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In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to page ends - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Wilbur Smith's unmistakable rugged style of adventure writing, packed with drama, passion and suspense, has established him as one of today's best-selling novelists.Eagle in the Sky is a haunting story of passion and anguish set against the violent background of the strife-torn Middle East. A brilliant young jet pilot and an Israeli girl find the strength of their love pitted against the horror and destruction of modern warfare.Shout at the Devil finds a group of ivory hunters on the African plains suddenly overtaken by the outbreak of World War I. Hilarity and excitement turn to tragic violence as they are drawn into a breathtaking attempt to blow up a German battle cruiser.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Someone is killing beautiful young women and taking extraordinary risks to carefully pose their painted bodies in public places. The first is bronze, then silver who will be gold? Detective Sergeant Stevie Hooper, young, hard-edged and newly seconded to the Serious Crime Squad, finds herself haunted by increasingly disturbing flashbacks as the bizarre case unfolds. And, as she closes in on the killer, the carefully drawn line between her professional and personal life becomes increasingly blurred, till she doesn't know who can be trusted.

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.We'd lost the war, of course, like all other recent wars, which was regrettable, since we never really lost our battles; we just picked the wrong allies.Prepare to discover a fascinating country; a land buffeted for centuries by power-struggles and revolts, lorded over by Turks, carved up by its neighbours, and submitted into the Soviet Union. Yet also a land of proud and resilient people, of crawfish hunters and bagpipe makers, shepherds and gypsies, in which daily life goes on. So meet the teenager who swims by night across a border river to steal a kiss from his girlfriend, the ageing man who finds a cache of love letters his wife has kept for sixty years, and the post-Communist girl, avowed thief with a heart of gold.Here are Miroslav Penkov's beguiling, surprising and moving visions of his home country, Bulgaria: stories of people who mourn the way things were and… Read More

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The desire to be recognised, to feel important and appreciated is all-powerful. And the more important you make someone feel, the more positively they will respond to you.We all admire those who seem to have the natural ability to enter an unfamiliar social situation and begin to engage others in conversation. These people have what is often called 'charisma'. While some people wonder how they do it, most assume that they must have a 'natural' talent. The reality is that 'charisma' is an acquired skill of influential people and can be learned, enhanced and perfected when you have the right information and the determination to learn.Easy Peasey - People Skills for Life will provide you with the necessary skills you'll need to become influential with everyone in any situation. When you put these skills into action, don't be surprised if people begin asking, "Where did you get the… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A vengeful Sioux spirit wreaks havoc in Minneapolis - When her children are kidnapped, in desperation Lily Blake seeks the services of a Sioux shaman, who summons up the Indian spirit, Wendigo, to find them. The price for this service is a spit of land that Lily's firm is selling for development land that once belonged to the Sioux. Lily is soon drawn into the destructive world of the Wendigo and learns to the detriment of those closest to her that you should never underestimate the power of a spirit betrayed . . .

In good condition - has markings from use - has yellowing to page ends -due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences - a theory of gravity, matter, space and time: the General Theory of Relativity. Einstein himself said it was 'the most valuable theory of my life' and 'of incomparable beauty'. It describes the evolution of the Universe, black holes, the behaviour of orbiting neutron stars, gravitational lensing and why clocks run slower on the surface of the Earth than in space. It even suggests the possibility of time travel.And yet we think instead of 1905, the year of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity and his equation E=mc2, as his annus mirabilis, even though the Special Theory is lass far-reaching. Today the General Theory is overshadowed by these achievements, regarded as 'too difficult' for ordinary mortals to comprehend.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A critical study of Jane Austen novels Emma and Persuasion.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights of books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When criminalist Lincoln Rhyme travels to a world-famous spinal cord injuries centre in North Carolina for some experimental surgery, he hopes the operation will give him slightly more movement. He knows that it may kill him.But before he has a chance to undergo surgery, Rhyme and his assistant Amelia are drafted in by the local police department to use their forensic skills to help find two women kidnapped by a psychotic young man known locally as the Insect Boy. A cat and mouse game through the abandoned swamps of North Carolina is to have more devastating consequences than either Lincoln or Amelia can anticipate.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear...'I'm at the scene of what appears to be a murder suicide...Come and take a look. Bring your sidekick with you.'Bill Hodges, who now runs a two person agency called Finders Keepers with partner Holly Gibney, is intrigued by the letter Z written with a marker at the scene of the crime.As similar cases mount up, Hodges is stunned to discover the evidence points to Brady Hartsfield, the notorious 'Mercedes Killer'. It should be impossible: Brady is confined to a hospital room in a seemingly unresponsive state.But Brady Hartsfield has lethal new powers. And he's planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.The clock is ticking in unexpected ways...

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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.On the way to the ruins at St Helena - once an island prison for men off the Queensland coast - Sally Cooper browses through a booklet on the island's dark history. A story on one of the prison's most famous inmates, William O'Meally, sentenced to life imprisonment for manslaughter, captures Sally's interest. As she reads of William's several escape attempts and of his suicide by hanging, Sally finds herself strangely affected by his photograph; the young man's hypnotic eyes are filled with intense desperation.For Sally Cooper past and present are about to fuse. Haunted by William's plea of innocence, she begins to delve into a mystery that has been buried for a hundred years. Through her freakish connection to the past, where William is living out his last days, Sally is drawn into a race against time. While piecing together the facts regarding William's sad plight of… Read More

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The must-have book for anyone who is interested in medicine, this pocket-sized miscellany contains a wide selection of choice vignettes from the world of medicine.Full of interesting and amusing medical tidbits, An Essential Medical Miscellany has been designed as a balanced mixture of quirky entertainment and information, as well as being an occasional aide-memoire for readers involved in healthcare. This book is also ideal for your hypochondriac friends, your bookcase, the bedside table or the window ledge in the loo, and will satisfy anyone who enjoys all things medical.

In good condition - has markings from use - highlighting - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.This is the book for anyone wishing to enter the rapidly growing field of event management. Event management is quite different from ordinary business management. Most business managers can make and learn from mistakes. Not so event managers. Events typically have high costs and high risks. Events must be right first time. There are no second chances, and there are no opportunities for the manager to plan, organise, train, coach, empower and delegate over an extended period.Business projects and new product developments now culminate in events, while high-level business meetings, seminars, conferences and exhibitions are viewed as events. Senior managers realise that special skills are required for the planning of these expensive and often one-off occasions. And, of course, there are thousands of festivals and many thousands of weddings, parties, celebratory and sporting… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Once Bitten...Twice ShyTattoo artist Riley Poe is in trouble. After surviving the bite of a powerful vampire, she feels herself changing in unimaginable ways. She can no longer hide behind her normal life at the Inksomnia tattoo parlour after a recent rash of vampire attacks in Savannah has her questioning her sanity - and fearing she may have had something to do with them.Eli Dupré, her vampire lover, has seen the change in her. He tells her they must meet the patriarch of the vampire cult that attacked her if they want to prevent a total vampiric conversion.In the vampire cult's fortress in Romania, Riley will face her worst fears - and the dark powers threatening to destroy her. And she'll have to do the one thing she's been determined not to do - put her trust in Eli.

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In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.This visually inspiring and informative book with its splendid full-colour illustrations will appeal to all who enjoy beautiful plants. Set out in an easy-to-follow style, the author gives details on the choice of the right plants for a particular room - including problem corners - and how to keep your plants alive and healthy.There is a useful index of common names at the front of the book, and sections on cultivation, propagation and pest and disease control, as well as lots of hints and ideas on making bottle gardens and plant arrangements.Whether you want to know how to care for flowering or foliage plants, or merely a plant you have been given as a gift, this book will give you the information and advice you need as well as providing hours of pleasure and enjoyment.

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 - 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.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A vicious Serbian gang whose profits come from fake nuclear weaponsA disgraced Russian general with access to the real thingA vengeful Somali warlord, with a cause for which he'd let the world burnOnly one man sees what's coming. And even he might not be able to prevent it...