Hostage (5 page)
Authors: Emlyn Rees
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Beyond the Bounty | Tony Parsons |
Black-Eyed Devils | Catrin Collier |
Bloody Valentine | James Patterson |
Bring it Back Home | Niall Griffiths |
Buster Fleabags | Rolf Harris |
The Corpse's Tale | Katherine John |
Chickenfeed | Minette Walters |
The Cleverness of Ladies | Alexander McCall Smith |
Clouded Vision | Linwood Barclay |
A Cool Head | Ian Rankin |
Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe | Danny Wallace |
The Dare | John Boyne |
Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes | Justin Richards |
Doctor Who: Made of Steel | Terrance Dicks |
Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels | Jacqueline Rayner |
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Judoon | Terrance Dicks |
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A Dream Come True | Maureen Lee |
Earnie â My Life at Cardiff City | Robert Earnshaw |
Finding Myself Lost | Richard J Oliver |
Finger Food | Helen Lederer |
The Flying Pineapple | Jamie Baulch |
Follow Me | Sheila O'Flanagan |
Full House | Maeve Binchy |
Get the Life You Really Want | James Caan |
Girl on the Platform | Josephine Cox |
Going for Gold | |
Grand Slam Man | Dan Lydiate |
The Grey Man | Andy McNab |
The Hardest Test | Scott Quinnell |
Hello Mum | Bernardine Evaristo |
Hostage | Emlyn Rees |
How to Change Your Life in 7 Steps | John Bird |
Humble Pie | Gordon Ramsay |
In at the Deep End | David Davies |
Inside Out | Parc Prisoners |
Jack and Jill | Lucy Cavendish |
Kung Fu Trip | Benjamin Zephaniah |
Last Night Another Soldier⦠| Andy McNab |
Life's New Hurdles | Colin Jackson |
Life's Too Short | Val McDermid, Editor |
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Men at Work | Mike Gayle |
Money Magic | Alvin Hall |
My Dad's a Policeman | Cathy Glass |
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The Perfect Holiday | Cathy Kelly |
The Perfect Murder | Peter James |
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Reading My Arse! | Ricky Tomlinson |
The Rubber Woman | Lindsay Ashford |
Rugby Rivals: My Top Ten Players | Martyn Williams |
Secrets | Lynne Barrett-Lee |
Star Sullivan | Maeve Binchy |
Survive the Worst and Aim for the Best | Kerry Katona |
The 10 Keys to Success | John Bird |
Tackling Life | Charlie Oatway |
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Traitors of the Tower | Alison Weir |
Trouble on the Heath | Terry Jones |
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Finding Myself Lost
Richard J Oliver
Accent Press
In the summer of 2000 Richard Oliver, better known as Jamie, was making a name for himself as an artist. One day he announced, âI've decided to join a band'. Following every young man's dream, he bought himself a set of turntables and a week later played his first show with Lostprophets. Told they would never sell more than 4,000 records, the band released their first album to great success. More than a decade later, Lostprophets continue to be one of the UK's most successful rock bands. With five bestselling albums and numerous awards to their name, they sell out tours all over the world.
In
Finding Myself Lost
Richard reveals what really goes on behind the scenes on the road and reflects on his own personal growth along the way.
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Peak Performance
Tori James
Accent Press
Everest: the highest mountain in the world and also one of the most dangerous.
On May 24 2007, Tori James made history when she became the first Welsh woman, and youngest British woman, to climb to the summit of Everest. It was an amazing achievement for the petite farmer's daughter from Pembrokeshire. In
Peak Performance
Tori shares the inspiration and drive that helped her to succeed in reaching the ârooftop of the world'.
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Grand Slam Man
Dan Lydiate
Accent Press
When Wales beat France to clinch the 2012 Six Nations Championship Grand Slam â one player stood out from the rest of the field.
A powerful presence on the pitch, Dan Lydiate, the 6ft 4in fearless farmer's son truly deserved the title Player of the Tournament.
In
Grand Slam Man
, the heroic Welsh flanker reflects on his comeback from a broken neck in 2008 to become the hero of Wales's 2012 Grand Slam success. He also reveals his thoughts on the Australia tour, his love of tackling, his life on the farm and his British Lions dream.
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Finger Food
Helen Lederer
Accent Press
A comedy of ambition, dreams, blackmail and daytime TV
Bella le Pard's career as a TV presenter is âon hold'. To fill her days, she sits in a coffee shop and obsesses about a wedding dress in the neighbouring shop. Her luck changes when she gets the call from her old boss at âFlair for living TV' to present a pilot for a new food and chat show. But her revived TV career is short-lived when one of the celebrity guests threatens to steal the show. Bella finds herself turning to blackmail to save her job. But will her threat to reveal her boss's infidelity keep her on TV? And will she ever find a reason to buy that dream wedding dress?
This comedy from one of the UK's best-loved funny ladies will make you laugh out loud.
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Earnie: My Life with Cardiff City
Robert Earnshaw
Accent Press
From the African plains to the Millennium Stadium, this is the remarkable story of the boy who was born to be a Bluebird.
Nicknamed Earnie, this is the story of Robert Earnshaw's journey from the Zambian village where he was born to Caerphilly, where he first kicked a âproper' football. Seven years later, aged 16, he was signed up by Cardiff City and started banging in the goals on his way to break the Bluebirds' goal-scoring records.
Here Earnie reflects on his Welsh success, his trademark somersault goal celebration and the crazy world of Sam Hammam, and he reveals why Cardiff City will always have a special place in his heart.