War hero John Puller is known to be the top investigator in the US Army's CID. So when a family with military connections is brutally murdered in a remote area of West Virginia Puller is called to investigate & soon suspects the case has wider implications. As the body count rises he teams up with local homicide detective Samantha Cole. As the web of deceit is revealed it quickly becomes apparent that there's much more to this case than they had first thought. It is an investigation where nothing is as it seems & nothing can be taken at face value. When Puller & Cole discover a dangerous situation in the making Puller finds he must turn to the one person who can help avert certain catastrophe. A person he has known all his life. In a breathtaking rollercoaster race against time Cole fears for the community in which she was raised & Puller knows he has to overcome the enemies of his country to avoid far reaching disaster. But in the end you can't kill what you can't see is coming.. . ...

Over the Atlantic an airliner's controls suddenly stop reacting. In Japan an oil tanker runs aground when its navigational system fails. & in the Midwest a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl. At first these computer failures seem unrelated. But Jeff Aiken a former government analyst who saw the mistakes made before 9/11 fears that there may be a more serious attack coming. & he soon realizes that there isn't much time if he hopes to stop an international disaster. ...

In Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty & Kindness" Simon Baron-Cohen takes fascinating & challenging new look at what exactly makes our behaviour uniquely human. How can we ever explain human cruelty? We have always struggled to understand why some people behave in the most evil way imaginable while others are completely self-sacrificing. Is it possible that
- rather than thinking in terms of 'good' & 'evil'
- all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum & our position on that spectrum can be affected by both genes & our environments? Why do some people treat others as objects? Why is empathy our most precious resource? & does a lack of it always mean a negative outcome? From the Nazi concentration camps of World War Two to the playgrounds of today Simon Baron-Cohen examines empathy cruelty & understanding in a groundbreaking study of what it means to be human. " Fascinating.. .dazzling.. .a full-scale assault on what we think it is to be human". (" Sunday Telegraph"). " Highly readable.. .this is a valuable book". (Charlotte Moore " Spectator"). " Important.. .humane & immensely sympathetic". (Richard Holloway " Literary Review"). Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor at Cambridge University in the fields of psychology & psychiatry. He is also the Director of the Autism Research Centre there. He has carried out research into social neuroscience over a 20 year career. His popular science book entitled " The Essential Difference" has been translated in over a dozen languages & has been widely reviewed."

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Former hit singer Hollis is down on her luck after the Crash & cant turn down the offer of a job again from mysterious global ad agency Blue Ant. Stanley Milgrim ex-addict freshly out of an expensive rehab paid for by Blue Ant-founder Hubertus Bigend is also on the payroll. Bigend wants them to do some discreet research on an a secret obscurely fashionable denim. It may not matter that they know nothing about fashion
- but it does matter at least to them when bullets start to fly & they realize that Bigends business obsession is leading them down a dangerous path. Set among Londons dark & tangled streets Zero History" is a brilliant thriller about the webs & networks of the new century."
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Overlord is reborn & has developed the chilling ability to move from body to body erasing the hosts personality & ultimately killing them forcing him to hop from victim to victim. He must find Otto the only host designed to contain him & for that he needs the location of H.I.V.E. He also plans to take control of a secret US Army facility that is home to the Autonomous Weapon Programme a computer-controlled system uniquely vulnerable to his control. Nero is forced to activate Zero Hour a plan designed to deal with any member of G.L.O.V.E. on the brink of true global domination. Nero also knows that Otto must not be allowed to fall into Overlords hands & a desperate race across the globe begins. The stage is set for a final battle with Overlord. Little do they know that he has a final weapon in his arsenal on a scale unlike anything they have ever seen before. ...

Josh thinks he has discovered the key to time travel. Should he use it to go back in time & save his father? Ixchel knows what he intends to do. Should she stop him? Before they can decide Ixchel is kidnapped by the people who want to see an ancient prophecy predicting the end of the world in 2012 come true. Its up to Josh to save Ixchel & possibly save the world. Time is running out in the exhilarating third part of the best-selling Joshua Files"." ...

Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. They were branded as cowards & accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away from the Iraqis. But nothing could be further from the truth. Ten years on the story of these sixty men can finally be told. In March 2003 M Squadron
- an SBS unit with SAS embeds
- was sent 1 000 kilometres behind enemy lines on a true mission impossible to take the surrender of the 100 000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps. From the very start their tasking earned the nickname ' Operation No Return'. Caught in a ferocious ambush by thousands of die-hard fanatics from Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen plus the awesome firepower of the 5th Corps' heavy armour & with eight of their vehicles bogged in Iraqi swamps M Squadron launched a desperate bid to escape inflicting massive damage on their enemies. Running low on fuel & ammunition outnumbered outmanoeuvred & outgunned the elite operators destroyed sensitive kit & prepared for death or capture as the Iraqis closed their deadly trap. Zero Six Bravo recounts in vivid & compelling detail the most desperate battle fought by British & allied Special Forces trapped behind enemy lines since World War Two. It is a classic account of elite soldiering that ranks with Bravo Two Zero & the very greatest Special Forces missions of our time.

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Billy Broccoli is a boy with questions: about his new school his new step-family.. .his whole new life in fact. Hoover Porterhouse (aka the Hoove) is a ghost with all the answers. When a trick of fate makes them roommates Billy discovers that having a ghost around might not be so bad after all. The Hoove is funny & cool a great baseball player & is a real people person (even if Billy is the only one who can see him). & with obnoxious school bullies out to demolish him Billy can use all of the advice he can get. With Hoover by his side Billy just might get in style get even & conquer the school. ...

Zero Waste Home" is the ultimate guide to simplified sustainable living from Bea Johnson author of the popular blog zerowastehome.blogspot.co.uk. Living sustainably should not mean forfeiting either comfort or style. In this book Bea Johnson shows by inspiring example what green living looks like & offers a practical step-by-step guide to diminishing our environmental footprints & improving our lives. It all comes down to the 5 Rs: Refuse Reduce Reuse Recycle Rot (and only in that order!). " Zero Waste Home" shows how these key principles can be applied to every area of your house from the kitchen to the kids' room & it's packed with easy tips for all of us: from refusing freebies to using your plants as air fresheners. More than a manual this is the inspiring story of how Bea Johnson transformed her family's health finances & relationships for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing one liter per year. Could you do the same? A French-born artist with a hugely popular blog on zero waste living Bea Johnson has appeared on " The Today Show" NBC & CBS news & been featured in the " New York Times" " San Francisco Chronicle" " People" & " Lianhe Zaobao" (Singapore) & online publications including " Huffington Post" & "USA Today"." ...

Eric the school bully is causing trouble for Alex's best friend Charlie. He's been stealing his crisps & flushing his head down the loo. Alex isn't sure that Zeus the Greek god is the best person to ask for help but before he can stop him Charlie has built a temple (from a piece of crumpled paper) to summon Zeus. The problem is the hot-headed god has now taken over the boys' loos & wants to smite Eric with a thunderbolt. But that's against the school rules so how exactly will Zeus teach the bully a lesson? Don't worry... Zeus will sort it out! This is another hilarious story from the author of Zeus on the Loose" & " The Loose & Zeus to the Rescue"." ...