Witness the scene. In a Parisian restaurant Aleister Crowley, the notorious occultist, chances on Major-General Sir Hector Mc Donald: once one of the greatest heroes of the British Empire, now facing ruin in a shocking scandal -- & vulnerable to Crowley`s curious offer of help. Follow this unlikely pair on an extraordinary night of revelation & transgression. Be transported to the battlefields of Sudan, the backstreets of Edinburgh & the sultry tropics of Ceylon. & discover Sir Hector`s tragic secret. In this enthralling tale of imperialism, sexuality & the nature of belief, Jake Arnott probes beneath the surface of Victorian conformity & captures a world trembling on the brink of a brutal new era. ...

In Jo Nesbo’s The Devil’s Star, a young woman is murdered. One finger has been severed from her left hand & behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star – a pentagram, the devil’s star. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to work on the case with long time adversary Tom Waaler. Harry is initially reluctant to get involved, but as he is already on notice to quit the force he is left with no choice but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor & get to work. With a wave of similar murders appearing across the city, it soon becomes apparent that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands… ...

The Devil`s Workshop is the third historical thriller in Alex Grecian`s acclaimed Scotland Yard Murder Squad series. April, 1890. London wakes to the shocking news of a mass prison escape. Walter Day & the Scotland Yard Murder Squad now face a desperate race against time: if they don`t re-capture the four convicted murderers before night settles, they`ll vanish into the dark alleys of the London`s criminal underworld for ever. & in the midst of this mayhem & fear, the city`s worst nightmare is realised: Jack the Ripper haunts the streets of London once more... From The Yard & The Black Country author, Alex Grecian, comes The Devil`s Workshop
- & the return of Jack the Ripper. Expect another gruesome foray into the underbelly of Victorian Britain & early crime forensics. This is historical thriller heaven for fans of Sherlock & Ripper Street. Praise for Alex Grecian: ” Will keep you riveted from page one”. (Jeffery Deaver). ”CSI: Victorian London”. (Daily Express). ” Throw in deranged prostitutes, poisonings & throat slittings galore, amidst lashings of London fog. Gory, lurid & tons of guilty fun”. (Guardian). ” Outstanding. If Charles Dickens isn`t somewhere clapping his hands for this, Wilkie Collins surely is”. (The New York Times Book Review). Alex Grecian has worked for an ad agency on accounts for Harley-Davidson, Cub Foods & The Great American Smokeout, before returning to writing fiction full time & raising his son. Alex is the author of the long-running & critically acclaimed comic-book series Proof, & he lives in Topeka, Kansas, with his wife & son. The Yard is his first novel, followed by The Black Country.
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Waterproof cycling map of the Devon Coast to Coast route from Sustrans at 1:100, 000, produced using the Ordnance Survey database, covering Ilfracombe to Plymouth. The local road network is shown with distances marked in miles along the routes, & steep gradients highlighted; railway lines & stations are indicated. The cycle routes themselves are prominently marked with remarks giving directions & alternative routes. Topography is shown through contour lines & colour gradients; points of interest are clearly marked along the route, such as hotels, campsites, youth hostels, cafes & pubs, grocery shops & more. Small insets of street plans are included for easier navigation in built-up areas. There is also a route profile showing the elevation of the terrain & the type of the riding surface (main or minor road, traffic free). There are no geographical coordinates for those using GPS. ...

The official route map for the 99-mile (158km) Devon Coast to Coast cycle route between Ilfracombe & Plymouth. The Devon Coast to Coast is revered as one of the finest long distance routes of the National Cycle Network. Running from Ilfracombe to Plymouth the route combines the beaches & superb estuaries of North Devon, the verdant valleys of the Torridge, the Tavy & Walkham rivers, & spectacular vistas of Dartmoor & the lower lying lands of Cornwall from its western flanks. Three fantastic traffic-free converted railway paths form much of the Devon Coast to Coast. The famous Tarka Trail begins at Braunton alongside the River Taw before crossing the tributary River Yeo at Barnstaple. It then follows the Torridge Estuary on to Bideford & eventually Meeth. The Coast to Coast branches off before Meeth on-road to Petrockstowe. The Granite Way follows the former Southern Region railway line from Okehampton at the north western edge of Dartmoor to Lydford. The route takes riders over the lofty Meldon Viaduct & offers spectacular views of the dramatic rugged Dartmoor landscape before reaching Lake Viaduct. The final stretch to Lydford follows undulating quiet lanes before rejoining the railway path where superb views of Fernworthy Down can be enjoyed. The Drake`s Trail is the final stretch of the Devon Coast to Coast route & is almost entirely traffic-free from Tavistock to Plymouth. A highlight of this route is Gem Bridge, the longest bridge on the National Cycle Network, which guides riders over the dramatic Walkham Valley between Tavistock & Horrabridge. The route finishes on a tranquil railway path, held aloft in places by breathtaking viaducts, which winds down to Plymouth. The Devon Coast to Coast route has been developed by Devon County Council & Plymouth City Council with Sustrans & the support of other local authorities & major landowners. ...

William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in Engl&. Arbella Stuart, their granddaughter, was a heartbeat away from the throne of England & their grandson, Lord General of the North, fought to save the crown for Charles I. Fifty years later, the First Duke of Devonshire conspired to depose James II, & make William of Orange king. For the next two centuries the Devonshires were at the heart of fashionable society & the centre of political power. The Fourth Duke became prime minister & Georgiana, wife of the Fifth, scandalised even the Regency. Spencer Compton, the last of the great Devonshires, was three times offered the preimership, & three times refused it. Even the Devonshire servants made history. Joseph Paxton was their gardner & Thomas Hobbes was the family tutor. With the help of previously unpublished material from the Chatsworth archives, The Devonshires reveals how the dynasty made & lost fortunes, fought & fornicated, built great houses, patronised the arts & pioneered the railways, made great scientific discoveries, &, in the end, came to terms with changing times. It is popular history at its very best. ...

Published just one year after ” On The Road”, this is the story of two men engaged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. ...

” The Dharma Bums” appeared just one year after the author`s explosive ” On The Road” had put the Beat Generation on the literary map & Kerouac on the best-seller list. The same expansiveness, humour & contagious zest for life that sparked the earlier novels sparks this one too, but through a more cohesive story. The books follow two young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. ...

Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world`s worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series. Tim Diamond is the world`s worst private detective, but unfortunately for his younger brother Nick, the cases keep coming in. First a man runover by a steamroller, & then a remote Scottish island where the guests are dying. Can Nick & Tim find the murderers before it`s too late? ...

Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world`s worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series. Life as the younger brother of the world`s most defective detective can be tough
- & these two adventures will test Nick to the full. What connects them? Murder! & if the Diamond Brothers don`t play their cards right, they could be next...
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