From acclaimed novelist Elizabeth Chadwick comes a story of huge emotional power set against the road to Magna Carta & the fight to bring a tyrant king to heel. The privileged daughter of one of the most powerful men in England Mahelt Marshal's life changes dramatically when her father is suspected of treachery by King John. Her brothers become hostages & Mahelt is married to Hugh Bigod heir to the earldom of Norfolk. Adapting to her new life is hard but Mahelt comes to love Hugh deeply; however defying her father-in-law brings disgrace & heartbreak. When King John sets out to subdue the Bigods Mahelt faces a heartbreaking battle fearing neither she nor her marriage is likely to survive the outcome.. . Winner of the RNA Historical Novel Award 2011 TO DEFY A KING is magnificent in scope & detail with characters that leap off the page
- this is historical fiction at its finest.
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An expose on the fashion industry written by the Observers Ethical Living columnist examining the inhumane & environmentally devastating story behind the clothes we so casually buy & wear. Coming at a time when the global financial crisis & contracting of consumer spending is ushering in a new epoch for the fashion industry To Die For offers a very plausible vision of how green could really be the new black. Taking particular issue with our current mania for both big-name labels & cheap fashion To Die For sets an agenda for the urgent changes that can & need to be made by both the industry & the consumer. Far from outlining a future of drab ethical clothing Lucy Siegle believes that it is indeed possible to be an ethical fashionista simply by being aware of how & where (and by whom) clothing is manufactured. The global banking crisis has put the consumer at a crossroads: when money is tight should we embrace cheap fast fashion to prop up an already engorged wardrobe or should we reject this as the ultimate false economy & advocate a return to real fashion bolstered by the principles of individualism & style pedigree? In this impassioned book Siegle analyses the global epidemic of unsustainable fashion taking stock of our economic health & moral accountabilities to expose the pitfalls of fast fashion. Refocusing the debate squarely back on the importance of basic consumer rights Siegle reveals the truth behind cut price bulk fashion & the importance of your purchasing decisions advocating the case for a new sustainable design era where we are assured of value for money: ethically morally & in real terms. ...

The time is January 1782 & British Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to take the frigate Phalarope to the Caribbean where the hard-pressed royal squadrons are fighting for their lives against the combined fleets of France & Spain & the upstart American privateers. It should have been a proud moment for so young & junior a captain
- but the Phalarope has already been driven to near mutiny & she is regarded with shame & suspicion. But Bolitho is no ordinary man. His determination is blended with humanity & his efforts to give the ship back her pride mark him apart from his contemporaries. As the little frigate sails under the blazing sun & fights her inner battles as well as faces the bloody broadsides of the enemy Bolitho spares neither himself nor his men
- & in the final great battle of the Saintes the chance comes to prove what both he & the Phalarope can achieve.

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Harry Morgan was hard
- the classic Hemingway hero
- rum-running gun-running & man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys in

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More than any previous generation we have been tempted to imagine that the individuals needs are the sole source of meaning. Here Rabbi Sacks argues that this pre-occupation with self is a mistake & that ethics are concerned with the life we live together. Rabbi Sacks shows a profound engagement with the human condition today talking with as much authority about Sigmund Freud or Karl Marx as he does about the Bible. This is a clarion call to the outside world to come to its senses. ...

David Cross is surrounded by secrets. When his wife Nancy was alive he kept secrets from her & now that she is dead he must hide his new happiness from his children Lucy & Ed. But they too have their troubles: Eds marriage is in trouble Lucy is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend & both worry that their father will find a new partner. To Heaven by Water is a touching & hilarious portrait of a family trying to come to terms with loss in their own way. ...

Meat Loafs bizarre & spectacular life story is scarcely credible. After surviving an abusive childhood during which he was almost murdered by his alcoholic father he starred in one of the biggest stage & film musicals ever then went on to record the third best-selling album of all time. To Hell & Back is the story of a man who ran away from a cruel home life at 17 & starred in the legendary Rocky Horror Picture Show before turning to rock-nroll. His first album Bat Out Of Hell was considered so uncommercial by his first record label that they dropped him
- only for it to go on to sell 20 million copies worldwide. He then spent the Eighties on the skids with a severe drink & drugs problem & mounting money problems leading him to a nervous breakdown before making a triumphant comeback with 1993s album Bat Out Of Hell II & colossal hit single Id Do Anything For Love. This is an extraordinary story & a classic rock autobiography.
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Classic stories of gallantry in World War II are featured in this edition of Mel Rolfe's title containing 20 dramatic but true stories of Bomber Command adventures. Some of them defy belief
- like the RAF bomb aimer who was blown out of his Liberator over Warsaw at 400 feet without a parachute & made a poignant return in 1989 to witness the unveiling of a memorial on the crash site. Others defy logic
- like two men of the same crew who survived a terrible crash neither aware of the others' existence but both saved by the tolling of the same church bell. Journalist Mel Rolf has conducted his interviews & prepared the stories in such a way as to take the reader into the events as they happened.

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Dante Valentine has been through Hell. Literally. Her body shattered & her mind not far behind shes dumped back into her own world to survive
- or not
- as a pawn in one of Lucifers endless games. Unfortunately hes just messed with the wrong Necromance. & this time shes mad enough to do something about it. This time the Devil will pay.

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In this title Eli Maor examines the role of infinity in mathematics & geometry & its cultural impact on the arts & sciences. He evokes the profound intellectual impact the infinite has exercised on the human mind
- from the horror infiniti of the Greeks to the works of M.C. Escher; from the ornamental designs of the Moslems to the sage Giordano Bruno whose belief in an infinite universe led to his death at the hands of the Inquisition. But above all the book describes the mathematicians fascination with infinity
- a fascination mingled with puzzlement. Maor explores the idea of infinity in mathematics & in art & argues that this is the point of contact between the two best exemplified by the work of the Dutch artist M.C. Escher six of whose works are shown here in beautiful color plates". (" Los Angeles Times"). "[ Eli Maors] enthusiasm for the topic carries the reader through a rich panorama". (" Choice"). " Fascinating & enjoyable...places the ideas of infinity in a cultural context & shows how they have been espoused & molded by mathematics". (" Science")."

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