finally comes face to face with her tormentor. The terrible consequences that follow have a devastating affect upon the lives of everyone involved.

It's 1988 and Tom Metzler's life is passing by in more ways than one. On legal business in London, he visits the Natural History Museum only to glimpse the most beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life. But after a fleeting glimpse of her eyes and a smile she is gone. The same evening the mystery deepens as he meets her again in his hotel as if by chance and she greets him by name, instructing him to change his flight the following day and giving him new tickets and a passport under a new identity. In a trance, he dutifully catches the TWA flight home and only when arriving at his Manhattan office the following day does the enormity of his chance meeting come to light: no one at all seems to recognise him. Everyone on his original flight has died in a terrible mid-air explosion that left no survivors. By some miracle, his Guardian Angel has saved his life and somehow replaced his old life with a new one - but why? Bewitched and beguiled by this supernatural beauty, he soon finds himself on a journey of love, discovery and intrigue as forces way beyond any Earthly powers reshape his life, love and destiny.

Learning that the man she has called Father for the past thirty two years is not her biological parent, Annalee Theakston sets out to discover her true identity but first she must escape from the psychiatric hospital in which she has spent the past three years, her every step shadowed by DCI Munroe, with whom she has unfinished business.PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THIS TRILOGY- A cracking read; what a story!- Beautifully written- A 'couldn't put it down' book- Well written, grabbed my interest from the start- Main character totally self-absorbed and believable- Dialogue was excellent - free flowing and natural such that I could hear the characters' voices in my head

A Godsend for anyone who's ever suffered that dread of speaking in public!'If, like almost everyone, you're petrified of public speaking, the last thing you want is a lecture! And there lies the brilliance of this unique book's genuinely innovative approach to the issue: Dee Clayton makes the process of overcoming those negative voices in your head (Your 'Public Speaking Monkeys!') and becoming an effective speaker lighthearted and fun!A Godsend for anyone who's ever suffered that dread, Dee's refreshingly simple yet amazingly effective multiawardwinning approach has already helped thousands to overcome their fears and become effective and confident public speakers. Significantly, the author's keenly aware that for most of us, effective public speaking isn't necessarily an end in itself but a means to other ends for example Dee has already helped company directors to persuade more successfully, doctors to win more funding, mediators to influence international decisions and all kinds of business people to fulfil their potential.What's more, this is a genuinely practical guide! Unlike most 'self help' books on the topic (or any other), this one doesn't just tell you what to do; in her chatty, good-humored style, Dee explains exactly how, sharing her own experiences and coaxing the reader through a programme that doesn't just work it even makes public speaking enjoyable!Taming Your Public Speaking Monkeys works so well because its easy, enjoyable style is underpinned by Dee's solid, real-life experience of speaking publicly to tens of thousands of people first in her highly successful twenty-year marketing career (communicating for UK household brands such as Jacob's Creek, Pizza Hut and Jammie Dodgers to name but a few) and now as a public speaking training specialist. Equally vitally, the book draws heavily upon the NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) techniques and insights in which Dee is a highly experienced Trainer and Master Practitioner.Taming your Public Speaking Monkeys is a rare find: a self-help book that really helps and best of all the results come to you quickly and stick with you for life!

As a young man from a loving, middle class family living in a small English village, Ben Rogers appeared to have it all....but then he found drugs. As his life descended into chaos and despair, Ben began to chronicle his daily struggles with the aid of a video camera. He was hopeful that one day his experiences could be used to educate others. Ben lost his battle against addiction and died when he was 34 as a result of medical withdrawal. His family decided to release the tapes in the hope that other families could benefit. The result was the highly acclaimed, award winning SKY documentary, 'Ben, Diary of a Heroin Addict' which was shown on national television 27 times and ultimately across the world. Ben's mother, Anne, received hundreds of letters and messages, not only from addicts but also from families saying that the documentary had helped them realise that they weren't alone. The film took Ben's mum to the Home Office, with interviews on national television, radio and the press. She has spoken with many young offenders desperate to educate other youngsters about addiction and to honour her son's wishes. The book includes writings and drawings by Ben which give a unique insight into the chaos surrounding drug addiction. His brother and sisters contribute too to the story of a family living on the edge. 'Ben, Diary of a Heroin Addict - A Mother's Fight' is both an attack against the government's tolerance of addiction and a powerful and moving depiction of one family's love.

Truth. Is there such a thing? Do newspapers print it? Do televisions air it? Is it preached from pulpits in churches? Is the truth on Facebook, can it be found on Twitter? Can money buy you truth? Will you find truth in love? Is religion the truth? Is it in music? Is it displayed in any museums? Does the mailman post it through your door? Do your friends have it? Do they teach you the truth at school? Does it come from the point of a gun? Can you dig it out of the ground? Do dogs bark it at you? Is it in the sky or in the oceans? Does truth grow on trees? Can you breathe it in? Is it in your pocket? Can you buy it at the supermarket? Does truth come to you in dreams? Is it in the palm of your hand? Is it in your horoscope? Will mystics reveal it to you? Have the communists the truth? Or the freemasons? Do magicians magic it out of their hats? Is it in politics? Is it hiding under a rock? Can you find it on other planets? One thing is for sure, when you find the truth, you will know it. Here it is.

Two police officers are set a daunting task but, conveniently for them, deliberate tampering with the evidence allows the creation and framing of an obvious suspect. Is Harry guilty or innocent? It looks as though the case is cut and dried but a brilliant female QC, Irene Yarwood, takes up the apparent killer's case, offering to represent him. The plot moves from challenging murders to inexplicable mysteries as more sinister events unfold and, ominously, the threat of future violence may hang above her head!Set from 1988 onwards with memorable, if corrupt, police attempting to frame an individual for two brutal murders, this tale is shocking in all its implications. In every way this is a powerful and gripping insight into the battle sometimes fought by barristers against their clients' dubious convictions. Perhaps such unsafe verdicts have also happened similarly in recent times!

In his new book The Verdict respected Algerian political activist and humanitarian Elias Adam presents his carefully judged observation and examination of the human condition. As he challenges the notion that we are the superior race, when in fact, we are increasingly to be seen as the root cause of almost every problem in the world, he offsets the rational of each proposition against the turbulent back drop of his own life In a remorseless search for the truth behind our veneer of civilized life and the banners we have named laws he juxtaposes his ideas by using the life of a dog as a comparison, by which he comes to some startling conclusions about which is the most savage of the two species. Based broadly on his life experiences he has created different scenarios to illustrate each point while the book is set modestly within a cafe that he frequents, where he analyses its customers as it soon becomes his human laboratory. As the ideas unfold the setting of each becomes progressively more surrealistic as the Dog Chiotby plays a large part in the book and because it is a dreamlike, it allows him to put aside all of his inhibitions to talk more freely and humbly about himself.

"Here is a person who shares with me a love of Shakespeare's mysterious depths of understanding. The ancient wisdom traditions underlie and sustain the incredible reflection of our souls in Shakespeare." Sir Mark Rylance, first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, London (1995-2005).Eight arcana - alchemy, Renaissance Platonism (including Divine Love), Renaissance magic, the Cabala, Celtic mysticism and Old World religion, initiation, theurgy and the Bible - are identified by the author in Shakespeare's plays as means to uncover long misunderstood mysteries and anomalies of his playwriting. Strange and unlikely events in the stage action of his plays are elucidated as metaphors of these arcana, all readily available to Shakespeare and other playwrights of his day. For example, in The Winter's Tale Shakespeare tells of a seacoast of Bohemia on which the ship carrying the baby Perdita, mariners and the courtier Antigonus are wrecked in a storm, the latter being eaten by a bear. A reading of the play as a metaphor of chemical alchemy, clearly identified by the names of the characters and the stage action, shows how the scene is indicative of the alchemical stage of Putrefaction taking place in a bear-shaped vessel. In As You Like It, the reported action in the Forest of Arden where Orlando rescues his brother from a lion and a snake is sourced from several transforming arcana leading to brotherly reconciliation.SECRET MEANINGS IN SHAKESPEARE APPLIED TO STAGE PERFORMANCE is unique in that these meanings have been researched and developed specifically to inform stage performances by an international, professional theatre company - Theatre Set-Up (www.ts-u.co.uk). For over thirty years the author's esoteric interpretations have inspired and clarified the company's productions to widespread critical and audience acclaim.About the AuthorWendy Jean Macphee (whose doctorate in arcana in Shakespeare was taken at the Shakespeare Institute of The University of Birmingham) was a teacher and lecturer in English, drama and music from 1960 to 2012 and was founder, administrator, artistic director, actor and musician for Theatre Set-Up which toured Shakespeare's plays in heritage sites in the UK and in mainland Europe from 1976 to 2011.

Welcome to the world of Dave Woolf, a hard-drinking, hard thinking lawyer-detective surrounded by a cast of characters that includes his former law partner and future lover Sandy, the seedy nightclub owner Lewis, Tim Dowell, a policeman with a more dysfunctional relationship with the law and the truth than the criminals he investigates, also Dave's new Australian sidekick Carson and his nemesis, the dark, dangerous and devious High Court judge Russel Orbach. But everyone must always remember, no one falls out with each other as badly as lawyers. The Last Wednesday - Someone is killing off the members of a left-leaning set of barristers' chambers. Controlling Interest - A family firm of solicitors is torn apart by freemasonry and organised crime. The Judge's Song - A corrupt judge is in the pocket of a pair of East London gangsters. Orbach's Judgment - A pop star's autobiography lays the blame for the death of her parents at Russel Orbach's door and Dave discovers that there is no depth of deceit to which Orbach would not descend to serve his own ends.

Dave Woolf's enemies are much closer to home than he realises in this shocking thriller from Bernard Bannerman. The uncontainable lawyer-detective's domestic life is under threat, haunted by ghosts from his sidekick Carson's troubled youth in Australia and complicated by an assignment to search for a contract hitman's wayward son. Dave and Carson are soon led to France and Switzerland, where they encounter a potentially dangerous cult, The Accord. Who are The Accord? What is the purpose of their 'gatherings'? Can Carson escape her own past? Woolf confronts double agents, criminal masterminds and dark conspiracies while he questions the loyalties of his friends, the limits of his love and even his own sanity. Nothing is sacred and no one is safe in the sixth gripping instalment in the Dave Woolf saga.

In this fifth thriller featuring Dave Woolf, the unorthodox, hard-living lawyer-detective faces his toughest challenge yet. The disappearance of his friend Tim Dowell and the unexplained deaths of a number of Members of Parliament appear to be unconnected cases, but are they? Dave's investigation leads him into a labyrinth of deals with crooks, allies, lovers and the highest echelons of government, but he must also take care of his fraught personal life, ensure the safety of Alton, his young son, and try to move on from the tragedies scarring his past. Loyalties shift, and secrets unfurl as Dave becomes embroiled in a sinister conspiracy, part criminal, part political, but always evil. He must uncover the truth behind Dowell's disappearance, and find out who, if anyone, he can really trust as old friends and old enemies return for retribution and revenge.