The plan: to rob the Reina, a super-luxury hotel off the coast of Spain.

The crew: three seasoned criminals with the

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Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover's birthday, an epithalamion for your sister's wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government's housing policy, this book gives you the tools & the confidence to do so with enjoyable exercises, insights & simple step-by-step advice. ...

As Director of the National Underwater & Marine Agency, Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding rouble. This time, though,

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RGMCD012 – Odetta Features 8 Complete & Re-Mastered Classic Albums On 4 C Ds. Disc 1 The Tin Angel (With Larry Mohr) 1. John Henry 3.07 2. Old Cotton Fields At Home 3.57 3. The Frozen Logger 2.51 4. Run, Come See Jerusalem 2.05 5. Old Blue 2.34 6. Wat ...

A tale of Odysseus & his ten-year journey home after the Trojan war forms one of the earliest & greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural & supernatural threats
- from the witch Circe who turns his men into pigs, to the twin terrors of Scylla & Charybdis.
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Of Gardens records a great adventure of continual discovery not only of the artful beauty of individual gardens & landscapes but also of the intellectual & historical threads that weave them into patterns of civilization. Deitz's vivid descriptions & recollections allow readers to share in the experience of her extensive travels. ...

After a few months studying in Heidelberg, & a brief spell in Paris as would-be artist, Philip Carey settles in London to train as a doctor. & that is where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative, tortured & masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him. ...

Streetwise George & his childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields & valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, & a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own & live the American dream. But do dreams come at a price! ...

Read by Clarke Peters. Streetwise George & his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields & valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, & a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own & live the American dream. But dreams come at a price. Gentle giant Lennie doesn't know his own strength, & when they find work at a ranch he gets into trouble with the boss's daughter-in-law. Trouble so bad that even his protector George may not be able to save him... ...

Tony Blair's least favourite colleague casts a mordant eye on whips & rebels, wars & liberties, spin & patronage, & expenses & legacies
- & at the same time delivers a passionate message about parliament's enduring value. This subversive & richly comical account of British political life during New Labour's term in office presents an intimate picture of what it was like to be its most prominent dissident member. Bob Marshall-Andrews looks at the sombre events of the last thirteen years including wars in Kosovo & Iraq, sustained assaults on ancient English liberties, & the worst scandal of recent political history. He reveals the stories that lie behind them & the Westminster dramas of intrigue, triumph & disaster. He describes the delights & trials of his work as constituency MP & examines his own & others' motives for entering politics: should the ambition, he asks, be to achieve power or to control it. Bob Marshall-Andrews breathes new life into the old values of libertarian socialism. " Off Message" is as provocative & entertaining as its author's campaigns & interventions.
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