Its 1910. Having brought Egypt firmly under her thumb Amelia Peabody turns her attention to a harder challenge: Palestine a province of the crumbling corrupt Ottoman Empire & the Holy Land of three religions. Hearing that Morley an English adventurer has raised money to mount an expedition to search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem Emerson & Amelia are persuaded to go after him in order to prevent a catastrophically inept excavation & the possibility of armed protest by the infuriated members of all three religions who view the Dome of the Rock as sacred. The War Office is concerned about increasing German influence in Palestine & insists that Morley is secretly working for German intelligence. Emerson doesnt believe it but could he be mistaken? In the meantime their son Ramses has been working on a dig at Samaria north of Jerusalem where he encounters an unusual party of travellers. One is a female German archaeologist & the other a mysterious man of unknown nationality & unknown past. Ramses insatiable curiosity leads him to a startling discovery about the pair. He must now pass the information on to his parents in Jerusalem
- but only if he can get there alive...
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The first kiss occurred in a dimly-lit hallway on the upper floor of Elwin Hastingss grand house. Louisa never saw it coming.. . Of course Anthony Stalbridge couldnt possibly have had romantic intentions. The kiss was an act of desperation meant to distract the armed guard about to catch the pair in a place they did not belong. After all Louisa Bryce is no mans idea of an alluring female in her dull maroon gown & gold-rimmed spectacles. The only thing the two interlopers have in common is a passionate interest in the private affairs of Mr. Hastings
- a prominent member of Victorian Society whom they both suspect of hiding terrible secrets. Each has a reason for the quest. Anthonys fiancee was said to have thrown herself into the Thames
- but Anthony has his own suspicions. Louisa
- whose own identity is shrouded in layers of mystery
- is convinced Hastings has a connection to a notorious brothel. But bringing Hastings to justice will be more perilous than either anticipates
- & their hasty partnership will be more heated than either expects.




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Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her & not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up & beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. & shes never known any others of her kind. Until now. As Mercy comes to terms with this new information an evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River. Something deadly is coming facts are thin on the ground & Mercy feels ill at ease. However her fathers people may know more. To have any hope of surviving Mercy & her mate the Alpha werewolf Adam will need all the resources the shifters can offer. Or death will be the least of their worries. ...

Over ten feet long it weighs in at nearly a quarter of a ton. Covering its back are armoured plates made from bone. Five hundred stiletto-sharp teeth line its long crocodilian jaws. It's a prehistoric beast of staggering proportions; a fearsome creature from the time of the dinosaurs. But the Alligator Gar an air-breathing survivor from the Cretaceous period is still with us today patrolling inland rivers hunting in murky waters shared by human communities. & for Jeremy Wade described as the 'greatest angling explorer of his generation' the Gar & other outlandish freshwater predators have been an obsession for all his adult life. With names like Arapaima Snakehead Goonch Goliath Tigerfish & Electric Eel many of them have acquired an almost mythical status. In a quest that has taken him from the Amazon to the Congo & from North America to the mountains of India Wade has pursued the truth about these little known often misunderstood animals. Along the way he's survived a plane crash malaria & a fish-inflicted blow to the chest that according to a later scan caused permanent scarring to his heart. In RIVER MONSTERS Wade delivers a sometimes jaw-dropping blend of adventure natural history legend & detective work. It reads like a hunt for the Loch Ness Monster. But it's all true. These are fisherman's tales like you've never heard before. The stories of the ones that didn't get away.. . ...

A river cruise through ancient desert lands becomes a mysterious adventure when Bill disappears! While Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann & Jack are desperately searching for Bill they become trapped beneath a forgotten temple where no one has set foot for 7 000 years. What dangers lurk within & will they ever escape? ...

From the bestselling author of Time's Legacy & Lady of Hay comes a thrilling new novel River of Destiny an epic story that spans Anglo Saxon Britain Victorian Suffolk & the present day. Perfect for fans of Kate Mosse's Labyrinth. An Anglo Saxon burial ground that must not be disturbed. A Victorian tragedy of forbidden love. & an ancient curse whose power grows ever stronger... On the banks of the River Deben lies a set of barns dating back to the Anglo Saxons & within their walls secrets have laid buried for centuries. Zoe & Ken have just moved into one of the barns ready to start a new life away from the hustle & bustle of the city. To the outside world they seem like an ordinary couple but underneath they are growing ever more distant by the day. & the strange presence Zoe feels within their home & the shapes she sees through the cloying mists on the river are getting harder to ignore. Whilst farmers are ploughing the land surrounding them human bones are found & when the police arrive it becomes clear that the remains are much older than first suspected... Are they linked to a Victorian tragedy the locals whisper about? & what should they make of the grassy mound which has remained untouched across many centuries but has now been disturbed with seemingly devastating consequences? ...

Vibrating with endeavours for Britains effort against the might of Nazi Germany Clydebank was
- in hindsight
- an obvious target

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River Surveyor Tom Pascoe of the Marine Police finds the bodies of two men entombed in the crew cabin of a sunken lugger. Suspicion falls on a third member of the crew seen fleeing the scene. He had a known motive for murder. Against the background of a nation at war with Napoleon Tom Pascoe finds his own life under threat as he digs deeper into the case. He uncovers the existence of French agents whose task is to undermine England's ability to continue the war. Tom's job is further complicated by the presence of a new member of the police crew with a shocking secret of his own... ...

Drawing both on his own familys stories & his years of hands-on political experience Thant Myint-U has written an illuminating account of how Burmas rich past informs its violent present & of how the world might transform the countrys future. This is the story of modern Burma & a narrative that is by turns lyrical dramatic & appalling. ...

An utterly engrossing historical romance from debut novelist Bee Ridgeway The River of No Return" is a must-read. ' Time is like a river. It always flows in one direction.' What if everything you thought was certain was not? 1812: On a lonely battlefield in Spain Lord Nicholas Falcott Marquess of Blackdown is about to die... But the next moment he inexplicably jumps forward in time nearly two hundred years
- very much alive. Taken under the wing of a mysterious organisation " The Guild" he receives everything he could ever need under the following conditions: He can't go back. He can't go home. He must tell no one. Accepting his fate Nicholas begins a life of luxury as a twenty-first century New York socialite living happily thus for the next ten years. But when an exquisite wax sealed envelope brings a summons from the Alderwoman of " The Guild" Nicholas is forced to confront his nineteenth century past. Back in 1815 Julia Percy's world has fallen apart. Her enigmatic grandfather the Earl of Darchester has died & left her with a closely guarded secret one she is only now discovering
- the manipulation of time. In terrible danger from unknown enemies Julia flees her home to the sanctuary of neighbouring Falcott House. In this strange place Julia & a recently returned Nicholas are drawn to each other & together they realise how little Julia knew about her beloved grandfather & begin to understand his ominous last words...' Pretend.' Bee Ridgeway's " The River Of No Return" is a truly unforgettable novel. If you loved " The Time Traveler's Wife" or " The Night Circus" then prepare to be swept away by this stunning debut novel. Bee Ridgway grew up in Amherst Massachusetts. She attended Oberlin College (B.A.) then worked for a year as an editorial assistant at " Elle" magazine. She studied literature at Cornell University (M.A. & Ph.D.). She has worked at Bryn Mawr College since 2001. She lives in Philadelphia PA."

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