"Queen: The Early Years" by Mark Hodkinson offers an authentic account of Queen's rise to fame, featuring interviews with over 60 friends and colleagues of the band. The book presents a captivating collection of anecdotes and includes previously unseen early photographs of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon.
The Rochdale team of 1973-74 are considered the worst to play in the Football League. They finished bottom of the third division, winning just two of 46 league matches. Meanwhile, the country was in meltdown. A three-day working week came in as inflation took hold and mineworkers went on strike. This is part sports book, part social history.
This love letter to reading is a philosophical take on why we read and collect books, told through a working-class lens Mark Hodkinson grew up among the terrace houses of Rochdale in a house with just one book. Today, Mark is an author, journalist and publisher. He still lives in Rochdale but is now surrounded by 3,500 titles - at the last count. No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy is his story of growing up a working-class lad during the 1970s and 1980s. It's about the schools, the music, the people - but pre-eminently and profoundly the books and authors that led the way and shaped his life. It's about a family who didn't see the point of reading, and a troubled grandad who taught Mark the power of stories. It's also a story of how writing and reading has changed over the last five decades.
Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first ally to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945.He kept his story from the world until a chance correspondence with a trainee journalist brought it to light. Now, forty years on, that reporter is ready to share Herbert's incredible tale with the world.With unprecedented access to Herbert's diaries, letters and interviews, Mark Hodkinson brings to life the harrowing conditions of Bergen-Belsen and its eventual liberation. From the events leading up to its gruesome discovery, to the trauma Herbert faced and his abandonment in the aftermath, this is a testament to the power of one person in the face of unimaginable darkness.This is the tale of an ordinary man thrown into an extraordinary, life-changing situation. How can a person cope when they come face-to-face with history's darkest moment? Herbert Kenny was that man. This is his story.
DAS Buch für die ganze Familie - zum Kino-Ereignis 2015. Mit vielen Bildern und dem grandiosen Abenteuer zum Vorlesen: Zwei Tierkinder müssen sich vor der großen Flut retten! Zwar steht eine Arche bereit, aber leider stehen nicht alle Tiere auf der Passagierliste. So auch Finny und Leah, die es zwar mit einiger List auf das Schiff schaffen, aber in letzter Sekunde ins Wasser fallen. Plötzlich sind die beiden Tierkinder allein und aufeinander angewiesen, doch mithilfe neuer Freunde schaffen sie es bis zur rettenden Bergspitze.