The seventh book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s & 70s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian
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A hundred years ago in the Himalayan peaks of Nanvi Dar the daughter of an English earl is kidnapped by a huge hairy monster. In a secret valley Agatha Farley is introduced to a family of motherless yetis & devotes her life to their upbringing. She teaches them to speak tells them stories & insists on polite manners. But as the decades pass tourists come to the mountains a hotel is built & yeti-hunters arrive. Agatha knows that there is one place in the world where they would be protected
- her ancetral home at Farley Towers. When a boy & his sister stumble upon her hidden valley she knows she has found the courageous people who will carry out her plan. The excited yetis are smuggled into the bridal suite at the hotel. A freezer lorry is waiting to put them into semi-hibernation on the long trip home. But the baby yak that has fallen in love with the youngest yeti foils the refrigeration plan & they set off on a hugely entertaining road trip half way across the world. In the Sultan of Aslerfan's kingdom the yetis release all the animals from his zoo. In the Alps they rescue a lost child in a blizzard. In Spain the yak creates chaos at a bullfight. But when they arrive in England a terrible shock awaits them at Farley Towers... This early novel never submitted for publication contains all the trademark qualities that made Eva's subsequent books so successful; comedy loveable & eccentric characters perfectly-crafted plotting & inspiring themes of tolerance kindness to animals & the defeat of cruelty.
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A hundred years ago in the Himalayan peaks of Nanvi Dar the daughter of an English earl is kidnapped by a huge hairy monster. In a secret valley Agatha Farley is introduced to a family of motherless yetis & devotes her life to their upbringing. She teaches them to speak tells them stories & insists on polite manners. But as the decades pass tourists come to the mountains a hotel is built & yeti-hunters arrive. Agatha knows that there is one place in the world where they would be protected
- her ancestral home at Farley Towers. When a boy & his sister stumble upon her hidden valley she knows she has found the courageous people who will carry out her plan. The excited yetis are smuggled into the bridal suite at the hotel. A freezer lorry is waiting to put them into semi-hibernation on the long trip home. But the baby yak that has fallen in love with the youngest yeti foils the refrigeration plan & they set off on a hugely entertaining road trip half way across the world. In the Sultan of Aslerfan's kingdom the yetis release all the animals from his zoo. In the Alps they rescue a lost child in a blizzard. In Spain the yak creates chaos at a bullfight. But when they arrive in England a terrible shock awaits them at Farley Towers... This early novel never submitted for publication contains all the trademark qualities that made Eva's subsequent books so successful; comedy loveable & eccentric characters perfectly-crafted plotting & inspiring themes of tolerance kindness to animals & the defeat of cruelty.
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Martha is twelve
- & very different from other kids because of her parents. Strict members of a religious group
- the Brethren
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THE VICTIM: On the steps of Santa Maria della Salute lies the body of a woman wearing the robes of a Catholic priest. In the eyes of the Church she is an abomination. THE INVESTIGATOR: Captain Kat Tapo has matched the victim's tattoo to graffiti in an abandoned asylum. Now she's been ordered to close the case. THE HACKER: Carnivia.com is a virtual Venice that holds the city's secrets. Only its reclusive creator can help Kat unearth the shocking truth...THE ABOMINATION has arrived. ...

About a Boy" is Nick Hornby's comic & heart-warming million-copy bestseller. ' How cool was Will Freeman?' Too cool! At thirty-six he's as hip as a teenager. He's single child-free goes to the right clubs & knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell & Mozart looks after his mum & has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will
- & won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? & can Marcus help Will just to grow up? This astonishing novel now a modern classic was adapted for the acclaimed 2002 film " About A Boy" starring Hugh Grant & Nicholas Hoult. Fans of " One Day" by David Nicholls & " Any Human Heart" by William Boyd will devour this book as will lovers of fiction everywhere. "A stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-one-day forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping". (" Marie Claire"). " About the awful hilarious embarrassing places where children & adults meet & Hornby has captured it with delightful precision". (" Irish Times"). " It takes a writer with real talent to make this work & Hornby has it
- in buckets". (" Literary Review"). Nick Hornby has captivated readers & achieved widespread critical acclaim for his comic well-observed novels " High Fidelity" " How to be Good" "A Long Way Down" (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award) " Slam & Juliet" " Naked". His three works of non-fiction "31 Songs" (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award) " Fever Pitch" (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award) & " The Complete Polysyllabic Spree" are also available from Penguin."

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About a Boy" is Nick Hornby's comic & heart-warming million-copy bestseller " How cool was Will Freeman?" Too cool! At thirty-six he's as hip as a teenager. He's single child-free goes to the right clubs & knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups of available (and grateful) mothers all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell & Mozart looks after his mum & has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will
- & won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? & can Marcus help Will just to grow up? This astonishing novel now a modern classic was adapted for the acclaimed 2002 film " About A Boy" starring Hugh Grant & Nicholas Hoult. Fans of " One Day" by David Nicholls & " Any Human Heart" by William Boyd will devour this book as will lovers of fiction everywhere. "A stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-one-day forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping". (Marie Claire). " About the awful hilarious embarrassing places where children & adults meet & Hornby has captured it with delightful precision". (" Irish Times"). " It takes a writer with real talent to make this work & Hornby has it
- in buckets". (" Literary Review"). Nick Hornby has captivated readers & achieved widespread critical acclaim for his comic well-observed novels " High Fidelity" " How to be Good" "A Long Way Down" (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award) " Slam & Juliet" " Naked". His three works of non-fiction "31 Songs" (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award) " Fever Pitch" (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award) & " The Complete Polysyllabic Spree" are also available from " Penguin"."

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The brand new summer bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk Tess Brookes has always been a Girl with a Plan. But when the Plan goes belly up she's forced to reconsider. After accidently answering her flatmate Vanessa's phone she decides that since being Tess isn't going so well she might try being Vanessa. With nothing left to lose she accepts Vanessa's photography assignment to Hawaii
- she used to be an amateur snapper how hard can it be? Right? But Tess is soon in big trouble. & the gorgeous journalist on the shoot with her who is making it very clear he'd like to get into her pants is an egotistical monster. Far from home & in someone else's shoes Tess must decide whether to fight on through or 'fess up & run...
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Scott Barnes defines beauty for the modern woman. He has created the hottest looks for the top magazines around the world with over a hundred covers to his credit & has worked with the A-list celebrities from Jennifer Lopez to Gwyneth Paltrow & Kate Hudson to Christina Aguilera. Here he shares all his secrets for creating show-stopping looks that you can use everyday. Dispensing with strange concoctions rare ingredients or time-consuming rituals Scott reveals practical methods that free the beauty each of us has trapped inside. He works wonders with a few strokes of the brush. You will be amazed at how easy it is to transform your look in ways youve always dreamt of. Scotts goal is a lofty one inspire the millions of women out there to be more beautiful & happier with their looks & themselves. Its not about trends he believes its all about discovering whats unique about you. Rather than covering it up Scott shows you how to bring it out in new wonderful ways so you can achieve the look & feel you want. About the author Scott Barnes is a highly sought after celebrity makeup artist who designs the latest looks of several of the leading ladies in film music & TV. His makeup artistry has been published on the magazine covers of Glamour Marie Claire Harpers Baazar In Style & Vanity Fair. Scott lives in New York. ...

At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. Hes charmed
- perhaps too charmed suggests his wife Paola
- by her love of Virgil & Cicero but shocked by her appearance. A few days later Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino from the nearby city of Marghera. As part of a wider investigation into Mafia takeovers of businesses in the region Guarino wants information about the owner of a trucking company who was found murdered in his office. He believes the mans death is connected to the illegal transportation of refuse
- & more sinister material
- in his companys trucks. No stranger to mutual suspicion & competition between rival Italian police departments Brunetti is nevertheless puzzled by the younger mans behaviour. Eventually Guarino agrees to email a photo of his suspect but by the time the photograph arrives he himself is dead. Was he killed because he got too close? & how is it that Franca Marinello is involved?



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