Greg Gamble: he`s a teacher, he works hard, he`s a husb&, a father. He`s a good man, or tries to be. But even a good man can face a crisis. Even a good man can face temptation. Even a good man can find himself faced with difficult choices. Greg Gamble: he thinks he can keep his head in the game. He thinks he`s trying to be good. Until he realises everyone is flawed. And for Gamble, trying to be good just isn`t enough. ...

There is a legend that on three major voyages, Captain Cook used this game nightly to relax with his fellow shipmates including the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks & botanist Daniel Solander. Cook spent so much time playing the game, it came to be known as The Captain`s Mistress Game. The object of the game is simple, yet the strategies seem endless. Players try to line up four of their hardwood `rounds` in a row, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The cabinet is beautifully constructed, with brass fittings, burl wood inlay on top, mitered joints & a lustrous, stained finish. At the game`s end, pull the bottom retaining `gangplank` & the hardwood `rounds` drop back into the cabinet. Number of players: 2 Manufacturer: Wood Expressions
Includes:: Hardwood box, chutes & locker, 42 balls (”rounds”).
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When Montalbano comes to the aid of his new neighbour, Liliana Lombardo, after the engine of her car is interfered with, the inspector can little imagine where this innocuous event will lead. It soon transpires that the young woman
- beautiful, intelligent & rather vague about the whereabouts of her husband
- is being targeted by someone with a grudge against her. But is Liliana`s growing interest in Montalbano simply a product of the detective`s innate charm? Or is she trying to lead him astray
- & into trouble? Meanwhile the inspector finds himself drawn into another mystery when a bomb explodes outside an empty warehouse in Vigata. But who was the bomb intended for? & why was it left in such a peculiar place? As Montalbano & his colleagues investigate the street`s residents
- some of whom have suspicious mafia links
- they begin to receive a barrage of false clues from an anonymous source. As Liliana`s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic & leaks around the case threaten Montalbano`s reputation; the sense of danger grows. The inspector soon realises that, with this investigation, he is being led into a hall of mirrors, where there is danger at every turn & nothing is quite clear.. .




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Game of Mirrors is the eighteenth exciting instalment in the Inspector Montalbano mysteries by Andrea Camilleri. When Montalbano comes to the aid of his new neighbour, Liliana Lombardo, after the engine of her car is interfered with, the inspector can little imagine where this innocuous event will lead. It soon transpires that the young woman
- beautiful, intelligent & rather vague about the whereabouts of her husband
- is being targeted by someone with a grudge against her. But is Liliana`s growing interest in Montalbano simply a product of the detective`s innate charm? Or is she trying to lead him astray
- & into trouble? Meanwhile the inspector finds himself drawn into another mystery when a bomb explodes outside an empty warehouse in Vigata. But who was the bomb intended for? & why was it left in such a peculiar place? As Montalbano & his colleagues investigate the street`s residents
- some of whom have suspicious mafia links
- they begin to receive a barrage of false clues from an anonymous source. As Liliana`s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic & leaks around the case threaten Montalbano`s reputation; the sense of danger grows. The inspector soon realizes that, with this investigation, he is being led into a hall of mirrors, where there is danger at every turn & nothing is quite clear.. . Game of Mirrors is followed by the nineteenth Inspector Montalbano novel, Blade of Light.




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A BBC History magazine Book of the Year & an amazon.com Best Book of the Month As religion divided sixteenth-century Europe, an extraordinary group of women rose to power. They governed nations while kings fought in foreign lands. They ruled on behalf of nephews, brothers & sons. They negotiated peace between their warring nations. For decades, they ran Europe. Small wonder that it was in this century that the queen became the most powerful piece on the chessboard. From mother to daughter & mentor to protegee, Sarah Gristwood follows the passage of power from Isabella of Castile & Anne de Beaujeu through Anne Boleyn
- the woman who tipped England into religious reform
- & on to Elizabeth I & Jeanne d` Albret, heroine of the Protestant Reformation. Unravelling a gripping historical narrative, Gristwood reveals the stories of the queens who had, until now, been overshadowed by kings.

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A riveting three-way spy story set in occupied France. In the tradition of Ben Mac Intyre, ` Game of Spies` tells the story of a lethal spy triangle in Bordeaux between 1942 & 1944 in Bordeaux
- & of France`s greatest betrayal by aristocratic & right-wing Resistance leader Andre Grandclement. The story centres on three men: one British, one French & one German & the duel they fought out in an atmosphere of collaboration, betrayal & assassination, in which comrades sold fellow comrades, Allied agents & downed pilots to the Germans, as casually as they would a bottle of wine. It is a story of SOE, treachery, bed-hopping & executions in the city labelled `la plus collaboratrice` in the whole of France.
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The Hand of the King serves as the head of the reigning king`s Small Council &, in the king`s absence, the Hand becomes his proxy. The individual charged with this powerful responsibility uses the Hand of the King`s wax seal stamp to seal royally issued documents. Game of Thrones: Hand of the King Wax Seal Kit

Includes:: a Hand of the King wax seal, wax stick, mini envelopes, & blank scrolls.

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TEST YOURSELF AGAINST THE ECONOMIST`S CHAMPION QUIZ TEAM
- THE ONLY QUIZ BOOK YOU NEED THIS CHRISTMASGeneral knowledge quizzes
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This guide is packed with practical, interpretative information on the most commonly encountered animals & plants of the Lowveld
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Large game table
- 120 (L) x 62.5 (W) x 45 (H) cm. Our pièce de résistance. Solid cherry & combination hardwood with brass accents.
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