On 10 CD's. Steven Crossley reads this thrilling tale of double agents, deceit & betrayal from bestselling author Frederick Forsyth. When British & American intelligence catch wind of a major Al-Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action. But what can they do? They know nothing about the attack. They have no sources in Al-Qaeda, & it's impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless...' The Afghan' is Izmet Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay & a former senior commander of the Taliban. ' The Afghan' is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world: a dark, lean man born & raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done before
- pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs
- pass off Martin as the trusted Khan. It will require extraordinary luck...A complete & unabridged reading by Steven Crossley.

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When Rachel & Aidan fell in love, they thought it was forever. She was a brilliant, high-flying scientist. He was her loving & supportive husb&.

Now shes gone, & Aidan must carry on & raise their daughter alone. But Rachel has left behind her lifes work, a gift of love to see them through the dark days after her death.

A surprising & emotional story starring an unforgettable heroine, for fans of Together, The Summer of Impossible Things & Little Fires Everywhere

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781409172642
• Author: Cass Hunter
• Publisher: Orion Books
• Format: Paperback
• Dimensions: 19 x 12cm










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In the bitter winter of 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg.

Here she is reunited with her husband Lewis,

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Marjorie, Stacy, Raymond & Dora each hold a different story to their chest – lost loves, abandoned dreams, crippling self-confidence

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Few periods in history evoke such a vivid sense of wonder & mystery as the Middle Ages. A time of knights, castles, monks & crusaders, it is a lost world that has captured the imagination of generations of scholars, poets & filmmakers. This fresh history brings the medieval age vividly & unforgettably to life. The five hundred years that separate the mid-tenth century from the mid-fifteenth century constitute a critical & formative period in the history of Europe. This was the age of the system of legal & military obligation known as ...

What If our 24-hour day grew longer, first in minutes, then in hours until day becomes night & night becomes day? ' It is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the end. The real catastrophies are always different
- unimagined, unprepared for, unknown...' What if our 24-hour day grew longer, first in minutes, then in hours, until day becomes night & night becomes day? What effect would this slowing have on the world? On the birds in the sky, the whales in the sea, the astronauts in space, & on an eleven-year-old girl, grappling with emotional changes in her own life..? One morning, Julia & her parents wake up in their suburban home in California to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth is noticeably slowing. The enormity of this is almost beyond comprehension. & yet, even if the world is, in fact, coming to an end, as some assert, day-to-day life must go on. Julia, facing the loneliness & despair of an awkward adolescence, witnesses the impact of this phenomenon on the world, on the community, on her family & on herself.
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Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in every sphere of European life by the Dual revolution
- the 1789 French revolution & the Industrial Revolution that originated in Britain.

This enthralling & original account highlights the significant sixty years when industrial capitalism established itself in Western Europe & when Europe established the domination over the rest of the world it was to hold for half a century.


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Age of the Train: the Development of Train Travel Through the Ages charts the history of the beautiful machine which, more than any other form of transport, changed the face of the world we live in today. From the origins of train travel in the seventeenth century to the atmospheric glorious age of steam, to the high-speed electric trains of today, beautiful photographs, facsimile documents & concise authoritative text make this book an appealing package for both rail enthusiasts & those interested in general social history. The size of this book is 28.6 cm in height & 25cm wide & has 96 pages. ...

The Age Of The Train: From the Rocket to the Bullet charts the history of the beautiful machine which, more than any other form of transport, has changed the face of the world we live in today. We journey from the origin of rail travel in the seventeenth century, though the atmospheric glorious age of steam, to the high-speed electric trains of today. Beautiful photographs, facsimile documents & concise authoritative text make this book an appealing package for both rail enthusiasts & those interested in general social history. Produced in association with the National Railway Museum, York. ...

Ex-Special Operations Executive agent Duncan Forrester has returned from the war & is back at his Oxford college as a junior Ancient

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