A mass grave is uncovered in a devastated Croatian village, & the mutilated body of a young Englishwoman, Dorrie Mowat, is exhumed. Her mother, who detested Dorrie when she was alive, is determined to find out how her daughter died. But with civil war tearing apart the former Yugoslavia, none of the authorities are interested in what they view as a minor war crime. She employs private investigator, Bill Penn, a former MI5 officer, who anticipated a short trip to Zagreb where he will compile a meaningless report & receive a good fee at the end of it. But once he has seen the killing ground, Penn becomes determined to find the truth behind the young woman`s death. As Penn searches for evidence of war crimes, he finds himself pitted against a ruthless opponent who will stop at nothing to cover his tracks... ...

Today Orkney retains a vast archaeological treasury of buildings, artefacts & evidence from this time. In recognition of this, ” The Heart of Neolithic Orkney” was inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1999. Because of their outstanding universal value, ” The monuments of Orkney, dating back to 3000-2000BC, are outstanding testimony to the cultural achievements of the Neolithic peoples of northern Europe.” This guide covers all of the monuments in the nominated area, as well as many contemporary places of interest throughout Orkney. The village of Skara Brae, stone circles of the Ring of Brodgar & the Standing Stones of Stenness, & Maeshowe Chambered Cairn are described in depth. Isolated standing stones, such as the Watchstone, chambered cairns, such as Unstan & more enigmatic sites all over Orkney are included. The major current excavations at the Ness of Brodgar & Links o` Noltland on Westray show that much remains to be discovered about Neolithic Orkney. Numerous smaller scale digs in various other places have elucidated the study of Neolithic houses. Small settlements & isolated homesteads were widespread across Orkney during the Neolithic, reaching a peak c.3000BC, before sharply falling until c.2800BC. There was a revival which peaked c.2500BC, followed by abandonment c.250 years later. ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD. Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest & immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, & in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic & tragic consequences. ...

The Heart of Tuscany set of four hiking maps at 1:50, 000 from Kompass covering in all an area from Pistoia north of Florence, across Chianti & the hills of Siena, to Monte Amiata, & in the coastal region from Pisa to Piombino. Coverage

Includes:: Lucca, Livorno & the Etruscan Riviera, San Gimignano, San Miniato, Volterra, Poggibonsi, Monticiano, Montalcino, etc. Contours are at 40m intervals, with a 2-km UTM grid. In addition to the region

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Camp Chippewa, 1962. Thirteen-year-old Nelson, loner & over-achiever, is nicknamed the Bugler as he proudly sounds the reveille each morning. This is the summer that everything changes, marking the beginning of Nelson`s uncertain friendship with a popular boy named Jonathan, & the discovery of his father`s betrayal, which tears his family apart. As time moves on, Nelson, irrevocably scarred from the Vietnam War, becomes Scoutmaster of Camp Chippewa, while Jonathan marries, divorces, & transforms his father`s business. When something unthinkable happens during a visit from Jonathan`s grandson & daughter-in-law, the aftermath tests the depths
- & the limits
- of Nelson`s selflessness & bravery. Nickolas Butler`s The Hearts of Men is a powerful, wise & deeply affecting novel about the slippery definitions of right & wrong, family & fidelity, & the redemptive power of friendship.

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` By turns savvy, witty & achingly sad, this is a novelist at the top of his game.` Mail on Sunday Forced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown, Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant & alone, in search of a new life at just sixteen. She knows she has no choice but to believe that the nun she entrusts her child to will find him a better life. Cyril Avery is not a real Avery, or so his parents are constantly reminding him. Adopted as a baby, he’s never quite felt at home with the family that treats him more as a curious pet than a son. But it is all he has ever known. And so begins one man’s desperate search to find his place in the world. Unspooling & unseeing, Cyril is a misguided, heart-breaking, heartbroken fool. Buffeted by the harsh winds of circumstance towards the one thing that might save him from himself, but when opportunity knocks, will he have the courage, finally, take it? ...

It is wartime London, & the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air. Stella discovers that her lover Robert is suspected of selling information to the enemy. Harrison, the British intelligence agent on his trail, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself. Caught between two men & unsure who she can trust, the flimsy structures of Stella`s life begin to crumble. ...

Full of mouth-watering flavours, sunshine & escapist adventure, The Heavenly Italian Ice Cream Shop will delight readers who enjoy Carole Matthews & Jenny Colgan. Anna & her husband Matteo are ready to embark a delicious Italian adventure. After a year & a half running their ice cream shop on Brighton beach & raising their baby Isabella, Matteo is starting to miss Italy. A shared passion for ices means it`s easy to settle on a new business idea
- they`ll open a shop in Sorrento`s cobbled square, a short walk from the sparkling blue sea. For a while, life is sweet; but then Matteo`s overbearing family get involved.. . Anna`s younger sister Imogen feels like things are finally coming together
- she`s living with boyfriend Finn in a beach house in Brighton, & her photography is taking off. Then her career stalls, & the lure of Capri
- & a man from her past
- prove difficult to resist.



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Cane, Cob & Chimney Jewett are young Georgia sharecroppers held under the thumb of their God-fearing father, Pearl. When he dies unexpectedly, they set out on horseback for Canada, robbing & looting their way to wealth & infamy. But little goes to plan & soon they`re pursued by both the authorities & the stories emanating from their trail of destruction
- making the Jewett Gang out to be the most fearsome trio of murdering bank robbers in the Midwest. The truth, though, is far more complex than the legend. & the heaven they`ve imagined may in fact be worse than the hell they sought to escape.
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The Heavens is a stunning wall map from National Geographic that presents the stars & constellations of the northern & southern ...