This vivid account tells the story of the truckers who were driving from the UK to the Middle East in the early 1980s. The journey was rough tough exhausting dirty uncomfortable & dangerous. Journalist Franklyn Wood reports that in the course of the one trip we are following seven Britons died in accidents. Among the physical hazards were icy mountain hairpins unmade roads & desert sandstorms. Human hazards included Kamikaze coach drivers robbers mind-numbingly slow border controls rogue police & the temptations of the drivers favourite watering holes. The route led from Europe through Turkey Iraq (during its war with Iran) & on to the wealth & culture shock of Saudi Arabia. The cargoes were often worth a million pounds. Delivering them & returning home for the next load
- this was the Olympics of truck driving. Cola Cowboys" was originally published in 1982 when it proved extremely popular. It has been out of print for many years & has been reprinted by popular dem&."
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Colby Roundup Ever since Olivia discovered she was the daughter of the infamous Princess Killer Russell has found being her bodyguard twice as hard. Each day he shadows her; each night he holds her through her tormenting nightmares. & as more of Olivias dark family secrets are revealed keeping their bond just professional is proving impossible... Justice at Cardwell Ranch Its been a long time since Jordan Cardwell came home. Now hes back to solve the death of his old friend a quest that leads him to seek Deputy Marshal Lizas help. Liza remembers bad-boy Jordan from high school & doesnt trust him one bit. But he could be the only one who can help her uncover the truth; a truth that could get them killed
- & ignites a passion they never imagined.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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James Bond is on a mission that will become an obsession. It starts the night Flight 229 is torn apart at Washington airport killing 435 passengers. But the victim who matters to Bond is the Principessa Sukie Tempesta: once his lover still his friend. The search for Sukie's killers will turn out to be the most complex & demanding assignment of Bond's career. Across continents & through ever-changing labyrinths of evil he follows the traces of clues into the centre of a fanatical society more deadly than any terrorist army. Its code name is COLD. ...

KATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat & owns half-wolf half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful strong-willed defiant Kate is tougher than your average heroine
- & she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. A COLD BLOODED BUSINESS. It's March. Someone is selling drugs to the employees of a Prudhoe Bay oil field company & the company hires Kate to go undercover & apprehend the dealer. But coke isn't the only illegal substance being dealt...
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Remote. Peaceful. Picturesque. This is how the Mumford Mountain Hotel bills itself in its brochure. & it lives up to this description- most of the time. But this year the hotel is hosting a prestigious conference for the study of forensic science & the organizers have extended CSI head Gil Grissom an invitation he can't refuse. Joined by fellow investigator Sara Sidle Grissom leaves the department in the capable hands of Catherine Willows & heads east. But he & Sara soon find themselves in all too familiar territory- & back in Las Vegas Willows & the CSI team have uncovered trouble of their own. ...

Various snow & ice climbs in Britain are described in this book in a series of 60 essays. Each climb is described by a leading climber & the book offers a history of each climb. Ken Wilson has also written Hard Rock" " Classic Rock" & " Black Cliff"." ...

Following her promotion & working now from Reykjavik Gunnhildur is given responsibility for two cases
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A witty portrait of rural England in the early twentieth century the Penguin Classics" edition of Stella Gibbons' " Cold Comfort Farm" is introduced by Lynne Truss author of " Eats Shoots & Leaves". When sensible sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly-named Cold Comfort Farm she meets the doomed Starkadders: cousin Judith heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos preaching fire & damnation; their sons lustful Seth & despairing Reuben; child of nature Elfine; & crazed old Aunt Ada Doom who has kept to her bedroom for the last twenty years. But Flora loves nothing better than to organise other people. Armed with common sense & a strong will she resolves to take each of the family in h&. A hilarious & ruthless parody of rural melodramas & violet prose " Cold Comfort Farm" is one of the best-loved comic novels of all time. This new " Penguin Classics" edition

Includes:: an introduction by Lynne Truss discussing Stella Gibbons' unconventional life & career & her joyously satirical voice. Stella Gibbons (1932-89) novelist poet & short-story writer was educated at North London Collegiate School & studied journalism at University College London. She then worked for ten years on various papers including the " Evening Standard" & published several books of poetry & short stories. If you enjoyed " Cold Comfort Farm" you might like George & Weedon Grossmith's " Diary of a Nobody" also available in " Penguin Classics". " Brilliant.. .very probably the funniest book ever written". (Julie Burchill " Sunday Times"). " Literary bliss". (" Guardian")."

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