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The 1970s was a great decade for British racing drivers. It was also the era in which the nation lost a generation of brilliant young drivers
- Roger Williamson, Tony Brise & Tom Pryce
- in tragic accidents. All had the potential to be World Champions. With access to their families, friends & race colleagues, the author tells their stories.

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What if you were trapped between two cultures? Life is tough in 1870s Wyoming. But it's tougher still when you're a girl who looks Chinese but speaks like an American. Orphaned as a baby & taken in by an American family, Charity Walker knows this only too well. ...

Two girls go missing. Only one will return. The parents who offer the highest amount will see their daughter again. The losing parents will not. Make no mistake. One child will die. When nine-year-old best friends Charlie & Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable: that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping. & when a second text message pits the two families against each other for the life of their children, the clock starts ticking for Detective Kim Stone & the squad. Seemingly outwitted at every turn, Kim realises that these ruthless killers might be the deadliest she has ever faced. & that their chances of bringing the girls home alive are getting smaller by the hour... Untangling a dark web of secrets from the families' past might hold the key to solving this case. But can Kim stay alive long enough to do so? Or will one of the girls pay the ultimate price? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781... ...

A young girl has mysteriously disappeared in Rome. As rain lashes the ancient streets, two men, Clemente & Marcus, sit in a caf? near the Piazza Navona & pore over the details of the case. They are members of the ancient Penitenzeri
- a unique Italian team, linked to the Vatican, & trained in the detection of true evil. But they are not alone. Sandra
- a brilliant forensics expert with a tragic past
- is also working on the case. When her path crosses theirs, not only do they make headway in the case of the missing girl, but they also uncover a terrible secret world, hidden in the dark recesses of Rome. A world that is as perfect as it is evil...A spellbinding literary thriller from the author of The Whisperer, this novel offers a window onto the hidden secrets of Rome. Beautifully capturing the atmosphere of the city, it blends a page-turning plot with fascinating historical fact.


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Following a plane crash, the British consul Conway, his deputy, a missionary & an American financier find themselves in the mysterious snow-capped mountains somewhere in Tibet. Instructed by the mortally wounded pilot to find the lamasery of Shangri-La, they are both confused & delighted to be greeted with gracious hospitality there, but find themselves virtually imprisoned in the mystical & beautiful place. With its luxurious amenities, a vast library & many antiques treasures, what is the dark secret at the heart of the apparent utopia of Shangri-La? Summersdale are delighted to be re-releasing Lost Horizon, first published in 1933 & greet with enormous critical & public acclaim. ...

A vicious murder is committed, but who has blood on their hands?

On a hot summer's afternoon, Michelle Wentworth

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Thursday Next, literary detective & newlywed is back to embark on an adventure that begins, quite literally on her own doorstep. It seems that Landen, her husband of four weeks, actually drowned in an accident when he was two years old. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible. The sinister Goliath Corporation wants its operative Jack Schitt out of the poem in which Thursday trapped him, & it will do almost anything to achieve this
- but bribing the Chrono Guard? Is that possible? Having barely caught her breath after The Eyre Affair, Thursday must battle corrupt politicians, try to save the world from extinction, & help the Neanderthals to species self-determination. Mastadon migrations, journeys into Just William, a chance meeting with the Flopsy Bunnies, & violent life-&-death struggles in the summer sales are all part of a greater plan.
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An utterly gripping nonfiction adventure narrative, Lost in Shangri-La is an untold true story of war, survival, discovery, heroism, & a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers & crew were killed & two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brother died in the crash, a sergeant who suffered terrible head wounds, & a beautiful member of the Women's Army Corps. Hurt, unarmed & afraid, they prayed for deliverance ? from their wounds, from the elements, & from the spear-carrying, Dani tribesmen who roamed the mountains, men who were untouched by modernity. For seven weeks, the survivors experienced one remarkable adventure after another, until they were rescued in a truly incredible mission. Using a huge range of sources, including first hand accounts from the survivors themselves, Mitchell Zukoff exposes the enlightening & terrifying adventure of three individuals lost on unknown soil & the relationships they built not only with each other, but also with a lost civilization. ...

Four backpackers meet in Bolivia & set off into the rainforest on a dream expedition, lured by the promise of uncharted villages & forgotten tribes hidden in places tourists only dream of seeing. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime quickly becomes a struggle for survival when they get lost in the wilds of the Amazonian jungle. ...