Allan Jones

Allan Jones launched Uncut magazine in 1997 and for 15 years wrote a popular monthly column called Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, based on his experiences as a music journalist in the 70s and 80s, a gilded time for the music press. By turns hilarious, cautionary, poignant and powerful, the Stop Me...stories collected here include encounters with some of rock's most iconic stars, including David Bowie, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Smiths, R.E.M. and Pearl Jam. From backstage brawls and drug blow-outs, to riots, superstar punch-ups, hotel room confessionals and tour bus lunacy, these are stories from the madness of a music scene now long gone.

Rock'n'Roll War Stories

Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

Mild-Mannered Lamplighter? Or Valiant Hero? Trundle is just like any other hedgehog in the small town of Shiverstones. But his simple, quiet life is turned upside down the night Esmeralda appears at his door. With bloodthirsty pirates right on her heels, she tells Trundle he is destined to join her on a quest to find the fabled Six Crowns, treasures that could unite the Sundered Lands once and for all. Together, they must journey across the skies, facing deadly enemies and danger around every corner. With the odds stacked against them, can Trundle find the courage to fulfill his destiny?

The Six Crowns: Trundle's Quest

Jonathan Weyers

Rob Reed

David A Holmes

If you are studying the biomolecular sciences - including biochemistry, biomedical sciences, biotechnology, genetics, microbiology and molecular biology - then this book will be an indispensable companion throughout the whole of your degree programme. It provides effective explanation and support for the development of a wide range of laboratory and data analysis skills that you will use time and again during the practical aspects of your studies. This book also gives you a solid grounding in the broader transferable skills, which are increasingly necessary to achieve a high level of academic success.

Practical Skills in Biomolecular Science

A body in a lake. An uncooperative priest. A church disciplinary hearing, a court of canon law. At dawn on a July morning, the body of a Roman Catholic priest, Duncan Aster, is found in the shallows of a lake in Cumbria, UK. His final email refers enigmatically to a woman called Susan and an Anglican priest from Ontario. The priest, Andrew Moore, turns out to be Aster’s last known contact. He won’t assist the police inquiry nor will he speak about the matter with his bishop. As the battleground between Bishop Azikiwe and Reverend Moore develops, Cumbria Police decide to send an officer to Canada to observe a disciplinary hearing held in Hamilton, Ontario; a court of canon law. Sergeant Harriet Calder hopes to find out the reason for Aster’s death. What she discovers is as much about fear of exposure, addiction recovery and forgiveness as about any criminal act.

Canons

A funny, eye-opening collection of reminiscences from one of the UK's leading music journalists.

When was the last time you heard of a family member or friend of a friend that was told by a professional that they were suffering from a mental illness? One out of five people will at sometime in their life suffer from a mental illness. Males and females are in their teens when it strikes them. Some people later on in life. I am just a lay person. A tradesman at best. The stigma of mental illness is real. The sad thing about it is that people that suffer from mental illnesses are the hardest on themselves, meaning patients play head games with one another instead of helping one another. What a sad state of affairs.

The Story of a Psychiatric Survivor, Me

The Book of Al

The Fourth Catrin Sayer Mystery. Detective Sergeant Catrin Sayer of the Art Crime Unit, Metropolitan Police returns from a supposedly routine assignment in Malaysia that went disastrously wrong, to be assigned to a new case. Two years after an unsolved major art robbery from a merchant bank in London, a prisoner in Rome sends a message: he is prepared to talk about a sentencing deal for information about the bank robbery. Three paintings were stolen, two of them near-priceless canvases by the ‘horse artist’ George Stubbs. Sayer’s proposal to arrest the perpetrators is unusual; to focus on the obscure third painting stolen, a portrait of a farmer’s wife, Mrs. Rosalind Heaton of Carnforth, Lancashire.

The Carnforth Double

Believed guilty of a murder he didn't commit, Zak Archer finds himself both hunter and hunted. Cut off from his fellow agents, he's caught up in a deadly chase and race against time. Can he clear his name before he is captured or killed? The fourth title in this compulsive new series.

Book 4

Killchase

Zak's training is cut short when he is sent on his first mission. The King of Montevisto and his family have been threatened and the secret services believe the attack will take place on the family's forthcoming visit to the UK. It's vital that the trip goes smoothly and Zak is in charge of protecting the king's son. He soon finds he needs all his training and talents to outwit the enemy and save lives. A gripping new thriller in this fast-paced series. Perfect for young fans of 24.

Book 2

The Tyrant King

The eighth Catrin Sayer Mystery. Sayer returns from an extended maternity leave with the same challenge as most new mothers. She needs to rebalance her life and get back into the workforce. In her case, as a detective inspector in the Metropolitan Police, her work is the specialized world of art crime. A tip-off from an informant about a painting, a savage knife attack on a person near her home, and a police undercover operation at a casino weave together to giver her the biggest challenge of her career; a critical role in a major police operation against vicious gang operating in East London.

The Chiswick Chauffeur

The second Catrin Sayer mystery. A retired clergyman collapses in the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow, right in front of the painting by Salvador Dali called ‘Christ of Saint John of the Cross’. It is thought to be a heart attack until the angina medication he took at the onset of the attack was discovered to be a placebo; it was totally ineffective. Meanwhile, a drug 'baron' in Glasgow searches out the services of a friend of his late father, a man with prior convictions for art forgery; he has a job for him. Detective Constable Catrin Sayer is now nearly a year into her assignment with the Art Crime Unit at New Scotland Yard. The journey north to Glasgow on a new case is tied to both the death of the clergyman and a rumour of theft or fraud associated with paintings by a group of artists known as ‘The Scottish Colourists’.

The Scottish Colourist

Zak and his fellow Project 17 agents are undercover in Greece, working to bring down the boss of an international terrorist organization known as World Serpent. The sixth in this gripping new series. Perfect for young fans of 24.

Book 6

End Game

Pearl Jam has emerged from the Seattle scene as international superstars and one of the most interesting bands of the decade. Melody Maker writer Allan Jones candidly recaps some of the band's more outlandish exploits, getting the inside stories from the band members themselves in exclusive interviews. Includes over 100 pictures of the band, live in action as well as behind the scenes. No true Pearl Jam fan should he without this hook.

Pearl Jam - The Illustrated Story

This is my second book. The first one, The Book of Al, is my bio. On Rock Bottom and Know Where to Turn, my second book deals with the topic of suicide, the do-not-do of all things. I played chicken on the highway but was unsuccessful, and I thank the Lord for that.

On Rock Bottom and Know Where to Turn

Laboratory and field studies are essential areas of undergraduate training in biology; practical work must be fully understood and effectively presented, but many students under-perform because they lack basic laboratory skills. The fifth edition continues to provide you with easy-to-use guidance for laboratory and field studies and broader transferable skills. It also offers you new material on subjects ranging from environmental investigations to writing a project proposal. It is the ideal text for you to rely on throughout your undergraduate course.

Practical Skills in Biology

Robert H. Reed

Jonathan D. B. Weyers

Practical Skills in Biology is an indispensable book that provides useful support at all stages of a degree course and underpins any practical course in biology. Sections key transferable skills, including chapters on time management, working with others, note taking, revising, assessment and exams, and preparing a cv. Chapters on fieldwork and on the preparation and use of calibration curves. Up-dated material on the use of the Internet and world wide web. Material on evaluating information ? a vital skill for today?s students. Coverage of numeracy and statistics to provide support and guidance in this tricky area. Each chapter has study exercises to reinforce learning with problems and practical exercises. Answers are given at the back of the book for all exercises. Each chapter is supported by a section giving printed and electronic sources for further study. Worked examples and "how to" boxes set out the essential procedures in a step-by-step manner. Key points highlight critical features of methodology. Use of margin tips, definitions and illustrations. Use of two-colour text throughout the book.

Allan Jones and Gary Chalk have created a magical steampunk world for their illustrated The Six Crowns books. In the Sundered Lands, animals talk, ships fly, and a set of ancient blocks can be used to tell fortunes. Hedgehogs Trundle Boldoak and Princess Esmerelda and squirrel Jack Nimble continue their quest in Sargasso Skies, the fifth book in the series. To find the Crown of Wood, they’ll have to navigate a treacherous skyreef. And they’ll have to elude Captain Grizzlewald, a hog who leads a band of bloodthirsty pirates and is desperate to find the crowns of the Badger Lords himself. The Six Crowns books, a funny fantasy-adventure series for tweens, will appeal to fans of the Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy books.

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