A fading papyrus nearly four thousand years old. Within it lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time.. .a riddle that becomes a savage battle across the unforgiving terrain of North Africa. When her husband is brutally murdered beautiful half-English half-Egyptian Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in Engl&. With eminent archaelogist Nicholas Quenton-Harper she can pick up the pieces of her shattered life & find the courage to return to Ethiopia. For Duraid. & for the dreams of an ancient Pharoah.. . Because others will stop at nothing to claim the prize as their own. 'A desert sandstorm couldn't get pages turning faster than Smith' Independent On Sunday ' Full blooded muscle-on-bone-crunching treasure hunt.. .it is non-stop action' Daily Express ...

Ireland AD 670. When the body of a murdered young noble is discovered not far from Cashel the King calls upon Sister Fildema & her companion Eadulf to investigate. The only clue to the nobles identity is an emblem originating from the nearby kingdom of Laign. Could the murder be somehow related to the violence erupting in the west of the kingdom? The turmoil is led by a fanatical figure claiming to have been summoned by the seventh angel to remove the impure of faith from the land & Fidelma & Eadulf soon find themselves struggling with a tangled skein of murder & intrigue. What is the mystery that connects the dead noble a murdered alcoholic priest & a menacing abbot who has built his abbey into a military fortress? When Sister Fidelma herself becomes the victim of abduction it is up to Eadulf to find & save her from imminent death so that the mystery can be solved... ...

Ireland AD 670. When the body of a murdered young noble is discovered not far from Cashel the King calls upon Sister Fildema & her companion Eadulf to investigate. The only clue to the noble's identity is an emblem originating from the nearby kingdom of Laign. Could the murder be somehow related to the violence erupting in the west of the kingdom? The turmoil is led by a fanatical figure claiming to have been summoned by 'the seventh angel' to remove the 'impure of faith' from the land & Fidelma & Eadulf soon find themselves struggling with a tangled skein of murder & intrigue. What is the mystery that connects the dead noble a murdered alcoholic priest & a menacing abbot who has built his abbey into a military fortress? When Sister Fidelma herself becomes the victim of abduction it is up to Eadulf to find & save her from imminent death so that the mystery can be solved... ...

From the migrations out of Africa by our earliest ancestors to the latest voyages into space an incredible team of historians travellers & explorers brings to life seventy of humanitys most remarkable journeys. With hundreds of evocative photographs paintings illustrations & portraits plus specially commissioned maps this volume is for everyone who is fascinated by the stories & personalities of those who were there first who explored the unexplored & who set out into the unknown celebrating the romance & sheer thrill of travel in a way no book has done before. ...

New in Thames & Hudsons bestselling Seventy" series this visually stunning & highly topical book is an essential guide ...

A hit man trying to find answers to his brother's murder. An informer trying to flee his past. A family under threat. Rural Northern Ireland & small-town Alabama: Two places connected by a deadly act
- an act that draws two men & those closest to them into a spiral of lies violence & murder as they try to lay their ghosts to rest. But can you ever be forgiven for the sins of your past?
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How were the ancient wonders of the world built? How many people did it take to build the Great Wall of China & the Sphinx at Giza? This text seeks to answer such questions examining these spectacular feats of engineering & celebrating the achievements of the builders who worked without the aid of modern technology. Expanding on the theme of the traditional Seven Wonders the book broadens the scope to incorporate marvels from around the globe spanning the centuries from the first standing stones of the fifth millennium BC to the Great Temple of the Aztecs in the 16th century AD. The raising of the stones at Stonehenge the erection of Egyptian obelisks the building of Roman roads & the laying out of the Nazca Lines on the face of the Peruvian Desert are all described & explained in the light of archaeological research. The text also features factfiles diagrams photographs & perspective views. ...

Seventy-Two Virgins is a comic political novel with similar appeal to Stephen Fry or Ben Elton written by one of Britain's most popular politicians. It is Boris Johnson's first novel & was widely acclaimed on publication. The American President on a State Visit to Britain is giving a major address to a top-level audience in Westminster Hall. Ferocious security
- with some difficulties in communication
- is provided by a joint force of the United States Secret Service & Scotland Yard. The best sharpshooters from both countries are stationed on the roof of the Parliament buildings. Then a stolen ambulance runs into trouble with the Parking Authorities. A hapless Member of Parliament having mislaid his crucial pass is barred from Westminster his bicycle regarded as a potential lethal weapon. & a man going by the name of Jones although born in Karachi successfully slips through the barriers & whole new ball game starts. Despite the united efforts of the finest security minds events begin to spin out of control. A remarkable new worldwide reality television show dominates the airwaves. & the most unlikely heroes emerge...

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The newspapers referred to it as the case of the seventy-seven clocks. There was quite a fuss at the time. We got into terrible trouble. Dear fellow it was one of our most truly peculiar cases. I remember as if it was yesterday. In fact Arthur Bryant remembers very little about yesterday but he does remember the oddest investigation of his career... It was late in 1973. As strikes & blackouts ravaged the country during Edward Heaths Winter of Discontent sundry members of a wealthy aristocratic family were being disposed of in a variety of grotesque ways
- by reptile by bomb by haircut. As the hours of daylight diminish towards Christmas Bryant & May the irascible detectives of Londons controversial Peculiar Crimes Unit know that time is the key
- & time is running out for both the family & the police. Their investigations lead them into a hidden world of class conflict craftsmanship & the secret loyalties of big business. But what have seventy seven ticking clocks to do with it? Now the full story can at last be revealed in this most eerie of adventures that features Arthur Bryant at his rudest John May at his most exasperated & a gallery of colourful bizarre characters who could only make their home in a city like London.

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The third & final novel in Lauren De Stefano's breathtaking dystopian romance series The Chemical Garden Trilogy Time is running out for Rhine. With less than three years left until the virus claims her life Rhine is desperate for answers. Having escaped torment at Vaughn's mansion she finds respite in the dilapidated home of her husband's uncle an eccentric inventor who hates Vaughn almost as much as Rhine does. Rhine's determination to be reunited with her twin brother Rowan increases as each day brings terrifying revelations to light about his involvement in an underground resistance. She realizes must find him before he destroys the one thing they have left: hope. In this breathtaking conclusion to Lauren De Stefano's The Chemical Garden trilogy everything Rhine knows to be true will be irrevocably shattered. But what she discovers along the way has alarming implications for her future
- & about the past her parents never had the chance to explain.
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