Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve a forensic crisis in this explosive new novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. When Jessie Beale comes to see...
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Auteur:Hammond, RichardSommaire:Gripping account by Richard Hammond of life before and after his terrifying high-speed car crash.
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Auteur:Mallinson, AllanSommaire:The year is 1829 and Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey has been promised command of his regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. Before he can take up his post, however, there is a six-month assignment as an observer with the Russian army, an...
- Auteur:Fleming, IanSommaire:
In his Alpine base, Blofeld is developing biological weapons that will devastate Britain. Unaware of the danger, James Bond is about to marry Teresa di Vicenzo. But then he is sent to Switzerland. Bond's marriage and Blofeld's...
- Auteur:Law, Michael JohnSommaire:
In the decade of economic expansion following the Second World War, many ordinary Americans travelled abroad for the first time. Those who visited Britain were surprised to find that the people they encountered were not the aristocrats...
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Auteur:Dixon, PaulSommaire:The conflict in Northern Ireland since 1969 has cost over 3,600 lives and about 100,000 people in Northern Ireland live in a household where someone has been injured in a troubles-related incident. This has been a key issue in British...
- Auteur:Gregory, PhilippaSommaire:
"Lively, timely and gloriously energetic. Each page bursts with life, and every chapter swirls with personalities left out of traditional narratives of Britain's past. Philippa Gregory has produced something rare and wonderful...
- Auteur:Putney, Mary Jo.Sommaire:
Grey Sommers is conducting a bit of light espionage in France when a dalliance with a government official's wife gets him thrown into a dungeon. Enter beguiling spy Cassie Fox, sent to free the suffering lord--and perhaps to liberate...
- Auteur:Heath, VirginiaSommaire:
"Filled with fabulously British banter, wit, and heart, this delightful book is one of my must-read rom coms of the year." - Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Portrait of a Scotsman. "Virginia Heath's fun...
- Auteur:Gilly, William O. S.Sommaire:
"[...]master was at the wheel; the captain stood by to con and to direct his steering. At one fearful crisis, every blast threatened to shiver a sail, or to carry away a spar, and a single false movement of the helmsman, or the...
- Auteur:Needham, LindaSommaire:
As wealthy Lord Everingham conducts an official investigation of a bloody political confrontation, his work is criticized in scathing publications written by a rogue calling himself Captain Spindleshanks. Furious, Everingham orders the...
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Auteur:Edwards, Helen, Smith, Jenny LeeSommaire:Helen grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them, but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother and violent father. Behind closed...
- Auteur:HAMILTON, WillieSommaire:
What is the role of the monarchy in Britain today? Is the Queen really a non-political figure? How much does the Crown exist in the interests of ordinary people, and are they receiving value for money? All these and many other...
- Auteur:Pritchett, GeorgiaSommaire:
When comedy writer Georgia Pritchett found herself lost for words, she turned to a therapist, who suggested she write down some of her worries. But instead, Georgia wrote this book on living, and thriving, with anxiety.
- Auteur:Illsley, JohnSommaire:
Dire Straits filled giant stadiums around the world and sold hundreds of millions of records. Their classic songs-'Sultans of Swing', 'Romeo & Juliet', 'Money for Nothing', 'Brothers in Arms'-...
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Auteur:Hawking, StephenSommaire:Recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his postwar London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Writing with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about the challenges that...
- Auteur:Falconer, ColinSommaire:
'Nick Davis first saw Daniela Simonici in the American Bar of the Athenee Palace Hotel in Bucharest in June of 1940. He couldn't take his eyes off her. The city was full of beautiful women, penniless countesses and fox-furred...
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A collection of writings by disabled women, in which they share, sometimes with humour, the everyday reality of their lives, and seek to challenge the cliches and misconceptions commonly held about disabled people.
- Auteur:Fraser, AntoniaSommaire:
Biographer Antonia Fraser recounts her 33 years with husband Harold Pinter--a Nobel Prize winner and one of the most acclaimed modern-day playwrights. Here Antonia draws an intimate portrait of her marriage to Pinter--and reveals him to...
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Auteur:Edwards, Ruth DudleySommaire:For many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High Church gays, so when Norman Cooper, an austere, intolerant, happy-clappy evangelist, is appointed dean, there is shock, outrage and fear. David Elworthy, the...
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