Books Crime Books Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed. They show him a list of names & ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from his twelfth-floor window
- a fall which generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher, recently demoted from Major, is assigned as the Army's representative. If he gets a result, great. If not, he's a convenient fall guy. Reacher may be an exceptional military investigator, but office politics aren't what gets him up in the morning. As he races to identify a cold-blooded killer & uncover a secret that stretches back 23 years, he must navigate around his new partners. Will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way... or his way?   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781787633773 •†Author:   Lee & Andrew Child  •†Publisher:   Bantam •†Format:  H...
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In THE INITIATION & THE CAPTIVE Part 1, Cassie is forced to move from sunny California to gloomy New Engl&, she is horribly homesick until she forms a bond with a group of teenagers. This clique rules the school
- no one dare cross them
- but Cassie feels a strange kinship with them, & when she is initiated into their 'secret circle' she is both terrified & thrilled to be part of a coven of witches that have controlled New Salem for hundreds of years.. But then Cassie falls in love. Now she has a tough decision to make: does she walk away, or does she step over to the dark side?

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Loss
- Phyllis Kimber's entire future is called into question after her father is killed in Earl Redfern's employ. But the earl
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Loss Phyllis Kimber's entire future is called into question after her father is killed in Earl Redfern's employ. But the earl knows something about Phyllis that means she will always be looked after. Lies As lady's maid to Martha, Phyllis is the American heiress's only confidant in England: she knows Martha doesn't love the recently widowed Lord Melton, the man Martha's socially ambitious father is determined she marries, but there's another secret
- a secret that makes Phyllis give up everything to protect her friend. Loyalty Martha begins making preparations to return to America with Phyllis, her father & new husband on the Titanic but the burden of deception eclipses Phyllis's hope for a new future. As she struggles to protect Martha, Phyllis must decide where her loyalties lie, unaware of the undiscovered secrets in her own past & of the tragedy that is about to unfold on that fateful crossing.
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He's a total rock 'n' roller. There's a bit of Mario in all of us
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What separates the good from the truly great players? How do football managers get the best out of their team? How do you come back from a crushing defeat to win?

In an inspirational, funny & thought-provoking new book, The Secret Footballer teams up with The Secret Psychologist to crack the secrets of success & share with us the tricks & tips that keep the top players at the top of their game.

Exploring the winning mindset from confidence to concentration, exposing the successes, the failures & the frauds, this book will shock & entertain. & while most of us will never dribble like Messi or strike like Suarez, we can learn to think like them.

How To Win is the thinking fans handbook for those who want to win. At football or at life.

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• ISBN: 9781783351237
• Author: The Secret Footballer
• Publisher: Faber
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 304
• Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 x 2.5cm













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Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow. Orphaned & sent to live with her uncle in his austere manor on the moors, Mary Lennox is a lonely & unhappy child. A meeting with Dickon, her servant's brother begins her adventure & it is through their friendship & her relationship with her troubled hypochondriac cousin Colin that she begins to learn about herself. Their lives all begin to change when a Robin shows Mary the door to a mysterious secret garden. ...

Mistress Mary stood up & looked at it with an almost frightened face as it hung from her finger ï ½ Perhaps it has been buried for ten yearsï ½, she said in a whisper. ï ½ Perhaps it is the key to the garden!ï ½ - Chapter VII, The Key of The Garden When Mary Lennox, a nine year-old orphan, is forced to move to England to live with her uncle, she is seen as selfish & disagreeable by everyone at Misselthwait Manor. As she tries to settle in, Mary starts to explore the big, gloomy house on the Moors that will be her new home. In a flower bed, she discovers an old key that leads her to a secret garden, left locked & neglected for ten years ï ½ Mary befriends her maidï ½s brother Dickon & meets her sickly cousin Colin, whose existence had been hidden from her. As the childrenï ½s friendship grows & the garden is brought back to life, the trio find happiness, mystery & magic beyond their expectations. ...

When spoiled rich girl Mary Lennox is orphaned, she is shipped from India to live in her Uncle's enormous manor in faraway Engl&, where all is not quite as it seems. Before long, the lonely Mary finds a key to a secret garden that has been left untouched for years, & a whole new world of enchantment opens up to her. For the first time she learns to make friends- with the talented animal charmer Dickon, & her sickly cousin Colin. Between them the three children truly flourish as the garden reveals its haunting secrets. ...

What are you looking for? Friendship! Mystery! Adventure! Secrets!

When spoiled, selfish orphan Mary Lennox is sent to

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