The dramatic race to transplant the first human heart spanned two years, three continents & five cities against a backdrop of searing tension, scientific brilliance, ethical controversy, racial strife & emotional turmoil. It culminated in a terrifying moment in the early hours of 3 December 1967 when, in a cramped operating theatre in a Cape Town hospital, Professor Chris Barnard stared into an empty cavity from which he had just removed a heart. He knew that he had only minutes left to make history & save the life of a 55-year-old man by filling the gaping hole in his chest with a heart which had just been beating inside a 25-year-old woman. EVERY SECOND COUNTS is the story of this gripping race to conquer the greatest of medical challenges. The kind of true story that would be dismissed as far-fetched if presented as fiction, it combines an utterly compelling portrait of cutting-edge science with raw human drama, & shows how the course of medicine itself was changed for ever. ...

She'd recognised in him something of herself: that sense of not belonging, of secrets fiercely kept...

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Profiler & therapist Kez Lanyon is shocked when she finds a baby on the backseat of her car, with an unsigned note asking her to take care of him. Kez has a pretty good idea who the mother is – Brandee, a popular social media star with a troubled background, who once lived in Kez’s house. Brandee recently dropped out of the limelight & if the internet rumours are true, Kez knows Brandee’s life is in danger. Kez is torn. Should she simply take care of the baby as she’s been asked, or should she risk her whole family by using contacts from her previous job to save this young woman? Time is running out for Brandee. Can Kez find her before it’s too late? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781472298140 • Author: Dorothy Koomson • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm ...

Trust no one. Suspect everyone. It’s 1937. Fear & suspicion stalk the Continent. A million have died in Stalin’s Great Purge & the Nazi terror grips Germany. But British intelligence is still trying to work out who the enemy is. As Europe heads towards war, treason is in the air. British spymasters know there is one Soviet agent in their ranks, codenamed Agent ‘ Archie’, & there’s a frantic search to find them. What they don’t know is that he is not the only traitor. The life of Charles Cooper, a young British writer travelling Europe to research his novel, is about to change for ever… The thrilling first novel in Alex Gerlis’ new Double Agent espionage series, perfect for fans of Charles Cumming & Mick Herron. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804363768 • Author: Alex Gerlis • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12.85 x 2.08 cm ...

Everybody has a secret... This is the stunning new novel from the bestselling Irish author. Marianne has worked hard to get ...

From New York Times best-selling author, Kim Harrison, comes the third book in her brilliant Hollows series; packed with the perfect balance of wry humour & thrilling action, which will delight fans of thrillers & fantasy alike. If you make a deal with the devil, can you still save your soul? To avoid becoming the love-slave of a depraved criminal vampire, bounty-hunter & witch, Rachel Morgan, is cornered into a deal that could promise her an eternity of suffering. But eternal damnation is not Rachel's only worry. Her vampire roommate, Ivy, has rediscovered her taste for blood & is struggling to keep their relationship platonic, her boyfriend, Nick, has disappeared ? perhaps indefinitely, & she's being stalked by an irate pack of werewolves. & then there's also the small matter of the turf war raging in Cincinnati's underworld; one that Rachel began & will have to finish before she has the smallest hope of preserving her own future. ...

Books Modern Romance Books Be careful what you wish for... Iza's love life is a disaster. Tired of dating all the wrong men, she longs to find a nice, dependable partner to build a future with, though they're hard to come by these days. At this rate, she'd be lucky if a man just magically appeared out of thin air. To Iza's shock, a stranger with a devilishly sexy smile & an insufferably carefree attitude suddenly turns up in her flat claiming to be her personal wish-granter. Willing to play along, if only to get Beckett out of the way, she wishes to find her dream boyfriend
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From the evil prosthesis of Captain Hook to the comical speech of Porky Pig, images in our culture can become the basis of negative attitudes & subliminal prejudice towards persons with disabilties. This text seeks to provide guidance for teachers in how to recognize & counter this. ...

Explore one of literatures most famous figures!

The first book to investigate Jane Austens popular significance today,

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