In 2013 it is possible that Israel backed by the United States will launch an attack on Iran. This would be a catastrophic event risking war bloodshed & global economic collapse. In this passionate but rationally argued essay the authors attempt to avert a potential global catastrophe by showing that the grounds for war do not exist that there are no Iranian nuclear weapons & that Iran would happily come to a table & strike a deal. They argue that the military threats aimed by the West against Iran contravene international law & argue that Iran is a civilised country & legitimate power across the Middle East. For years Peter Oborne & David Morrison have in their respective fields examined the actions of our political classes & found them wanting. Now they have joined forces to make a powerful case against military action. In the wake of the Iraq war will the politicians listen? ...

Set in 1949: one year in the childhood of Candida Lycett Green in the remote village of Farnborough in Berkshire. Here she lives with her father John Betjeman & her mother Penelope Chetwode in one of the bleakest & highest spots on the windswept downl&. Candida runs wild with the 'gang' of village children. Stimulated by regular excursions to the cinema in Wantage Candida & her best friend June became fascinated by the idea of love. Their romantic imagination is fuelled by the beautiful Ruby Mason who cleans the cottage of a reclusive scientist Dr. Fox employed at the neighbouring Harwell Atomic Research Centre. They stealthily engineer a romance between the two
- until it is revealed that none of the children's special adult friends are what they seem & the real world shockingly intervenes to overturn their innocence.
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In Melbourne's urban underworld there's a nightclub for every fetish fantasy & desire. But for Riley Jenson a rare hybrid of vampire & werewolf one such club has become an obsession. Riley hasn't come in pursuit of pleasure but of an unknown killer who's been using the steamy nightspot as his hunting grounds. Leave it to Riley to find the only ticket into the heavily guarded club: Jin a deliciously hot-bodied bartender who might just provide the key to unmasking a killer unlike any other in the Directorate's experience. Taunted by a former colleague-turned-rogue distracted by an ex-lover's attentions Riley follows Jin into a realm of pleasure she could never have imagined. & as danger & passion ignite a shocking mystery begins to unravel
- one where Riley herself becomes the ultimate object of desire.. .
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A walk through Kensal Green Cemetery a meat pie in the greasy spoon a weekend away complete with flannel pyjamas
- Dangerous Davies
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The year is 1562. Lady Catherine Grey cousin of Elizabeth I has just been arrested along with her husband Edward. Their crime is to have secretly married & produced a child who might threaten the Queen's title. Alone in her chamber at the Tower of London Catherine hears ghostly voices echoes she thinks of a crime committed in the same room where she is imprisoned. The story flashes back to 1483 & another Catherine
- Kate Plantaganet bastard daughter of Richard III. She has heard terrible rumours of the death of the young deposed Edward V & his brother (the Princes in the Tower) but loyalty to her father prevents her believing them. After his death at Bosworth she is viewed with suspicion by Henry VII's court even more so when she becomes pregnant. Catherine too is pregnant a friendly warder having sneaked Edward into her room. She finds documents relating to Kate's life & gets swept up both in Kate's story & the mystery of the Princes which she realises Kate never solved. Kate dies in childbirth & it is left to Catherine to discover the truth about the Princes.
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Jacob Wilde lived a fast & furious life of reckless abandon...until his wild streak put a cruel end to a life spent in pursuit of pleasure... The Texan ranching grapevine is legendary so Addison Mc Dowell has heard all about Jake Wildes shameless past
- & his scarred solitary present. But her only focus is her future
- which wont include the impossibly arrogant Jacob Wilde! Addison is no Texan wallflower
- when Jake starts a fight shes more than capable of finishing it! However a searing attraction to a man she knows cannot love her back? That she has no idea how to handle...i?? The Wilde Brothers Wilde by name unashamedly wild by nature!


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A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps spluttering volcanoes & sea where birds fly upside down & wild things threaten to pounce. But she is not alone. Old friends from Moomin Valley
- Hemulen Sniff Snufkin Thingummy & Bob
- have joined her in her journey & Moomin too who rides to their rescue in a stripey balloon. This brand new version of a lost classic pairs Janssons irresistible artwork with a playful rhyming text by one of Britains star poets.

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Bestselling author Martina Coles explosive first novel of corruption & violence. No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of Londons gangland but its a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: shes tough clever & beautiful
- which makes her one very dangerous lady. Together she & her brother Michael are unbeatable but notoriety has its price. The police are determined to put Maura away once & for all
- & not everyone in the family think thats such a bad idea. When it comes to the crunch Maura has to face the pain of lost love in her past
- & the dangerous lady discovers her heart is not make entirely of stone.


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Travel back into the rich feline fantasy world of the Warrior Cats in the fifth book series! Battles for honour & territory continue as Fireheart takes over the Thunder Clan in this dramatic adventure. With Bluestar both increasingly ill Fireheart must take on even more responsibility within Thunder Clan. But terrible dreams of danger & death haunt Firehearts dreams as Tigerclaw seeks revenge & renegade dogs threaten everyone. Has Star Clan abandoned Thunder Clan forever? ...

So your mum's this brilliant scientist. She's just invented the most awesome Artificial Intelligence system. Its virtual world is the perfect place to forget about real life. Which is exactly what you want. But then a bug corrupts the system. It's violent & unpredictable. This is no ordinary glitch
- someone's trying to sabotage it. You need to figure out who & why. & fast! What if your life was about to be game over? Dangerous Reality is a nail-biting thriller from the author of the bestselling Noughts & Crosses sequence.
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