Now Then Lad...

Author: Mike Pannett
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 184901728X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Yorkshireman Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the capital's streets and drug gangs in Battersea, and found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Now, instead of hunting down knife-wielding muggers, he's chasing runaway bullocks, holding up the Last Night of the Proms traffic to escort a lost mole across the road and combing the countryside for the villains who stole the Colonel's balls. Mike's first year on his new patch is told in seventeen chapters which interweave his escapades on the beat month by month together with his growing knowledge of a landscape that changes with the seasons and some snapshots from his off-duty life. Here is a wonderfully entertaining celebration of North Yorkshire, its breathtaking scenery and wide variety of characters and communities.

Now Then Lad...

Author: Mike Pannett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750529662
Category : Large print books
Languages : en
Pages : 365

Book Description
A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots and drug gangs, and found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Now he's chasing runaway bullocks, holding up the Last Night of the Proms traffic to escort a lost mole across the road and combing the countryside for the villains who stole the Colonel's balls... His escapades are interwoven month by month with his growing knowledge of a landscape that changes with the seasons.

Long, Long Tales from the Russian North

Author: Jack V. Haney
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1617037303
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
A record of remarkable folk narratives told over successive nights on vessels or in camps in remote Karelia

Memories of a Clackmannan Lad 1947 – 1958

Author: William Wood
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398479594
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
A childhood experience, from the 1940s post-war infant years to the raging 1950s. My mother told me that I had actually come into the world with a bang. It happened during one very early morning in 1943 when German bombers were flying overhead, and the spent rounds of anti-aircraft bullets were clattering on the tiled roof above her. Dad also said that he could hear bombs dropping somewhere between Edinburgh and Glasgow. So, it seems that I had come into the world with a bang! A few years later, I was to enter another experience: the teenage years.

Not Bad For A Bad Lad

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1848125534
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
A powerful and inspiring tale of redemption from the author of WAR HORSE - with a personal introduction to the story from Michael Morpurgo. "I know a good sort when I see one. That's why I've taken him on. That's why I took you on." When a young lad strays into bad behaviour and thieving, he soon finds himself in Borstal prison for young men, lonely and without hope. But when Mr Alfie, who manages the stables, asks him to care for and tame a damaged horse, both are given a second chance. Could this "bad lad"'s skill with horses help him follow his dreams? Includes a fascinating "Facts Behind the Story" section.

Lad: A Dog

Author: Albert Payson Terhune
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
"Lad: A Dog" by Albert Payson Terhune. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Household Tales with Other Traditional Remains

Author: Sidney Oldall Addy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description

Now Then Lad...

Author: Mike Pannett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781785021978
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Death and the Visiting Firemen

Author: H. R. F. Keating
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1448202612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350

Book Description
A delegation of visiting firemen arrives at Southampton, greeted by a stagecoach which carries a reception committee in early 19th century costume. This Old English greeting has been arranged between their president, Foster P. Schelemberger, and George Hamyadis, the flamboyant travel agent who is handling all the details of their visit to Britain. During an overnight stop in Winchester, Hamyadis reveals his plan for a little surprise to entertain the delegates during the journey to London the next day. But the surprise, when it comes, turns out to be a very grim one indeed - especially for Hamyadis...

Ur Not Wise Lad

Author: Gary McGilloway
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728385008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
This story starts of with me talking to a friend about an idea that I have going through my head. Its about two men who become friends after meeting at support group for out of work Terrorist. The two men only know each other by nick names like Orange Crusher an Green Avenger. When they finely learn each other’s name, they have at least become somewhat close. Orange Crusher is King William King and Green Avenger is Kiral O’Tool. He’s a real spanner. William gets shot by Kiral’s brother, Patrick who has taken a real spite against William just be cause he’s a Protestant. A friend of William’s comes back from England where he was living for years. William finds out that his friend, Scott, has Cancer and has come home to die. A lot of secrets start to come to light some of Scott and William’s wife, Jane. But the worst of all is about William and Scott and Kiral’s parents. But before all that, Kiral’s daughter, Mary, gets attacked and ends up in Hospital in a coma after been kicked in the head by three little thieving bastards. William offers his help to Kiral to get the wee fuckers