Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, has so far managed to contain sex & personal freedom in separate compartments. But now he is in trouble, trying to raise 4, 000 francs to procure a safe abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Beyond all this, filtering an uneasy light on his predicament, rises the threat of the coming of the Second World War. ...

Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behavior; & it is also a type of therapeutic talk. Sharing always comes with a warm glow around it, embodying positive values such as empathy, communication, fairness, openness & equality. ...

Analyses the impact of television on daily life, focusing on both the concepts & theories of the medium. This book also analyzes the way in which televised entertainment has radically altered human perceptions of place & time, multiplied opportunities for indirect social experience, & fueled the collective imagination. ...

Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Book Richard Holmes, prize-winning biographer of Coleridge & Shelley, explores the scientific ferment that swept across Britain at the end of the 18th century in his ground-breaking new biography ' The Age of Wonder'. ...

Offers 101 practical ideas & projects for stress-free, low-maintenance senior gardening, shown step by step in more than 500 photographs. This title considers the practical decisions that are required in any garden, strategies to cater for individual disabilities, & sensory features to stimulate sight, sound, smell, touch & taste. ...

Read by Gareth Armstrong. Leo Demidov's last case forces him to question what we live for when we've lost the people we love... Moscow, 1950. Former Secret Service Agent Leo Demidov is forbidden to travel with his wife & daughters to New York as part of a ' Peace Tour', meant to foster better relations between the two Cold War enemies. Leo's natural paranoia reaches its peak: Why has his family been selected? What is being planned? When Leo's worst fears are realised & a tragic murder destroys everything he loves, he demands only one thing: that he is allowed to investigate & find the killer who has struck at the heart of his family. Crippled by grief, his request denied, Leo sees no other option that to take matters into his own hands, thousands of miles from the crime scene. In a surprising, thriller story that spans decades & continents
- from the backstreets of 1960s New York to the mountains of Afghanistan in the 1980s
- Leo will stop at nothing as he hunts the one person who knows the truth: Agent 6.

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Former Soviet Secret Service agent Leo Demidov has built himself a new life as a civilian with his wife Raisa, & their two teenage daughters, Elena & Zoya. The Soviet Union is a country trying to reassert itself after the murderous excesses of Stalin & the chaos of the following years, & as the Cold War continues powers inside Russia seek to topple their great enemy, the United States of America. Communist allies within the United States will prove vital players in this game of intrigue & revolution. Raisa & their two daughters travel to the United States on a diplomatic mission, but a horrifying tragedy destroys everything Leo & Raisa have built. Leo must get to the States somehow & find out what happened. Exiled from the Soviet Union & separated from his family, Leo's quest takes him through the stark wilderness of Afghanistan, reawakening all his old instincts & forcing him to confront his demons. But whatever it costs, wherever he must go, he will find Agent 6. Read by Gareth Armstrong ...

This is the conclusion that started in Child 44. Leo Demidov is a former Secret Service agent that isn't allowed to travel with his wife & daughters to New York as part of the ' Peace Tour'. But then Leo's worst fears are realised & a tragic murder destroys everything he loves. He demands that he is allowed to investigate & find the killer who has struck at the heart of his family. Leo has to take matters into his own hands when his request is denied. This book is 24.2cm in height & 15.9cm wide with 545 pages. ...

Moscow, 1965. Former Secret Service agent Leo Demidov is forbidden to travel with his wife & daughters to New York as part of a ' Peace Tour', meant to foster better relations between the two Cold War enemies. Leo's natural paranoia reaches its peak: Why have his family been selected? What is being planned? When Leo's worst fears are realised & a tragic murder destroys everything he loves, he demands only one thing: that he is allowed to investigate & find the killer who has struck at the heart of his family. Crippled by grief, his request denied, Leo sees no other option than to take matters into his own hands, thousands of miles from the crime scene. In a surprising, thrilling story that spans decades & continents
- from the backstreets of 1960s New York to the mountains of Afghanistan in the 1980s
- Leo will stop at nothing as he hunts the one person who knows the truth: Agent 6.

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272 AD The Roman Emperor Aurelian has defeated Queen Zenobia & crushed the Palmyran revolt. Faridun's Banner, hallowed battle standard of the Persian Empire, has fallen into Roman hands & is to be returned to the Persians as part of a historic peace treaty. But on the eve of the signing the banner goes missing. Recalled to Syria, imperial agent Cassius Corbulo is charged with recovering the flag. Accompanied by his faithful servant Simo & ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara, Cassius must journey across the dangerous wastes of Syria to the equally perilous streets of Antioch. He & his companions face ruthless brigands, mysterious cults, merciless assassins & intrigue at every turn. ...