Big screen adaptation of the Elmore Leonard crime novel. Bank robber Jack Foley (George Clooney) is forced to kidnap federal agent Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez) while breaking out of prison. The two feel a strong sexual attraction for each other, but Karen ...

After a harrowing tour in Afghanistan, intelligence officer Amy Cornwall is eager to return home to her husband & their young

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A tragic accident – or a ruthless killer?

When a flash mob on Brick Lane is interrupted by a sudden explosion, DI Maya

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It was the case that shocked the nation. On the evening of 20 April 2011, Tina Nash's life changed forever. After suffering months of beatings & domestic abuse at the hands of boyfriend Shane Jenkin, she was subjected to a barbaric & prolonged attack during which Jenkin beat her unconscious & gouged out both her eyes. When he was jailed in May 2012, people struggled to comprehend the scale of the violence endured by this mother of two at her home in Cornwall. In Out of the Darkness, Tina tells her full story
- of what life with a violent partner is really like & how she survived 12 hours of sustained & unimaginable violence in her own home. Learning to adjust to life without her sight, Tina speaks bravely about how her children have given her the courage to keep going, & how
- step by careful step
- she is learning to live again. With statistics on domestic violence rising, Tina's incredible memoir of survival makes for essential reading.


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Tells the stories of more than 30 people who have undergone permanent spiritual awakening after intense trauma & turmoil in their lives. This title explains why turmoil has this transformational effect & illustrates the almost infinite capacity of human beings to overcome suffering. ...

' Welshmen are lovers of peace but they are defenders of liberty, ' said David Lloyd George. & whatever the rights & wrongs of the Great War's call to arms, there is no denying the impact of that war on Wales. There is no denying either the impact that Wales itself had upon the war. Out of the Fire of Hell is an anthology that describes & distils Welsh experiences of the First World War. In poetry & prose, these are the testimonies both of those who fought & those who stood & waited on the home front. They are the embattled & emotive confessions of public figures & unsung heroes alike, the harrowing & humorous observations of both officer & priavte
- & of their loved ones. Many of the pieces included are translations of the work of some of the major Welsh-language writers of the early twentieth century, like Hedd Wyn, Cynan & Saunders Lewis. These stand side-by-side with great Welsh names of the English tradition, like Edward Thomas, Wilfred Owen & T.E. Lawrence, whilst there is room also for Englishmen who identified very closely with the Welsh experience, like Ivor Gurney & Robert Graves. The anthology is illustrated by striking black-&-white photographs, visual reminders of who these people were & what they had to endure.
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Contains the high octane work of Paul Bonner, an artist able to recall in paints his visits to Valhalla, the blasted future, & sundry haunted & ravaged stopping off points in between. This book

Includes:: over 150 of Paul's colour paintings, along with numerous character studies & sketches, produced by him.

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A secret from the war with the power to change one woman's future…

1939: War has broken out, & in Albania Bekim's

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Private detective Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) is hired by gambler Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas) to find Sterling's girlfriend after she shoots him & takes off with $40, 000 of his money. Bailey tracks the woman, Kathie Moffett (Jane Greer) to Mexico, onl ...

Lucy, Countess of Bedford was one of the richest & influential women in England at the time of Shakespeare. Married to Earl of Bedford, the Queen's closest friend, cousin to Robert Sidney & patron of John Donne, she existed in a world of gossip, scandal & intrigue at the centre of a world of celebrity. This book describes her life. ...