Based on a true story. When Roger Bigod, heir to the powerful earldom of Norfolk, arrives at court in 1177 to settle a bitter inheritance dispute with his half-brothers, he encounters Ida de Tosney, young mistress to King Henry II. A victim of Henry's seduction & the mother of his son, Ida is attracted to Roger & sees in him a chance of lasting security beyond the fickle dazzle of her current life. But her decision to marry Roger carries an agonising price. Roger's importance as a mainstay of the Angevin government puts increasing strain on their marriage. Ida is deeply unhappy with the life she must live in his absence & grieves for her losses. Against a volatile political background, the gulf between Ida & Roger threatens to widen beyond crossing, especially when so many bridges have already been burned. Based on a true story never before told, & impeccably researched, award-winning author Elizabeth Chadwick brings the twelfth-century world blazing to life. ...

They call it the Sickness. Nobody knows what causes it or where it comes from. Nobody knows why it only seems to affect the adult population. But everyone knows that if you catch it & you're over 18, you die. All around the world, teenagers like Travis, Richie, Mel, Jessica & Simon, find themselves thrown together & forced to cooperate. But a world without rules is not the utopia many survivors thought it would be. Everything, now, is deadly serious. Those who can't adjust to their new situation find themselves going the same way as the adults. Factions form quickly. Some want to take what they need through strength of arms, but others
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- want to try to rebuild the world their parents left behind. Restoring society will be hard, but not impossible. After all, they reason, the worst is over. But they're wrong. It's only just begun...

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The Time, The Place is a travellers' guide to the most awe-inspiring experiences to be had on each day of the year around the world. Organized by date, 365 unmissable travel experiences are selected as being the ultimate places to be on specific days throughout the year. Each experience is accompanied by striking photography that evokes a very special time & place, while information boxes give transport, contact & timing details. Entries are drawn from a wide range of eclectic themes, such as culture, history, music, food, drink, wildlife & sheer entertainment, & dig deep into the author's extensive travel knowledge to describe innovative & fresh ideas that will inspire even the most jaded of travellers. The book also acts as a record of world events that will ensure the reader never misses an essential travel experience. Events include the best time to witness young king penguins taking their first swim in Antarctica, visiting the outlandish Festival of the Desert in Mali, watching the Northern Lights at their most vivid in Lapland & paying homage to the King in Memphis, Tennessee, on Elvis Day. All seven continents are well represented in the book. ...

A nail-biting time-travel adventure, set in Roman London
- where past meets present. Billionaire Solomon Daisy is obsessed with
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The past is a foreign country
- this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. But what
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Imagination is an amazing thing.

It can take you to the top of the highest mountain, or down to the bottom of the

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Details: Compelling & addictive, Codeword is the cracking alternative to Su Dokus & Crosswords. The concept is simple.
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Details: The Times Crossword is the most famous in the world. Test your wordpower with this classic collection of 80 cryptic
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A new collection of previously unpublished Fiendish Su Doku puzzles with the added bonus of 30 Super Fiendish puzzles. Perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles. Guaranteed to provide hours of absorbing, brain-stretching entertainment. The puzzles in this collection are of the highest quality supplied by Sudoku Syndication, the Sudoku suppliers to The Times newspaper. Since the first Su Doku puzzle appeared in The Times in November 2004, they have become a phenomenon, with over 5 million copies of The Times Su Doku books sold worldwide. You don't need to be a mathematical genius to solve these puzzles; it is simply a question of logic. Each puzzle has a unique solution
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Details: The latest volume in the hugely popular Killer Su Doku series from the puzzles suppliers to the Times, featuring
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