Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen had crossed swords with the establishment before
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Right at the end of the war some Nazis saw it coming. They knew that even if they escaped hundreds of others wouldn't. They needed to set up routes channels ways out for their friends. Ratlines.' Ireland 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President John F. Kennedy to the land of his ancestors a German is murdered in a seaside guesthouse. He is the third foreign national to die within a few days & Minister for Justice Charles Haughey is desperate to protect a shameful secret: the dead men were all former Nazis granted asylum by the Irish government. A note from the killers is found on the corpse addressed to Colonel Otto Skorzeny Hitler's favourite WWII commando once called the most dangerous man in Europe. It says simply: ' We are coming for you. Await our call.' Lieutenant Albert Ryan Directorate of Intelligence is ordered to investigate the crimes. But as he infiltrates Ireland's secret network of former Nazis & collaborators Ryan must choose between country & conscience. Why must he protect the very people he fought against twenty years before? & who are the killers seeking revenge for the horrors of the Second World War? ...

This furry animals high intelligence makes it one of the most interesting of all caged pets. Eight brand new Pet Owners Manuals are available from Barrons in Spring 2002. Heavily illustrated & filled with reliable information titles in this practical series show & tell pet owners how to care for dogs cats birds fish gerbils hamsters & virtually every other animal that is kept as a pet. The books give advice on purchasing & otherwise acquiring a pet maintaining health care housing proper feeding & where applicable grooming & training. Clear straightforward texts come with high-quality full-colour photos & anatomically accurate line art as well as helpful tables & charts. ...

THE RATS & THE RULING SEA begins where THE RED WOLF CONSPIRACY ended; Thashas wedding is hours away. It is a wedding that will both fulfil the promise of a mad gods return & see her murdered. Pazel has thwarted the sorcerer who would bring back the god but both sides now face deadlock. Can Thasha be saved? Can the war between two Empires be stopped? THE RATS & THE RULING SEA is once again focused on the giant ancient ship the CHATHRAND but now she must brave the terrors of the uncharted seas; the massive storms & the ship swallowing whirlpools & explore lands forgotten by the Northern world all the time involved in a vicious running battle with a ship half her size but nearly her match. Robert Redicks new novel takes the reader further into the labyrinthine plots & betrayals that have underscored the trilogy from the beginning. Robert Redicks sequel to the acclaimed THE RED WOLF CONSPIRACY is a masterpiece of plotting & adventure. As each page turns the reader shares with the characters the dawning realisation that nothing is at it seems. ...

Seamus Heaney & Ted Hughes have brought together an inspired & diverse selection ranging from undisputed masterpieces to rare discoveries as well as drawing upon works in translation & traditional poems from oral cultures. In effect this anthology has transformed the way we define & appreciate poetry & it will continue to do so for years to come. ...

Abe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor at a prominent midwestern university & a man who glories in training the movers & shakers of the political world. He has lived grandly & ferociously
- & much beyond his means. His close friend Chick has suggested that he put forth a book of his convictions about the ideas which sustain humankind or kill it & much to Ravelsteins own surprise he does & becomes a millionaire. Ravelstein suggests in turn that Chick write a memoir or a life of him & during the course of a celebratory trip to Paris the two share thoughts on mortality philosophy & history loves & friends old & new & vaudeville routines from the remote past. The mood turns more somber once they have returned to the Midwest & Ravelstein succumbs to AIDS & Chick himself nearly dies.
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If you betray a Fellowship you are a dead man... Raven & the Wolfpack plough the sea-road in pursuit of the Saxon traitor Ealdred who has left the Fellowship for dead & fled to the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne & the promise of untold riches. Sailing in search of revenge the pagan Norsemen venture into the heart of a Christian empire that would wipe their kind from the face of the earth a place where danger lies in wait around every bend of the great river up which they travel. A young man with no memory & a blood-tainted eye Raven has found friendship & purpose amongst this fierce band of warriors. Having proved himself in battle he is now certain that Viking blood flows in his veins but to survive this adventure his cunning must be as sharp as his blade... ...

We lusted for an even greater prize...the one prize that can never be lost or stolen or burnt. & we would find it in Miklagard... Raven & the Wolfpack have suffered. Good men have died treasure has been lost. But to Norsemen such as these there is something more valuable than silver: fame
- for fame is the saga-story that a warrior leaves behind when he dies. Now the Fellowship sails in search of Constantinople which they call Miklagard for it is there that they hope to find both riches & glory. It is a voyage that will lead them into unknown & dangerous waters
- from the barren wind-whipped marshes of the Carmargue to the crumbling walls & blood-drenched arenas of a decaying Rome from brutal h&-to-hand conflict to vile treachery & betrayal. & as Miklagard echoes to the sound of sword & axe & spear Raven & his fellow adventurers will pay a high price for the fame they seek...

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We lusted for an even greater prize: one that can never be lost or stolen or burnt... Raven & his fellow Vikings have suffered. Good men have died. Hard-won treasure has been lost. But for these Norsemen there is something more precious than gold or silver & that is fame
- for this is what a warrior leaves behind when he has breathed his last. & so the brotherhood sail for Constantinople the city they call Miklagard. There it is rumoured both riches & glory are to be found but the journey takes them through unknown & dangerous waters
- from the wind-whipped marshes of the Camargue to the treachery & faded glory of a once-mighty Rome. For Raven & the Wolfpack there is a high price to pay for the fame they seek. Miklagard's streets may seem paved with gold but they also run with blood.. .A brilliant brutal new chapter in the story of Raven this is historical fiction at its most authentic & exciting.

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Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series -- which is now the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall SHETL&. It is a cold January morning & Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream the ravens continue their deadly dance.. . The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man -- loner & simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police insist on opening out the investigation a veil of suspicion & fear is thrown over the entire community. For the first time in years Catherine's neighbours nervously lock their doors whilst a killer lives on in their midst. Also available in the Shetland series are White Nights Red Bones Blue Lightning & Dead Water. Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series (ITV television drama VERA) contains five titles of which The Glass Room is the most recent. ...