Books Autobiographies In November 1974, British MP & former cabinet minister John Stonehouse walked into the sea off a beach in Miami & disappeared, seemingly drowned. Then he was found
- on the other side of the world, in Australia
- & his extraordinary story began to come to light: a Labour cabinet minister & a devoted family man; also in a long-term affair with his secretary, & a spy for the Czech State Security agency, who had committed fraud & attempted to fake his own death to escape catastrophic business failures. Was it a mental breakdown as he later claimed? Or were there more sinister reasons for his dramatic disappearance? This is the definitive biography of Stonehouse, written by Julian Hayes, who, as the son of Stonehouse's nephew & lawyer, Michael Hayes, is uniquely placed to tell the story of this charismatic but deeply flawed politician.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781472146533 •†Author:†  Julian Hayes •†Publisher:†  Robinson •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 384 •†Dimensions:† 12.7 x 2.54 x 19.69 cm

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After the tragic death of their father, Emily & Navin move to the home of their deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through the basement. Desperate not to lose her, they follow her into an underground world inhabited by strange creatures. ...

Emily & Navin's mother is still in a coma from the arachnopod's poison, & there's only one place to find help: Kanalis, the beautiful city of waterfalls. But when Em, her brother, & Miskit & the rest of the robotic crew aboard the walking house reach the city, they quickly realize that seeking help is looking for trouble, dangerous trouble. ...

Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murstons, & although the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life, staying away now might even be more dangerous than turning up. An estuary town north of Aberdeen, Stonemouth, with its five-mile beach, can be beautiful on a sunny day. On a bleak one it can offer little more than sea-fog, gangsters, cheap drugs & a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. There supposed to be a truce between Stewart & the town's biggest crime family, but its soon clear that only he is taking the promise seriously. A drop into the cold grey Stoun begins to look like the soft option, & as he steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt & all that it has cost him, Stu uncovers even darker stories, & his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than ever he had anticipated. Touch, Funny, fast-paced & touching, Stonemouth cracks open adolescence, love, brotherhood & vengeance in a rite-of-passage novel like no other. ...

Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston, & even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life, staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up. An estuary town north of Aberdeen, Stonemouth, with it's five mile beach, can be beautiful on a sunny day. On a bleak one it can seem to offer little more than seafog, gangsters, cheap drugs & a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. & although there's supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart & the town's biggest crime family, it's soon clear that only Stewart is taking this promise of peace seriously. Before long Stu steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt & all that it has lost him, uncovering ever darker stories. Soon his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even he had anticipated. Tough, funny, fast-paced & touching, Stonemouth cracks open adolescence, love, brotherhood & vengeance in a rite of passage novel like no other. ...

Now available in paperback, this is the story of 33 days in the summer of '69 during which The Rolling Stones changed forever. Having started out as a Blues band seven years earlier, they became a pop band but were on the cusp of becoming the ' Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World.' ...

Presents the author's extensive work in Azad Kashmir & Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005. This book offers information on the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, & tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords. ...

Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet life, although his colleague Kyle wasn't as enamoured with life outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it seems it is not so easy for an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire to disappear, especially one under sentence of death from that same Empire. For there is a new Emperor on the throne of Malaz, & he is dwelling on the ignominy that is the Empire's failed invasion of the Korel subcontinent. In the vaults beneath Unta, the Imperial capital, lie the answers to that disaster. & out of this buried history surfaces the name Stonewielder. In Korel, Lord Protector Hiam, commander of the Stormguard, faces the potential annihilation of all that he holds dear. With few remaining men & a crumbling stone wall that has seen better days, he confronts an ancient enemy: the sea-borne Stormriders have returned. Religious war also threatens these lands. The cult of the Blessed Lady, which had stood firm against the Riders for millennia, now seeks to eradicate its rivals. & as chaos looms, a local magistrate investigating a series of murders suddenly finds himself at the heart of a far more ancient & terrifying crime
- one that has tainted an entire l&.... Stonewielder is an enthralling new chapter in the epic story of a thrillingly imagined world.
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Helps you learn how to prevent & reverse symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS), Huntington's disease, epilepsy, diabetes, stroke, & various forms of dementia. ...

They made him a target. He'll make them pay.

When a private jet crashes into the Caribbean sea, diving instructor

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