Silent & lethal USS Seawolf the US Navys most up-to-date stealth submarine is on an ultra secret mission
- to spy on Chinas brand
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Deep in the remote heart of the jungles of Mendip Sebastian Max & Cornelius are in search of a legendary lost city. On route they encounter the Jilith a race of warriors locked in a deadly struggle with their mortal enemies the fierce & brutal Gograth. Can Cornelius train the Jilith to defeat their enemies? Why does jungle girl Keera think she knows Sebastian? Can Max avoid being turned into spare ribs? & if they ever find the Lost City can the three friends survive the ravages of the Night Runners
- terrifying creatures that are already dead.. .?
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Sebastiao Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today his reputation forged by decades of dedication & powerful black-&-white images of distressed people taken in places where most wouldnt dare to go. Although he has photographed around the globe his work most heavily concentrates on Africa where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. From the Dinka tribes in Sudan & the Himba in Namibia to gorillas & volcanoes in the lakes region to displaced people throughout the continent Salgado shows us all facets of African life today. He knows exactly how to grab the essence of a moment & his images artfully teach us the disastrous effects of war poverty disease & hostile climatic conditions. This stunning book brings together Salgados photos in three parts: the first concentrates on the southern part of the continent (Mozambique Malawi Angola Zimbabwe South Africa Namibia) the second on the Great Lakes region (Congo Rwanda Burundi Uganda Tanzania Kenya) & the third on the Sub-Saharan region (Burkina Faso Mali Sudan Somalia Chad Mauritania Senegal Ethiopia). The texts are provided by renowned Mozambique novelist Mia Couto who describes how todays Africa reflects the effects of colonization as well as the consequences of economic social & environmental crises. ...

DEAD END: A call-out to a murder saves D.I Bill Slider from having to finish his canteen lunch but presents him with the problem of a dead conductor. In life Sir Stefan Radek was seriously famous & terminally unpleasant but neither of these facts seem reason enough to gun him down in a neo-Byzantine church in Shepherds Bush. BLOOD LINES: A celebrated music critic seems to have committed suicide just before appearing on a live television show but Slider suspects it is murder when it is shown that the body had been interfered with & when he learns that the victim had quarreled violently with his fellow panelists. KILLING TIME: Only half-recovered from an assault from the last villain he encountered Slider is forced to investigate the murder of an erotic dancer finding himself having to question lap-dancers prostitutes pimps & cabinet ministers & discovering one of his fellow officers has dubious links with all of them. ...

This volume contains three of Brother Cadfaels Chronicles: ST PETERS FAIR. An unseemly quarrel between the local burghers & the monks from the Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury over who shall benefit from the levies on Shrewsburys annual Fair leaves a merchant dead & Cadfael is summoned from the peace of his herb garden to practice his skills as a detective. THE LEPER OF ST GILES. Outside the walls of Shrewsbury is St Giles a sanctuary for the sick but also a possible refuge for a wanted man. When a member of a wedding party is savagely murdered Brother Cadfael finds himself at St Giles as herbalist & as detective in search of the killer. THE VIRGIN IN THE ICE. In the winter of 1139 civil war brings refugees to Shrewsbury in search of sanctuary. But two orphans & their companion a nun dont arrive from Worcester & Cadfael is despatched from the Abbey to try & locate them in the harsh winter landscape of frost & snow. ...

Mark Todds eventing career is the stuff of legend & encompasses one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time. When he retired from competing in eventing in 2000 he had already been named Rider of the Century for his natural empathy with a horse & his extraordinary success which included back-to-back Olympic gold medals five Burghley wins & three Badminton victories. He has also show jumped to Olympic level & trained winners on the racecourse. Considered a legendary horseman by his peers he seemed to have done it all. He returned to train racehorses in his native New Zealand but eight years later the idea of a comeback took root part dare part personal challenge to see if he could still cut it in a changed sport. Within eight months he was riding at the 2008 Beijing Olympics & in 2011 he hit the headlines by becoming the oldest rider to win Badminton. He is now at the forefront of New Zealands resurgence ahead of the London Olympic Games. The story of his progress from dairy farmer to world renown is told with typically laid-back humour but it reveals the fierce determination discipline & personal sacrifice which lies behind the relaxed outlook. ...

SONNIE'S EDGE. The popular sport of 'beastie-baiting' involves contests to the death between artificial monsters controlled via human affinity bonds. Sonnie's team is particularly successful...but then her monster ' Khanivore' has one special advantage. A SECOND CHANCE AT EDEN. A bitek habitat which orbits Jupiter mining the fusion fuel on which Earth is dependent Eden is a mini-nation of radical politics -- & even more radical technology. Then its creator is murdered in full view of the whole population but nobody can identify the perpetrator -- or the motive. NEW DAYS OLD TIMES. Settlers came to the planet Nyvan hoping for a lifestyle free of Earthbound hatreds. Alas though environments may change human nature does not. CANDY BUDS. The crime-lord Laurus rules Kariwak with an iron fist jealously guarding control of the bitek trade. But when an astonishing new substance appears on the streets virtual reality takes on an entirely new dimension. DEATHDAY. On a desolate planet a man wages an obsessive campaign of retribution against the last survivor of an alien race. But vengeance can cut both ways. THE LIVES & LOVES OF TIARELLA ROSA. A passion that spans two generations of women...and endures beyond. ESCAPE ROUTE. The starship LADY MACBETH encounters a long-abandoned alien spacecraft with its escape route still intact -- but leading where? & is the craft as empty as it seems? ...

Taylor Edwards family might not be that close
- everyone is a little too busy & overscheduled but for the most part they get along
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God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance & everything looks pretty good
- so he takes a holiday. In Heaven-time
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Empress Josephines family has been called to Napoleons court for the terrible news that he intends to divorce his barren wife of thirteen years & take a younger bride the Austrian Princess Marie-Louise. For Josephines daughter Hortense this means she is free to leave her husband Napoleons brother having given the Bonapartes three heirs. As she looks for love she must support her mother through the terrible grief of Napoleons betrayal. For his new wife it is a terrible duty she must take on in her fathers name. She has nothing in common with the strange older man she has married & can find little in her life to enjoy. But an unlikely friendship with Hortense will bring her much comfort especially as she must fight for her own happiness. For Napoleons sister Pauline Bonaparte it is yet another woman stealing her brothers attention & affection. Having spent years attempting to control his power & his influence she must fight harder & dirtier if she is to win... ...