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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When her tryst with handsome billionaire Dominic Knight gets out of hand, Katherine Hart resolves to cut all contact for good. But Dominic won't let his object of fascination escape so easily: when they cross paths in a plush hotel in Singapore, the steamy affair is reignited.But can such exquisite pleasure last?Kate knows her lover is a man who lives entirely for the chase...is their reunion a rushing climax before an inevitable fall, or could Kate possess the keys to finally tame the untameable Dominic Knight?

Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney. The entire town of Lochdubh is certain Pete is the culprit, but Hamish doesn't believe that the affable chimney sweep is capable of committing murder. Then Pete's body is found on the Scottish moors, and the mystery deepens. Once again, it's up to Hamish to discover who's responsible for the dirty deed--and this time, the murderer may be closer than he realizes.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Bossy, impulsive, and unlucky in love, the all-too-human Agatha Raisin has proved to be a surprisingly effective - and endearing - amateur sleuth. But can Agatha make it as a private investigator? After getting mugged on vacation, in what she will always think of as the Paris Incident, she decides to find out.Agatha soon learns that running her own detective agency in the Cotswolds is not quite like starring in a Raymond Chandler movie. Instead of dames in distress with big should pads, her clients are ladies with missing cats and a man whose son has run off with his car. Agatha even worries that she might be outclassed by her sixty-seven-year-old secretary, Emma Comfrey.But then wealthy divorcee Catharine Laggat-Brown walks in with their first "real" case. Mrs Laggat-Brown's daughter has received a death threat, and when Agatha thwarts an attack on the girl at a dinner… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Including an Introduction to the Life, Work and Theatre of Shakespeare,Analysis of Selected Scenes, Study of Characterisation, Exam Style Questions with Guidelines

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.At 29,028 feet, Mount Everest is the world's highest, most challenging mountain, looming in our imagination as a monument to the impossible; for every three climbers who reach its elusive summit, one dies trying. But for one moment in 1988, Stacy Allison stood alone on this mythic peak - the only spot on Earth where she couldn't climb any higher. At that moment, Allison became the first American woman ever to reach the summit of Everest.Stacy Allison is America's premier female climber, a woman of many triumphs, both on the mountain and off. Beyond the Limits is the tale of her journey upward. It is a thrilling account about breaking through the barriers of a traditional male domain, and a moving personal story about the struggle out of the trap of domestic violence - of how she summoned the same spirit and courage that brought her to the top of the world to finally walk out… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.China is a fascinating and perplexing empire of stark contrasts: communist bastion and economic powerhouse; misty hilltops and scorched landscapes; yak-herding Tibetan villages and teeming industrial sprawl. Let this ground breaking guide immerse you in the culture, customs and cuisine of the oldest civilisation on the planet.More than 220 maps with English and Chinese, plus city maps featuring Chinese scriptuser friendly Mandarin, Cantonese, Tibetan, Uyghur and Portuguese language chapterthousands of places to stay, from backpackers' meccas and secluded monasteries to Shanghai's swanky suites

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.London, 1941, and the threat of daily bombings hangs heavily in the air. Jim, a young Australian pilot in Bomber Command has suffered an unbearable loss when he meets Iris, a forthright young woman trying to find her voice as a writer. A World of Other People traces their love affair, haunted by secrets and malign coincidence, as they struggle to imagine a future together free of society's thin-lipped disapproval.The poet T.S. Eliot, with whom Iris shares fire-watching duties during the Blitz, unwittingly seals their fate with one of the poems from his acclaimed Four Quartets.

Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.If you are a wedding planner by trade then it's best not to have affairs with married men. This is a view that Robyn Hood (yes, her parents really did do this to her) would subscribe to, but when she meets Jonathan sticking to principles suddenly seems pointless...After a delicious dalliance the pressures mount up: keeping it secret turns from being an aphrodisiac to a source of guilt. Against the backdrop of organising the high profile wedding of a rock star's daughter, Robyn comes to see that there are some interesting single Best Men about...

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.It is generally supposed that until this century and after the First World War, all Royal Marriages were arranged for political or national motivesThese included the acquisition of territory and the optimistic hope that the linking of two Ruling houses would ensure peace for the peoples over whom they ruled.Ninety-nine people out of a hundred were also sure that when Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, now our beloved Queen Mother, married the Duke of York, later George VI, it was the first love-match in Britain.I have therefore found it fascinating to discover that the first English King to marry for love was William the Conqueror. Far more Royalty in Europe have made love-matches than anyone had ever imagined. I do hope you enjoy reading about some of them.

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A week ago, Zoey had a group of special friends, three boyfriends and a (kinda) clear conscience. Now she has none of the above. Luckily ice-queen Aphrodite is showing signs of melting and ex-roomie Stevie Rae isn't dead as she'd thought. Though Stevie Rae's now hanging out in tunnels with freaks - totally gross.Assuming she can get them to listen, Zoey will need all her friends as events take a frightening turn at the House of Night school for vampyres. Shocking true intentions are about to come to light, loyalties will be tested and an ancient evil is about to rise again.Some days being special just doesn't seem all that...

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Praised for its currency and authoritative coverage, Understanding Clinical Nutrition makes the facts come alive with excellent Case Studies, Clinical Applications, and "How To" skill boxes that lead the reader through practical, problem-solving tasks.

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The scene: a junkie with a suspiciously good chess game is dead in a seedy hotel room. Enter homicide detective Meyer Landsman, broken-hearted and rough around the edges, complete with a murdered sister, an ex-wife for a boss, and a liquor and nicotine diet. This long-time member of the Yiddish Policemen's Union is already bent under the weight of a tower of unsolved cases, but is set on solving this one - despite a serious frost coming down from above, matched flake for flake by the weather in this chilly Jewish homeland.Snow in Israel? Not exactly. This Jewish homeland is Sitka, Alaska, and with their time up on the lease, God's chosen people are facing an uncertain future. And Landsman? Now a badgeless, gunless cop with powerful enemies - well, he's skating on very thin ice...

In very good condition - has inscription on front cover - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.They were branded 'economic conscripts', 'five bob a day murderers', fugitives from wives, families and responsibility. And the original volunteers for the second Australian Imperial Force, the men who enlisted in those last months of 1939, were reckless, adventurous, wild and flamboyant. They were also, according to General Sir Thomas Blamey, 'the first and the finest'; men raised on the feats of the ANZACs and keen to uphold its legend.The Thirty-niners sailed for the Middle East in early 1940. Their grand and successful campaigns in the Libyan Desert - the storming of Bardia and Tobruk and the capture of thousands of prisoners - were followed by the debacles of Greece and Crete. Nearly one-third of these original volunteers spent the rest of the war in German POW camps.Using letters, diaries, interviews, published battalion and unit memoirs and… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Captain Harry Cathcart and Lady Rose Summer have entered into an engagement of convenience - convenient for Rose, who wants to avoid being sent to India with all the other failed debutantes. Despite her considerable good looks, Rose's sharp intellect and radical ideas have served to repel her would-be suitors. Rose's parents, unaware of the deception, are hardly thrilled that their only child is marrying a man in trade, but Harry comes from a good family, and at the very least, they hope he will keep their troublesome daughter out of mischief.Unfortunately, even a pretend engagement cannot save Rose from trouble. Bored with endless parties, teas, and balls, she befriends Dolly Tremaine, a beautiful young girl newly arrived from the country and overwhelmed by the demands of the Season. Rose is delighted to have a protégée, but their friendship is cut tragically short when… Read More

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout."The new sixth edition of Principles of Biomedical Ethics is a welcome event. There is nothing else like it in the field of bioethics. It has easily become over the years the most used, most praised, and most distinguished book in the field. Each edition moves beyond the previous ones in important and nuanced ways. Beauchamp and Childress keep up with the everchanging terrain of bioethics and work hard to refine their own arguments. It get better and better. One can hardly ask for more."- Daniel Callahan, Director, International Program. The Hastings Center

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.'Ageing is much more of a choice than people ever dream. One of modern medicine's great breakthroughs is a realization that the body is not an object, but a process with no preordained limits.'The interaction between mind and body processes has become one of the most exciting and revolutionary areas of medical research. Few people are better qualified than Deepak Chopra to explain how we can engage with the limitless potential of mind/body wisdom so as to realize our lives as fully as possible. A world-class pioneer in mind/body medicine, and an acclaimed exponent of the significance of the ancient Hindu teachings of Ayurveda, which parallel the insights of contemporary research on quantum physics in stating that our attitude to ourselves can change the way things are, Deepak Chopra here shows us the extent to which the reshaping of the aging process is within our control.In a book which… Read More

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Learn to take your place among people without fear.People recovering from nervous illness refer to Self-Help for your Nerves as their 'bible' - they have found it such an invaluable resource. Many readers believe if they had found this book earlier they would have been saved years of unnecessary suffering.Dr Claire Weekes offers comprehensive advice for coping with nervous stress by illustrating how simply nervous illness can begin and then developing a practical programme for its cure. Self-Help for your Nerves shows us how to dispel feelings of bewilderment and fear and start building confidence and understanding.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The US President is Dead - and the Weight of the World falls on Jack Ryan's shoulders, in Tom Clancy's most extraordinary novel.A runaway Jumbo Jet has crashed into the Capitol Building in Washington, leaving the President dead, along with most of the Cabinet and Congress. Dazed and confused, the man who only minutes before was confirmed as the new caretaker Vice-President is told that he is now President of the United States.President John Patrick Ryan.But how do you run a government without a government? Where do you even begin? Ryan knows that the eyes of the world are on him now - and many of them are unfriendly. In Beijing, in Tehran and even in Washington, there are those eager to take advantage. Soon they will make their moves; soon they will present Jack Ryan with a crisis so great even he could not imagine it.

Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.At thirteen Horatio Clare was a boarder at a boy's public school, a privileged member of an apparently blessed generation. A rebel - one of those who detested the system, who thought it not just fun but right to break its laws - he was expelled for smoking dope. He became one of the thousands who gleefully ignored the warnings and set out, in search of experience and intensity, to slalom on the slippery slope. From university campuses to the rooftops of New York; from Brixton basements to fear and loathing in Mid Devon, through psychosis, mania and depression, from sanity to madness and back again, this is a portrait drawn from a generation that turned to drugs. And it is a search for understanding: why do we do these things, and what do they do to us? What were we looking for and what did we find?

Very heavy book in good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The new Kumar and Clark! Not just for exams...for a lifetime of medical excellence. This new edition retains all the characteristic features:Authority•Continuity of editorship•Clarity•Comprehensiveness•Ease-of-access