At the time of his death Patrick OBrian had begun to write a novel to follow on from Blue at the Mizzen the twentieth book in the classic series. These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin -- the greatest friendship of modern literature The story picks up from the end of Blue at the Mizzen when Jack Aubrey receives the news in Chile of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron with orders to sail to the South Africa station. This novel unfinished & untitled at the time of OBrians death would have been a chronicle of that mission & much else besides. The chapters left on OBrians death are presented here both in printed version -- including his corrections to the typescript -- & a facsimilie of his manuscript which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript &

Includes:: marginal notes by OBrian. & so this great roman fleuve comes to an end with Jack with his sacred blue flag sailing through fair sweet days -- Stephen with his dissections & new love Killick muttering darkly over the toasted cheese! Of course we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that OBrians powers of observation his humour & his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end.

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Desperately tired after months living rough with Italian partisans Richard makes a mistake behind enemy lines that results in devastating tragedy. Rose performing for the troops crossing France at last finds a man she feels she can love & is forced to make the most difficult decision of her life. Merry's lover is returned to him from the jaws of death only to be separated from him again by the demands of duty. But while the battle rages on they will fight for the future. In war & peace in joy & despair life continues
- but never as expected.
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In the spring of 1613 Mr William Shakespeare a gentleman farmer in Warwickshire returns to London. It is a ceremonial visit; he has no further theatrical ambitions. But the city is still reeling from the terrorist panic of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 & fate soon forces him to take up his pen again. It was never possible to write about Henry VII while his granddaughter Elizabeth was Queen but now he must. It is a perilous enterprise: King James Is spies are everywhere. There is no evidence that Shakespeare wrote Henry VII but in a compelling piece of historical recreation Robert Winder asks: what if he did? After 400 years he gives us a unique world premiere
- a br&-new full-length Shakespeare play. The Final Act of Mr Shakespeare is an exhilarating portrait of Englands greatest author
- not in love but raging against the dying of the light. It is an outrageous tour de force of theatrical imagination full of the spirit of the Bard.

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A gripping new racing thriller from bestselling author John Francome Its been over a year since Danny Clarks girlfriend Kirsty died in a horrific diving accident in the Caribbean. Danny was plunged into a time of bitter mourning but now hes back on his feet with a lot of help from Kirstys best friend Tara. In fact Danny has fallen for Tara in a major way. Dannys godfather Adrian Spring who runs a racing stable isnt at all happy about this. He cant help wondering how much Tara knows about the secrets that died with Kirsty. Secrets hed prefer stayed secret for ever. Tara herself is uneasy: unconvinced that Kirstys death was an accident she fears that she might fall victim to a fatal accident herself. & shes never been the paranoid type... ...

Written by GRANT MORRISON Art by J.G. JONES CARLOS PACHECO JESUS MERINO & OTHERS Cover by J.G. JONES The mind-blowing event miniseries is now in trade paperback! What happens when evil wins? Superman Batman the Justice League & every other super being in the DC Universe must face this reality when Darkseid & his otherworldly legion of followers actually win the war between light & dark. ...

This is the intimate & revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II & the niece of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Margaret was born into the Scottish aristocracy into a now almost vanished world of privilege. Royalty often came to stay & her house was run in the style of Downton Abbey. In the Second World War years she lodged at Buckingham Palace while she worked for MI5. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip. Three years later the King & Queen attended her own wedding; Princess Margaret was a bridesmaid. In 1990 she was appointed as a Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen Mother acting also as her companion which she describes in touching detail. In the early months of 2002 she spent as much time as possible with her ailing aunt & was at her bedside when she died at Easter that year. The next morning she went to Queen Elizabeths bedroom to pray & in farewell dropped her a final curtsey. This is an enthralling account of a special life & a unique insight into the intimate moments of the British Royal family. The Queen Mother regarded Margaret Rhodes as her third daughter" & she has been extremely close to her cousins the Queen & Princess Margaret throughout their lives. The book is full of charming anecdotes fascinating characters & personal photographs & is an unparalleled insight into the private life of the British monarchy." ...

Where the hell had the kid found a human skull? Mc Nab heard an intake of breath behind him as someone else made out the shape in the torchlight. A metre away now Mc Nab crouched on a level with the child. ' Where did you find that Emma?' he said softly. She stared at him. 'I was lost. I heard them calling me.' When Claire regains consciousness after a stranger causes her car to crash in a snowstorm she is frantic to discover her nine-year-old daughter Emma missing from the back seat. Then Emma is found in the woods nearby unharmed but cradling a child's skull. She claims it 'called to her'
- & she can hear another voice nearby... Meanwhile forensic scientist Rhona Mac Leod is trying to discover the identity of a corpse found badly burned in a skip. The body is wearing a soldier's ID tag but DNA tests show it's not him. When DS Michael Mc Nab asks for her help identifying the remains Emma found they discover the two cases are linked in ways they could never have imagined... Lin Anderson author of DRIFTNET & EASY KILL has written her most powerful novel to date.
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Final Cut Pro X has literally rocked the film & video-editing world by completely re-imagining the inherent concepts of nonlinear editing. For many editors & users of the previous versions of Final Cut Pro it is like starting anew & learning a br&-new program. Those experienced with previous versions of Final Cut & other non-linear editors such as i Movie Adobe Premiere Pro & Avid Media Composer already understand the basic concepts of editing & are now looking for a quick guide to getting started. In this useful cut-to-the-chase guide to the program popular trainer & Final Cut guru Larry Jordan takes these experienced users through all the components of the software from importing footage & organizing media to export & sharing. Along the way they'll learn the best ways to edit footage & add transitions effects & filters do basic color correcting work with audio & utilize a variety of HD workflow techniques to name a few. Within a weekend users will learn the best ways to start editing in this groundbreaking program in this must-have guide. ...

Lindsay Gordon finds herself dragged into a sordid world of blackmail prostitution lies & murder when she investigates the case of a former colleague jailed for killing a notorious Glaswegian journalist. Third in the popular mystery series. When Alison Maxwell a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes is found murdered the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her. Lindsay Gordon however has other ideas. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters -- including one with Lindsay herself. Recalling the threats that followed the end of the relationship Lindsay knows all too well the feelings of rage fear & passion that Alison Maxwell could invoke. Soon Lindsay is embroiled in an investigation involving blackmail stolen government documents & the vested interests of a group of people determined to keep her from finding the truth. ...

Brandon Sandersons epic fantasy trilogy overturns the expectations of readers & then goes on to tell the epic story of evil overturned in a richly imagined world. A thousand years ago evil came to the land & has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families & ordinary folk are condemned to lives in servitude sold as goods labouring in the ash fields. But now a troublemaker has arrived & there is rumour of revolt. A revolt that depends on criminal that no-one can trust & a young girl who must master Allomancy
- the magic that lies in all metals. A word of mouth success in the states the Mistborn trilogy has this year broken onto the New York Times Bestseller list. The time is ripe for its success to cross the Atlantic
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