In June 1952, a woman was murdered by an obsessive colleague in a hotel in South Kensington. Her name was Christine Granville. That she died young was perhaps unsurprising, but that she had survived the Second World War was remarkable.

The daughter of a feckless Polish aristocratic & his wealthy Jewish wife, she would become one of Britain’s most daring & highly decorated secret agents. Having fled Poland on the outbreak of war, she was recruited by the intelligence services long before the establishment of the SOE, & took on mission after mission. She skied over the hazardous High Tatras into Pol&, served in Egypt & North Africa & was later parachuted into Occupied France, where an agent’s life expectancy was only six weeks.

Her courage, quick wit & determination won her release from arrest more than once, & saved the lives of several fellow officers, including one of her many lovers, just hours before their execution by the Gestapo. More importantly, perhaps, the intelligence she gathered was a significant contribution to the Allied war effort & her success was reflected in the fact that she was awarded the George Medal, the OBE & the Croix de Guerre.



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The City of London is the historic heart of London. It refers to the area within the original old walled city built by the Romans around AD50. This, the oldest part of London, stretches from Temple & Fleet Street in the west to Aldgate & the Tower of London in the east, from Smithfield & the Barbican in the north to the River Thames in the south. This small area of just over one square mile is the smallest ceremonial county & a thriving business centre. The City embodies a mix of tradition & change; it is the most historic part of London, yet also the most modern; a kingdom of its own with many customs, traditions & pomp & ceremony preserved for centuries mixing easily with modern life. It is a business & financial centre with beautiful churches & tranquil green spaces where Roman ruins, medieval timber buildings, Tudor & Georgian houses sit next to iconic towering skyscrapers. ...

Luneta is tired of living in dull Orkney with her mother & father (the most boring knight of King Arthur's Round Table). She prides herself on always getting what she wants, so when the opportunity presents itself, she jumps at the chance to stay at a family friend's castle near Camelot. Her handsome cousin, Sir Ywain
- a young knight seeking adventure
- arrives just in time to escort her. Along the way, they pick up a witty, honorable knight-turned-fool named Rhience. Before their journeys end, they will face danger, enchantment, trials & sorrow, all for the sake of love & honour.

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The best known but least understood organ of the Nazi state, the SS grew from a minor politician's small, unpaid bodyguard into a force which dominated the racial, cultural & professional spheres of the most powerful empire Europe has ever seen. Often referred to as 'the state within a state', the SS was Heinrich Himmler's personal fiefdom & its influence pervaded all walks of German life, both private & public. Its tentacles extended into the army & police, the business world & of course the death camps. The author reveals Himmler to be a man despised but indulged by Hitler who was obsessed with crackpot theories of Germanic mythology & deeply involved in the Final Solution. He assesses the career of Reinhard Heydrich, who put the organisational muscle & ruthlessness into the SS. The Totenkopf Brigade, set up specifically to run the concentration camps & death camps, is examined, as is the Waffen-SS, the military formation which killed thousands of Jews & partisans across Eastern Europe & fought bitterly against the Allies in Normandy. The postwar story of the SS is also outlined, from clandestine organisations of former SS men to the activities of ex-Nazis & neo-Nazis today. Supported by photographs & the words of former SS men, their close friends & colleagues, Guido Knopp brings back to life a generation whose fanaticism & violence shaped the identity of the Third Reich. ...

The SS was one of the least understood institutions of the Third Reich Germany but also one of the most important. At the end of 1935, the SS had control over all police & internal security duties & the militarised Waffen SS has more than 800, 000 men serving in the field, in direct rivalry with the traditional German armed forces, the Wehrmacht. Using previously unavailable material, this definitive book refocuses attention on & enhances understanding of the hard-nosed political fanatics & opportunists who were responsible for one of the most appalling crimes in human history: the attempted execution of the Jews of Europe. ...

After one body of a young woman has been discovered in Bellahouston Park, it is a matter of months until the second has too.

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A man escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will

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A vanished star. A haunted film. A mystery only love can unravel... 1968 Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom, now she's on the cusp of obscurity. When a radical new horror film offers her the leading role, her luck looks set to change. Until one dark night, Gemma disappears on set & is never seen again. But this is only the beginning... Gemma has been pulled into the film itself, where the script
- & the horrors within it
- are more real than she ever imagined, & she must play her role perfectly if she hopes to survive. 2007 Gemma Turner's disappearance is one of Hollywood's greatest mysteries
- one that's captivated film student Christopher ever since he saw the infamous L'Étrange Lune for the first time. The film is screened just once a decade, & each time there is new, impossible footage of Gemma that simply shouldn't exist. Compelled by curiosity, Christopher dares to unravel the truth. But answers to the film's mystery may leave him trapped by it forever... Produc...


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The animals are settling down for the night when a shooting star falls into the zoo. Little Star is desperate

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