The French resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II was a struggle in which ordinary people fought for their liberty despite terrible odds & horrifying repression Hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen & women carried out an armed struggle against the Nazis producing underground anti-fascist publications & supplying the Allies with vital intelligence The Resistancetouches on some of the strongest themes in life
- courage self-sacrifice betrayal & struggle It shatters the illusion of a unified Resistance created by General de Gaulle & brings to vivid life a true story of heroes & conflicts forgotten over the next half-century as the movement became a myth Based on hundreds of French eye-witness accounts & including recently-released archival material The Resistanceuses dramatic personal stories to take the reader on one of the great adventures of the 20thcentury
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The Resistance Avalon pits the forces of Good & Evil in a battle to control the future of civilization Arthur represents the future of Britain a promise of prosperity & honor yet hidden among his brave warriors are Mordred&s unscrupulous minions These forces of evil are few in number but have knowledge of each other & remain hidden from all but one of Arthur&s servants Merlin alone knows the agents of evil but he must speak of this only in riddles If his true identity is discovered all will be lost ...

Hidden Agenda is an expansion to The Resistance that consists of three different modules Assassin Module Ever since we announced The Resistance Avalon the request has been to take the exciting new roles from Avalon & make them available for The Resistance We are very excited to now make that available
- the Assassin module of Hidden Agenda contains all the Avalon roles rethemed & renamed to fit into The Resistance Universe Defector Module Two variants in one the Defectors were included as part of the Avalon promos In one variant the Defectors can switch allegiance during the game
- ensuring that players are never quite certain who to trust In the second variant version the two Defectors know each other
- ensuring that the accusations of deceit begin from the very opening of the game Trapper Module Every proposed Mission Team

Includes:: an extra person that won&t go on the mission The leader will isolate a team member & watch their every move
- making sure they can&t make the mission fail If you are a spy on the Mission Team you’ll never know if you will cause a mission to fail or simply be giving your identity away But resistance members will have to approve some missions knowing that a spy is on them & trust that the leader chooses to isolate the spy





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Hostile Intent is an expansion to The Resistance consisting of three modules Hunter Module The battle between resistance & imperial has become more intense It is no longer enough to target facilities in missions
- the target has become personal as both sides look to neutralize their opponent&s leaders In this module both the resistance & spies must identify a specific individual among the opposing team to win Hunters introduces many new game concepts that bring a whole new level of deduction & deceit into The Resistance Reverser Module Reversers have the ability to change the results of any mission – in the hands of the resistance this can make a doomed mission succeed or turn certain victory into defeat A very interesting & potentially chaotic twist that is certain to change your meta game forever Inquisitor Module The Inquisitor is an optional player ability first seen in Avalon The player with the Inquisitor will be able to look at the affiliation of another player & is a simple way to ensure every game is full of interest twists & turns as the Inquisitor uncovers the truth (at least their version of the truth)
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In south-west France WW2 casts the longest shadow when some rare bank notes are discovered notes that may have links to the legendary Neuvic train robbery in 1944 in the sixth internationally-bestselling case for Bruno chief of police In St Denis Bruno chef de police can't get a moment's rest Some rare bank notes have come to light that may have links to the legendary Neuvic train robbery in 1944 The investigation is fraught with issues Bruno is also dealing with a wave of local burglaries which have brought his old flame Isabelle
- & their complicated history
- back to the town Worse is to come Tasked with piecing together these past crimes Bruno now finds he has the more pressing matter of a body on his hands He must now trace the links between past & present to restore peace in St Denis

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Filled with all the larger-than-life characters & enchanting storytelling that made readers fall for The Reader on the 627 Jean-Paul Didierlaurent's follow-up novel The Rest of Their Lives is set to charm the world It's difficult to find love in a profession like Ambroise's
- even his father despises what he does & while Manelle a home-help for the elderly in the same small French town adores her days spent with her eccentric clients she too often ends her evenings alone So when an unusual request from Manelle's favourite client
- eighty-two-year-old retired chef-gourmand Samuel
- brings the two of them together for an unlikely road-trip to Switzerland along with Ambroise's cake-loving grandmother it might just be time for the rest of their lives to begin


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Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold & irreverent novel powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold & irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies or the soul-eating ghosts or whatever this new thing is with the blue lights & the death? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate & go to prom & maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes & blows up the high school Again Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world & sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life Even if your best friend might just be the God of mountain lions An exceptional novel from the author praised by John Green as an insanely beautiful writer ...

Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold & irreverent novel powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold & irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies or the soul-eating ghosts or whatever this new thing is with the blue lights & the death? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate & go to prom & maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes & blows up the high school Again Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world & sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life Even if your best friend might just be the God of mountain lions An exceptional novel from the author praised by John Green as an insanely beautiful writer ...

Following the smash-hit sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second part in Douglas Adams' multi-media phenomenon & cult classic series If you've done six impossible things this morning why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways the Restaurant at the end of the Universe? Which is exactly what Arthur Dent & the crew of the Heart of Gold plan to do There's just the small matter of escaping the Vogons avoiding being taken to the most totally evil world in the Galaxy & teaching a space ship how to make a proper cup of tea & did anyone actually make a reservation? With exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives & an introduction by Monty Python star Terry Jones ...

With forensics detail to rival Kathy Reichs Simon Beckett's menacing new thriller will leave you wanting more Top forensics expert Dr David Hunter is facing an uncertain future
- his career hangs in the balance & his personal life has taken a turn for the worse So when he gets a call from Essex police it comes at the perfect time A badly decomposed body has been found in the mudflats & salt marshes of the Backwaters Could it be linked to two unsolved missing-person cases? But then more remains are discovered & as these desolate wetlands begin to give up their grisly secrets Hunter is reminded that it's not the dead we need to fear With its eerie claustrophobic sense of place authentic forensics & explosive heart-in-mouth moments The Restless Dead is a masterclass in crime fiction
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