Jennifer is here to marry the man of her dreams, but could an unexpected wedding guest turn her perfect day into a nightmare? Sahndhi, disillusioned winner of Pop Princess, has come to escape the media glare. Or so she thinks. Grainne & Aidan celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, while secretly wondering if it's all a sham. Divorced dad Rudy arrives for a rare holiday with his beloved little boy
- though his ex-wife may not see it in the same light. & thriller-writer Corinne observes all from the sidelines, as she battles with writer's block & self-doubt. Is the inspiration she needs closer than she thinks? Join these & many other holidaymakers for a journey of intrigue & romance, as intertwining tales unfold from beach to bedroom to bar. Together they create a delightful collection of stories, the ideal escape to pure paradise...
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From the writer & star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding comes Connie & Carla. Best friends Connie & Carla have always dreamed of fame & fortune, but their careers in show business are going nowhere fast. After witnessing a crime, they are forced to go ...

Details: September 7th, 1940. The Isle of Dogs, heart of London's docklands, suffers the first terrible night of a
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Details: From a young scholar to one of historys most powerful warriors, Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan ? an
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The one & only Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great & heroic mind; his action-packed rule; & how in conquering one-fifth of the worlds inhabited l&, he changed the course of history forever. A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar. A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength & wisdom. A man who betrayed a brother to protect a nation. From a young scholar to one of historys most powerful warriors, Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan ? an extraordinary man who should be remembered alongside Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great & Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. It should have been a golden age, with an empire to dwarf the lands won by the mighty Genghis Khan. Instead, the vast Mongol nation is slowly losing ground, swallowed whole by their most ancient enemy. A new generation has arisen, yet the long shadow of the Great Khan still hangs over them all ? Kublai dreams of an empire stretching from sea to sea. But to see it built, this scholar must first learn the art of war. He must take his nations warriors to the ends of the known world. & when he is weary, when he is wounded, he must face his own brothers in bloody civil war. ...

One of the most revered of contemporary filmmakers, Werner Herzog kept a diary during the making of Fitzcarraldo, the lavish 1982 film that tells the story of a would-be robber baron who pulls a steamship over a hill to access a rich rubber territory. This title offers a glimpse into the mind of Herzog during the making of the film. ...

An account of the birth of globalisation in the sixteenth century. This book traces the roots of globalization through the story of how the closely related states of Portugal, Spain, & later the Dutch Republic were able to check the powerful Ottoman Emp ...

Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword. Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl
- Joan of Arc
- would halt the English advance. Yet despite her victories, her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death & his kingdom endured for another twenty years. When he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. It was the dauphin, whom Joan had crowned Charles VII, who would finally drive the English out of France. Supremely evocative & brilliantly told, this is narrative history at its most colourful & compelling
- the true story of those who fought for an English kingdom of France. This book has 512 pages & is 12.6 x 4.5 x 19.6 cms


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In the sixteenth century the king of Spain issues his soldiers with a three-pronged mission: to find gold, spread the word of Christianity & claim new territories for Spain. The conquistadors, as they become know, set off into the world to do just that, & nothing was to standing their way. Their amazing journeys took them from Florida to Machu Picchu via the Amazon & Lake Titicaca at a time when, thirty years after Columbus discovered America, Europeans still thought that the lands he had claimed were merely islands between Europe & Asia. The conquistadors ...

Presents the author's vision of a New Deal for a fairer society. This book argues that the time is ripe for another era of great reform. It outlines a programme for change, explaining what can be done to narrow the wealth gap. It shows how a fresh political coalition can both support & be supported by reform, making our society more democratic. ...