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Duncan Matthew James Inglis (born 7 April 1978) is an English singer, actor and television presenter. He became widely known in 2001 as a member of the boy band Blue and later for playing Ryan Knight in the British soap opera Hollyoaks. Early life James grew up in Dorset as an only child, and was raised primarily by his mother Fiona Inglis and his grandparents, after his father abandoned his mother before he was born. He was raised a "strict Catholic" and educated at Dumpton School in Wimborne (where his grandfather worked as a music teacher), Milldown School (Blandford Forum), Corfe Hills School (Broadstone), and Sidmouth College (East Devon). At the age of 15 he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes for Sidmouth Youth Theatre. Career 2000–2005: Career with Blue James, along with Antony Costa, convinced Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe in early 2000 to form the group Blue. Blue's R&B-influenced pop allowed the group to achieve commercial success in the United Kingdom and many other countries, including Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, France, Australia and New Zealand. The band released their debut single "All Rise" in May 2001 and it reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Their follow up single, "Too Close", was released in August 2001 peaking at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. They went on to achieve a second number one in November with the ballad "If You Come Back". The album All Rise was released in time for Christmas and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, eventually selling in excess of 1.8 million albums in the UK. The final single from the album, "Fly By II", reached No. 6 in March 2002. Their second studio album, One Love, was released in October 2002; it entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1 and sold more than 150,000 copies. Three singles were released from the album: "One Love", which peaked at No. 3, "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", featuring vocals from Elton John, which peaked at No. 1, and "U Make Me Wanna", which peaked at No. 4. Their third studio album, Guilty, was released in autumn 2003; it too entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1, and sold 100,000 copies in the week of release. The album spawned four singles, including "Guilty", which peaked at No. 2, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours", featuring vocals from Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone, which peaked at No. 11, "Breathe Easy", which peaked at No. 4, and "Bubblin'", which peaked at No. 9. Two compilation albums Best of Blue and 4ever Blue were released in 2004 and 2005 respectively. 4ever Blue included three tracks only previously performed in Japan: "The Gift", "It's Alright" and "Elements". It is indicated in the album booklet that a live version of "Lonely This Christmas" from the TV show CD:UK was intended to be track seven on the album; however, this was removed from the track listing for unknown reasons. The album was available in several European countries, as well as Japan, Thailand and China; however, it was a commercial failure, and failed to chart anywhere. The album was not released in the UK, despite copies being widely available. 2006–2010: Future Past, stage and television James returned to the music scene in May 2006 with his solo single "Sooner or Later", releasing the video in early May and planning to release the single commercially on 5 June 2006. The video reached No. 2 on The Box and No. 5 on The Hits. However, the single was no commercial success and entered the British charts at No. 35, before slipping down to No. 72 in its second week. "Can't Stop a River" was James's next single. Released on 21 August 2006, the track only reached No. 59 in the UK and No. 97 in Ireland. In continental Europe, where "Can't Stop a River" was released a day earlier than in the UK, it similarly proved unpopular, dropping out of the singles charts in many countries such as France, Turkey, Germany, and Belgium. James' album also fell short, selling less than 1,000 copies in the UK in its first week (and failing to reach the Top 50). The album sold a total of 412,350 copies around the world. Although his debut album Future Past did not do as well as hoped (except in Italy, where it reached No. 2 on the chart and was certified platinum for shipments of 80,000 copies), on 2 February 2007, music channel B4 premièred the video for "Amazed", his new single which was scheduled to be released on 12 March 2007. However, there was once again a lack of interest. The release was cancelled and James was dropped from his recording contract. He has since announced he has quit his solo career. In 2007 he appeared in the West End production of Chicago. He completed ten more weeks in Chicago from 10 December 2007 until 9 February 2008. He appeared in an episode of The Bill entitled "The Morning After", which aired on 1 January 2009. It was confirmed in February 2009 that James had been selected to replace Denise Van Outen as presenter of Grease: The School Musical, the sequel to Hairspray: The School Musical. Filming commenced in early 2009. In May 2009, James announced the UK's voting in the Eurovision Song Contest. He presented Hannah-Oke on Disney Channel UK, a singing and dancing contest based on the popular Disney TV series Hannah Montana. He also appeared on Celebrity Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? and raised £10,000 for his charities. In 2006, James appeared with the other members of the boyband Blue on 26 June episode of Ministry of Mayhem, where James and the other band members were all hypnotised by UK stage hypnotist David Days. James has worked occasionally as a television presenter, having presented the 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust (2003 and 2004), and ITV2's coverage of the TV series Soapstar Superstar, along with Jayne Middlemiss. His other presenting work includes Pop City Live, Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004, T4 Movie Special: Spider-Man 2, Record of the Year: Downloaded and GMTV's Entertainment Today. He took part on ITV1's Dancing on Ice in 2007, when he made it to the grand final alongside rugby player Kyran Bracken and actress Clare Buckfield. He came third in the contest, although was unable to perform his Bolero performance. In 2007, James played himself in the pilot episode of Plus One, which was part of Channel 4's Comedy Showcase. A full series was broadcast in 2009, in which he played a broad caricature of himself called "Duncan From Blue". He made an appearance on a new show for Sky One, Guinness World Records Smashed, performing with Festival4Stars contestants. It aired in November 2008. In 2008 he became an Ambassador of Festival4Stars talent competition after he judged a national final. James was cast as one of the leads in the musical Legally Blonde (adapted from the film Legally Blonde) as it transferred from Broadway to London's West End in December 2009. He played opposite Sheridan Smith as Elle, and Aoife Mulholland as Brooke. In December 2009, James appeared as Warner Huntin.... Discover the Duncan James popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Duncan James books.
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Und ruhe in Frieden
Deborah CrombieInspector Duncan Kincaid und seine Kollegin Sergeant Gemma James, die sich auch privat zugetan sind, stehen vor einem neuen Fall. Als Connor Swann tot aus der Themse gezogen wird, ...
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The Traveller
Duncan JamesBritish and American intelligence agencies discover that the Chinese are carrying out secret research with the North Koreans to develop new nuclear weapons. A daring and dangerous ...
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A Share in Death
Deborah CrombieIn this “thoroughly entertaining mystery with a cleverly conceived and wellexecuted plot” (Booklist), Edgar Awardnominated author Deborah Crombie introduces us to Duncan Kincaid of...
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Ecotourism in Bolivia, Chile and Argentina
Duncan JamesAn ecotourism site guide for Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.This is a compilation of three nature travel guides: ‘Wildlife of Amboro National Park, Boliva’; ‘Birds of Chile’ and; ‘Bi...
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Spy People
Duncan JamesIn this Duncan James sequel to ‘Motorbike Men’, Russian agents are uncovered at the heart of one of the UK’s most secret intelligence agencies. The spies escape before they can be ...
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Take Me Home
Duncan JamesA farmer and his wife, on a shopping visit to their quiet Hampshire village, find a young boy wandering in the High Street. Nobody appears to be looking for the boy, who is obvious...
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No Mark upon Her
Deborah CrombieNew York Times Notable author Deborah Crombie is regularly named among the greats of Britishset crime fiction (P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Elizabeth George et al) for her riveting po...
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Wildlife of Tasmania
Duncan JamesPlease note that this is a legacy travel guide with older information. It still has value thanks to its unique recommended publictransport vacation itinerary but some things will n...
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What Your Preacher Or Bible Teacher Never Told You
Tony DuncanJesus the Master Teacher asked questions. Why? What? How? Tony Duncan asks "Where" and thus challenges Bible Students to find the facts in their Bibles. Yes, these little known fac...
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Wer im Dunkeln bleibt
Deborah CrombieDer neue Fall aus der BestsellerSerie um Duncan Kincaid und Gemma James.Am Londoner St. Pancras Bahnhof wird ein Bombenanschlag verübt, bei dem mehrere Menschen sterben. Ryan March...
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Mastering the Metal
Zack Moore, Eddie Bravo & James WatsonOver the last two decades, Eddie Bravo has been at the forefront of revolutions we’ve seen in the arts of fighting, comedy, and podcasting. But he wasn’t alone in his journey.For j...
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A Bridge of Letters
Duncan JamesAn estranged father and son, who have kept in touch for years through an exchange of letters, unexpectedly meet in Hong Kong. It is a near fatal meeting, when his son nearly kills ...
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To Dwell in Darkness
Deborah CrombieIn the tradition of Elizabeth George, Louise Penny, and P. D. James, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie delivers a powerful tale of intrigue, betrayal, and lies that...
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Dreaming of the Bones
Deborah CrombieIt is the call Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid never expected and one he certainly doesn't want. Victoria, his exwife, who walked out without an explanation more than ...
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Macbeth
Harold BloomFrom Harold Bloom, the greatest Shakespeare scholar of our time, comes a portrait of Macbeth, one of William Shakespeare’s most complex and compelling antiheroesthe final volume in...
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Mourn Not Your Dead
Deborah CrombieIn this superb and engaging mystery from awardwinning author Deborah Crombie, a powerful policeman is found brutally murdered in his kitchen just outside of London and Scotland Yar...
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A Bitter Feast
Deborah Crombie"Crombie’s characters are rich, emotionally textured, fully human. They are the remarkable creations of a remarkable writer."Louise Penny“Nobody writes the modern English mystery t...
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All Shall Be Well
Deborah CrombieFrom an author who is “writing in P.D. James territory” (Associated Press) comes a compelling Scotland Yard detective novel in the entertaining Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James serie...
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James Paul Duncan v. State Indiana
Supreme Court Of Indiana(Burns 1975) [hereinafter referred to as "Conspiracy,"] and Possession of Burglar Tools by a Convicted Felon, Ind. Code § 351381 (Burns 1975) (repealed 1976 Ind. Acts, Pub. L. No....
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Motorbike Men
Duncan JamesIn the first two books of this trilogy (“Cashback” and “Their Own Game”), mysterious and unexplained men on motorbikes appear from time to time. This final book explains their top ...
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In a Dark House
Deborah CrombieAn abandoned Southwark warehouse burns next door to a women's shelter for victims of spousal abuse. Within it lies the charred corpse of a female body burned beyond all recognition...
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Junk and Other Short Stories
Duncan JamesThis collection of twelve short stories, with subjects ranging from scifi to spy thriller, from humour to history and from family to finance is written by the author of the trilogy...
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The Sound of Broken Glass
Deborah CrombieScotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound of Broken Glass, a captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past wit...
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Necessary as Blood
Deborah CrombieNecessary As Blood is the latest entry in Deborah Crombie’s New York Times Notable, Edgar®, Agatha, and Macavity Awardsnominated mystery series featuring Scotland Yard detectives D...
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A Finer End
Deborah CrombieScotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James return in another spellbinding novel of mysteriesone contemporary, one ancientan investig...
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Where Memories Lie
Deborah Crombie“Chilling and humane….Skillful and subtle….A deeply moving novel that transcends genre.” Richmond Times DispatchA sinister mystery that leads all the way back to the Holocaust ensn...
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Death By Drowning
Duncan JamesThere is one day every year when the good people of Insch, near Stranraer, keep well away from their Kirk. It is the home of the ensign of HMS Rodney, and strange things happen on ...
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The Basketball 100
The Athletic & Dan KaufmanA celebration of basketball by way of the 100 greatest players to ever grace the court in the history of the NBAfrom The Athletic’s foremost basketball writers and analysts the gam...
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James Paul Duncan v. State Indiana
Supreme Court of Indiana No. 479S105The defendant, James Paul Duncan, was convicted by a jury of seven counts of unlawful dealing in schedule II controlled substances, Ind. Code § 3524.14.12 (Burns 1975), and one cou...
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Junk and other short stories
Duncan JamesThis collection of twelve short stories, with subjects ranging from scifi to spy thriller, from humour to history and from family to finance is written by the author of the trilogy...
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A Killing of Innocents
Deborah CrombieNew York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a “gripping police procedural” (Washington Post) featuring Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James as they ra...
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Mandatory Murder
Steven SchubertA compelling true story of homicide and injustice in an outback townAt first it looked like a swag, said the grader driver. He'd found the body just off the road outside the outbac...
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Garden of Lamentations
Deborah CrombieScotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbingand deadlycomplications for their own lives in this powerful myst...
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Now May You Weep
Deborah CrombieNewly appointed Detective Inspector Gemma James has never thought to question her friend Hazel Cavendish about her past. So it is quite a shock when Gemma learns that their holiday...
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Confessions
Saint Augustine & R. S. Pine-Coffin'Give me chastity and continence, but not yet'The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting worldviews. The Confe...
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Denn nie bist du allein
Deborah CrombieIn einer alten Lagerhalle in den Londoner Docklands wird die verbrannte Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden. Eine erste Spur führt Superintendent Duncan Kincaid in eine soziale Einri...
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Von fremder Hand
Deborah CrombieGlastonbury in Somerset ist eine Pilgerstätte für NewAgeApostel, denn an diesem Ort soll sich das sagenhafte Avalon befunden haben. Hier beginnt der Architekt Jack Montfort, in ein...
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Happy Landings
Duncan JamesA humorous tale of assumption, supposition and realisation between a pilot and a young press photographer.
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And Justice There Is None
Deborah CrombieAwardwinning author Deborah Crombie has elevated the modern mystery novel to new heights of human drama and multilayered suspense with her critically acclaimed tales of intrigue fe...
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Water Like a Stone
Deborah CrombieWhen Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit, and Toby for a holiday visit to his family in Cheshire, Gemma is soon entranced with Nantwich's pretty buildings ...
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Cashback
Duncan JamesEngland's worldfamous folk hero lives on in the computer age, as brilliant Oxford mathematician Jonathan Hood, for obvious reasons known as Robin, sets out to prove to the world s ...
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Music City Inc. v. Estate of James Duncan
Colorado Court of Appeals"15412. Party in interest may not testify, when. (1) No party to any civil action, suit or proceeding, or person directly interested in the event thereof, shall be allowed to test...
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Kissed a Sad Goodbye
Deborah CrombieScotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James face their most haunting case yet when the past devastatingly intersects with the present....The call from Scotland Yard couldn't hav...