Download or read book The Mancunian Times written by Natalie McNeil and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poetry. This book is about young people growing up in Urban Manchester between 1990's to 2016. It is about courage, determination and survival.

Download or read book The Mancunian Hero written by Catherine J.M. Hughes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about my Uncle, Mr Norman Moors who was in the Royal Navy in the second World war. He was on the M. S. Rodney Battleship the only surviving ship in the Mediterranean. He received a Malteasse medal from Sir Whinstan Churchhill and became a Hero of his time. He asked me to promise to write and have this book published in his honour after he passed away in 2015. So I promised to do as he requested and to include my testimony to share with people that our God is a loving and faithful God. This book is the result. Wishing every blessing to all who read it. Yours Truly Catherine J M Hughes

Download or read book The Stranger Times written by C. K. McDonnell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Wonderfully dark, extremely funny' proclaimed ADAM KAY, author of the No.1 bestselling This is Going to Hurt 'A filmic romp with great characters, a jet-propelled plot, and a winning premise' said the GUARDIAN JASON MANFORD thinks it's 'Hilarious. You'll never look at Manchester the same way again.' The Chronicles of St Mary's series author JODI TAYLOR declared 'I loved this . . . great premise - great story - great characters . . . hugely enjoyable.' And THE TIMES called it 'ripping entertainment from start to finish.' There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them . . . A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable. At least that's their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and foul-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little of the publication he edits. His staff are a ragtag group of misfits. And as for the assistant editor . . . well, that job is a revolving door - and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah Willis, who's got problems of her own. When tragedy strikes in her first week on the job The Stranger Times is forced to do some serious investigating. What they discover leads to a shocking realisation: some of the stories they'd previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker forces than they could ever have imagined. The Stranger Times is the first novel from C.K. McDonnell, the pen name of Caimh McDonnell. It combines his distinctive dark wit with his love of the weird and wonderful to deliver a joyous celebration of how truth really can be stranger than fiction. Readers love The Stranger Times: ***** 'A delight from start to finish - laugh out loud funny yet with plenty of thrills.' ***** 'Full of wit and humour, and knows how to keep the reader hooked.' ***** 'You'll soon fall in love . . . fans of Pratchett, Gaiman, Aaronovich will be blown away.'

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Download or read book New Times written by Matthew Jordan and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Idealistic young radical Brian Harper meets experienced politico and good-time bisexual Maria Rafferty at a Labour Students meeting in Manchester in 1987, and together they embark on an exploration of Mancunian night-and-day-life. Committed both to politics and to each other, they jointly fall under the spell of Blairite conspirator Terry Gallagher. Thanks to his influence, Rafferty goes off to work for the Mirror before developing a career as an all-purpose rent-a-gob, including a spell as a bikini-clad cultural commentator on Live TV, “a blonde with a firm manner and an extensive vocabulary.” Brian, meanwhile, initially overjoyed to be offered a job as a Labour Party organizer in the North-West, finds Illeshall, the constituency to which he has been assigned, both more and less than he had bargained for, a place where aesthetic aspiration can find an outlet only in the purchase of a new kitchen. Rafferty’s charmed life in media London, consulting an “aromatherapist to the stars” and the like, is not the alternative he is looking for, and his life drifts while his good looks enable him to entangle himself with a series of women – Jo in her Union Jack hotpants, Judy who wants him to put up shelves, Ami the kickboxing scholar of Chick Lit - who fail to fit the Rafferty-shaped hole in his heart. Preaching a doctrine of modernization and flexibility, Brian is himself unable to adapt to the exigencies of his position: “I’ve found the interesting people here, and they’re boring!” When he is confronted with the prospect of both his father and Rafferty taking mortally ill, at the same time as he is falling out with most of his old friends over the Iraq War, Brian undergoes a profound psychological crisis, and in his distress drinks himself into hospital. After an apparent recovery, his symptoms re-surface when he gets sexually entangled with his MP boss’s daughter, Hermione. Having escaped to London, Brian bumps into an old flame from Manchester, Juliet Neilson, who once taught him a thing or two about conservatism and is now a Tory mover and shaker, on their “A-List of the brown and the breasted.” Juliet fixes him an opportunity with a notionally non-partisan lobbying company promoting educational privatization. Has Brian got himself back on track, or is he at risk of succumbing to metropolitan temptation? And what is Rafferty up to?

Download or read book Playing the Market written by Kieran Heinemann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowhere in Europe are people more likely to enjoy a regular flutter in stocks and shares than in Britain. Whether we consider the millions of online stockbroking accounts or the billions spent on spread betting - it is a national pastime in today's Britain to play the markets. How did this distinctively British obsession with investment and speculation come about? Playing the Market tells this story by exploring the history of financial capitalism in Britain during the twentieth century from below. It explains how and why everyday British people increasingly invested, speculated, and gambled in stocks and shares from the outbreak of World War I, over the postwar decades and the Thatcher years, up until the premiership of Tony Blair. The study accounts for a momentous shift in attitudes towards stock market investment that occurred throughout the twentieth century. In the interwar period, traditional moral and cultural constraints about the stock market, which were still powerful in the Victorian period, gradually began to collapse in public and private life. In the following decades, financial securities lost their stigma of being either immoral or suitable only for the upper classes. Promising higher than average returns and a similar thrill of risk and reward as gambling in horses or the football pools, the stock market became a popular pastime for millions of Britons - even in the postwar decades, when Britain had nationalized industries and politicians of both parties indulged in staunchly anti-finance rhetoric. With the expansion of popular investment after both world wars, Britain developed a stock market culture that was unique across Europe and gave rise to a market populist sentiment that eventually proved fertile soil for the arrival of Thatcherism.

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Download or read book The Burning Time written by Virginia Rounding and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day celebrations, tournaments were plentiful and it became the location of London's most famous meat market. Yet in Tudor England, Smithfield had another, more sinister use: the public execution of heretics. The Burning Time is a vivid insight into an era in which what was orthodoxy one year might be dangerous heresy the next. The first martyrs were Catholics, who cleaved to Rome in defiance of Henry VIII's break with the papacy. But with the accession of Henry's daughter Mary - soon to be nicknamed 'Bloody Mary' - the charge of heresy was leveled against devout Protestants, who chose to burn rather than recant. At the center of Virginia Rounding's vivid account of this extraordinary period are two very different characters. The first is Richard Rich, Thomas Cromwell's protégé, who, almost uniquely, remained in a position of great power, influence and wealth under three Tudor monarchs, and who helped send many devout men and women to their deaths. The second is John Deane, Rector of St Bartholomew's, who was able, somehow, to navigate the treacherous waters of changing dogma and help others to survive. The Burning Time is their story, but it is also the story of the hundreds of men and women who were put to the fire for their faith.

Download or read book The Hall Tradition written by Michael Kennedy and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ta Ra Fergie written by Pete Molyneux and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1989, United fanatic Pete Molyneux raised a banner calling for Alex Ferguson’s head, sparking the most famous protest in Old Trafford’s 103 years. For manager and supporter alike it was their darkest hour. Pete never gave up on his team and, thank God, Fergie stayed. Ta Ra Fergie tells Pete’s story of his time following United at home and abroad since 1963, attending over 2,000 matches. This is the story of United from a fan’s perspective. It covers Busby’s European triumph, the despair of relegation and the tortuous false dawns of the 1980s to that elusive title win and Alex Ferguson’s twenty-six-year-reign. Watching United has brought countless thrills, but for Pete it has also had a darker side that led to heartache and tragedy.

Download or read book The Race Against Time written by Richard Askwith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about growing older. Colourful, informative and inspiring, The Race Against Time is a story of cold science and heart-warming resilience; of champions and also-rans; of sprinting centenarians and forty-something super-athletes barely touched by age. Its heroes are experts and enthusiasts - scientists, coaches, runners - from many countries, each with a different story to tell. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt the healing power of running – or simply wondered about the effects of ageing. It is both a very personal account of one man's journey from despair to hope, and an exhilarating guide, explaining how timely adjustments to lifestyle and training can slow the progress of physiological decay, while sheer human spirit can, if you are lucky, keep you running happily and healthily, all the way into extreme old age.

Download or read book Requiem for a Hard Man written by S.C Bradbury and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gutsy and compelling, 'Requiem for a Hard Man' follows one man's fight for redemption through the crime-filled backstreets of 1970s Manchester.WW2 hero Jackie Dunne has PTSD - re-ignited by his son's heroin addiction. Unfortunately, fellow war vet Bill Shaw is now one of Manchester's top drug dealers.When Jackie dumps two kilos of heroin down the drain, Bill vows revenge. A deadly standoff erupts between the army mates. Unable to sort things out with brute power, Jackie breaks the cardinal rule... and talks to the authorities.Will Jackie recognize his need for absolution?Is that possible when he won't even admit there was a crime?

Download or read book Set Down In Malice A Book Of Reminiscences written by Gerald Cumberland and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Set Down in Malice" by using Gerald Cumberland is a gripping thriller mystery that delves into the complexities of homicide and deception. The story takes location inside the lovely village of Malice, where a horrific incident disturbs the serenity. The plot revolves on a solid of exciting characters, every with secrets and motivations that intertwine in surprising methods. As the plot thickens, readers are taken on a journey of exciting twists and turns that hold them interested by fixing the enigma. Gerald Cumberland's storytelling potential shines via as he successfully builds tension and creates a vibrant surroundings in Malice. The characters are well-advanced, with each adding to the general feel of mystery and intrigue. The author creates a community of clues and crimson herrings, encouraging readers to solve the riddle alongside the protagonists. "Set Down in Malice" is a classic mystery novel, with a compelling blend of suspense, drama, and sharp psychological insight. Cumberland's narrative flair and sharp sense of storytelling make this novel an attractive read for thriller and crime fiction enthusiasts, keeping them wondering till the end.

Download or read book The LMS Handbook written by David Wragg and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The London Midland & Scottish Railway was the largest of the Big Four railway companies to emerge from the 1923 grouping. It was the only one to operate in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as having two short stretches of line in the Irish Republic. It was also the world's largest railway shipping operator and owned the greatest number of railway hotels. Mainly a freight railway, it still boasted the best carriages, and the work of chief engineer Sir William Stanier influenced the first locomotive and carriage designs for the nationalised British railways. Packed with facts and figures as well as historical narrative, this extensively illustrated book is a superb reference source that will be of interest to all railway enthusiasts.

Download or read book British Urban Policy written by Rob Imrie and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-04-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition of British Urban Policy provides a comprehensive account of the policies, programmes, and effects of one of the most controversial urban policy programmes ever brought to bear upon British cities. The authors place the policies and practices of the urban development corporations (UDCs) in the wider sociopolitical context of evolving urban policy; present case studies of eight UDCs; and explore the legacies of the UDCs and the evolving framework for urban policy into the millennium.

Download or read book When I Died for the First Time written by Tim Booth and published by Constable. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What a ride this is! A big wide book. An amazingly vivid piece of writing, from the hilarious to the horrifying and everything in between' BRIAN ENO Meet Seth Brakes. Musician. Reluctant romantic. Inherent troublemaker. Addict. And three hundred and twenty days sober. After a near-death experience, Seth is carving a new path for himself. Having reformed the band - the infamous Lucky Fuckers - things are looking up for Seth: gigs are falling back into the diary, he's in love and finally getting back to what he enjoys most: writing music. That is until his past starts to creep up on him . . . A dark comedy that is painfully honest, original and dynamically told, When I Died For the First Time is a raw account of a man tested his uppermost limits, hitting legendary highs and crashing to catastrophic lows. It's a tale of second chances, love lost and gained, and coming back to yourself: a story that stays with you long after you've turned the last page.

Download or read book Money Men written by Dan McCrum and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The financial investigation of the decade... Money Men instantly enters the canon of great financial crime books' Bradley Hope, author of The Billion Dollar Whale 'A rip-roaring ride into the underworld of the global economy' Tom Burgis, author of Kleptopia 'Required reading' The Economist 'A cross between the Enron scandal and Rosemary's Baby' John Lanchester, London Review of Books 'Reads like a crime drama' New Statesman 'The culmination of years of careful investigative work... Gripping' Evening Standard 'A thrilling, head-spinning book' Irish Times 'A rollercoaster read that reveals everything that's wrong with our financial system' Catherine Belton Now adapted as the Netflix documentary Skandal!, this is the stranger-than-fiction story of Wirecard, once a $30 billion tech darling, now a smouldering wreck, by the journalist who brought it crashing down - perfect for those who loved Bad Blood and Empire of Pain. When journalist Dan McCrum followed a tip to investigate the hot new tech company challenging Silicon Valley, everything about Wirecard looked a little too good to be true: offices were sprouting up around the world, it was reporting runaway growth and the CEO even wore a black turtleneck in tribute to Steve Jobs. In the space of a few short years, the company had come from nowhere to overtake industry giants like Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank on the stock market. As McCrum dug deeper, he encountered a story stranger and more dangerous than he ever imagined: a world of short sellers and whistleblowers, pornographers and private militias, hackers and spies. Before long he realised that he wasn't the only one in pursuit. Shadowy figures were following him through the streets of London, high-flying lawyers were sending ominous letters to his boss, and he was named as the prime suspect in a criminal inquiry. The race was on to prove his suspicions and clear his name. Money Men is the astonishing true story of Wirecard's multi-billion-dollar fraud, Europe's biggest new tech darling revealed as a house of cards. Uncovering fake bank accounts, fake offices and possibly even a fake death, McCrum offers a searing exposé that will finally lay bare the truth.