The heavens are stained with the blood of men As the Valkyries sing their song. Njals Saga Jan Fabel is a troubled man. His relationships with the women in his life are becoming increasingly complicated: his partner Susanne is looking for a deeper commitment. His daughter is considering joining the police & his ex-wife holds him responsible. If that werent enough after a gap of ten years a female serial killer
- the Angel of St Pauli
- again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburgs red-light district dying of the most savage knife wounds. Links emerge with a series of apparently unrelated events. A journalist murdered in Norway. The death of a Serbian gangster. & a long-forgotten project by East Germanys Stasi conceived at the height of the Cold War involving a highly-trained group of female assassins known by the codename Valkyrie. Fabels hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer. The ultimate avenging angel. Fabel soon realizes the real danger he faces in hunting the Valkyrie.. . That he might just catch up with her.

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During the 1950s at the time Elvis Presley was rocking the world with Hound Dog & the USA was aiming to become the worlds only superpower plans were being drawn at North American Aviation in Southern California for an incredible Mach-3 strategic bomber. The concept was born as a result of General Curtis Le Mays desire for a heavy bomber with the weapon load & range of the subsonic B-52 & a top speed in excess of the supersonic medium bomber the B-58 Hustler. If Le Mays plans came to fruition there would be 250 Valkyries in the air; it would be the pinnacle of his quest for the ultimate strategic bomber operated by Americas Strategic Air Comm&. The design was a leap into the future that pushed the envelope in terms of exotic materials avionics & power plants. However in April 1961 Defence Secretary Mc Namara stopped the production go-ahead for the B-70 on grounds of rapid cost escalation & the USSRs new-found ability of destroying aircraft at extremely high altitude by either missiles or the new Mig-25 fighter. Nevertheless in 1963 plans for the production of three high-speed research aircraft were approved & construction proceeded. In September 1964 the first Valkyrie now recoded A/V-1 took to the air for the first time & in October went supersonic. This book is the most detailed description of the design engineering & research that went into this astounding aircraft. It is full of unpublished details photographs & firsthand accounts from those closely associated with the project. Although never put into full production this giant six-engined aircraft became famous for its breakthrough technology & the spectacular images captured on a fatal air-to-air photo shoot when an observing Starfighter collided with Valkyrie A/V-2 which crashed into the Mojave Desert. The loss of the $750 million aircraft & twolives stopped future development although there were several attempts to redesign it as an airliner to compete against the European Concorde. ...

This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulos supernatural encounter with angels
- who appear as warrior women & travel
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Who are the two strange pilots & what is the secret treasure hidden in the lonely valley where the children land? Nothing could be more exciting than a daring night flight on Bill's plane! But Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann & Jack soon find themselves flying straight into a truly amazing adventure. ...

Nothing could be more exciting than a night flight on Bill's plane. But in The Valley of Adventure Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann Jack & Kiki the parrot fly straight into terrible danger. In The Sea of Adventure the children find themselves marooned on a desolate coast playing a dangerous game of hide-&-seek with an unknown enemy. ...

With a cover design by founder of Biba Barbara Hulanicki Valley of the Dolls took the world by storm when it was first published in 1966. Never had a book been so frank about sex drugs & show business. It is often sited as the bestselling novel of all time. Dolls
- red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight. For Anne Neely & Jennifer it doesn't matter as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three beautiful women become best friends when they are young & in New York struggling to make their names in the entertainment industry. Only when they reach the peak of their careers do they find there's nowhere left to go but down
- to the Valley of the Dolls.

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The exploits & excesses of three pill-popping showbiz heroines: Anne the smalltown girl supposedly modelled on Grace Kelly who captivates a millionaire but falls for an English cad; Jennifer the beautiful Marilyn Monroe clone who possesses everything
- except immortality; & Neely the ruthless Judy Garlandesque understudy-turned-superstar. As friends
- & enemies
- they learn the hard way that fame fortune beauty & stardom dont always equal happiness. Jacqueline Susanns sensational novel staked her claim as a pop pioneer perfectly crystallized the decadence of the 1960s
- & ushered in a whole new genre of mass-market fiction.



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While out on a walk Eleanor Trewynn her niece Megan & her neighbour Nick spot a young half-drowned Indian man floating in the water. Delirious & concussed he utters a cryptic message about his family being trapped in a cave & his mother dying. The young man unconscious & unable to help is whisked away to a hospital while a desperate effort is mounted find the missing family in time. The local police inspector presumes that they are refugees from East Africa abandoned by the smugglers who brought them in so while the countryside is being scoured for the family Eleanor herself descends into a dangerous den of smugglers in a desperate search to find the man responsible while there is still time. ...

A cryptic message spurs Eleanor on a frantic search for a refugee's missing family. While walking her dog with friends Eleanor rescues a young half-drowned Asian man out the water. Delerious & concussed he talks about his family being trapped in a cave. While the young man unconscious by this stage is whisked away to a hospital a desperate effort is mounted to find the family of which he spoke. The local police inspector presumes they are refugees from East Africa abandoned by the traffickers who brought them in so while the countryside is being scoured for the family Eleanor herself descends into a dangerous den of smugglers in a desperate search to find the man responsible while there is still time. ...

The Valtieri Baby With no explanation Gio had ended his relationship with Anita leaving her heartbroken. But a chance meeting leads to a night of passion & a baby bombshell! Now Gio must face the feelings hed long ago buried. Can this brooding Italian make all Anitas dreams come true? Slow Dance With the Sheriff Ex-ballerina Ellie was the darling of Manhattans most influential family
- until she discovered her pedigree background was a lie. Donning her lucky stilettos she headed to sleepy Larkville Texas for answers. Instead she found tall dark sheriff Jed...
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