Four days before the dedication of the new Freedom Tower at ground zero in New York City, five passengers & a flight attendant bravely foil the hijacking of a commercial jet en route to the city. Thrust into the national spotlight, ' The Six' become instant celebrities, hailed for their bravery. But iconoclastic New York Police investigator Jeremy Fisk believes there's more to this than a simple open-&-shut terrorism case. Fisk -from the department's Intelligence Division
- suspects that in reality this is an early warning signal that another potentially more devastating attack is imminent. Fisk & his team spring into action, but as each promising new lead fizzles to nothing they realise that their opponents are smarter & more dangerous than anyone they've faced before. The seemingly invisible enemy is able to exploit every security weakness, anticipating Fisk's every move. & time is running out until ground zero day...
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The Internet is not just for the youthful?it's for everyone! With plenty of leisure time & disposable income, the over 50s are the fastest growing segment of Internet users. From booking holidays to shopping, joining clubs & researching family history, the Internet is where the people over 50 can indulge in their favorite pastimes & stay in touch with friends & family. The Internet for the Older & Wiser is the ideal solution to get you up & running safely on the World Wide Web. This full?colour guide walks you step by step through the basics, while giving you the best advice on how to make the most of what the Internet has to offer. Shows you how to safely search & shop online; research your family tree; stay in touch with family; join social networks; & manage your finances Written in full colour with explanatory screenshots & an easy?to?read font

Includes:: brain?teaser sections, a glossary for easy reference, & a useful website directory. Uses the latest release of Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows XP, & Internet Explorer 8?updates, including Windows 7, & training tutorials can be found online at pcwisdom.co.uk If you want to get started online but don't know how, you won't find a better guide than The Internet for the Older & Wiser.

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Tense political thriller starring Nicole Kidman & Sean Penn. Kidman plays Silvia Broome, an interpreter working for the United Nations who overhears what could be a discussion about an assassination attempt on an African head of state. Convinced that th ...

Please note this book contains content of an adult nature. Fresh off her latest series of sexual escapades, Dame Jenny Everleigh, Victorian temptress, seasoned siren, & diligent diarist, sets out on the high seas, bound for new adventures in America. From the mountains to the prairies, from Manhattan to Washington, D. C., our captivating heroine delights in America's pioneering spirit as she enchants & enraptures her way through several states of sexual excess & explores every crack, crevice, & peak of the American sexual landscape. This book has 169 pages & is 17.5cm x 10.5cm x 1.3cm ...

Something terrifying has come to Earth, something that attacks us while we sleep & turns us into soulless replicants. The clock is ticking as Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) & her colleague Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) embark on a heart-stopping journey into a nightmarish world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. No-one can be trusted. No one is safe in producer Joel Silver ...

Comedy directed by, co-written by & starring Ricky Gervais as Mark, a performer who tells the first lie in a world where people only tell the truth & lying has never before existed. Once he realises what he can achieve by lying, there is no stopping h ...

' We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it.' Punch Murder in the 19th century was rare. But murder as sensation & entertainment became ubiquitous -- transformed into novels, into broadsides & ballads, into theatre & melodrama & opera -- even into puppet shows & performing dog-acts. In this meticulously researched & compelling book, Judith Flanders -- author of ' The Victorian House' -- retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder -- both famous & obscure. From the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd & Jack the Ripper, to the tragedies of the murdered Marr family in London's East End, Burke & Hare & their bodysnatching business in Edinburgh, & Greenacre who transported his dismembered fiancee around town by omnibus. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, & poisoners, the mad, the bad & the dangerous to know, ' The Invention of Murder' is both a gripping tale of crime & punishment, & history at its most readable. ...

When his parents are lost in space, Sam is left, heartbroken, in the care of the horrible Hilda Hardbottom. Then he finds a tiny spaceship in the cabbage patch & meets a little alien called Splodge. How Splodge makes him invisible, & how Sam uses his new talent in his darkest hour, makes a touching & extremely funny story with lovely memorable characters. Read by Andrew Sachs ...

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, & yet the Emperors ten-month exile on the small island of Elba is virtually unexplored.

Now, for the first time, we have a window into this critical moment when the most powerful man on earth turns defeat into one final challenge.

A close character study mixed with a world-shaking drama, The Invisible Emperor will show Napoleon as hes never before been seen: as heart-broken husb&, civil engineer, interior decorator, gardener & spy master.

It will show a man at his nadir rise up against the global odds to build a miniature island empire, turn his two greatest foes into his closest confidantes, & return to France without firing a single shot.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781781258026
• Author: Mark Braude
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 360
• Dimensions: 24.5 x 16.5 x 4cm













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Step into a wildly imaginative world with an invisible girl, a flying boy & where being weird is brilliantly wonderful! A magically fantastical story from American author, Laura Ruby. In a vast & sparkling city where nearly everyone can fly, 12-year-old Gurl is trapped. Orphaned & lonely, she believes she is nothing more than a flightless "leadfoot", until one fateful night when she discovers that she has the power to make herself invisible. But even with this newfound talent, Gurl can't hide from a giant rat man with a taste for cats, a manipulative matron with a penchant for plastic surgery, & a belligerent boy named Bug. Gradually, Gurl learns to control her power & teams up with Bug to figure out who & what she is. Their quest takes them on a wild ride where they confront mind-bending monkeys, an eccentric genius with a head full of grass & a pocket full of kittens & the handsome but lethal Sweetcheeks Grabowski
- the gangster who holds the key to Gurl's past...and the world's future.
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