Jason Bourne pulls a drowning man from a lake
- a man not only freezing but bleeding profusely from a gun-shot wound. He wakes
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Jason Bourne has gradually come to realise who & what he really is
- a strange amalgam of a man named David Webb & a deadly killer.
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Readers were first introduced to Jason Bourne's nemesis Leonid Arkadin a brilliant Russian assassin & fearless international mercenary in THE BOURNE SANCTION. His girlfriend was killed during a fight for which an enraged Arkadin blames Bourne. In THE BOURNE DECEPTION Arkadin hunted Bourne to take revenge & kill him. Bourne in a fight for his life learned that Arkadin's skills mirror Jason's because he received the same original CIA Treadstone training. Now in THE BOURNE OBJECTIVE Jason turns the tables & targets Arkadin. Hunter will become hunted. But revenge can cause great psychological devastation. Has this become too personal for Bourne? Will this hunt be Bourne's downfall? ...

With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles & paralyzed by bureaucracy the President was forced to establish his own clandestine group
- Covert-One. It is only activated as a last resort when the threat is on a global scale & time is running out. When Christian Dresner of Dresner Industries unveils a device that will revolutionize the world
- the Merge a personal computer that communicates directly with your brain
- army microbiologist Colonel Jon Smith is assigned to assess its military potential. In addition to giving you the ability to control all your applications using only your mind the Merge also gives you perfect eyesight infrared vision & incredibly accurate aim with a gun. Meanwhile in the wilds of Afghanistan Randi Russell encounters an entire village of murdered Afghans
- who all have Merge studs in their skulls. As Smith & Russell begin to delve into the circumstances surrounding the Afghans' deaths
- & the bizarre fact that they all have Merges weeks before the official on-sale date
- they're quickly blocked by someone at the highest level of the military. Is the Merge really as innocuous as Dresner claims? & what secrets is the military hiding about its development? Smith & Russell are determined to learn the truth. But they may pay for it with their lives...





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THE BOURNE LEGACY: After the events of THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM David Webb is now living a peaceful life as a university professor in the backwoods of America with his wife & children. But from the other side of the world someone is planning to take him out of the game forever. A deadly assassin is on his trail & his former handler has been brutally murdered. It seems that David Webb must once again turn to Jason Bourne to save his life & his family...THE BOURNE BETRAYAL: Jason Bourne takes a mission to rescue his only friend in the CIA Martin Lindros who disappeared in Africa while tracking nuclear shipments. Once safely back in America Lindros persuades Bourne to help track the money trail of terrorists buying the nuclear material. But is the man he saved really Martin Lindros? Suddenly Bourne is on his own
- gathering evidence while trying to stay one step ahead of the terrorists who are determined to destroy the USA...THE BOURNE SANCTION: When an unknown terrorist organisation comes up on Central Intelligence radar they have no choice but to employ a rogue agent capable of hunting down a shadowy terrorist mastermind on his own
- Jason Bourne. Suddenly Bourne is plunged into the deadliest & most tangled operation of his double life: pursuing the head of a murderous terror group while an assassin as brilliant & damaged as himself is getting closer by the minute...

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Robert Pattinson: The Unauthorized Biography" lifts the lid on the life of one of Britain's most popular exports. Talented gorgeous & just as desirable as his on-screen alter egos Edward Cullen & Cedric Diggory Robert Pattinson has won himself millions of devoted fans. With this the only full-length biography of the silver-screen sensation fans can learn everything there is to know about Rob: from his childhood in London private school education & early success with the Barnes Theatre Company to his modelling career & current star status. Virginia Blackburn intimately explores Rob's life including his expert musicianship his inspirations & ambitions & the inside story of his other film roles. Featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the Harry Potter set & up-to-the-minute gossip from the Twilight movies " Robert Pattinson" is a must-have for Twilight & RPattz fans alike...everyone's thirsting for it." ...

A is for.. .acting. Rob is a complete natural in front of the camera but he has never been to professional stage school & only got into acting as a hobby. B is for.. . Best Friends. Learn all about who Rob likes to hang out with & what he looks for in a friend. C is for.. . Cedric Diggory. The role that launched Robs acting career & led him to the part of the worlds sexiest vampire. All this & more including...why Kristen Stewart is so important to Rob all the behind-the-scenes set secrets & what really happened to Rob on the night he was kidnapped. ...

This candid intimate & compellingly written new biography offers a completely fresh account of Robert Schumanns life. It confronts the traditional perception of the doom-laden Romantic forced by depression into a life of helpless poignant sadness. John Worthens scrupulous attention to the original sources reveals Schumann to have been an astute witty articulate & immensely determined individual who with little support from his background in provincial Saxony painstakingly taught himself his craft as a musician overcame problem after problem in his professional life & married the woman he loved after a tremendous battle with his father-in-law. Schumann was neither manic depressive nor schizophrenic though he struggled with financial problems & illness. He worked prodigiously hard to develop his range of musical styles & to earn his living only to be struck down at the age of forty-four by a vile & incurable disease. Worthens biography effectively demystifies a figure frequently regarded as a Romantic enigma. It frees Schumann from one hundred & fifty years of myth-making & unjustified psychological speculation. It reveals him for the first time as a brilliant passionate resolute musician & thoroughly creative human being & as the composer of arguably the best music of his generation. ...

Robert Schumann (1810-56) is one of the most important & representative composers of the Romantic era. Born in Zwickau Germany Schumann began piano instruction at age seven & immediately developed a passion for music. When a permanent injury to his hand prevented him from pursuing a career as a touring concert pianist he turned his energies & talents to composing writing hundreds of works for piano & voice as well as four symphonies & two ballets. Here acclaimed biographer Martin Geck tells the fascinating story of this multifaceted genius set in the context of the political & social revolutions of his time. The image of Schumann the man & the artist that emerges in Geck's book is complex. Geck shows Schumann to be not only a major composer & music critic-he cofounded & wrote articles for the controversial Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik-but also a political activist the father of eight children & an addict of mind-altering drugs. Through hard work & determination bordering on the obsessive Schumann was able to control his demons & channel the tensions that seethed within him into music that mixes the popular & esoteric resulting in compositions that require the creative engagement of reader & listener. The more we know about a composer the more we hear his personality in his music even if it is above all on the strength of his work that we love & admire him. Martin Geck's book on Schumann is not just another rehashing of Schumann's life & works but an intelligent personal interpretation of the composer as a musical literary & cultural personality. ...

Robert the Bruce & All That" is a real-life adventure packed with historical facts about Scotlands warrior king. Gallop alongside King Robert the Bruce as he takes up the quest to free the Scots from terrifying King Edward & his bumbling son Edward II. Voyage with Bruce to the mysterious islands of the west & read about the secret plan to win over his kingdom. Discover what happened to Bruces queen & sisters when they were seized by the enemy. Learn how to capture a castle as Bruce & his men topple enemy fortresses across the l&. Hear skulls crack as Bruce sends Edward II homeward to think again at the Battle of Bannockburn. Follow Bruces amazing life after death as his heart is taken into battle in Spain
- & find out how it was safely returned home. Packed with fantastic illustrations this brilliant book will make you want to dress up in chain mail & relive the action!"
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