Tim cant wait to go on holiday
- especially as he gets to bring his friend Biscuits along. But their trip unexpectedly becomes
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In the sleepy English village of Sanford Angelorum Professor Gervase Fen is taking a break from his books to run for Parliament. At first glance the village he's come to canvass appears perfectly peaceful but Fen soon discovers that appearances can be deceptive: someone in the village has discovered a dark secret & is using it for blackmail. Anyone who comes close to uncovering the blackmailer's identity is swiftly dispatched. As the joys of politics wear off Fen sets his mind to the mystery but finds himself caught up in a tangled tale of eccentric psychiatrists escaped lunatics beautiful women & lost heirs. ...

When a whole block is torn down in central Minneapolis to make way for a new housing development an unpleasant surprise is unearthed. The bodies of two girls wrapped in plastic are discovered underneath an old house. It looks like they've been down there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long. In 1985 Davenport was a young cop just about to be promoted out of uniform despite a reputation for playing fast & loose with the rules. A superb undercover guy he was part of the massive police effort that followed the kidnapping of two girls who were never found again dead or alive. The searches turned up nothing so when the suspected kidnapper was killed in a shoot-out the case was closed. But not for Davenport. He'd gotten deep into the case & while he was convinced the suspect knew something he didn't think he was the perpetrator
- something just felt off. He argued hard about it to his bosses but nobody wanted to hear. Until now. With the bodies discovered the case is dusted off just to tie a bow around it
- but there's something wrong with the evidence. There are indications of tampering. Police tampering. & as Davenport investigates it becomes clear: It wasn't just the bodies that were buried but the truth
- & there are a lot of people with a very strong stake in that truth never being uncovered.


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First Aid in English Reader A offers a diverse collection of fiction non-fcition & poetry from many different cultures. Texts are drawn from a range of different genres with attractive illsutrations to help engage the readers attention. Arranged thematically the texts are interspersed with comprehension questions & exercises designed to contribute to the readers own writing skills. Suitable for use in the whole class or by individuals pairs & groups. ...

A two-sided photographic tour of the world of modern American burlesque & fetish

Includes:: in the first part

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Often described as the forgotten war the Burma Campaign was one of the most punishing & protracted military adventures of World War Two. It has become notorious for the ingenious tactics used by Britain America & their allies on the one hand & the Japanese & their allies on the other as well as for the atrocious conditions that had to be endured by both sides. Seasonal monsoon rains
- which allowed effective campaigning for little more than half the year
- as well as famine disease snakes & crocodiles all bore heavily on the troops. Impenetrable jungle poor transport infrastructure & the Allied preoccupation with the war in Europe made this the longest single campaign fought by the British in the Second World War. It is against this epic backdrop that Frank Mc Lynn constructs the dramatic story of the four larger-than-life commanders directing the Allied effort: Louis Mountbatten Orde Wingate Joseph Stilwell & William Slim. Strikingly original in its approach the book explores the Campaign through the prism of these four men & their often stormy relationship. From 1942 & the greatest defeat for British arms in the history of the Empire through the crucial simultaneous battles of Imphal & Kohima
- the Stalingrad of the East
- & on to ultimate victory in 1945 this is a vivid brutal & enthralling account. By telling it through the interactions & antagonisms of its principal players we see how the plans designs & strategies of generals & politicians were translated into a hideous reality for the men on the ground.



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Orwell draws on his experience in the Indian Imperial Police for his first novel Burmese Days" a devastating indictment of British colonial rule (he resigned 'to escape not merely from imperialism but from every form of man's dominion over man' as he later wrote). John Flory cowardly & self-pitying makes an unlikely but all-too-human tragic hero as he defies convention & prejudice to befriend an Indian doctor then shoots himself when the girl who had seemed to promise escape from the stultifying 'lie' of colonial life refuses to marry him. While reporting on the dark side of the Raj Orwell nonetheless came under the spell of the landscape of the East & the exotic background of " Burmese Days" inspired his most lush descriptive writing... Back in England Orwell tackles capitalism nonconformity & compromise in " Keep The Aspidistra Flying". Youthful idealist & would-be author Gordon Comstock rebels against a life of middle-class respectability (symbolized by the aspidistra) abandoning his job with an advertising company to work part-time in a bookshop. But everything goes wrong: alternately proud & self-loathing he lets himself sink into poverty; he is unable to write; & he gets his long-suffering girlfriend pregnant. At the end respectably married
- & with an aspidistra of his own -he is back at his old firm writing copy for deodorant ads. Grimly comic
- & again written from Orwell's own experience this time of living in the London slums
- " Keep the Aspidistra Flying" is a still-relevant commentary on society's subservience to 'the Money God' & an affirmation of the power of human relationships to survive in spite of it. In " Coming Up for Air" George Bowling married mortgaged & middle aged deals with his mid-life crisis by forsaking dull suburbia for a rural idyll. But the fondly remembered village of his childhood has been transformed by the very ' Progress' he seeks to escape: the estate where he used to fish has been built over; the pond turned into a rubbish dump. An old girlfriend fails to recognize him & she herself is shockingly ravaged by time. Written in 1938-9 " Coming Up For Air" is permeated with nostalgia for the England of a more tranquil age
- before industrialization & capitalism had done their worst
- & overshadowed by premonitions of what is to come
- 'the war & the after-war Hitler Stalin bombs machine-guns food-queues rubber truncheons'. Above all it unsparingly confronts the failure of youthful dreams & the impossibility of ever reclaiming the past."





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Covering 25 years Burmese Shadows is an unprecedented body of work which highlights with stunning photographs the reality of ...

When Jenner Redwine wins a lottery jackpot things get tough: her father rips her off & disappears; her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex; & friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything. Jenner cant imagine finding a place in the world of the wealthy. But now seven years later shes rubbing elbows with the privileged despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. When her ally the shy kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett invites her on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner Jenner reluctantly agrees not realising that danger lies ahead. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-&-dagger scheme or else. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration & fear of her captor turns to fascination Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasnt had in years
- & realises shes found a life worth living. If she survives.
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Burn Fat Fast is quite simply the easiest healthiest & most effective way to lose weight. Alternate-day dieting which involves taking in a very low amount of calories on alternate days is all the rage
- this diet takes it to a whole new level. In this book Patrick Holford outlines how by combining elements of alternate-day fasting with a low glycemic-load (GL) diet you can lose fat fast without going hungry or compromising your health. For those new to the low-GL diet it is a way to keep you blood sugar even. Why do this? Because if your blood sugar level resembles a rollercoaster ride you'll have a lot of insulin in your system
- & insulin is the fat-storing hormone. In Burn Fat Fast you'll find: * Simple easy-to-follow guidelines on how the diet works * An outline of what to eat & what to avoid on both phases of the diet * Guidance on fitting the diet into your lifestyle * A short highly effective fat-burning exercise routine developed by former Gladiator & Olympic athlete Kate Staples & if you need any more encouragement consider this: as well as encouraging the storage of fat insulin promotes disease & ageing so by combining a low-GL diet with alternate-day fasting you will not only lose fat fast but also improve your health & longevity.

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