Watch My Back" is the story of one mans search for courage. Depressed bullied intimidated by life & indoctrinated to believe that this was his lot Geoff Thompson on the verge of a breakdown decided to fight back. In a bid to confront his fears he took a job as a bouncer in one of Britains roughest nightclubs. Over the next ten years he was involved in hundreds of brutal & bloody fights that left two of his friends murdered & many more in prison; he turned himself into a fearsome fighting machine. Geoff reached the top of his trade & became addicted to violence. Then it all changed. After nearly being killed in a gang attack & almost killing one of his attackers he was forced to reassess his relationship with violence. After writing down his experiences Geoff discovered a flair for writing. This is the story of an ordinary man who faced his fears & took himself from bedsit to best-seller but very nearly got killed on the way." ...

Little Wombat just loves to explore & today hes decided he wants to search for the elusive Bunyip. His friends Rabbit & Koala dont believe theres any such thing
- so Wombat sets off to the creek on his own to find out. But down by the creek anything can happen
- & its not just Little Wombat who ends up finding a little bit more than hed bargained for!

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This title was a No. 1 Contemporary Fiction & No. 2 Kindle Bestseller. (Novelicious" (9/10))
- "A fabulous book. " Watch Over Me"
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Hes watching her every move... Darcy was just trying to be friendly to the new boy in the office. But its gone horribly wrong. At first it was just unwanted invitations but now Joe is sending her abusive emails calling her late at night unwilling to take no for an answer. & every step Darcy takes to distance herself from him is just adding fuel to Joes obsession. & now he knows where she lives... ...

' There was no warning of any kind...' Friday rush-hour. Martin Gregory laden with packages just manages to catch the 4.48 train. Tomorrow is his wife's birthday
- he has a surprise in store
- & he plans to devote the weekend to her & their beloved dogs. But Saturday morning Martin rises early & does something so horrific so inexplicable & so out of character & his only option is to run.. . And from this shocking incident the journey begins. With the help of a therapist he can't trust & friends who no longer trust him Martin's quest for meaning takes him down shifting realities & twisted corridors of time into the deepest recesses of the human mind. It is a world of menace & obsession from which neither he
- nor the reader
- can escape for Martin Gregory is either lost in a dark maze of madness & horror or frighteningly sane.



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In the frigid wasteland of the north Raif Sevrance Watcher of the Dead has endured many trials to lay claim to the renowned sword known as Loss. But the price of wielding the legendary weapon is high & Raif is unsure if he is willing to pay it. Ash Marsh Daughter of the Sull still struggles to come to terms with her heritage & the knowledge that the Watcher armed with Loss could be the one who will save the Sull
- or end them. Raina Blackhail widow of a murdered ruler & wife of his brutal successor has seen her clan disgraced & has herself taken up the mantle of chief. But there are enemies both beyond her gates & within. & in the murky swamps of the Stillwater two children will learn the secrets of the Marsh clan. Secrets so terrifying they threaten everything.. .
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They escape from a secret government: two mutant creatures both changed utterly from the animals they once were. & no one who encounters them will ever be the same again: a lonely widower; a ruthless assassin; a beautiful woman; a government agent. Drawn together in a deadly hunt all four are inexorably propelled towards an evil beyond human imagining. ...

The enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan rule
- its spies secret agents & informers
- from Stephen Alford dubbed

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The acclaimed & enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan rule from Stephen Alford Elizabeth I's reign is known as a golden age yet to much of Europe she was a ' Jezebel' & heretic who had to be destroyed. The Watchers is a thrilling portrayal of the secret state that sought to protect the Queen; a shadow world of spies codebreakers agent provocateurs & confidence-men who would stop at nothing to defend the realm. Reviews: Forget Le Carre Deighton & the rest
- this is more enthralling than any modern spy fiction". (Daily Telegraph). " Absorbing & closely documented... Alford vividly evokes this murky world of codes ciphers invisible ink intercepted letters aliases disguises forgeries & instructions to burn after reading.. .flowing narrative [and] crisp judments.. .engrossing". (Guardian). "[ Alford] has brought a dash of le Carre to the 16th century". (The Times (Book of the Week)). "A vivid & staggeringly well-researched portrait of the sinister side of Elizabethan Engl&... This is a spectacular book. It sheds new light on plots that most historians have ceased to explore & brings less famous conspiracies to the attention of the general reading public". (Herald). " Fascinating... If you want to know the inside story of this struggle the dark heart of calculation & the fight for survival then this is the book to read. I know no better". (Spectator). About the author: Stephen Alford is the author of the acclaimed biography Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I & a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He taught for fifteen years at Cambridge University where he was a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of History & a Fellow of King's College. He is now Professor of Early Modern British History in the University of Leeds."
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The British Museum watch collection is unsurpassed anywhere in the world & tells the story of the watch which spans an incredible 500 years. Within the collection are examples ranging from sixteenth-century early stackfreed watches made in south Germany to exquisite decorative watches of the seventeenth century. Everyday watches from the eighteenth century & precision-made chronometers from the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries are included as are examples of mass-produced watches from the modern era. All the major makers of Europe & America will be represented many of them with multiple examples. There are for example thirty-one genuine watches from the London workshops of Thomas Tompion whose reputation stretched far & wide even in his own time. Another famous maker is Swiss-born Abraham Louis Breguet who lived & worked in Paris supplying the best that money could buy to the crown heads & aristocratic families of the western world. ...