Harper Connelly finds dead people for a living but not everyone appreciates her special gift. In the stunning conclusion to ...

Ex-agent Cotton Malone wants to know what really happened to his father officially lost at sea when his submarine went down in the north Atlantic in 1971. But when he uses his government contacts to obtain the submarines sealed file he finds he is not the only person looking for answers. Malone is in the line of fire when he is attacked in an attempt to take the file. He is pitched into a lethal power struggle between Dorothea Lindauer & Christl Falk twin sisters whose twisted ambition takes sibling rivalry to new levels. Malone & the twins embark on a dangerous adventure involving Nazi explorations in Antarctica US government conspiracies & a series of cryptic historical clues built into the legend of Charlemagne. Forced to choose a side when neither can win Malone is determined to uncover the truth behind his fathers death
- but will he be able to escape his own?
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This is the definitive account of one of the most extraordinary stories of our time. Gyles Brandreth acclaimed biographer of the Queen & Prince Philip" presents a unique portrait of their son Charles Prince of Wales & of the one non-negotiable love of his life Camilla Shand now Duchess of Cornwall. What are Charles & Camilla really like? What is their heritage? What has made them the way they are? This is both a revealing portrait of two unusual individuals & a family saga like no other told with unrivalled authority & insight
- & humour
- by a best-selling writer who has met all the key characters in the drama: Charles Camilla Diana their children their families & their friends."

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Charles Darwins voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story & a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order the letters he wrote & received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwins adventures as he prepares for his travels lands on his first tropical island watches an earthquake level a city & learns how to catch ostriches from a running horse. We witness slavery political revolution & epidemic disease & share the otherworldly experience of landing on the Galapagos Islands & collecting specimens. His letters are counterpoised by replies from family & friends that record a comfortable intimate world back in Engl&. Original watercolours by the ships artist Conrad Martens vividly bring to life Darwins descriptions of his travels. ...

Published 150 years ago Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" caused an uproar from the moment it was released on 24th November 1859. At once heralded for changing the course of science & condemned for its implied challenges to religion few books have been as controversial or as historically significant. In " On The Origin Of Species" author Michael Keller & illustrator Nicolle Rager Fuller introduce a new generation of readers to Darwin's groundbreaking treatise. Drawing on the author's own words
- & rarely seen letters he exchanged with this contemporaries
- Keller & Fuller have produced an accessible artfully rendered adaption of Darwin's masterwork. Including sections about the primary research that led to " On The Origin of Species" the initial public response & recent breakthroughs in evolutionary theory this is a riveting immersive read & is sure to breathe new life into Darwin's seminal & still polarising work."

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Charles Dickens" is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin. Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist the father of ten children a tireless walker & traveller a supporter of liberal social causes but most of all a great novelist
- the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the Artful Dodger Mr Pickwick Pip David Copperfield Little Nell Lady Dedlock & many more. At the age of twelve he was sent to work in a blacking factory by his affectionate but feckless parents. From these unpromising beginnings he rose to scale all the social & literary heights entirely through his own efforts. When he died the world mourned & he was buried
- against his wishes
- in Westminster Abbey. Yet the brilliance concealed a divided character: a republican he disliked America; sentimental about the family in his writings he took up passionately with a young actress; usually generous he cut off his impecunious children. From the award-winning author of " Samuel Pepys" " Charles Dickens: A Life" paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. If you loved " Great Expectations" " Oliver Twist" & "A Christmas Carol" this book is invaluable reading. " By far the most humane & imaginatively sympathetic account yet for the general reader". (Amanda Craig " New Statesman"). Claire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies including: " The Life & Death of Mary Wollstonecraft"; " Shelley & His World"; " Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life"; " The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan & Charles Dickens"; " Mrs Jordan's Profession"; " Jane Austen: A Life"; " Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self"; " Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man" & most recently " Charles Dickens: A Life". A former literary editor of the " New Statesman" & the " Sunday Times" she is married to the playwright & novelist Michael Frayn."


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Charles Dickens" is the definitive illustrated guide to the man & his works. It follows Dickens from early childhood including his time spent as a child labourer & looks at how he became the greatest celebrity of his age
- & how he still remains recognized as one of Englands greatest celebrities even in the twenty-first century. The book also takes an intimate look at what he was like as a husband a father a friend & an employer; at his longing to be an actor at his travels across North America his year spent living in Italy & his great love of France. Alongside Dickens himself readers will meet his fascinating family & his astonishing circle of friends
- & will discover when & how life & real-life personalities were imitated in Dickens art. The cast of characters in " Charles Dickens" embraces an incredible array of famous
- & occasionally infamous
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Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist the father of ten children a tireless walker & traveller a supporter of liberal social causes but most of all a great novelist
- the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the Artful Dodger Mr Pickwick Pip David Copperfield Little Nell Lady Dedlock & many more. At the age of twelve he was sent to work in a blacking factory by his affectionate but feckless parents. From these unpromising beginnings he rose to scale all the social & literary heights entirely through his own efforts. When he died the world mourned & he was buried
- against his wishes
- in Westminster Abbey. Yet the brilliance concealed a divided character: a republican he disliked America; sentimental about the family in his writings he took up passionately with a young actress; usually generous he cut off his impecunious children. Claire Tomalin author of Whitbread Book of the Year Samuel Pepys" paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. " Charles Dickens: A Life" is the examination of Dickens we deserve."


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Charles Dickens is not only the author of some of the best-loved stories in the English language but also the creator of some of its most memorable characters. Meet them all between the pages of this splendid book which retells in lively comicstrip style five of Dickens most popular stories: Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & "A Christmas Carol"." ...

An entertaining biography of Charles Dickens by one of our finest actors Acclaimed actor & writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language. From his early years as a child entertainer in Portsmouth to his reluctant retirement from these garish lights just before his death Dickens was obsessed with the stage. Not only was he a dazzling mimic who wrote acted in & stage-managed plays all with fanatical perfectionism; as a writer he was a compulsive performer whose very imagination was theatrical both in terms of plot devices & construction of character. Like many actors Dickens felt the need to be completed by contact with his audience. He was the original celebrity author who attracted thousands of adoring fans to his readings in Britain & across the Atlantic in which he gave voice to his unforgettable cast of characters. In Charles Dickens & the Great Theatre of the World Callow brings his own unique insight to a life driven by performance & showmanship. He reveals an exuberant & irrepressible talent whose inimitable wit & personality crackle off the page. ...