With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles & paralyzed by bureaucracy, the President is forced to establish his own clandestine group
- Covert-One
- selected from the very best operators America has to offer. It is only activated as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale & time is running out. In Northern Uganda an American Special Forces team is wiped out by a group of normally peaceful farmers. Video of the attack shows even women & children possessing almost supernatural speed & strength, consumed with a rage that makes them immune to pain, fear, & all but the most devastating injuries. Covert-One's top operative, Army microbiologist Colonel Jon Smith, is sent to investigate the attack & finds evidence of a parasitic infection that for centuries has been causing violent insanity & then going dormant. This time, though, it's different. The infection is purposely being kept alive & the director of Iranian Intelligence is in Uganda trying to make a deal for a biological weapon to unleash on the West. As Smith & his team are cut off from all outside support, they begin to suspect that forces much more powerful than the Iranians are in play forces that can be traced to Washington itself.

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A sunken secret. A missing woman. A race against time. Former SAS major Ben Hope is relaxing at his home in Normandy when he hears the worst news of his life. His ex-girlfriend Dr Brooke Marcel has been kidnapped. Racing against the clock, Ben's frantic search for Brooke leads him from Ireland to the Spanish mountains & the rainforests of Peru. What is the mysterious link between the kidnapping, the salvage of a sunken 16th-century Spanish warship & the secret activities of its wealthy discoverer? As the trail of wreckage & mayhem intensifies, Ben soon uncovers a web of intrigue, corruption & brutal murder. But will he be too late to find Brooke alive? ...

Details: Onetime underground journalist Sandy Blair has travelled far from his radical roots in the 1960s
- until the

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Air bags cause accidents, because well-protected drivers take more risks. This well-documented truth comes as a surprise to most people, but not to economists, who have learned to take seriously the proposition that people respond to incentives. In The Armchair Economist, Steven E. Landsburg shows how the laws of economics reveal themselves in everyday experience & illuminate the entire range of human behaviour. Why does popcorn cost so much at the cinema? The 'obvious' answer is that the owner has a monopoly, but if that were the whole story, there would also be a monopoly price to use the toilet. When a sudden frost destroys much of the Florida orange crop & prices skyrocket, journalists point to the 'obvious' exercise of monopoly power. Economists see just the opposite: If growers had monopoly power, they'd have raised prices before the frost. Why don't concert promoters raise ticket prices even when they are sure they will sell out months in advance? Why are some goods sold at auction & others at pre-announced prices? Why do boxes at the football sell out before the standard seats do? Why are bank buildings fancier than supermarkets? Why do corporations confer huge pensions on failed executives? Why don't firms require workers to buy their jobs? Landsburg explains why the obvious answers are wrong, reveals better answers, & illuminates the fundamental laws of human behaviour along the way. This is a book of surprises: a guided tour of the familiar, filtered through a decidedly unfamiliar lens. This is economics for the sheer intellectual joy of it. ...

A mesmerising story of passionate awakening & redemption, Mary Balogh's new novel unites a war hero consigned to darkness with a remarkable woman who finds her own salvation by showing him the light of love. Blinded by a cannon blast on the Napoleonic battlefields, Vincent Hunt, Lord Darleigh, needs time away from the well-meaning meddling
- & matchmaking
- of his family. But anonymity proves impossible, & soon another marital trap is sprung. Luckily, he is saved in time by a stranger with a captivating voice that stirs something deep inside. & when Miss Sophia Fry's intervention on his behalf finds her unceremoniously booted from her guardian's home, Vincent can see a solution to both their problems: marriage. At first, quiet, unassuming Sophia rejects Vincent's proposal. But when such a gloriously handsome & heartbreakingly vulnerable man persuades her that he needs a wife of his own choosing as much as she needs protection from destitution, she agrees. Dare they believe a bargain born of desperation might lead them both to a love destined to be?

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The fully revised & updated 2012 edition of the Arsenal Miscellany is essential reading for fans of the Gunners. Written by lifelong Arsenal devotee Adam Gold, a regular contributor to Goonertalk.com, this goldmine of information reveals all manner of facts, feats & stories from the proud history of one of English football's most famous clubs. A rich source of quirky trivia, the book explains how Arsenal played its part in the birth of one of English football's most famous cliches, reveals the former player who has an anteater named after him at London Zoo, & tells the story of the lethal strikeforce that first hit it off together at a petrol station. In addition, it also explains why Arsenal can lay claim to being English football's 'team of the century', relives the Gunners' greatest triumphs over Spurs, & charts the changing face of the club's iconic crest through the ages. Alongside these meticulously researched entries are biographical sections on club heroes like Cliff Bastin, Charlie George, Liam Brady, Ian Wright, Tony Adams, Thierry Henry & Dennis Bergkamp as well as detailed season-by-season records to satisfy even the most ardent of statisticians. With its extensive array of facts, feats & anecdotes to chew over, this labour of love is the perfect Christmas present for the Arsenal fan in your life
- young or old. Beautifully printed on imitation cloth.
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Classic crime drama. During a friendly charity match between Arsenal & amateur side the Trojans, the Trojans' key striker Jack Dyce (Anthony Bushell) mysteriously collapses in full view of the capacity crowd. When it is discovered that Dyce has been poisoned, Inspector Slade (Leslie Banks) of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. At first unable to find a motive, when another murder is discovered, Slade has to work fast to track down the killer. ...

Daniel Kind's relationship with Miranda is on the rocks. 

After the bright lights of London, Miranda feels isolated

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Join the crew of the colony ship Covenant & discover what they think is an uncharted paradise...

But is actually a dark,

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The Second Edition of The Art Book is a substantially expanded & updated version of the hugely successful original. Introducing 100 new artists selected from all periods & from across the globe, the new edition

Includes:: for the first time leading figures from the fields of photography & performance art. Works & text entries for a selection of artists from the original have also been updated.

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