Spring 1919 James Max' Maxted former Great War flying ace returns to the trail of murder treachery & half-buried secrets he set out on in The Ways of the World He left Paris after avenging the murder of his father Sir Henry Maxted a senior member of the British delegation to the post-war peace conference But he was convinced there was more
- much more
- to be discovered about what Sir Henry had been trying to accomplish & he suspected elusive German spymaster Fritz Lemmer knew the truth of it Now enlisted under false colours in Lemmer's service but with his loyalty pledged to the British Secret Service Max sets out on his first
- & possibly last
- mission for Lemmer It takes him to the far north of Scotland
- to the Orkney Isles where the German High Seas Fleet has been impounded in Scapa Flow its fate to be decided at the conference-table in Paris Max has been sent to recover a document held aboard one of the German ships What that document contains forces him to break cover sooner than he would have wished & to embark on a desperate race south towards London with information that could destroy Lemmer
- if Max as seems unlikely lives to deliver it





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' Never even in his most optimistic moments had he visualised a scene of this nature
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A new couple have arrived in Tremarnock but will these glamorous strangers fit into village life? Tremarnock is a small fishing village crowded with holidaymakers in the summer but a sleepy Cornish backwater at other times of the year Here Liz has found refuge with her young daughter Rosie after her relationship with Rosie's father came unstuck Now happily married all seems set for a quiet autumn & merry Christmas But strangers have bought the local guest house & seem to have big plans Why is he so charming & confident but she so frightened? Are they who they say they are? & what are they really doing with the guest house? ...

A sweeping romantic debut set in Cornwall reminiscent of Rosamunde Pilcher When artist Maddie inherits a house in Cornwall shortly after the death of her husband she hopes it will be the fresh start she & her step-daughter desperately need Trevenen is beautiful but neglected & as Maddie discovers the stories of generations of women who've lived there before she begins to feel her life is somehow intertwined within its walls But Maddie's dream of a calm life in the countryside is far from the reality she faces
- & as she pulls at the seams of Trevenen's past the house reveals secrets that have lain hidden for generations
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The first book to look specifically at the movement of Cornish men & women to & from the Caribbean from the early days of colonialism A meticulously researched & very readable book A fascinating subject for those with an interest in all things Cornish be they in Cornwall in the Caribbean or in the wider Cornish diaspora 352 pages Appleby Sue ...

' Just brilliant' DONAL RYAN ' An exceptionally good book' C J SANSOM1816 was the year without a summer A rare climatic event has brought frost to July & a lingering fog casts a pall over a Dublin stirred by zealotry & civil unrest torn between evangelical & rationalist dogma Amid the disquiet a young nursemaid in a pious household conceals a pregnancy & then murders her newborn Rumours swirl about the identity of the child's father but before an inquest can be held the maid is found dead When Abigail Lawless the eighteen-year-old daughter of Dublin's coroner by chance discovers a message from the maid's seducer she is drawn into a world of hidden meanings & deceit An only child Abigail has been raised amid the books & instruments of her father's grim profession Pushing against the restrictions society places on a girl her age she pursues an increasingly dangerous investigation As she leads us through dissection rooms & dead houses Gothic churches & elegant ballrooms a sinister figure watches from the shadows
- an individual she believes has already killed twice & is waiting to kill again Determined resourceful & intuitive Abigail Lawless emerges as a memorable young sleuth operating at the dawn of forensic science
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As Jack Groppel so aptly explains the rigor of corporate athletics is often even more demanding than that of professional athletes In my world one does not have the luxury of an off-season This book is a must-read for all those striving for the gold -Arthur M Blank CEO & President The Home Depot " Today's challenging business climate requires every top executive to be perfectly fit both mentally & physically The Corporate Athlete is must reading for everyone who wants to manage his or her business career or profession effectively while living a balanced life Buy it-it's a great investment" -Leonard Lauder Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Estee Lauder Companies Inc ...

The town of Portnelle is living in a state a fear Several citizens have been abducted
- some never to been seen again while others
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A mad scientist extracts the fluid in the glands behind the ears of young virgin brides in order to keep his ageing wife alive A female reporter starts to investigate the mysterious deaths & the disappearance of the bodies Bela Lugosi Dr Lorenz Luana Walters Patricia Hunter Reporter Tristram Coffin Dr Foster Elizabeth Russell Countess Lorenz Minerva Urecal Fagah Angelo Rossitto Toby Written by Harvey Gates & Sam Robins Directed by Wallace Fox Actors Bela Lugosi Directors Wallace Fox Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Intelligent compellingly readable funny & above all generous spirited it is a rare thing a modern novel with both head & heart' Daily Mail Funny & deeply sad large-hearted & merciless The Corrections is a testament to the range & depth of pleasures great fiction affords' David Foster Wallace After fifty years as a wife & mother Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun Unfortunately her husband Alfred is losing his sanity & their children have long since fled for the catastrophes of their own lives As Alfred's condition worsens & the Lamberts are forced to face their secrets & failures Enid sets her heart on one last family Christmas Bringing the old world of civic virtue & sexual inhibition into violent collision with the era of hands-off parenting do-it-yourself mental healthcare & globalised greed The Corrections' confirms Jonathan Franzen as one of the most brilliant interpreters of the American soul ...