Former SAS Warrant Officer Joe Gardner has fought the Regiment's deadliest enemies, in some of the most desolate places on earth. & he's always won. Now he's about to face his toughest challenge yet. After losing his hand whilst on a covert operation in Afghanistan, Gardner is forced to stand down from active duty. Now he lives off the grid. But trouble finds him in the shape of a phone call from an old friend. Ex-Regiment legend John Bald is trapped in a bullet-ridden favela in Rio de Janeiro & a violent gang is out to kill him. Unless Gardner helps, Bald is a dead man. What begins as a simple rescue mission soon descends into a desperate struggle for survival as Gardner finds himself caught up in a conceit that stretches from the slums of Brazil to the frozen steppes of Siberia. Stalked by elusive MI6 agents & ruthless ex-Blades, Gardner must draw on all his training & instincts to hunt down the hardest target of all
- before disaster strikes...
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In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key... But which of New York's 162 million locks does it open? So begins a quest that takes Oskar
- across New York's five boroughs & into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives & complete strangers.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is Jonathan Safran Foers heartrending New York novel

In a vase in a closet, a couple

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Gage Wallace's life falls apart when, after breaking up with his girlfriend & having a heart-to-heart with his television set, he finds himself framed for blowing up his apartment building
- the latest in a string of deadly bombings in this doomed suburb.
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They both share the same secret: neither of them are who they say they are. They are among only nine criminals in the UK who have been granted lifelong anonymity, for their own safety, because of their terrible crimes. But what if someone exposed their true identities to the families of their victims, who are desperate for revenge? Probation officer Olivia Campbell is caught in the crossfire of this crisis
- & as the search for the mole behind it all intensifies, so too does the hunt for the vigilante killers let loose by the leaks... RIGHT OR WRONG? CRIMINAL OR VICTIM? REDEMPTION OR REVENGE? Product Information:  •†ISBN: 9781398708204 •†Author: M. J. Arlidge •†Publisher: Orion •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:†496 •†Dimensions: 12.8 x 3.8 x 19.6 cm
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Part of a trilogy whose other titles are Power vs Force, & I: Reality & Subjectivity, this title reveals the very core of the spiritual process critical to the state of Enlightenment. It

Includes:: verbatim dialogues with advanced students, instructions & explanations that illuminate the spiritual teachings.

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When Isikara discovers the beautiful Queen Tiy of Egypt has been killed & her eldest son, Tuthmosis, is facing the same fate, she finds herself on the run with the young prince to get help to return him to his rightful place on the throne of Egypt. They must travel to Nubia to find allies
- a journey which takes them along the Nile, across the desert & through bustling market towns, all the while avoiding their pursuers, the High Priests who wish to silence them. But there are dangers in the desert & all around. Who can they trust? & where will their adventure lead them? A gripping & pacy tale, packed with fascinating historical detail of Egypt.
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The author served in SAS for twenty-five years. Blooded in Oman in 1970s, he also saw action in Northern Irel&, in Falklands War, & in Gulf campaign. From his early days in Paras to his time as Regimental Sergeant-Major in Gulf, he has lived & fough ...

Details: Appleby Isl&, once the magnificent home of a tycoon & planter, is a place of history & mystery in the Sacramento
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I was looking down, watching the shark come. It seemed to swell up in size as it rushed towards me. Every detail was burned into my mind in those frantic seconds. I saw the hog's snout with the two slotted nostrils, the golden eyes with the black pupils like arrowheads, the broad blue back from which stood the tall executioner's blade of the dorsal fin. Harry Fletcher, a man with a chequered past, has reformed & is making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the seductive waters of the Indian Ocean. Suddenly men from the world of violence Harry has put behind him overturn his good intentions, involving him in a hectic race to recover a fabulous treasure from an ancient wreck. ...