On the killing fields outside the golden city of Troy, forces loyal to the Mykene King Agamemnon mass. Odysseus knows that Agamemnon will stop at nothing...
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At 57, George Hall is settling down to a retirement. Then Katie, his daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to Ray. Her brother Jamie observes...
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In a hotel on the Dorset coast, overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, who got married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room....
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Shows how to get a great meal on the table in less time than it would take to have a takeaway delivered. This book contains ideas for 5-minute snacks,...
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The skeleton is that of a young girl, and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emotions in check. Coroner Yves Bradette...
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Summer 1924: By the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton...
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Afghanistan, Summer 2006. This is war. Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against...
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Bobby Charlton is Manchester United through and through. He was a member of the original 'Busby Babes' and has devoted his career to the club, playing...
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The notion of 'the French' as one nation is relatively recent and - historically speaking - quite misleading; in order to discover the 'real' past of France,...
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An autobiography of Stephen Fry's first twenty years, this book talks about his family, about his homosexuality, about the agonies of childhood.
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The never-before published letters of the legendary Mitford sisters, alive with wit, affection, tragedy and gossip: a charismatic history of the century's...
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When Sgt Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Batallion flew in, they were supposed to be winning hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives....
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The night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter...
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Explores our changing ideas of the wild. From the cliffs of Cape Wrath, to the holloways of Dorset, the storm-beaches of Norfolk, the saltmarshes and estuaries...
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The Discworld is filled with diverse population - from witches to vampires and from the fiendish to the foolish, it is a world in which magical books can...
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Set during a year that begins with France's fall to the Nazis in June 1940 and ends with Germany turning its attention to Russia, this work falls into...
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Covering the 10,000-year history of India, this book provides portraits of India's regions and cultures, and insights into some of history figures: the...
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As edge-of-the-seat gripping as every one of James Patterson's bestselling Alex Cross thrillers, this is the one where Cross finally gets the answer to...
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A philosophical examination of issues pertinent to medical ethics which addresses following questions: what is the purpose of medicine, what is the medical...
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Tracing the history of ethical extension over two thousand years, this book focuses on the American experience where natural rights ideology expanded to...
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