Nick Harris

The definitive biography of motor cycling legend Barry Sheene

Carshalton, Wallington and Beddington

The book of Proverbs has been a source of wisdom and guidance for individuals, families and churches for centuries. After retiring, the author started a daily devotional and posted it on social media. This book is the fruit of those labors. Each verse is pondered thoughtfully and is followed by a brief prayer.

Christmas comes but once a year... and in the world of the grumpy bloke, that’s once too often! But turn that frown upside down with the hundreds of jokes and one-liners in this book of festive fun.There’s nothing like a good laugh to chase away the winter blues or cheer yourself up and, let’s face it, some people need it more than others! Make sure the grumpy bloke in your life is well entertained (even when he really doesn’t want to be) by the gags and jokes in this whopping compendium of Christmas funnies from a veritable master of the art, Nick Harris.From Christmas jumpers to sad-sack Santas and from broken tree lights to shocking Christmas dinners, there are jokes aplenty to raise a smile in even the grumpiest bloke ... okay then, a chortle ... the merest hint of an upturned lip ...? Oh, come on, it’s FUNNY!

'The unmistakable voice of Moto GP' - Valentino RossiAs 'The Voice' of motorcycle racing for forty years, commentator Nick Harris became the biggest star not on two wheels in the paddock, and this is his mostly eye-witness, white-knuckle account of MotoGP's scorching seventy-year history.The story starts on the Isle of Man in 1949, when Geoff Duke, with his slicked-back hair and one-piece black leathers, became the nation's hero, defying the odds and winning the most dangerous race in the world on a British-built Norton. Just over a decade later at Mallory Park, another British champion and one of the greatest riders of all time Mike Hailwood screamed past a young Nick Harris on his 250cc Honda, and a life-long passion was born.Harris has been at the centre of the sport for decades, getting to know the riders as individuals, seeings feuds unfold, champions made, careers and sometimes lives ended. We'll see the biggest podium stars up close, from Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts to Valentino Rossi, and we'll meet the mechanics behind them, the manufacturers who poured millions into the teams, and the organisers who, in the early days, ruthlessly compromised rider safety for profits. The drama has often been as tense off the track as on it.This is the book the motorcycling world has been waiting for.

An essential and practical handbook on choosing and mixing colours successfully.Choosing and mixing colours successfully in different media is all about creating the maximum colour range from the minimum number of paints. In this comprehensive guide, the authors - all experts in the field - show you how to approach watercolours, acrylics and oils in terms of mixing, blending and diluting them to achieve a wide range of effects.Whether you are an amateur or a professional, The Art of Colour Mixing provides a handy source of invaluable information on how to get the most from your paints in terms of colour. This is a book that should be on all painter's reference shelves.

When you’re feeling disappointed or just a little blue, there’s nothing like good a laugh at some groanworthy jokes to raise the spirits – and that’s what you’ll get with this whopping compendium. With all-time classic subjects such as bankers, the battle of the sexes and Doctor, Doctor, as well as cheeky wordplay and one-liners, Nick Harris has collected together a bumper crop of mirth to turn that frown upside down!

Tae Hyun buys a mirror for his wife as a present. No one in his family has ever seen a mirror before. When the family members look in the mirror, they don't recognize themselves. Will they figure out that they are looking at their own reflection?

Tae Hyun buys a mirror for his wife as a present. No one in his family has ever seen a mirror before. When the family members look in the mirror, they don’t recognize themselves. Will they figure out that they are looking at their own reflection?

Edward Payson Weston's 3,100-mile walk from California to New York, completed on 3 May 1910, was one of his great achievements, but only one. It took him just 77 days. He was 71 years old. For half a century Weston was one of the most famous people in the English-speaking world, as the first age of international celebrity unfolded. The godfather of the pedestrianism movement, he criss-crossed Britain and America on foot earning fame, fortune and notoriety in an athletic career that saw him complete some of the most amazing endurance feats ever witnessed. In this entertaining and wide-ranging book, co-authors Nick Harris, Helen Harris and Paul Marshall, skillfully recreate a vanished world to tell one of the most amazing stories in sporting history. Part social history, part biography, part exposition of the seedy underbelly of Victorian society, this is a work that draws in elements of sporting genius, high stakes gambling, drug abuse, and marital scandal. A Man in a Hurry is one man's flamboyant athletic journey from the Gold Rush to the Jazz Age, the story of a dreamer, schemer and ladies man who met with Presidents and royalty, crooks and knaves.With its colourful detail, historical context and readable style, this groundbreaking work is an important addition to the sports literature canon.

Canning Town Voices

This book is part of the Archive Photographs series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.

Until the middle of the last century Forest Gate was little more than the cattle-retraining barrier between Wanstead Flats adn the Woodford Road after which it is named. However, the opening of the Eastern Countries Railway station at FOrest Gate in 1841 encouraged settlement in spite of some resistance from the existing residents. An area which had been primarily the home of a small group of wealthy families, including the Gurneys and Listers, now grew rapidly. Developments such as the Woodgrange Estate provided accommodation for the increasing numbers of people moving out of the Metropolis and by the turn of the century 350,000 people each month were using the railway station. Despite this growth Forest Gate has managed to retain much if its Victorian suburban character. This fascinating collection of nearly 200 old photographs from the London Borough of Newham's Local Studies Library vividly illustrates a century of development and change in this still distinct area of East London.