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Whose Turn for the Stairs?

by Robert Douglas ...

This is an utterly charming story about twelve families and their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community and friendly neighbourhood bonds are soon back in place. There is young love for Rhea and Robert; a surprising new start for James; a change of direction for George; and all overseen by the matriarch of ... Read more

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This is an utterly charming story about twelve families and their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community and friendly neighbourhood bonds are soon back in place. There is young love for Rhea and Robert; a surprising new start for James; a change of direction for George; and all overseen by the matriarch of
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Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball

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Glasgow, 1971. The old way of life is under threat for the tight-knit community in Dalbeattie Street, Maryhill. The shadow of the wrecker's ball looms large over their homes, and they must face the choice of moving to a new estate or dispersing throughout the city. But powerful friendships refuse to be broken. These characters have gone through too much together to be destroyed by some measly ... Read more

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Glasgow, 1971. The old way of life is under threat for the tight-knit community in Dalbeattie Street, Maryhill. The shadow of the wrecker's ball looms large over their homes, and they must face the choice of moving to a new estate or dispersing throughout the city. But powerful friendships refuse to be broken. These characters have gone through too much together to be destroyed by some measly
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Somewhere To Lay My Head

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We left Robert a long way from home, a sixteen-year-old recruit in the RAF. Now, we follow his escape from the Forces (until National Service a few years later!), his return to Glasgow and life down the pit. Once more, Robert's fantastic memory for people, places and anecdotes, combined with an ear for individual voices and the brilliant ability to evoke a bygone sense of community, will enchant ... Read more

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We left Robert a long way from home, a sixteen-year-old recruit in the RAF. Now, we follow his escape from the Forces (until National Service a few years later!), his return to Glasgow and life down the pit. Once more, Robert's fantastic memory for people, places and anecdotes, combined with an ear for individual voices and the brilliant ability to evoke a bygone sense of community, will enchant
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Staying On Past the Terminus

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Glasgow 1961.It is ten years since we last visited the close at 18 Dalbeattie Street in Maryhill.The stalwarts are still there...Ella, Drena, Rhea and 'Granny' Thomson (86).Irma the German war bride speaks fluent Scots nowadays. Well, 'Fluent' if you were brought up in the same close as the Broons and Oor Wullie.Glasgow's beloved trams still run on the Maryhill Road. But not for long. There will ... Read more

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Glasgow 1961.It is ten years since we last visited the close at 18 Dalbeattie Street in Maryhill.The stalwarts are still there...Ella, Drena, Rhea and 'Granny' Thomson (86).Irma the German war bride speaks fluent Scots nowadays. Well, 'Fluent' if you were brought up in the same close as the Broons and Oor Wullie.Glasgow's beloved trams still run on the Maryhill Road. But not for long. There will
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At Her Majesty's Pleasure

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In the final instalment in his autobiographical trilogy, Robert Douglas takes us through the sixties and into the eighties with his memories of life as a prison officer, and, at the end of his career, as an electricity chargehand driving around the Yorkshire Dales. He tells us of his prison experiences, with anecdotes about many of the most famous criminals in British history -- the Krays, the ... Read more

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In the final instalment in his autobiographical trilogy, Robert Douglas takes us through the sixties and into the eighties with his memories of life as a prison officer, and, at the end of his career, as an electricity chargehand driving around the Yorkshire Dales. He tells us of his prison experiences, with anecdotes about many of the most famous criminals in British history -- the Krays, the
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Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood

by Robert Douglas ...

This is a wonderfully colourful and deeply poignant memoir of growing up in a 'single end' - one room in a Glasgow tenement - during and immediately after the Second World War. Although young Robert Douglas's life was blighted by the cruel if sporadic presence of his father, it was equally blessed by the love of his mother, Janet. While the story of their life together is in some ways very sad, it ... Read more

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This is a wonderfully colourful and deeply poignant memoir of growing up in a 'single end' - one room in a Glasgow tenement - during and immediately after the Second World War. Although young Robert Douglas's life was blighted by the cruel if sporadic presence of his father, it was equally blessed by the love of his mother, Janet. While the story of their life together is in some ways very sad, it
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Long Ago in American Samoa and Other Memories

by Robert Douglas ...

These stories are memories of remote and somewhat primitve American Samoa in 1932-34 and later adulthood memories of submarines, a bungled introduction to President Truman, his dog's midadventures, his father's feats, dancing, unusual uses of English, piano playing, cats as pets, Christmas letters, celestial navigation, and assorted other events in the life of a naval officer, editor, and retiree. ... Read more

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These stories are memories of remote and somewhat primitve American Samoa in 1932-34 and later adulthood memories of submarines, a bungled introduction to President Truman, his dog's midadventures, his father's feats, dancing, unusual uses of English, piano playing, cats as pets, Christmas letters, celestial navigation, and assorted other events in the life of a naval officer, editor, and retiree.
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The Turning Point

1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World

by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst ...

A major new biography that takes an unusual and illuminating approach to the great writer—immersing us in one year of his life—from the award-winning author of Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice.The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty, and disease. It is also a turbulent year in ... Read more

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A major new biography that takes an unusual and illuminating approach to the great writer—immersing us in one year of his life—from the award-winning author of Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice.The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty, and disease. It is also a turbulent year in
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Night Terrors Vol. 5

Short Horror Stories Anthology

by Scare Street, David Turton, Bob Johnston, Bryan Wolford, Peter Cronsberry, Nicholas Paschall, Matias Travieso-Diaz, Karl Melton, Richard Beauchamp, Robert Douglas, Mark Towse, Justin Boote, Samuel Thomas Fraser, Sam Lesek, Drew Starling, Ron Ripley ...

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The dark side is waiting…Fish N’ Chips lead a curious traveler to a sinister island, where the residents are more than they seem. Forbidden occult knowledge strands a pair of friends in a terrifying nexus of evil. And an ancient ice storm forces a wandering tribe to choose between following a bloodthirsty shaman, or the glowing lights in the sky…Venture into new realms of terror with Scare Street ... Read more

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The dark side is waiting…Fish N’ Chips lead a curious traveler to a sinister island, where the residents are more than they seem. Forbidden occult knowledge strands a pair of friends in a terrifying nexus of evil. And an ancient ice storm forces a wandering tribe to choose between following a bloodthirsty shaman, or the glowing lights in the sky…Venture into new realms of terror with Scare Street
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Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals, Second Edition

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THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIMEReal success is about the future, not the past. As a supervisor, you'll be most effective if you concentrate on setting goals for your employees, rather than assessing past events and behaviors.This completely revised and updated second edition of Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals provides hundreds of precisely worded performance ... Read more

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THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIMEReal success is about the future, not the past. As a supervisor, you'll be most effective if you concentrate on setting goals for your employees, rather than assessing past events and behaviors.This completely revised and updated second edition of Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals provides hundreds of precisely worded performance
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The Story of Alice

Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland

by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst ...

An examination of the lives of author Lewis Carroll & Alice Liddell and the creation of the "Alice" stories & their ongoing popularity.Following his acclaimed life of Dickens, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst illuminates the tangled history of two lives and two books. Drawing on numerous unpublished sources, he examines in detail the peculiar friendship between the Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson ... Read more

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An examination of the lives of author Lewis Carroll & Alice Liddell and the creation of the "Alice" stories & their ongoing popularity.Following his acclaimed life of Dickens, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst illuminates the tangled history of two lives and two books. Drawing on numerous unpublished sources, he examines in detail the peculiar friendship between the Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson
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Watergate Exposed

A Confidential Informant Reveals How the President of the United States and the Watergate Burglars Were Set-Up. by Robert Merritt as told to Douglas Caddy, Original Attorney for the Watergate Seven

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Disclosing new factual material about the Watergate scandal, this provocative exposé of the famed break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972, reveals that the burglars were set up, and explains how our historical consciousness has been altered to obscure the truth. Written by a confidential informant, this never-before-told story rewrites the accepted truth of the scandal ... Read more

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Disclosing new factual material about the Watergate scandal, this provocative exposé of the famed break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972, reveals that the burglars were set up, and explains how our historical consciousness has been altered to obscure the truth. Written by a confidential informant, this never-before-told story rewrites the accepted truth of the scandal
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