World-renowned violinist Summer Zahova returns to London
- the city where for her it all began. Free & single in the hedonistic
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I always dreamed of one day falling in love of knowing what it felt like to love someone so unconditionally. For better or worse. Ever since her days as a student in Brighton Lily always knew there was something missing in her life
- a path yet to be taken & deep desires waiting to be explored. Though she finds release in her love of music Lily longs to rebel against the staid direction her life is going in & to discover what it is she truly wants. When Lily moves to London her best friend
- the seductive audacious Liana
- introduces her to an exciting new world of passion & adventure. Soon Lily meets Leonard a man she feels an instant connection with; Dagur the gorgeous drummer of a world-renowned rock band; celebrated photographer Grayson & his enigmatic partner She. Despite living life to the full & embracing each new experience Lily knows she is yet to find what it is she's been missing. Will Lily finally be able to accept the woman she really is? & has the thing she's been searching for been right in front of her all along? The seductive new novel in Vina Jackson's red-hot EIGHTY DAYS series is a tantalising tale of love longing & self-discovery.


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Caught in a frustrating relationship with a man who cant accept her for who she is passionate flame-haired violinist Summer finds release in her music. She spends her afternoons busking on the underground lost in the works of Vivaldi or Mendelssohn. When her violin is damaged beyond repair Summer receives a surprising proposition from Dominik a university professor with powerful desires who has been captivated by Summer ever since he heard her perform. Dominik will replace her priceless violin but only if she agrees to play for him in a private concert. Unable to deny the chemistry between them Dominik & Summer embark on an intense affair full of daring twists & turns as unpredictable as it is thrilling. For Summer it is a chance to finally embrace her long-denied dark side but shell soon learn that where theres pleasure must come pain. & can a relationship born of such all-consuming passion ever really survive? Exhilarating seductive & tantalisingly bold EIGHTY DAYS is a love story that will leave you breathless for more. ...

Caught in a frustrating relationship with a man who can't accept her for who she is passionate flame-haired violinist Summer finds release in her music. She spends her afternoons busking on the underground lost in the works of Vivaldi or Mendelssohn. When her violin is damaged beyond repair Summer receives a surprising proposition from Dominik a university professor with powerful desires who has been captivated by Summer ever since he heard her perform. Dominik will replace her priceless violin but only if she agrees to play for him in a private concert. Unable to deny the chemistry between them Dominik & Summer embark on an intense affair full of daring twists & turns as unpredictable as it is thrilling. For Summer it is a chance to finally embrace her long-denied dark side but she'll soon learn that where there's pleasure must come pain. & can a relationship born of such all-consuming passion ever really survive? Exhilarating seductive & tantalisingly bold EIGHTY DAYS is a love story that will leave you breathless for more. ...

Eileen Ramsay was at the centre of a unique period in yachting history & this wonderful book featuring her classic photography celebrates an extraordinary woman & her extraordinary subjects. Eileens heyday was between 1957 & 1970
- a time when eccentrics ruled records were there for the setting & women werent often to be found behind the lens. But Eileen established herself as one of the greatest yachting photographers of her time taking famous portraits of such sailing icons as Sir Francis Chichester Eric Tabarly Olympians like Rodney Pattisson & Keith Musto & historic pictures from the first OSTAR (Observer Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race). She was the only photographer Sir Francis Chichester allowed on his Gypsy Moth yachts & managed to photograph the notorious charmers Uffa Fox & Max Aitken. Her unique archive records the explosive growth in dinghy & offshore sailing during the post-war years &

Includes:: pictures of the first Enterprises Mirrors Ospreys Optimists & the first Americas Cup 12 metres Sceptre & Evaine. This beautiful book

Features:
- the post-war explosion in dinghy sailing
- the growth of offshore racing
- the pioneering days of the OSTAR race & solo circumnavigations
- the 12 metre class & the Americas Cup
- post-war powerboat racing
- iconic cruising yachtsmen as well as sailing eccentrics There are also wonderful personal tributes to Eileen throughout by sailing personalities such as Vernon Stratton Keith Musto & Uffa Fox.










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Riddles paradoxes & conundrums have been confusing & confounding people since at least the time of the Ancient Greeks. The eponymous riddle according to legend was devised by Albert Einstein as a child. He claimed that only about 2% of the population would be able to work out the correct answer. There are no tricks & there is only one answer. It requires the cool application of logic to solve. & a lot of patience. Einsteins Riddle features fifty of the toughest logic problems lateral thinking puzzles & tests of mental agility. By turns entertaining & infuriating the puzzles challenge our preconceptions tell us about how we reason & provide a rigorous intellectual workout. ...

This is a vivid & compelling account of the final thirteen days of the Romanovs counting down to the last tense hours of their lives. On 4 July 1918 a new commandant took control of a closely guarded house in the Russian town of Ekaterinburg. His name was Yakov Yurovsky & his prisoners were the Imperial family: the former Tsar Nicholas his wife Alexandra & their children Olga Tatiana Maria Anastasia & Alexey. Thirteen days later at Yurovskys command & on direct orders from Moscow the family was gunned down in a blaze of bullets in a basement room. This is the story of those murders which ended 300 years of Romanov rule & began an era of state-orchestrated terror & brutal repression. ...

Before the Battle of El Alamein in 1942 the British had never won a major battle on land against the Germans; nor indeed had anyone else. Drawing on a remarkable array of first-hand accounts this book reveals the personal experiences of those on the frontline & provides fascinating details of how the war was actually fought. It also

Includes:: analysis of the strategic decisions made by the generals. El Alamein 1942 is the story of exactly how a seemingly beaten & demoralized army turned near-defeat into victory in a little over four months of protracted & bloody fighting in the harsh North African desert.

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General Auchinleck British C-in-C Middle East & commander of the 8th Army chose to stop Rommel's advance into Egypt in 1942. The first battle of El Alamein halted Rommel's advance cold & his attempt to resume the advance was defeated by Montgomery forcing Rommel to wait for the Allied offensive. On 23 October a 1 000-gun barrage launched the third battle of El Alamein. Although Rommel tried to hold the Alamein line he had to retreat westwards when his forces were in danger of being surrounded. Never again did the Afrika Korps threaten Egypt. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the battle that turned the tide in favour of the Allies in Africa. ...

Diego Armando Maradona: hero or villain? One thing is certain: he was the greatest footballer of his generation
- & perhaps of
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