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Footballing legend, Tommy Smith, played with Liverpool for eighteen years from 1960 to 1978. Here, Tommy gives us the inside story of a whole host of footballing legends -- Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Ron Yeats, Kevin Keegan and many more. It is a window on the glory days of Liverpool.
DON'T MISS THE NEW TOM ROB SMITH NOVEL, COLD PEOPLE, OUT NOW! OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD MOSCOW, 1953. Under Stalin’s terrifying regime, families live in fear. When the all-powerful State claims there is no such thing as crime, who dares disagree? AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER IN OVER 30 LANGUAGES An ambitious secret police officer, Leo Demidov believes he’s helping to build the perfect society. But when he uncovers evidence of a killer at large – a threat the state won’t admit exists – Demidov must risk everything, including the lives of those he loves, in order to expose the truth. A THRILLER UNLIKE ANY YOU HAVE EVER READ But what if the danger isn’t from the killer he is trying to catch, but from the country he is fighting to protect? Nominated for seventeen international awards and inspired by a real-life investigation, CHILD 44 is a relentless story of love, hope and bravery in a totalitarian world. From the screenwriter of the acclaimed television series, THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY.
"Tommy Smith's Animals" by Edmund Selous is a delightful journey into the world of a young boy named Tommy Smith and his unique bond with animals. Selous masterfully captures the innocence and wonder of childhood through Tommy's adventures. From his encounters with friendly creatures to heartwarming stories of loyalty and friendship, this book is a heartening celebration of the pure connection between humans and animals. Selous' storytelling is both enchanting and educational, making "Tommy Smith's Animals" a timeless read for young and old alike.
The first major overview of the works of the United Kingdom's leading and highly influential landscape architect and designer Tom Stuart-Smith.
There is something special about Tommy Smith-everywhere he goes, animals talk to him! On a vacation to London, Tommy goes to the zoo, and discovers that the lions, penguins, ostriches, bears, boars and other animals are eager to tell him about themselves. This imaginative presentation of animal behavior is as informative as it is fun to read.
Soviet Union, 1956: Stalin is dead. With his passing, a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant and a murderer. Its promise: The Soviet Union will transform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget Stalin's tyranny so easily, that demand revenge of the most appalling nature. Meanwhile, former MGB officer Leo Demidov is facing his own turmoil. The two young girls he and his wife Raisa adopted have yet to forgive him for his involvement in the murder of their parents. They are not alone. Now that the truth is out, Leo, Raisa and their family are in grave danger from someone with a grudge against Leo. Someone transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of vengeance.
Edmund Selous's "Tommy Smith's Animals" is a collection of short stories written for children. The tales revolve around animals and convey various life lessons, making them ideal bedtime reading for animal-loving children. Contents include: "The Meeting", "The Frog and the Toad", "The Rook", "The Rat", "The Hare", "The Grass-snake and Adder", "The Peewit", "The Mole", "The Woodpigeon", "The Squirrel", "The Barn-owl", and "The Leave-taking". Edmund Selous (1857 - 1934) was a British writer, ornithologist, and younger brother of the famous big-game hunter Frederick Selous. Other notable works by this author include "Beautiful Birds" (1901), "Bird Watching" (1901), and "Bird Life Glimpses" (1905). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
'An ambitious, cinematic thriller' Observer 'A talented storyteller' The Times 'A cinematic epic' Daily Mail What if the only hope for survival becomes the greatest threat? From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about a colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilisation under the most extreme conditions imaginable. The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist… ...
The story of the most famous protest in sports history, written by one of the men who staged it.
Tom Rob Smith's debut, Child 44, was an immediate sensation and marked the arrival of a major new talent in contemporary fiction. Named one of top 100 thrillers of all time by NPR, it hit bestseller lists around the world, won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In this spellbinding new novel, Tom Rob Smith probes the tenuous border between love and obsession as Leo Demidov struggles to untangle the threads of a devastating conspiracy that shatters everything he holds dear. Deftly capturing the claustrophobic intensity of the Cold War-era Soviet Union, it's at once a heart-pounding thriller and a...