THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTwo young girls Two unspeakable crimes Fifty years separate them
- their pain connects them
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THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERThe twenty third instalment of the NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING DCI Banks Series The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market Try one & tell me I'm wrong
- Stephen King Two young girls Two unspeakable crimes Fifty years separate them
- their pain connects them When the body of a 15-year-old is found in a remote countryside lane beaten & broken DI Annie Cabbot is brought in to investigate how the child could possibly have fallen victim to such brutality Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is faced with a case that is as cold as they come Now in her 60s Linda Palmer was attacked aged 14 by celebrity entertainer Danny Caxton yet the crime has never been investigated
- until now As each steps closer to uncovering the truth they'll unearth secrets much darker than they ever could have guessed


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A sweeping saga of the centuries to come from the new dark age that followed a global war to the new civilization that arose from the ashes to colonize the stars At first the colonists use ships with gigantic sails cruising on the waves of starlight their captains having to become something part human & part machine; then later moving by planoforming ships which travel faster than light but must defend themselves against the malevolent mind-devouring creatures lurking in the dark between the stars Then came the reign of the all-powerful Lords of the Instrumentality who ruled Earth & its colony worlds with ruthless benevolence suffocating the human spirit for millennia—until the time of the Rediscovery of Man when the strange lost concept of freedom was reborn An extraordinary vision of a future unique in science fiction praised by readers critics & major writers in the field About the Author Cordwainer Smith was the pseudonym under which Dr Paul Linebarger wrote science fiction His first story “ Scanners Live in Vain” appeared in 1950 & rocked the science fiction world as few first stories have He was born in Milwaukee & grew up in Japan China (where he became the godson of Sun Yat-Sen then president of China) France & Germany He was a Professor of Asiatic Studies at Johns Hopkins University was on the US Operations Planning & Intelligence Board during World War II & became a Colonel in Army Intelligence After the war he was advisor to the British forces in Malaya & to the US Eighth Army in Korea & wrote the book Psychological Warfare regarded for decades after as the most authoritative text in the field He died in 1966 ...

Unlock the scientific secrets to good timing to help you flourish at work school & at home; from the internationally bestselling author of Drive & To Sell is Human 272 pages Pink Daniel H ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Fictionalized account of the events which lead to the 1996 murder of journalist Veronica Guerin Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) is a reporter employed by the Irish Sunday Globe In the course of her work she becomes interested in the possibility of exposing the corruption which allows Dublin&s drug lords to lead the lives of respectable businessmen & of working towards a reform of Ireland&s notoriously ineffective criminal laws But her investigations earn her some enemies in high places & Sinead soon receives threats to her own well-being ...

When the Republic of Cinnabar doesn't have enough battleships to deal with all the crises in its war with the Alliance it sends the next best thing Commander Daniel Leary & his friend the spy Adele Mundy This time they're off to help the Bagarian cluster in its rebellion against the Alliance but they'll quickly find that the worst threats to the rebels are the treacherous politicians Leary & Mundy use electronic espionage sub-machine guns & shipkilling missiles to outwit political rivals put down mutiny & capture an Alliance fortress When all else fails they'll strike for the heart of the Alliance--and then throw their tiny corvette into a major fleet action ...

When the Republic of Cinnabar doesn&t have enough battleships to deal with all the crises in its war with the Alliance it sends the next best thing Commander Daniel Leary & his friend the spy Adele Mundy This time they&re off to help the Bagarian cluster in its rebellion against the Alliance but they&ll quickly find that the worst threats to the rebels are the treacherous politicians Leary & Mundy use electronic espionage sub-machine guns & shipkilling missiles to outwit political rivals put down mutiny & capture an Alliance fortress When all else fails they&ll strike for the heart of the Alliance—and then throw their tiny corvette into a major fleet action A cascade of non-stop action as vivid as only David Drake can write it! About the Author David Drake was attending Duke University Law School when he was drafted He served the next two years in the Army spending 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th armored Cavalry in Viet Nam & Cambodia Upon return he completed his law degree at Duke & was for eight years Assistant Town Attorney for Chapel Hill North Carolina He has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981 Besides the bestselling Hammer’s Slammers series his books for Baen include Ranks of Bronze All the Way to the Gallows Redliners & many more His “ Lord of the Isles” fantasy novels for Tor are genre best sellers Some Golden Harbor is the sixth novel in the popular RCN series The previous titles are With the Lightnings; Lt Leary Commanding; The Far Side of the Stars; The Way to Glory & Some Golden Harbor The next in the series In the Stormy Red Sky is coming in May 2009 ...

Raymond Briggs' now famous bestselling comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a neuclear attack on an elderly couple in his usual humorous yet macabre way ...

Following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin three women
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A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR For all those who believe in the politics of principle & hope this a wonderful reminder that they do not always lose For all those who despair that politics can ever be inspiring again this is a must-read to shake you out of your misery' Paddy Ashdown There is a serious prospect that in our time we are losing faith in politics The words of politicians float by practised & polished but profligate The respect veneration & hope first expressed by Pericles has gone missing It is the grand purpose of this book to help to call it back' In his work as a speechwriter to senior politicians & business leaders around the world Philip Collins has become well versed in understanding what it is that makes a speech great When They Go Low We Go High explores the ways in which the most notable speeches in history have worked analysing the rhetorical tricks to uncover how the right speech at the right time can profoundly shape the world Travelling across continents & centuries Collins reveals what Thomas Jefferson owes to Cicero & Pericles who really gave the Gettysburg Address & what Elizabeth I shares with Winston Churchill & in telling the story of the great speeches he tells the story of democracy For it is in the finest public speeches that progress unfolds & we need those speeches now more than ever While we are bombarded by sound bites & social media fake news & sloganeering & while populists are winning support democratic politicians need to find words that inspire & give us hope Because disenchantment with politics fosters the dangerous illusion that there is an alternative Informed by Collins's own experiences as a speech writer When They Go Low We Go High is a passionate defence of the power of good public speaking to propagate & protect democracy & an urgent reminder of how words can change the world ...