A practical guide for those involved in helping people out of debt
- & keeping them out of it. It offers a comprehensive manual
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History is full of myths, legends, fables, folklore, misinformation & misconceptions. Whether they have come about inadvertently or deliberately, many have become part of the public imagination. This book presents some of the most popular & enduring of these myths from the time of the American & French revolutions to the two world wars & beyond. Arranged within well defined geographical or thematic sections, & through a mix of short & long entries, each topic is clearly explained & the myth, error or controversy is exposed. This is an authoritative, compelling & illuminating miscellany, where you can find a straight answer to all those niggling questions about the past. ...

The record of the young Angelica Garnett's struggle to emerge from the extraordinary & intense milieu of the Bloomsbury Set as a mature & independent woman. She creates a poignant picture of her mother, Vanessa Bell, of her own emerging individuality, & of the Bloomsbury era. ...

Sam Mc Cready is The Deceiver, one of the Secret Intelligence Service's most unorthodox & most valued operatives, a legend in his own time. The end of the cold war has, however, strengthened the hand of the Whitehall mandarins, to whom he seems about as controllable as Genhis Khan, so Sam is to have his fate decided at a special hearing. ...

In the war against Hitler, the Allies had to use every ounce of cunning & trickery that they possessed, & combining military deceptions with the double-agent network run by the intelligence services, they were able to send the enemy inaccurate & misleading information about Allied troops, plans & operations. From moving imaginary armies around the desert to putting a corpse with fake papers floating in the Mediterranean, & from faking successful bombing campaigns to the convoluted deceptions which kept part of the German forces away from Normandy prior to D-Day, Terry Crowdy explores the deception war that combined the double-agent network with ingenious plans to confuse & hoodwink the Fuhrer. ...

Details: She who dares wins! Until love gets in the way... When one of her sisters is attacked by Harry Devers, the lecherous
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In this daring sequel to DEFIANCE, with the world they once loved forever destroyed, Rachel & Logan must decide between a life on the run & standing their ground to fight. With their ragged group of survivors struggling to forge a future, its up to Logan & Rachel to become the leaders they need. Under constant threat from rival armies & no place to call their own, the group decides to take their chances in the Wastel&, despite the deadly risk of The Cursed One. But soon their problems begin: someone
- possibly inside their ranks
- is sabotaging the survivors, picking them off one by one. They begin to question whether the price of freedom may be too great. & whether their band of survivors, hunted by their enemies & the murderous traitor in their midst, can make it out of the Wasteland alive... and whether Rachel & Logan can survive these trials together.

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In the wake of a series of unfortunate house-sitting experiences, Thea Osborne, accompanied by her spaniel Hephzibah, is perhaps over-optimistic about the English summertime & the possibilities of her latest assignment in the secluded Cotswold village of Cranham. Despite the ease with which Thea's new job looking after Harriet Young's reptiles begins, she soon finds a dark side to the characters she encounters. From the elderly Donny Davis to the enigmatic figure of Edwina, it soon becomes clear that Harriet's beloved geckoes are not the only cold-blooded creatures at large in Cranham... ...

When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy & the impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Toll&, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable
- evidence of scientific trickery
- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.

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When a NASA satellite detects evidence of a rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the space agency proclaims a victory that has profound implications for US space policy & the impending presidential election. The President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the find. ...