Wesley Curnow a young Cornish miner arrives in the United States to seek an uncle who is working on the mines in Missouri. Taking passage on a boat from New York bound for New Orleans he meets up with a charismatic U.S. marshal who is en route to the western territories to bring law to the area. After many exploits Wes parts company with his companions only to find his uncle has moved away. Wes faces German miners meets an old Mountainman who teaches him proficiency with a revolver & then battles overland through inhospitable country. But can he survive the journey? ...

Michael Phelps is one of the greatest competitors the world has ever seen. From teen sensation in Sydney to bona fide phenomenon in Athens he is now
- after the Beijing Games
- a living Olympic legend. With an unprecedented eight gold medals & seven world-record times his performance at the 2008 Games set a new standard for success. He ranks among the most elite athletes in the world & is both an inspiration & a role model to millions. In No Limits Phelps reveals the secrets to his remarkable success from his training regimen to his mental preparation & finally to his performance in the pool. Having been raised by a single mother & diagnosed with ADHD Phelps's success is imbued with defeating obstacles & earning one's way & No Limits explores the hard work commitment & sacrifice that go into reaching any goal. Filled with anecdotes from family members friends team mates & his coach No Limits gives a behind-the-scenes look at the makings of a real champion & reveals a step-by-step guide to realizing one's dream.

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No Logo was a book that defined a generation when it was first published in 1999. For its 10th anniversay Naomi Klein has updated this iconic book. By the time youre twenty-one youll have seen or heard a million advertisements. But you wont be happier for it. This is a book about that much-maligned much-misunderstood generation coming up behind the slackers who are being intelligent & active about the world in which they find themselves. It is a world in which all that is alternative is sold where any innovation or subversion is immediately adopted by un-radical faceless corporations. But gradually tentatively a new generation is beginning to fight consumerism with its own best weapons; & it is the first skirmishes in this war that this abrasively intelligent book documents brilliantly. ...

Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be backhanders & corruption. Obi manages to resist the bribes that are offered to him but when he falls in love with an unsuitable girl
- to the disapproval of his parents
- he sinks further into emotional & financial turmoil. The lure of easy money becomes harder to refuse & Obi becomes caught in a trap he cannot escape. Showing a man lost in cultural limbo & a Nigeria entering a new age of disillusionment No Longer at Ease" concludes Achebes remarkable trilogy charting three generations of an African community under the impact of colonialism the first two volumes of which are " Things Fall Apart" & " Arrow of God"."

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The limits of his control Rowan OBrien will always be the thorn in Nic Marcussens side. She was the only woman to tempt him beyond his steely control...the only woman strictly forbidden to him. Years later Nics sole focus is business
- the boy who grew up under a cloud of shame now has the world at his feet. Until tragedy brings Rowan back into his life & his facade begins to crack. In the seclusion of the Marcussen mansion in the Mediterranean their deeply buried secrets surface & they are forced to confront their darkest desires! What a debut full of emotion & drama. Cant wait for Danis next book!
- Caroline 32 Exeter

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Lord Ferdinand Dudley is accustomed to getting what he wants
- that is until he appears at the door of Pinewood Manor attempting
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Olympic rowing hopeful & senior Metropolitan Police officer DCI Rebecca Meredith goes out alone to train on the river in Henley on a dark afternoon in late October -- & doesnt return. When a desperate search by the police & a K9 team reveals the possibility of foul play Scotland Yard wants one of their own on the case. Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid returning from celebrating his marriage to long-time partner Detective Inspector Gemma James is called to Henley to investigate. He soon finds that the world of elite rowing can be brutal & that Rebecca Merediths ex-husband was not the only person with good reason for wanting her dead. Then when a search-&-rescue team member is threatened Kincaid realizes the case may be even more complex & more dangerous than he believed. But it is only when he enlists Gemmas aid that they find that the answers lie closer to home than they could have imagined -- & are infinitely more deadly. It seems that more than one innocent life depends on their ability to track down the killer. ...

A little fox is in a big bad mood & is worried that its mother won't love it forever. In this beautiful & lyrical picture book we see a clever & resourceful mother prove to her child that a parents love is limitless
- no matter what! In this reassuring & warm picture book the hugely talented Debi Gliori manages to treat the familiar subject of childhood worries in a very fresh original & inventive way. ' This is an instant childhood classic for anyone over the age of three.'
- Independent On Sunday". " The literary equivalent of a big hug."
- " The Times". " With gentle rhyming text humorous pictorial detail & themes which can be explored & re-explored this is a brilliant gem of a book."
- " The Guardian"."



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'I love you no matter what.' This book tells the uplifting true story of an ordinary couple who build an extraordinary family
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No book is more associated with the city of Glasgow than No Mean City. First published in 1935 it is the story of Johnnie Stark son of a violent father & a downtrodden mother the ' Razor King' of Glasgow's pre-war slum underworld the Gorbals. The savage near-truth descriptions the raw character portrayals bring to life a story that is fascinating authentic & convincing. ...