On a dark desperate night in June 1943, a stricken Halifax bomber limped low over Holland & crashed in a small meadow. The aircraft itself was entirely wrecked, but its crew, amazingly, all stepped out alive & completely unhurt. This book contains one of the twenty true stories of bravery, survival & luck, & good & bad. ...

Offering an account of Arizona's Rim Country War of the 1880s, the author explores a web of conflict involving Mormons, Texas cowboys, New Mexican sheepherders, Jewish merchants, & mixed-blood ranchers. Their story, he contends, offers a fresh perspective on Western violence, Western identity, & American cultural history. ...

On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent & most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre & lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. ...

Oliver Stone
- once the country's most skilled assassin his country ever had
- stands in front of the White House, perhaps

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The Camel Club returns in the breathtaking follow up to " Divine Justice" from the number one International Bestselling author " On the night of the State Dinner" honouring the British Prime Minister, Oliver Stone witnesses an explosion as the motorcade leaves the White House. A bomb has been detonated in what looks like a terrorist plot directed at the President & the Prime Minister. In the aftermath, British MI5 agent Mary Chapman, an experienced, lethal operative with an agenda of her own, is sent to assist & coordinate the investigation alongside American authorities. Stone, together with Harry Finn, Alex Ford & the rest of the Camel Club, is drawn into the inquiry. But everything is not what it seems, & what happened in the park may not have been the actual plan. It seems the mysterious attackers had another target in their sights, & it's up to the Camel Club to stop them, or face the catastrophic results. ...

Details: With the government now off her tail, vampire & super thief Raylene Pendle is up to her old tricks, hired to
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Cab driver Francis ' Chas' Chandler leads an unremarkable existence, tagging along with John Constantine as his unofficial chauffeur. But Chas is a master of ' The Knowledge'
- the elaborate system of routes & landmarks which every London cabbie must memorise. Now Chas must put The Knowledge & his own wits to the test.
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Hellboy is called to Amalfi, Italy, by Franca, a young member of the Esposito family. Hellboy unearths the shriveled corpse of a demon hunter who was buried during the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius, & it tells him of the fire-demon that escaped the grip of the volcano leading to that devastating eruption. ...

In Cancun, Mexico, police investigate a slaughter at a wedding ceremony. In Dublin, Irel&, the clientele of a backstreet pub are found dead. In Kyoto, Japan, the bullet train pulls into the station with blood-spattered windows. It is the time of the Black Sun. Across the world, the wolves are calling to each other. ...

Second big screen outing for the popular cult superhero Hellboy (Ron Perlman), who originally appeared in Mike Mignola's Dark Horse comic series. In this highly acclaimed instalment, the mythical world starts an uprising against humanity in a bid to take ...