You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]

You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]

Author: Andrew Hankinson

Publisher: Scribe Publications

Published: 2016-02-11

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1925113752

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Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and a Northern Writers Award These are the last days of Raoul Moat. Raoul Moat was the fugitive Geordie bodybuilder-mechanic who became notorious one hot July week when, after killing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, shooting her in the stomach, and blinding a policeman, he disappeared into the woods of Northumberland, evading discovery for seven days — even after TV tracker Ray Mears was employed by the police to find him. Eventually, cornered by the police, Moat shot himself. Andrew Hankinson, a journalist from Newcastle, re-tells Moat’s story using Moat’s words, and those of the state services which engaged with him, bringing the reader disarmingly close at all times to the mind of Moat. It is a reading experience unrelieved by authorial distance or expert interpretation. The narrative Hankinson has woven is entirely compelling, even if Moat’s weaknesses are never far from sight, requiring the reader to work out where he or she should stand. PRAISE FOR ANDREW HANKINSON ‘A claustrophobic true-crime account in the tradition of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood … [Hankinson’s] purpose is to show Moat as a product of our culture and society … Moat is presented as an intriguing case study in disintegration, making bad choices then devoting all his intelligence to justifying them in his own head.’ The Guardian ‘A powerful portrayal of the banality of violence … a trigger finger of a book: taut, tense, and on edge.’ The Sunday Times


Wood Plays: 1

Wood Plays: 1

Author: David Wood

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-07-25

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1408176432

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"As playwright, composer and director, Mr Wood has given children a self respecting art form" (The Times) The Gingerbread Man - 'The perfect children's play, with lots of superbly silly jokes and foot-tapping songs ... a magnificent epic of comic disarray' (Time Out); The See-Saw Tree - 'We are made to feel at once that the theatre is something immediate and involving' (Times); The Ideal Gnome Expedition - 'David Wood has surely scored again ... yet another gently entertaining excursion into a fantasy world where eminently sensible values prevail' (Daily Telegraph); Mother Goose's Golden Christmas - 'I cannot recommend this pantomime highly enough ... an enchanting blend of mirth and music that captivates the hearts of mums, dads and kids' (Romford Observer)


Guardian Heroes: Heart of Magic

Guardian Heroes: Heart of Magic

Author: Tang Xiao

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-01-05

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1647960738

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After a decisive magical battle, they naturally suffered huge damage. And the Magic Element on the continent also hated humans because of this, and were no longer willing to be driven by human magician. Adonis, who possessed the Heart of Magic and was able to continue to use magic, gradually discovered that after the magic disappeared, evil forces continued to appear. Adonis had also grown into a hero who protected the continent against the evil forces."


Traes

Traes

Author: Casey Czichas

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-07-09

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1477126511

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After eons of imposing his will upon the universe a very powerful and aging wizard named Phet, terrified of being unable to escape his own mortality, seeks to appoint an heir worthy to succeed him. In Traes – Wizards and Kings, Phet enlists the disturbing guidance of his creator, an immortal sorcerer named Laus-Jamas, who is the oldest living being alive; however, this turns out to be much more unsettling and ruthless than either of them would have guessed. As the monarchs of a planet called Traes endure extraordinary, often brutal tests to prove themselves worthy to succeed Phet, the mighty Laus-Jamas silently hones his own deadly agenda in a vexing war he has secretly declared on his insane protégé. This tale concludes in the second book of this series: Traes - Castles and War.


Once in a Blue Moon

Once in a Blue Moon

Author: Simon R. Green

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2015-12-16

Total Pages: 749

ISBN-13: 1625671318

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One more 'Once upon a time...' No one knows the hero business like Hawk and Fisher. That’s why they started the Hawk and Fisher Memorial Academy—to share their skills with the next generation of heroes. Decades later, their Hero Academy is the Dutchy of Lancre’s most profitable tourist attraction, its greatest pride, and now...its biggest problem. During auditions for the next class of students, an assassin ambushes Hawk and Fisher, setting off a powerful chain of events that could destroy the Forest Kingdom. For the Blue Moon rises once more, and with it, a familiar and formidable foe that Hawk and Fisher thought they’d never see again—the Demon Prince. Now, Hawk and Fisher must embark on one final quest. Joining forces with their children, they’ll reunite with old friends, visit legendary lands, and battle infamous villains to stop the Demon Prince once and for all. Hanging in the balance is the future of their bloodline, the kingdom, and the world. Once in a Blue Moon is the compelling conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green’s beloved The Forest Kingdom series.


The Adventures Of Thalostar

The Adventures Of Thalostar

Author: Adam Temple

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2008-04-09

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1469103877

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Henry and Jennifer are not at all happy being forced to move across the country into a strange new house. But when they discover a glowing green crystal in an upstairs bedroom, their life starts to spin out of control. They are transported to Thalostar, a wondrous world of sorcery and monsters. Their only hope of getting home is to stop an evil sorcerer from conquering the world. On their journey, they befriend a wise wizard, a wild boy and a talkative horse. Will they be able to save the world from an evil that has nothing to lose?


Cube Route

Cube Route

Author: Piers Anthony

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-10

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780765343093

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The 27th adventure in the magical land of Xanth is now in paperback for the first time. When a Plain Jane called Cube whispers a wish to be beautiful, she finds herself on a search for the mysterious Cube Route.


Castle Roogna

Castle Roogna

Author: Piers Anthony

Publisher: Del Rey

Published: 2002-03-26

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0345454324

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Once upon a past. . . . Millie had been a ghost for 800 years. But now, restored by the magic of Xanth, she was again a maddeningly desirable woman. She could have had any man she wanted . . . except the one she did want, Jonathan the zombie. To grant Millie her desire, and to prove his right to rule Xanth in the future, young Magician Dor embarked on a quest for the elixir which would restore Jonathan to full life. But the potion could be found only in the past . . . so, through a magic tapestry, to the past he went, taking over the body of a barbarian warrior. The first person he encountered there was Jumper, a giant spider—a nightmare monster, but a staunch friend and much-needed ally in peril-haunted, ancient Xanth. Then Dor met Millie—800 years younger, but just as lovely. And he realized that, in his new body, he was no longer twelve years old . . .


The King of Cards

The King of Cards

Author: Robert Ward

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1994-04

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0671737414

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Told with candor and a poignant sense of lost innocence, The King of Cards is the story of Thomas Fallon, a successful novelist, who is treated to a homecoming that presents him with the pungent memories of his youth. The award winning author of Red Baker delivers up a touching and comic romp.