Telling the story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race, this book details the history of the race, the excitement of the start & the thrill of competition. It contains extensive interviews with officials, crews, survivors & rescue service personnel. ...

A plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina. But a severed foot is discovered a good distance from the main crash site... Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is first on the scene. The task that confronts her is a sad & sickening one, & her investigation seems to be throwing up more questions than it's answering. But when Tempe makes a discovery that raises dangerous issues, her professional standing in threatened. Convinced that another corpse lies in the woods, Tempe pits herself against a conspiracy of silence, & uncovers a shocking tale of deceit & depravity... ...

What if the witch gave Merida a different spell? Merida understands that, as a princess, she has certain obligations
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This book is an episodic log of some of the more memorable of (the author's) nearly 10, 000 hours aloft in peace & in war. It is also an attempt to define by example his belief in the phenomenon of luck-- that the pattern of anyone's fate is only partly contrived by the individual.--The New Yorker. ...

Offers a complex meditation on balancing the lonely life of the artist with the demands of everyday life. Through six separate threads, a private investigator tries to discover the artists' fate through false trails, family & daily life re-enactments an ...

Tells the story of the lottery from its Ancient Greek origins, through the activities of extraordinary personalities such as Casanova, George Washington & Queen Elizabeth I, the backlash of the moralists such as Wilberforce & the corruption of the Louisiana State Lottery, to its use in allocating school places & public appointments. ...

Scientist & single mother Cara paulsen is used to fighting for what she wants & doing whatever it takes to protect her daughter, Janie. But 'whatever it takes' has never before included a shotgun wedding to a dangerous-looking stranger. Vampire leader Talen says that he's there to protect Cara & Janie. ...

Strange things have been happening to Daire Santos. Animals follow her, crows mock her, glowing people appear from nowhere. Worried that Daire's having a breakdown, her mother sends her to stay with the grandmother she's never met, who lives on the dusty plains of Enchantment, New Mexico. There Daire crosses paths with Dace, a gorgeous guy with unearthly blue eyes. Her grandmother recognizes Daire's episodes for what they are
- a call to her true destiny as a Soul Seeker, a person who can navigate between the living & the dead. Guided by her grandmother, Daire must be quick to learn how to harness her powers, because Dace's brother is an evil shape-shifter, out to steal them. Daire must embrace her fate as a Soul Seeker & discover whether Dace is the guy she's meant to be with... or if he's allied with the enemy she's destined to destroy.
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Summer is approaching in the market town of Little Woodford, which can only mean one thing: the town fete! But the winds of change

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A compelling tale of a remarkable life this story is also one that is implicitly tied in with the history of the north-west Highlands in the late nineteenth century & the Catholic Hebrides in their transcendent prime, where culture overflows with myth & adventure, colour, character & extraordinary unspoilt beauty. ...