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Time to leap into the Cortina as Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt roar back into action in a brand new installment of Life on Mars.‘Women in the Force?! It’s against nature! Just look what happened here when they let Cartwright in. Like bloody Yoko, she’s been.’The team at CID is falling apart. Internal conflicts are stretching loyalties, wrecking friendships and turning A-Division against itself. And somehow, with their department splitting like Rod Stewart’s tightest trousers, DCI Gene Hunt and DI Sam Tyler must deal with a case that is leaving dead coppers all over the city, threatening to destroy the mighty Guv’nor himself, and sees Annie Cartwright pursued by a killer who will let nothing stop him – not even death.

Now fully revised and updated with new content. Steve Wright selects the weirdest, most fascinating and entertaining trivia from around the world, as read out on his hit Radio 2 show, Steve Wright in the Afternoon.Steve Wright is one of the top names in broadcasting on Radio today. He has been a popular and enduring fixture of BBC's flagship stations for more than 20 years, presenting Radio 1's Breakfast Show before moving to Radio 2, where he now hosts Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs – the most listened to show on radio – and Steve Wright in the Afternoon, to which almost a third of the listening public tune in. Both shows are heard around the world. Steve has also presented BBC television shows during the prestigious Saturday evening slot, and has won the Radio Personality of the Year award.One of the most popular features of Steve Wright in the Afternoon is Factoids, a hilarious, fascinating and informative insight into the world of strange and bizarre trivia from around the globe. No subject is off-limits and even the most boring of categories will provide an amazing fact.Steve Wright's Book of Factoids will bring together the very best of these in one book, plus Steve will provide explanations, commentary and anecdotes to fully support and enhance this entertaining collection of hundreds of fun facts. The book will also be illustrated with a variety of humorous photos and drawings, adding another dimension of reading pleasure to set this book apart from the competition. An ideal book for all those seeking knowledge – of the weird kind – and a perfect gift book for Christmas.

After the phenomenal success of Steve Wright’s Book of Factoids, Steve returns with Further Factoids, bringing together the weirdest and most extraordinary factoids from BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon.Steve Wright, one of nation's favourite DJs, is a man with a brain the size of a small planet. Unfortunately for him, this brain appears to be filled with trivia that would make Magnus Magnuson green with envy. Fortunately for us, he has decided to let his brain gush out into another hilarious, fascinating and informative compendium of strange and bizarre facts from around the world.For example, did you know that:• Worcestershire sauce is basically anchovy ketchup?• They add liquid detergent to our favourite bevvy in beer commercials to make it foam more?• Austria was the first country ever to use postcards?• A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit Little Ant and Dec inside?Bringing together more of the strangest and most hilarious factoids from Steve's show, he provides explanations, commentary and anecdotes to enhance this entertaining collection of hundreds of fun facts.

A ghost of Christmas past…Heiress Sara Johnson is shocked when the step-brother she believed was dead returns to Colorado to claim his inheritance! It might be the season of good will, but Crofton Parks seems determined to destroy his late father’s empire.Sparks fly as Crofton and Sara are forced to work together, and soon she begins to uncover the secrets behind his disappearance and need for revenge. But a far more unsettling discovery is the desire he awakens in Sara…this roguish rancher might just claim her heart by Christmas!

The perfect lie…Violet Drummond can’t face another office Christmas party as a singleton, but charismatic family friend Cameron McKinnon seems like the perfectly platonic plus one for the festive season. Until he reveals his plan to make Violet his convenient fiancee!Wealthy Architect Cameron sees this charade as the perfect escape hatch from the unwelcome attention of an important client’s wife, but soon fake feelings shift to real attraction…There’s only one thing Cameron wants to unwrap on Christmas morning – the staid suit from Violet’s lush body – and he’s willing to push the boundaries of their agreement to accommodate his growing desire…