This book explores Hong Kong today & since the Peoples Republic of China (China) resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1 1997 an event frequently referred to as the Handover". Discussed are the prospects for democracy in Hong Kong & the 2012 election reforms; the political & economic climates; the civil liberties of the people of Hong Kong & the recent social & cultural trends." ...

Earthy sexy & vivacious the life of beloved country singer Patsy Cline who soared from obscurity to international fame to tragic death in just thirty short years is explored in colourful & poignant detail. An innovator -- & even a hell-raiser -- Cline broke all the boys' club barriers of Nashville's music business in the 1950s & brought a new Nashville sound to the nation with her pop hits & torch ballads like Walking After Midnight " "I Fall to Pieces" & " Crazy." She is the subject of a major Hollywood movie & countless articles & her albums are still selling 45 years after her death. Ellis Nassour was the very first to write about Cline & did so with the co-operation of the stars who knew & loved her -- including Jimmy Dean Jan Howard Brenda Lee Loretta Lynn Roger Miller Dottie West & Faron Young. He was the only writer to interview Cline's mother & husbands. This updated edition features not only a complete discography & a host of never-before-published photographs but

Includes:: an afterword that details controversial claims about her birth the battle between Cline's siblings for her possessions the amazing influence Cline had on a new generation of singers & in Cline's own words from letters to a devoted friend her excitement as her career soared to new heights & her marriage descended to new depths."

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Rachel & Kirsty are thrilled to be spending the week at Golden Palace
- where real kings & queens once lived! Whilst they are settling
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From the Orange Prize long-listed & award-winning author of The Forty Rules of Love & The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak Honour is a novel of love betrayal & a clash of cultures. A powerful book; thoughtful provoking & compassionate". (Joanne Harris author of Chocolat). ' My mother died twice. I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten...' Leaving her twin sister behind Pembe leaves Turkey for love
- following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves & their children. Yet no matter how far they travel the traditions & beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them
- carried in the blood. Their eldest is the boy Iskender who remembers Turkey & feels betrayal deeper than most. His sister is Esma who is loyal & true despite the pain & heartache. & lastly Yunus who was born in London & is shy & different. Trapped by the mistakes of the past the Toprak children find their lives shattered & transformed by a brutal act of murder...A powerful novel set in Turkey & London in the 1970s Honour explores pain & loss loyalty & betrayal the trials of the immigrant the clash of tradition & modernity as well as the love & heartbreak that too often tears families apart. " Vivid storytelling.. .that explores the darkest aspects of faith & love". (Sunday Telegraph). " Rich & wide as the Euphrates river along whose banks it begins & ends Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care & compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story
- a story nurtured in the terrible silences between men & women trying to grow within ancient ways all the while growing past them. I loved this book". (Sarah Blake author of The Postmistress). "[ Elif Shafak] joins writers such as Hanif Kureishi Zadie Smith Monica Ali Aamer Hussein Andrea Levy Hanan al-Shakyh & Leila Aboulela who offer us fictional glimpses of London's Others". (The Independent). Elif Shafak is the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul & The Forty Rules of Love & is the most widely read female novelist in Turkey. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is a contributor for The Telegraph Guardian & the New York Times & her TED talk on the politics of fiction has received 500 000 views since July 2010. She is married with two children & divides her time between Istanbul & London."


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Who would pay a billion dollars to humiliate America? The time 1993. The place Washington DC. Of the adversaries in the Gulf War the sole survivor is Saddam Hussein. & Saddam is planning a revenge so diabolical that the United States will be left with no choice but to retaliate...A fast-moving intrigue.. .a cracking good read. This is the first novel I have read by Jeffrey Archer; it will not be the last
- Mail on Sunday". Back in top form... Archers imagination at its most sublime.. .an entertaining pacey page-turner
- " Sunday Times". Few are more famous than Archer for keeping the pages turning.. .an extravagant romp
- possibly his best
- " The Times"."



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At the outbreak of the second World War Air Chief Marshall Dowding was Commander-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command which had been set up three years earlier to protect Britain against attacks from the air & the threat of invasion. London was subjected to extensive night bombing for several months. However our fighter squadrons & defence systems enabled us to maintain master of the air. The Battle of Britain ended in 1940 & our island was never again under the threat of invasion. Peter Brown former Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot presents a vivid account of Britain under the threat of invasion reminding us of the bravery of our fighter pilots & the courage of the people of Britain who endured the hardships of war & terror bombing from the air. Through personal experience & years of meticulous research Peter offers a careful analysis of the battle & the tactics involved vigorously defending Dowding's command & exposing the conspiracy of senior officers that saw him removed from office without due recognition for his achievement. ...

Carole Barber has come to Paris with its rain-slick slate roofs & winding streets to work on her novel
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It is a beleaguered & betrayed Secret Service that has been put in the care of George Smiley. A mole has been uncovered at the organisation's highest levels
- & its agents across the world put in grave danger. But untangling the traitor's web gives Smiley a chance to attack his Russian counterpart Karla. & part-time spy Jerry Westerby is the weapon at Smiley's disposal. The Honourable Schoolboy is remarkable & thrilling one of three books (together with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy & Smiley's People) to feature the legendary clash between Smiley & Karla two brilliant spymasters on opposite sides of the Cold War.
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George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. He chooses his weapon: Jerry Westerby The Honourable Schoolboy a passionate lover & a seasoned reckless secret agent. Westerby is pointed east to Hong Kong. So begins the terrifying game.. . ...

The first of a major new Feist acquisition returning to his best-loved series. Written with Bill Forstchen acclaimed writer of great military fantasy novels in the US. FREEDOM AT ANY PRICE? Hartrafts Marauders a crack band of Kingdom raiders are a special unit designed to infiltrate & fight behind enemy lines. They are currently heading for a frontier garrison after a disastrous encounter with the Tsurani. Meanwhile a Tsurani patrol is sent to support an assault on the same garrison. Both sides arrive at the same time & discover the garrison has been overrun by a migrating horde of moredhel (dark elves) & they are forced by circumstances to band together & fight as one unit to survive. The only problem is who do they hate the most
- their mutual enemy or each other? As they make their way across the unknown Northlands to freedom they have to struggle not only with the elements & their enemies but also their conscience. For what is more important
- ones life or ones honour?

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