It is a complete mystery why anyone would choose to murder the trusted old butler of Norton Manor. Barrister turned amateur detective, Frank Amberley, has reason to suspect that the shooting involves the nervy young lady discovered at the scene of the crime, a snooping gentleman in the halls of Greythorne & then a second dead body. A dramatic tale of upstairs, downstairs & family secrets. ...

As Richard Overy makes clear, the Allied victory in 1945
- though comprehensive
- was far from inevitable. By 1942 almost the

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* Do women have sex simply to reproduce or display their affection? When clinical psychologist Cindy Meston & evolutionary ...

* Do women have sex simply to reproduce or display their affection? When clinical psychologist Cindy Meston & evolutionary ...

Why do women have sex? Is it purely for pleasure or the desire to reproduce?

In their ground-breaking book, clinical

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Soaring oil prices caused four out of the last five recessions. They caused the current recession. & they will cause the next one.

Expensive oil costs us more than just money. It costs jobs, homes & in the long run it is going to radically alter the way we live. For if cheap oil is the fuel that keeps the machinery of globalisation in motion, then expensive oil has the same effect as pouring diesel into an unleaded tank. Everything stalls; the engine fails. Oil prices will rise again in the coming years, as this utterly convincing insight into our collective future argues. & as oil prices fluctuate wildly, our society will change dramatically, & for good. From the homes we live in & the cars we drive to the food we eat & the places we work, our daily lives & global economy are going to be transformed. But while this new, smaller world will take some getting used to, it will also open our eyes to a more localised & ultimately more liveable way of life.

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Cheap oil = Foreign imports. Huge houses. Big cars. Binge flying.
Expensive oil = Local food. Local industry. Small cars. Fewer
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Cheap oil = Foreign imports. Huge houses. Big cars. Binge flying.
Expensive oil = Local food. Local industry. Small cars. Fewer
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