Lock n load with the baddest soldiers of fortune ever to hit the high seas of Southeast Asia! Aboard their World War II era torpedo boat the Black Lagoon Dutch the Boss Benny the Mechanic Revy Two Hand & Rock the salary-man from Japan deliver anything anywhere. In the dangerous underworld of the Russian Mafia Chinese Triads Colombian drug cartels crazed assassins & ruthless mercenaries its hard to know who to trust. But if youve got a delivery to make & you dont mind a little property damage along the way you can count on the crew of the Black Lagoon! Rokur Okajima is just an average Japanese salaryman living an average life. But when hes taken hostage by the crew of the Black Lagoon Rokur finds himself thrown headfirst into a deadly world of outlawed heroes brutal villains & blazing gunfights. Where he ends up is anyones guess but one thing is for certain
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Lock n load with the baddest soldiers of fortune ever to hit the high seas of Southeast Asia! Aboard their World War II era torpedo boat the Black Lagoon Dutch the Boss Benny the Mechanic Revy Two Hand & Rock the salary-man from Japan deliver anything anywhere. In the dangerous underworld of the Russian Mafia Chinese Triads Colombian drug cartels crazed assassins & ruthless mercenaries its hard to know who to trust. But if youve got a delivery to make & you dont mind a little property damage along the way you can count on the crew of the Black Lagoon! ...

Rock & Revy form an uneasy alliance with Ginji the Washimine-gumis top enforcer to rescue Yukio from her kidnappers. Even if she can be freed Rock finds Yukios position as the new head of the Washimine-gumi hard to accept especially when it calls his beliefs & loyalties into question. The conflict between Hotel Moscow & the Washimine spirals into greater violence setting Rock & Revy on a collision course with Balalaika & ultimately a shocking climax that will change Rock forever. ...

This is a new edition of a travel literature classic introduced by Geoff Dyer. First published in 1942 Rebecca Wests epic masterpiece is widely regarded as the most illuminating book to have been written on the former state of Yugoslavia. It is a work of enduring value that remains essential for anyone attempting to understand the enigmatic history of the Balkan states & the continuing friction in this fractured area of Europe. ...

Bob Lee Swagger one of the deadliest snipers the US has ever produced has put most of the demons of his past behind him but not the forty-year-old killing of his father in a sensational shoot out. He returns to his roots to find out exactly what happened that night in 1955 in Blue Eye Arkansas. Against him is a shadowy enemy corrupted by the secret of the older Swaggers death. As the two circle each other they close inevitably to a final explosive confrontation that will blast the secrets of two generations wide open. ...

Named as one of the GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2013. Longlisted for the Orange Prize & winner of the Betty Trask Award. For fans of Half of a Yellow Sun a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war & upheaval all seen through the eyes of a small boy alone in the world. Aden Yemen 1935; a city vibrant alive & full of hidden dangers. & home to Jama a ten year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly & he finds himself alone in the world. Jama is forced home to his native Somalia the land of his nomadic ancestors. War is on the horizon & the fascist Italian forces who control parts of East Africa are preparing for battle. Yet Jama cannot rest until he discovers whether his father who has been absent from his life since he was a baby is alive somewhere. & so begins an epic journey which will take Jama north through Djibouti war-torn Eritrea & Sudan to Egypt. & from there aboard a ship transporting Jewish refugees just released from German concentration camps across the seas to Britain & freedom. This story of one boys long walk to freedom is also the story of how the Second World War affected Africa & its people; a story of displacement & family. ...

From the author who created the international No 1 bestsellers Along Came a Spider Kiss the Girls & Jack & Jill comes a lightning-paced novel of high finance international terrorism & irresistible page-turning suspense -- now reissued in striking new cover style. The threat was absolute. At 5.05 p.m. Wall Street would be destroyed. No demands no ransom no negotiations. A multiple firebombing -- orchestrated by a secret militia group -- would wipe out the financial heart of America. Faced with catastrophe on an unimaginable scale Federal agent Archer Carroll & Wall Street lawyer Caitlin Dillon are pitched into a heart-stopping race against time tracking the unknown enemy through a maze of intrigue rumour & betrayal towards a truly shocking climax. ...

A prophetic warning against the foolishness of crusades John Grays Black Mass" challenges our belief in human progress. Our conventional view of history is wrong. It is founded on a pernicious myth of an achievable utopia that in the last century alone caused the murder of tens of millions. In " Black Mass" John Gray tears down the religious political & secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to the human project examines the interaction of terrorism declining world resources environmental change human myths of redemption & a flawed belief in Western democracy & shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to improve the world has actually made it far worse. " Brilliant frightening devastating". (John Banville " Guardian"). "A brilliant polemic... Grays most powerful argument yet". (J.G. Ballard " Guardian" Books of the Year). " Causes vertigo when it does not cause outrage". (" Sunday Times"). " Exhilarating invigorating". (" Literary Review"). " Savage. Gray raises profound & valid doubts about the conventional "plot" of modern history". (" Financial Times"). "A load of bollocks.. .could hardly be more bonkers if it was crawling with lizards". (" Sunday Telegraph"). John Gray has been Professor of Politics at Oxford University Visiting Professor at Harvard & Yale & Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. His books include " False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism" " Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans & Other Animals" & " The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death". His selected writings " Grays Anatomy" was published in 2009." ...

This practical mesh waste basket is the perfect addition to any home or office. It is discreet & simple in style & measures Approx. 265mm high. At the base it is 190mm across & then it tapers out to 220mm at it’s widest point across the opening. ...

Cornwall 1794. The birth of a son to Elizabeth & George Warleggan serves only to accentuate the rift between the Poldark & Warleggan families. & when Morwenna Chynoweth now governess to Elizabeths eldest son grows to love Drake Carne Demelzas brother the enduring rivalry between George & Ross finds a new focus for bitter enmity & conflict. From the incomparable Winston Graham...who has everything that anyone else has then a whole lot more
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