' It was only then that Jake realized that he still carried a full bottle of Scrubbs Ammonia in his h&. The lion came bounding swiftly through the shallow stagnant pool towards him. Despite the wounds it flowed with lithe & sinuous menace. It was so close that he could see each stuff white whisker in the curled upper lip & hear the rattle of air in its throat. He let it come on for to turn & run was suicide. At the last moment he reared back like a baseball pitcher & hurled the bottle.' Jake Barton is an American engineer Gareth Swales a stylish Englishman with a nose for a quick deal. Both have always moved from one escapade to another. Now as Mussolini prepares to annihilate the people of Ethiopia the two adventurers come up against Vicky Camberwell the beautiful but fiery reporter bent on espousing their cause. Striking a bargain with a beleaguered Ethiopian prince the trio dares to run gauntlet guns & a batch of run-down armoured cars in a final desperate gamble for freedom... ...

To their classmates Daniel & Justin are identical twin brothers. But in fact they couldn't be more different. On their thirteenth birthday one is destined to turn into a werewolf.. .! This full moon is going to change everything. Will Riley & Debi find out the boys' secret? & what will happen to the band? ...

The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child Casey is asked to look after Sophia a troubled 12-year-old with a sad past. Sophia's actions are disturbing & provocative & before long Casey & her family find themselves in a dark & dangerous situation. Two years ago Sophia's mother had a terrible accident. Sophia has been in care ever since. Right away Casey feels something isn't right. Sophia's a well-developed girl who looks more like 18 than 12. She only seems to have eyes & ears for men & treats all women with contempt & disgust. & she has everyone around her jumping through hoops. Over time as more details begin to emerge about Sophia's past it becomes clear that her behaviour is a front for an early life filled with pain & suffering. But although Casey feels she is gradually breaking through to Sophia & getting her to open up about things she has never spoken about before her violence is threatening the safety of the whole family forcing Casey to question whether she can really handle this lost & damaged girl. Both shocking & inspiring this true story will shed new light on the extreme & sometimes dangerous nature of foster care. ...

The Crying Game opens in 1944 & tells the story of Trixie
- a girl who has only ever known turmoil. As a teenager she covers up
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The Crying Game opens in 1944 & tells the story of Trixie
- a girl who has only ever known turmoil. As a teenager she covers up
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Claire Nightingale is haunted by the memory of childhood abuse & the painful choices she was forced to make. Longing to find peace she knows she must first confront her demons. Moving to Solihull with her adopted daughter Nikki she tries to make amends with the family she left behind. But Claire is not the only one hurting: Nikki is scarred by her own abusive past & their relationship once loving becomes fraught with tension & resentment. Struggling to come to terms with their pain it is not long before ghosts from the past bring a new threat that jeopardises the possibility of any future happiness...A heartbreaking tale of abuse courage & above all the redemptive power of love. ...

If " The Crying Tree" doesn't make you cry you have better control over your blubbing than I do. This is an astonishing debut novel." (Richard Madeley " Woman's Own"). Irene Stanley thought her world had come to an end when her teenage son Shep is murdered. Daniel Robbin who had spent his teenage years in & out of trouble gave himself up to the police & was given the state's harshest sentence: death by lethal injection. Now nineteen years later as the state penitentiary prepares to execute Robbin Irene Stanley must reveal what she has been hiding from her family. That in order to survive the anger & grief she had at loosing her so she not only had forgiven the man who killed him but had come to be his friend. Her revelation stuns her family & cracks open the secrets that had been surrounding her son's death. Secrets that reveal how little she understood Shep her husband or herself. Dramatic emotional & ultimately uplifting " The Crying Tree" is an unforgettable story of love & redemption the unbreakable bonds of family & the transformative power of forgiveness. " If you enjoy reading Jodi Picolut you'll love Naseem Rakha. These are big themes for a new writer but Rakha knows what she's doing.. ." The Crying Tree" is quite simply a terrific story." (Judy Finnigan " Woman's Own")." ...

This is Bob Monkhouse's classic autobiography. One of Britain's most enduring & famous comedians tells us in his own inimitable style the fascinating & often hilarious story of his life. From disclosures of very painful personal tragedies to extraordinary & outrageously funny anecdotes about the stars he knew his confessions are blisteringly honest touching
- & often shocking. Crying With Laughter combines heartache with hilarity sexy showbiz revelations with genuinely moving tales of the hard times & typically funny jokes with sobering personal reflections to create a passionate witty & sparkling account of an extraordinary man's extraordinary life.
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A figure wearing a white mask swoops down a deserted hospital corridor towards a quarantined patient. Covered in black sores & writhing in agony the patient cant be saved by modern medicine. But then the masked figure is not a modern doctor... Bodies are being discovered all over London all marked with the same black sores
- it seems a contagious disease is spreading across the city. But when witnesses all report seeing the same mysterious masked figure it seems theres something more sinister going on. This is a case for CRYPT: a team of elite teenage agents who use their extra sensory perception & arsenal of high-tech gadgets to investigate crimes that the police cant solve.
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Cryptography is the most effective way to achieve data security & is essential to e-commerce activities such as online shopping stock trading & banking. This invaluable introduction to the basics of encryption covers everything from the terminology used in the field to specific technologies to the pros & cons of different implementations. It discusses specific technologies that incorporate cryptography in their design such as authentication methods wireless encryption e-commerce & smart cards. It is based entirely on real-world issues & situations the material provides instructions for already available technologies that readers can put to work immediately. Expert author Chey Cobb is retired from the NRO where she held a Top Secret security clearance instructed employees of the CIA & NSA on computer security & helped develop the computer security policies used by all U.S. intelligence agencies. ...