As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Montalbano quickly slammed the trunk shut & sat down on top of it. When the beam from Livias torch shone on his face he automatically smiled. Whats in the trunk? Livia asked. Nothing. Its empty. How could he possibly have told her there was a corpse inside? The lazy slow month of August at the height of the Sicilian summer is Inspector Montalbano assures his girlfriend Livia as they prepare for a relaxing holiday in a villa he has found for them far too hot for any murders to be committed. But when Livias friends young son goes missing a chain of events is sparked which will certainly ruin the Chief Inspectors pleasant interlude. A secret apartment & a grisly find in an old trunk are just the beginning as Montalbano navigates his way though the case as well as coping with the sweltering heat the suspicious death of an Arab labourer & the tempting lure of a beautiful girl.. .A magnificent series of novels Sunday Times Wonderful Italian detective stories Guardian ...

This well illustrated introduction to Rome in the age of Augustus provides a fascinating insight into the social & physical contexts of Augustan politics & poetry taking a detailed look at the impact of the new regime of government on society. The ideas & environment manipulated by Augustus are explored along with reactions to that manipulation. Unlike more standard works on Augustus this book placed greater emphasis on the art & architecture of the time & on Roman attitudes & values ...

Augustus Romes first emperor is one of the great figures of world history & one of the most fascinating. In this lively & concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus life from childhood to deification. He chronicles the mosaic of vicissitudes challenges setbacks & successes that shaped Augustus life both public & private. How did he use his power? How did he manage to keep re-inventing himself? What kind of man was he? A transformative leader Augustus engineered profound change in Rome & throughout the Mediterranean world. No one would have expected such vast achievements from the frail & little-known eighteen-year-old who became Caesars heir amid turmoil & crisis. A mere thirteen years later after defeating Antony & Cleopatra he had in his words power over all things. ...

This 1997 revised & updated biography of the celebrated artist using the mass of new material which has come to light since Holroyd's two-volume first edition in the mid 1970s reveals the complete story of John & his circle from one of our great biographers. John studied at the Slade with his sister Gwen before both of them went to Paris. He lived & worked at feverish speed & his drawings were astonishing for their fluid lyrical line their vigor & spontaneity. His life became a complex tale of two cities London & Paris of two wives & many families. ' The age of Augustus John was dawning ' Virginia Woolf wrote of the year 1908 which saw many portraits of writers & artists & small glowing oil panels of figures in a landscape. His most striking work was done in the years before the First World War & when he died in 1961 his death was treated as a landmark signaling the end of a distant era. ...

Pharmaceutics is one of the most diverse subject areas in all of pharmaceutical science. In brief it is concerned with the scientific & technological aspects of the design & manufacture of dosage forms for medicines. An understanding of pharmaceutics is therefore vital to all pharmacists & pharmaceutical scientists who are involved in converting a drug or a potential drug into a medicine that can be delivered safely efficiently & conveniently to the patient. Professor Aultons Pharmaceutics" has become established as the clearest most comprehensive textbook on this subject. The book provides pharmacy & pharmaceutical science students with the latest information on all aspects of pharmaceutics." ...

Auriculas are spring-flowering alpine beauties & a sensational draw whenever they are seen at primula & auricula flower shows on display in auricula theatres or in the garden. This essential guide tells of their rich history describes various cultivars in detail instructs on propagation techniques & explains how to grow & show them. ...

With Lady Audleys Secret Mary Elizabeth Braddon had established herself alongside Wilkie Collins & Mrs Henry Wood as one of the ruling triumvirate of sensation novelists. Aurora Floyd (1862-3) following hot on its heels achieved almost equal popularity & notoriety. Like Lady Audley Aurora is a beautiful young woman bigamously married & threatened with exposure by a blackmailer. But in Aurora Floyd & in many of the novels written in imitation of it bigamy is little more than a euphemism a device to enable the heroine & vicariously the reader to enjoy the forbidden sweets of adultery without adulterous intentions. Passionate sometimes violent Aurora does succeed in enjoying them her desires scarcely chastened by her disastrous first marriage. She represents a challenge to the mid-Victorian sexual code & particularly to the feminine ideal of simpering angelic young ladyhood. P. D. Edwards introduction evaluates the novels leading place among bigamy-novels & Braddons treatment of the power struggle between the sexes as well as considering the similarities between the author & her heroine. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

THE AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: An omnibus edition of Roe Teagardens adventures! Aurora Teagarden loves reading about famous murderers
- until she finds herself investigating a real-life killing spree! The first four novels in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries series. Lawrenceton Georgia may be a growing suburb of Atlanta but its still a small town at heart. Librarian Aurora Teagarden
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- grew up there & she reckons she knows everything about her fellow townsfolk including which ones share her interest in the darker side of human nature. This is omnibus edition contains four novels: Real Murders (book 1); A Bone to Pick (book 2); Three Bedrooms One Corpse (book 3 ); The Julius House (book 4)


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In this compelling book highly acclaimed author & broadcaster Laurence Rees tells the definitive history of the most notorious Nazi institution of them all. We discover how Auschwitz evolved from a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners into the site of the largest mass murder in history
- part death camp part concentration camp where around a million Jews were killed. Auschwitz examines the mentality & motivations of the key Nazi decision makers & perpetrators of appalling crimes speak here for the first time about their actions. Fascinating & disturbing facts have been uncovered
- from the operation of a brothel to the corruption that was rife throughout the camp. The book draws on intriguing new documentary material from recently opened Russian archives which will challenge many previously accepted arguments. This is the story of murder brutality courage escape & survival & a powerful account of how human tragedy of such immense scale could have happened.

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In 1942 the young soldier Arthur Dodd was taken prisoner by the German Army & transported to Oswiecim in Polish Upper Silesia. The Germans gave it another name now synonymous with mankinds darkest hours. They called it Auschwitz. Forced to do hard labour starved & savagely beaten Arthur thought his life would end in Auschwitz. Determined to go down fighting he sabotaged Nazi industrial work risked his life to alleviate the suffering of the Jewish prisoners & aided a partisan group planning a mass break-out. This shocking story sheds new light on the operations at the camp exposes a hierarchy of prisoner treatment by the SS & presents the largely unknown story of military POWs held there. ...