In the Great War 1914-18 the Royal Navy operated some 200 dirigibles-non-rigid airships-primarily in protection of coastal shipping, spotting U-boats and mines ahead of convoys. It was effective...
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Author: Fullerton, AlexanderSummary:
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Author: O'CONNOR, NiamhSummary:
The Director, Forensic Science Laboratory in Ireland reveals the power of forensics in cracking crime - often from a clue as minute as a single hair.
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Author: Brand, MaxSummary:
When Tag Enderby broke with Dan Malley's outlaw gang, Malley swore to kill him.
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Author: Yorke, MargaretSummary:
Susan Trent is in her sixties. She ought to be well satisfied with her lot. Instead she lives in terror of her semi-employed, abusive, middle-aged son.
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Author: Sheldon, SidneySummary:
From Paris to Washington, Hollywood to the Greek Islands, against the glittering world of theatre, films, high finance and beautiful people, four star-crossed lives play out a deadly game of...
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Author: Silverberg, RobertSummary:
This novel takes us to a strange and distant world dominated by a gigantic mountain, Kosa Saag. No human lowlander has ever reached its peak although countless have tried and perished. This is the...
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Author: Silvester, FrankSummary:
Van Bullen had lots of stamina, as his trail-driving work showed. However, he misguidedly bucked the law and duly clashed with the vicious Boulestin outlaws.
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Author: Rendell, RuthSummary:
There hadn't been anything like this kind of rain in living memory. The River Brede had burst its banks, and not a single house in the valley had escaped flooding. The Subaqua Task Force...
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Author: Rey, BretSummary:
Texas Ranger Sam Buck has a double assignment as he heads towards Goldwell; to recapture escaped convict Dick Conroy and to assist County Sheriff Emerson to apprehend an assassin who kills and...
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Author: Schubert, L. ASummary:
A random arrangement of the poetic writings of the author wherein a lifetime of experience, joy and sorrow are sometimes starkly and vividly expressed.
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Author: Schubert, L. ASummary:
An objective study of the effects on part Aboriginals forcibly educated in the twentieth century and the tragedy of the uneducated Indigenous.
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Author: Paine, LauranSummary:
Even more dangerous to the west's large ranchers than the hired killer, was the range-hog, the unscrupulous man who plotted to steal grazing land. Stewart McKenna was such a man.
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Author: Papalia, NicSummary:
Nic Papalia works as a carer for people with disabilities. In this book he describes situations and characters he has come into contact with, as well as the struggles and personal hardships both...
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Author: Patterson, JamesSummary:
Alex Cross is on vacation when he gets the call. A city in Nevada has been annihilated and the Russian super-criminal known as the Wolf is claiming responsibility. Major cities around the globe...
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Author: Patterson, JamesSummary:
Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a shadowy predator known only as The Wolf. Across the country, men and women are kidnapped in broad daylight and...