In an underground club a high-ranking public official spends his secret nights indulging in fantasies as exciting as they are depraved. For a seductive employee of the Dungeon its her job to fulfill them. But shes playing a far more dangerous game
- one of blackmail politics & murder that reaches into the shadow world of the Ghost Walkers & the creation of a spectacular one-of-a-kind new weapon of defense. But when a dictator makes his own catastrophic moves the Ghost Walkers have no choice but to bring in two major players
- a man & woman both driven by passion & revenge. Both expendable. Both with nothing left to lose.

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In 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of ships bound for Asia & he had washed up in the forbidden land of Japan. The traders were even more amazed to learn that rather than be horrified by this strange country Adams had fallen in love with the barbaric splendour of Japan
- & decided to settle. He had forged a close friendship with the ruthless Shogun taken a Japanese wife & sired a new mixed-race family. Adams letter fired up the London merchants to plan a new expedition to the Far East with designs to trade with the Japanese & use Adams contacts there to forge new commercial links. SAMURAI WILLIAM brilliantly illuminates a world whose horizons were rapidly expanding eastwards.
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The ultimate pocket city map of San Diego! Explore the wonderful city of San Diego with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up San Diego city map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable city map will ensure you don't miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps
- the first containing a view of the Greater San Diego area alongside a plan of Balboa Park / San Diego Zoo & the second a detailed street map of Downtown San Diego * Additional tourist maps of Mission Bay Park La Jolla
- The Village & Tijuana are also included * Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Hotels restaurants stores & attractions are all included on the maps



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Ideal for business or leisure City Pack San Francisco is succinct with all the practical information you need for a perfect trip. Presented in a handy compact format the guide also contains a separate fold-out map within a concealed poppered pocket to help you navigate the city. This new edition lists Top 25 sights & experiences in one chapter & features 3 new sections; City Tours section contains self-guided tours that show you the best of the city; More To See sights is ideal if you have extra time on your hands & Focus On helps you get know the city in more depth. ...

Experience all of San Franciscos attractions with this up-to-date authoritative guide packed with Insider Tips. Most holidaymakers want to have fun & feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination
- thats what Marco Polo Guides are all about. Discover fine hotels restaurants the citys trendiest places & night spots plus shopping tips suggestions for a tight budget details of all the sports & activities on offer & ideas for Travel with Kids. Also contains: the Perfect Day Festivals & Events Travel Tips Links Blogs Apps & more & a comprehensive index. With MARCO POLO San Francisco youll experience a beautiful city that has been attracting people since 1776 from gold diggers to hippies to computer geeks all of them deciding to settle even though the original plan was to just to pass through. This practical pocket-sized guide opens up spectacular sights & views: of the Golden Gate Bridge the busy harbour the bustling city centre & its skyscrapers & more than 300 parks & recreation areas. The Insider Tips reveal where San Franciscos celebrity cooks do their shopping & where you can record your own CD. The Best Of pages highlight unique aspects of the city such as the legendary cable cars recommend places to go for free & have tips for rainy days & where you can relax & chill out while the City Walks include a tour around the Bay & across to the wealthy suburb of Sausalito. The Dos & Donts tell you how to park your car on a hill & why you should always pack a pair of sturdy shoes. MARCO POLO San Francisco provides comprehensive coverage of the city. To help you get around theres a detailed street atlas inside a useful folding transport map of in the backcover plus a handy pull-out map. A must-have for all travellers including those who havent bought a travel guide in the past
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Portugal 1705. In the dungeons of a Templar castle a dying old man bequeaths an ancient half-burnt book to his young inquisitor. Keeping one step ahead of those who would kill to wrench the book's secret from his hands the inquisitor turns his back on his calling & sets off on an impossible journey to complete the old man's quest. Baghdad 2003. A military unit makes a horrifying discovery: a hidden state-of-the-art lab where dozens of men women & children have died. The scientist they were hunting is believed to be working on a bio weapons programme. But the man known only as the hakeem
- the doctor
- has escaped taking with him the startling truth about his work.. .

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Nora Roberts
- The World's Greatest Storyteller Successful photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway thought she'd escaped the house called
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Sanctuary: British Artists & their Studios" gives a rare & privileged insight to the studios & inspirations of nearly 120 of Britains greatest living artists working today both in Britain & abroad. Sanctuarys stellar cast of artists encompasses many different ways of thinking about & making art. This lavish large-format book brims with specially commissioned photographs portraits images at work places of inspiration & incisive interviews: the artists open their minds as much as their studio doors. The book is full of insights revelations & thoughts on the modern art world & contemporary art practice giving a vivid sense of what it means to be an artist at work today. It features a stellar cast of characters including Frank Auerbach Ron Arad Fiona Banner Peter Blake Jake & Dinos Chapman Martin Creed Tracey Emin Gilbert & George Susan Hiller Howard Hodgkin Polly Morgan Cornelia Parker Grayson Perry Paula Rego Juergen Teller Gavin Turk Keith Tyson Rachel Whiteread & more the list is extraordinary. Iwona Blazwick gives an A-Z of studios with a twist; Richard Corks Studio Visits gives a personal & vivid tour around the studios of Francis Bacon Lucian Freud Bridget Riley & more; Tom Mortons Field Notes on British Art in the Third Millennium is an intelligent sketch of the wider wilder world that all artists now inhabit." ...

Two guards; one nun; one judge. When a letter containing a list of victims arrives in the post PI Jack Taylor is sickened but tells himself the list has nothing to do with him. He has enough to do just staying sane. His close friend Ridge is recovering from surgery & alcohols siren song is calling to him ever more insistently. A guard & then a judge die in mysterious circumstances. But it is not until a child is added to the list that Taylor determines to find the identity of the killer & stop them at any cost. What he doesnt know is that his relationship with the killer is far closer than he thinks. & that its about to become deeply personal. Spiked with dark humour seasoned with acute insights about the perils of urbanisation & fuelled by rage at mans inhumanity to man this is crime-writing at its darkest & most original. ...

November 1194. Appointed by Richard the Lionheart as the first coroner for the county of Devon Sir John de Wolfe an ex-Crusader rides out to the lonely moorland village of Widecombe to hold an inquest on an unidentified body. On his return to Exeter the coroner is incense to find that his own brother-in-law Sheriff Richard de Revelle is intent on thwarting the murder investigation particularly when it emerges that the dead man is a Crusader & a member of one of Devon's finest & most honourable families. ...