The story of orchid thief & obsessive, John Laroche, & the bizarre world of the orchid fanciers of Florida. The world of the orchid hunters, breeders & showmen, their rivalries, vendettas & crimes, smuggling, thefts & worse provide the backdrop to an exploration of one of the byways of human nature, the obsessive world of the collector. ...

From the author of ' Britons', the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh -- an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism, war, exploration, migration, growing maritime reach, & new ideas. Linda Colley's new book breaks the boundaries between biography, family stories & global history. ...

The third instalment of Jack Whyte's templar trilogy. The Order
- a secret society of men from ancient, noble families, drawn
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The Order of Melchizedek believes that there is one God, understood & worshiped in different ways throughout history. They also believe that each form of worship & understanding serves a purpose suited to the people who choose it for their own path of enlightenment, each contributes to a greater understanding of God & our spiritual nature. ...

An ingenious thriller in which young Detective Constable Trave uncovers a sophisticated plot at the heart of MI6 to assassinate Churchill & bring the Second World War & the whole Allied effort to an untimely end. It's 1940, & Bill Trave is a Detective Constable in his early thirties working in West London. France has fallen & the capital is being bombed both day & night
- it seems against all odds that Britain can survive the onslaught. Almost single-handedly Winston Churchill maintains the country's morale, with the German enemy convinced that his removal would win them the War. Albert Morrison, a rich widower forced into early retirement by failing eyesight, is stabbed to death in his Chelsea flat. His only daughter, Ava, tells Trave that she would read the newspapers to him every evening, & the night before his death he had become suddenly excited when she read him an obscure obituary notice. At Morrison's funeral, Ava learns from an old colleague that her father worked for MI6 before the War. The obituary notice was a coded message preparing for an assassination, although it does not specify the target. Trave realizes that there is a Nazi double agent within MI6, with a plan to assassinate Churchill & to set up another agent to take the blame. He is in a race against time to save Churchill, for if he fails, Britain's entire war effort could be at stake...
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Many people find that being a Carer gives them a somewhat confined existence as well it might. The author found that writing & reading books & attending evening classes that interested him made a huge difference to the quality of his life & would re ...

Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning...

Melissa has a new baby & doesn't want to let it change her.

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How would you survive without your identity? Adam Kindred, visiting London for a job interview, comes across a little Italian bistro as he walks along the Embankment, admiring the views. With horrifying speed, Adam's encounter leads to a series of acciden ...

One May evening in London, as a result of a chance encounter & a split-second decision, the young climatologist Adam Kindred loses everything
- home, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, money
- never to get them back. With the police & a hit man in merciless pursuit, Adam has no choice but to go underground, joining the ranks of the disappeared, struggling to understand how his life has unravelled so spectacularly. His journey of discovery will take him along the Thames from Chelsea to the sink estates of the East End. On the way he encounters aristocrats, priests, prostitutes & a policewoman
- but will he ever find himself again?


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The year is 1846. Gunslingers, lawmen, pioneers & whole families left their homes in the east & midwest to try their luck in the West. They loaded their covered wagons with all they could & headed west across steppes, deserts, & mountains. Many chose to settle in Oregon, where the farming & hunting was plentiful & they could stake out a bit of land for themselves. The players have already reached Oregon & gaze upon the rich farmland below & the potential gold & coal reserves of the mountains. They build ports on the lakes & rivers, churches, warehouses, post offices, & train stations on the plains. &, of course, they must farm the rich land to grow the food necessary for the area to grow & thrive. To win, a player must choose the right times to farm & the right times to build, for planning is necessary, even here in the untamed wilderness of Oregon! Oregon
- the way the west was won.. .
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