For someone who didnt intend to wreck the solar systems fragile balance of power Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it. While Earth & Mars have stopped shooting each other the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets & the Belt are uncertain in their new
- possibly temporary
- autonomy. Then on one of Jupiters moons a single super-soldier attacks slaughtering soldiers of Earth & Mars indiscriminately & reigniting the war. The race is on to discover whether this is the vanguard of an alien army or if the danger lies closer to home.

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For someone who didnt intend to wreck the solar systems fragile balance of power Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it. While Earth & Mars have stopped shooting each other the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets & the Belt are uncertain in their new
- possibly temporary
- autonomy. Then on one of Jupiters moons a single super-soldier attacks slaughtering soldiers of Earth & Mars indiscriminately & reigniting the war. The race is on to discover whether this is the vanguard of an alien army or if the danger lies closer to home.

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Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father Warren a pitcher for the New York Mets clash with his childhood hero the Cubs golden-boy Joe Castle in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that its time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973 father & son make their way to Calico Rock Arkansas where either redemption or rejection awaits them. ...

Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father Warren a pitcher for the New York Mets clash with his childhood hero the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973 father & son make their way to Calico Rock Arkansas where either redemption or rejection awaits them. ...

Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors miles from anywhere. Its folk are an independent breed
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When Lara Richards jets off to glamorous California the last thing shes expecting is to find her old friend Helen transformed from a clipboard-clasping frump into a shimmering surf goddess. The secret of her blissful new life? The mysterious California Club. So the offer of guest membership
- one wish guaranteed to come true by the end of their stay is one Lara & her friends cant resist. Could this be Laras chance to win her best friend Elliots heart after ten years of longing? Or does the fact that hes travelling with his brand new fiancee mean that Lara will have to come up with a new dream...?
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Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning. 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes & places of interest are highlighted
- ideal for touring holidays. Comprehensive index. Contains city maps of Los Angeles & San Francisco. The map scale is 1: 800 000.
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Discover the freedom of the open road. " Napa Valley: Discover the finest wine tours & fresh local food Yosemite: Get back to nature on this stunning wilderness drive Big Sur: Experience the very best of the Pacific Coast Highway "35 amazing road trips inside " Inspirational Trip Ideas. 2-day escapes to week-long adventures See it Like a Local. Packed with regional trips & exciting detours Road Trips Made Easy. Maps detailed directions & expert advice Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is." ...

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus the third Roman Emperor is better known by another name: Caligula a name synonymous with decadence cruelty & madness. His reign was marked by excess huge building projects the largest gladiatorial battles Rome was ever to see
- men & animals killed in their hundreds
- conspiracies assassination attempts & sexual scandal. Rufus as a young slave grows up far from the corruption of the imperial court. His master is a trainer of animals for the gladiatorial arena. Rufus discovers that he has a natural ability with animals a talent for controlling & schooling them. It is at the arenas that Rufus meets his great friend Cupido one of Romes greatest gladiators. It is his growing reputation as an animal trainer & his friendship with Cupido that attracts the cruel gaze of the Emperor. Caligula wants a keeper for the imperial elephant & Rufus is bought from his master & taken to the imperial palace. Life here is dictated by Caligulas ever shifting moods. Caligula is as generous as he is cruel he is a megalomaniac who declares himself a living god & simultaneously lives in constant fear of the plots against his life. But his paranoia is not misplaced intrigue permeates his court & Rufus & Cupido find themselves unwittingly placed at the centre of a conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor.

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The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage & international intrigue Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carre's masterful creation George Smiley published in Penguin Modern Classics. After a routine security check by George Smiley civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death he begins his own investigation meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans
- & their agents
- know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined? Le Carre's first book Call for the Dead introduced the tenacious & retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage & deceit. John le Carre was born in 1931 & attended the universities of Bern & Oxford. He taught at Eton & served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last 50 years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London & Cornwall. If you enjoyed Call for the Dead you might like le Carre's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold also available in Penguin Modern Classics. Intelligent thrilling surprising.. .makes most cloak-&-dagger stuff taste of cardboard". (Sunday Telegraph). " Brilliant. Realistic. Constant suspense". (Observer)."

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