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." ...

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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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Jack Carstares the disgraced Earl of Wyncham left England seven long years ago sacrificing his honour for that of his brother when he was accused of cheating at cards. Now he is back roaming his beloved South Country in the disguise of a highwayman. Not long after his return he encounters his old adversary the libertine Duke of Andover just in time to dispute at the point of his sword the attempted abduction of a society beauty. But foiled once the Black Moth has no intention of failing again... ...

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High in the Himalayas near Darjeeling the old mountaintop palace shines like a jewel. When it was the General's 'harem' palace richly dressed ladies wandered the windswept terraces; at night music floated out over the villages & gorges. Now the General's son has bestowed it on an order of nuns the Sisters of Mary. Well-intentioned yet misguided the nuns set about taming the gardens & opening a school & dispensary for the villagers. They are dependent on the local English agent of Empire Mr Dean; but his charm & insolent candour are disconcerting. & the implacable emptiness of the mountain the ceaseless winds exact a toll on the Sisters. When Mr Dean says bluntly ' This is no place for a nunnery ' it is as if he foresees their destiny... ...

An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean's breadth away from home. The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond Virginia's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway. The post mortem performed by the Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta initially reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification. But the victim's personal effects & an odd tattoo take Scarpetta on a hunt for information that leads to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon where she receives critical instructions: go to the Paris morgue to receive secret evidence & then return to Virginia to carry out a mission. It is a mission that could ruin her career. In a story which crosses international borders BLACK NOTICE puts Dr Kay Scarpetta directly in harm's way & places her & those she holds dear at mortal risk. For more on Patricia Cornwell & her books visit her website at www.patricia-cornwell.com ...

The Squad
- kickass teenage spies with the perfect cover. They are also part of an England youth football team. Wherever trouble
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