Here they come, & they're out for blood! For too long have hot-blooded babes in brass bras & chain link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy. You think their swords won't cut, their clubs won't crush? You think they look cute? It's time to take sword-swinging amazons more seriously! ...

The Chieftain Main Battle Tank was the heaviest armoured & armed tank used in modern flashpoint wars such as the Iran-Iraq War, Bosnia & the Gulf War. This manual explores the design, development & operation of the tank, one of the most influential ...

Explores the world of young children aged from 2 to 5 as they emerge from toddlerdom & start out on the long road to independence. This title contains information on various aspects of development. It describes the growth patterns, social & emotional ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK` An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret. An absolutely fabulous read
- I loved it!' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR` Clever & compelling.
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In Stalin's Soviet Union, crime does not exist. But still millions live in fear. The mere suspicion of disloyalty to the State, the wrong word at the wrong time, can send an innocent person to his execution. Officer Leo Demidov, an idealistic war hero, believes he's building a perfect society. But after witnessing the interrogation of an innocent man, his loyalty begins to waver, & when ordered to investigate his own wife, Raisa, Leo is forced to choose where his heart truly lies. Then the impossible happens. A murderer is on the loose, killing at will, & every belief Leo has ever held is shattered. Denounced by his enemies & exiled from home, with only Raisa by his side, he must risk everything to find a criminal that the State won't admit even exists. On the run, Leo soon discovers the danger isn't from the killer he is trying to catch, but from the country he is trying to protect. This book has 484 pages & is 20 x 13.4 x 3.7 cms ...

In 1939, John Wright, a four-year-old boy from a deprived but loving Middlesbrough home, was uprooted from his family & evacuated to a large house in North Yorkshire, requisitioned as a nursery school. His story is not unlike any other during the upheaval of wartime, but in this remarkably lucid & detailed set of recollections, a seventy-three-year-old man tells his story of love, loss & life with the delight & fear of a wartime child. His poignant memories of cruelty & hurt are set against a beautiful voyage of discovery as a young boy explores the Yorkshire countryside & comes of age in a unique environment, only to be struck by an unbearable tragedy. A bittersweet tale of innocence & stark realities, Child from Home explores why wartime means so much to our collective memory
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Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted & his daughter is kidnapped. From there, Lewis spirals into bereavement that has effects on his relationship with his wife, his psyche & time itself. ...

For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again.

Kitty Fisher has plenty on her plate to

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Two families divided by war. An entire city on the edge of disaster. 1948, Berlin. World War II has ended & there is supposed to be peace; but Russian troops have closed all access to the city. Roads, railway lines & waterways are blocked & two million people are trapped, relying on airlifts of food, water & medicine to survive. The sharp eyes of the Russian state police watch everything; no one can be trusted. Anna & Ingrid are both searching for answers – & revenge – in the messy aftermath of war. They understand that survival comes only by knowing what to trade: food; medicine; heirlooms; secrets. Both are living in the shadows of a city where the line between right & wrong has become dangerously blurred. But they cannot give up in the search for a lost child … Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399713610 • Author: Kate Furnivall • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.56 x 12.7 x 2.79 cm ...

Angela Mc Clusky is haunted by the young baby that she left on the steps of the workhouse.

Born out of wedlock & the result

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