Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub & raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was old enough to fend for herself. Since the first publication of Born Free" & its sequels " Living Free" & " Forever Free" generations of readers have been enchanted inspired & moved by these books' uplifting charm & the remarkable interaction between Joy & Elsa. Millions have also come to know & love " Born Free" through the immortal film starring Virginia Mc Kenna & Bill Travers. But here is the chance to rediscover the original story in this 50th anniversary edition in the words of the woman who reared Elsa & walked with the lions." ...

Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers
- both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm
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Eve wasn't sure what it said about her that she was more comfortable in the morgue than a baby boutique. & she didn't care. The scent of death was the familiar. Rushing to the murder scenes of a tortured young woman Eve is far more at home than when organising best friend Mavis's baby shower. & then one of Mavis's guests
- the young pregnant Tandy
- disappears into thin air. Eve steps in but when the facts begin to blur with the earlier murders she unearths a chilling trail of deception & cold-blooded greed leading to a terrifying hunt to find Tandy before time runs out. ' Fast-paced superbly crafted' Library Journal

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Passions are about to flare for the Concannon sisters.. . Maggie & Brianna Concannon are two very different sisters. The calm & gentle Bri seems able to weather any storm even the constant criticism that rains down on them both from their mother but Maggie is a passionate & fiery artist whose temper is as bold as her art. Their mother's bitterness is a mystery to Bri & Maggie until secrets from the past challenge everything they've come to believe. It's Maggie's skill as a glass blower that brings Rogan Sweeney the international gallery owner to her small cottage in County Clare. His interest in her is purely professional until their personalities clash & sparks begin to fly.. . As her career takes off how will Maggie cope with the heat of the spotlight & feelings for Rogan that she would rather ignore? ...

Brianna Concannon has buried a broken heart under her fair calm exterior for ten long years. Jilted just weeks before the wedding to her childhood love Bri turned her attention to keeping house for her family in County Clare. She's cooled her passions for anything other than tending to the guests at her inn until one stormy night when the wind blows in a houseguest who could change everything.. . Grayson Thane the acclaimed thriller writer has come to Ireland to research his next bestseller. It's the latest stop on Gray's travels: with a past of his own that he'd rather forget Gray won't let anything tie him down. But he's soon possessed by the ghost stories of Ireland
- & the fired-gold hair of his hauntingly beautiful host. Stumbling across her late father's letters in an attic trunk Bri is about to make a discovery that will stir dark family secrets & change her life for ever. But will Gray stay with her to weather the storm?
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In Born Liars Ian Leslie takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of ideas that brings the latest news about deception back from the frontiers of psychology neuroscience & philosophy & explores the role played by lies
- both black & white
- in our childhoods our careers & our health as well as in advertising politics sport & war. Drawing on thinkers as varied as Augustine Charles Darwin Sigmund Freud & Joni Mitchell the author argues that far from being a bug in the human software lying is central to who we are; that we cannot understand ourselves without first understanding the dynamics of deceit. After reading Born Liars youll never think about lies
- or life
- in quite the same way again.



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Devyn Kell spent his life in service to the League until he learned of the double dealing & backstabbing that was costing innocent people their lives. Refusing to play those politics he became a Runner
- someone who makes sure planets get the weapons medicine & supplies they need to survive. May the gods have mercy on any who get in his way because he definitely wont. Alix Garran is a woman on the run from a past she cant escape. Signing on to work for Devyn as a Systems Engineer she finds a cause she can fight for
- & a man she can respect. But as Alixs past catches up to her & Devyns old enemies turn lethal they have to fight together...or fall alone.

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For Caillen Dagan a defiant soldier of fortune survival isn't a right: it's a brutal daily battle. Moving through the Ichidaian universe like a wraith his brushes with the law & death are legendary. But when an act of rare heroism reveals his hidden birthright he's forced into a world much more dangerous & cold-hearted than the bloody streets where he was raised
- one of obscene wealth & lethal politics. Ferocious & determined Desideria serves as an official bodyguard for her queen. Born of questionable genetics she will do anything to prove herself worthy of the weapons she carries & the position she's won by combat. But when she uncovers a ruthless plot to assassinate the queen & overthrow her country's government Desideria is caught in the crossfire. With assassination contracts out on both of them Caillen & Desideria must learn to fight together or die alone. & if they fail their governments will fall into the hands of an unimaginable evil.
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The second most infamous member of the shadow organisation called Sentella Kere an explosives engineer is known for striking terror in the hearts of all enemies. The bounty on his head is truly staggering & no one outside the Sentella knows his real identity. Zarya Starska grew up hard on the back streets of hell. Labeled a traitor because of her fathers political beliefs she dreams of a different life & a different world. A world where the harsh hand of the Caronese government doesnt destroy the lives of its citizens. As a resistance leader her goal is to topple to government that took her fathers life along with her mysterious right-hand man known only as Kere. But Kere has a dark secret. Hes out for revenge for past crimes against his family & plans to annihilate all those he feels guilty along with every resistance member he can find.. .including Zarya. ...

The second most infamous member of the shadow organisation called Sentella Kere an explosives engineer is known for striking terror in the hearts of all enemies. The bounty on his head is truly staggering & no one outside the Sentella knows his real identity. Zarya Starska grew up hard on the back streets of hell. Labeled a traitor because of her father's political beliefs she dreams of a different life & a different world. A world where the harsh hand of the Caronese government doesn't destroy the lives of its citizens. As a resistance leader her goal is to topple to government that took her father's life along with her mysterious right-hand man known only as Kere. But Kere has a dark secret. He's out for revenge for past crimes against his family & plans to annihilate all those he feels guilty along with every resistance member he can find.. .including Zarya. ...