The Stig gets his kit off & reveals how he came to be Top Gears iconic racing driver & so much more
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Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book the first volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. A MAN LAY DEAD Sir Hubert Handesley's extravagant weekend house-parties are deservedly famous for his exciting Murder Game. But when the lights go up this time there is a real corpse with a real dagger in the back. All seven suspects have skilful alibis
- so Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to figure out the whodunit...ENTER A MURDERER The crime scene was the stage of the Unicorn Theatre when prop gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way to stardom using bribery instead of talent; & the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends & several relieved blackmail victims. The stage is set for one of Roderick Alleyn's most baffling cases...THE NURSING HOME MURDER A Harley Street surgeon & his attractive nurse are almost too nervous to operate. Their patient is the Home Secretary
- & they both have very good personal reasons to want him dead. The operation is a complete success
- but he dies within hours & Inspector Alleyn must find out why...


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'I don't blame others for my problems. I stand on my own. & one day you'll see I'm going to make something of myself.' These words were eighteen-year-old Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother a woman who had abused him with shocking brutality. But even years after he was rescued his life remained a continual struggle. Dave felt rootless & awkward an outcast haunted by memories of his years as the bruised cowering ' It' locked in his mother's basement. Dave's dramatic reunion with his dying father & the shocking confrontation with his mother led to his ultimate calling: mentor to others struggling with personal hardships. From a difficult marriage to the birth of his son from an unfulfilling career to an enduring friendship Dave was finally able to break the chains of his past learning to trust to love & to live. ...

The first in a stunning new historical adventure series perfect for all fans of Sharpe. Upper Bavaria 1704. The British army ...

a Man of Privilege Blue-blooded lawyer James is working on the case of his life. This trial will set him up for life; then he meets his witness Maggie Eagle Heart. She makes him question everything
- his family goals future. Now the one woman he wants is completely off limits. But he cant deny their attraction. James has always done what is expected of him...until now. An Intimate Bargain The one person who can help Zach close a life-changing deal is the woman he just slept with. He knows Abigail is attracted to him...but is that enough to betray those she loves? What was once a simple affair has become a complicated relationship. Will Abigail really love a man who wants her to choose between him & her family?
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The official companion for the new Man of Steel movie featuring Superman. Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman offers an intimate look at the reinvention of the world's most iconic superhero through the eyes of acclaimed director Zack Snyder (300 Watchmen) & producer Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy). This unique companion book offers a rich selection of materials from concept art & behind-the-scenes set photography to director commentary & interviews with key creatives unlocking the secrets behind giving new life to an immortal hero. Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill as Superman. Also appearing are three-time Oscar (R) nominee Amy Adams (The Fighter) as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane & Oscar (R) nominee Laurence Fishburne (What's Love Got to Do with It) as her editor-in-chief Perry White. Starring as Clark Kent's adoptive parents Martha & Jonathan Kent are Oscar (R) nominee Diane Lane (Unfaithful) & Academy Award (R) winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves). Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians the villainous General Zod played by Oscar (R) nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) & Faora Zod's evil partner played by Antje Traue. Also from Superman's native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van Superman's mother played by Ayelet Zurer & Superman's father Jor-El portrayed by Academy Award (R) winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator). Rounding out the cast are Harry Lennix as U.S. military man General Swanwick as well as Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy. MAN OF STEEL & all related characters & elements are trademarks of & A (c) DC Comics. ...

On VE day everyone was rejoycing & it seemed the whole population of Liverpool had turned out to celebrate. Eileen Gillmoss a colourful character with a smile forever lighting up her face was the life & soul of the party. Today was the day she'd prayed for & dreamed about. After five long lonely years her prisoner-of-war husband Bill would be coming home back to the open loving arms of his wife & children. But the man who comes back from the war is a complete stranger to her. It isn't only that Bill's appearance has changed. It's his remoteness his flinching from her touch that Eileen can't cope with. Now Eileen who is always there to lend a shoulder to cry on is the one in need. But who can she turn to? No one can give her what she craves most...her old husband back. She wants him back where he belongs as the man of the house. ...

Jamie Johnson starts the season on fire. He's playing for his beloved Hawkstone
- & he's the top scorer in the country. But when
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As Minister for Culture the Honourable M. A. Nanga is a man of the people as cynical as he is charming & a roguish opportunist. At first the contrast between Nanga & Odili a former pupil who is visiting the ministry appears huge. But in the eat-&-let-eat atmosphere Odilis idealism soon collides with his lusts
- & the two mens personal & political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. Published prophetically just days before Nigerias first attempted coup in 1966 A Man of the People" is an essential part of his body of work dealing with modern African history."
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This work is set in Antigua 1817. Every harbour & estuary is filled with ghostly ships the famous & the legendary now redundant in the aftermath of the war. In this uneasy peace Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena & as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean. But in these haunted waters where Richard Bolitho & his band of brothers once fought a familiar enemy the quarry is now a renegade foe who flies no colours & offers no quarter & whose traffic in human life is sanctioned by flawed treaties & men of influence. & here & when Athenas guns speak a day of terrible retribution will dawn for the innocent & the damned. ...