John le Carre's A Delicate Truth is a furiously paced story of moral dilemma bold action & unexpected love. Gibraltar 2008. A counter-terror operation codenamed Wildlife is being mounted in Britain's most precious colony. Its purpose: to capture & abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister & a private defence contractor who is also his close friend. So delicate is the operation that even the Minister's private secretary Toby Bell is not cleared for it. Cornwall UK 2011. A disgraced Special Forces soldier delivers a message from the dead. Was Operation Wildlife the success it was cracked up to be
- or a human tragedy that was ruthlessly covered up? Summoned by Sir Christopher Probyn retired British diplomat to his decaying Cornish manor house & closely observed by Probyn's beautiful daughter Emily Toby must choose between his conscience & duty to his Service. If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing how can he keep silent? When I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carre.. .they were a journey into the wider world... These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind". (Aung San Suu Kyi). " One of those writers who will be read a century from now". (Robert Harris). " If you want to know about the state of Britain today forget the Booker shortlist. Just read John le Carre's latest thriller". (Evening Standard). John le Carre was born in 1931. His third novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold secured him a worldwide reputation which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy The Honourable Schoolboy & Smiley's People. His recent novels include The Constant Gardener A Most Wanted Man & Our Kind of Traitor."
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The Mediterranean diet is now recognised as one of the healthiest in the world. Robin Ellis shows how by simply following such guidelines as eating plenty of fresh fruit & vegetables cooking with olive oil not butter seasoning food with herbs & spices rather than salt avoiding red meat excluding foods such as white potatoes white rice & white bread by limiting dairy products & eating fish or shellfish at least twice a week those with type 2 diabetes can help to improve their blood sugar levels & enjoy wonderful tasty dishes every day of the week. His recipe collection

Includes:: such favourites as Chicken Breast with Lemon & Caper Sauce North African Lamb with Apricots & Bulgar Wheat Simple Sea Bass Pot Roasted Pork with Dried Mushrooms & Juniper Berries Spaghettini in Walnut Sauce to name just a few.

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Every day Cat Squirrel & Duck make pumpkin soup
- the best youve ever tasted. But one day disaster strikes
- theres not a single

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Maligned as the courtesan who revealed the mighty Samsons secret for money Delilah has become synonymous with treachery. But behind the myth is a tale far more tragic... From the moment they met there was a fire in their relationship with Samson pitted against Delilahs family. But Samson soon develops an overwhelming passion for Delilah; entranced by her beauty & passionate nature. Meanwhile the Israelites & the Philistines are in a state of constant conflict with Samson a seemingly unbeatable warrior. The Philistines are desperate to learn the secret behind Samsons power & enrol Delilah as a pawn to bring him down. Driven by misplaced anger Delilah agrees to use her wiles to discover the secret of his strength. But Delilah finds that Samson is far from the ogre that she had assumed. But a sequence of events have been set in motion which both of them are powerless to stop. The consequences of her mistake have gone down in history & this wonderful novel is as alluring & beguiling as Delilah herself. The perfect treat for fans of Anita Diamant & Helen Dunmore. ...

My name is Queen Delilah & I come from a land far far away really I do. My mother says Really you dont darling. But if Delilah did rule the world what a fun place it would be! Except she would be the first to tell you that shes not naughty at all
- you see Delilah is a queen in her own country & the rules are quite different there! Her first adventure finds her in the library creating utter chaos much to the despair of the librarian Library Anne but to the huge delight of everyone else!
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When I was a little girl I believed what I was told over & over again: that I was evil that I deserved to be tortured because I was the Devils child.. . In April 2007 foster-mother Eunice Spry was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for her sadistic abuse of the children in her care. The details of her cruelty were so sickening they shocked the country. Alloma Gilbert was one of Sprys young victims sent to live with her at the age of six & left at her mercy for eleven brutal years. Eunice used her own twisted religious beliefs as an excuse for punishing her foster children. When she took them to live on an isolated farmhouse the abuse escalated to terrifying levels
- a stick was thrust down Allomas throat so often it was stained red with blood she was starved for over a year & survived only by secretly eating pigswill & the vicious beatings were relentless. At the age of seventeen she finally escaped but alone in the outside world she fell prey to abusive men. It was the birth of her baby daughter that saved her that finally taught her what love really is. Written with powerful honesty Deliver Me From Evil is a moving & inspiring story of survival.
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Evan Waller is a monster. He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy & sell anything.. .and anyone. In search of new opportunities Waller has just begun a new business venture: one that could lead to millions of deaths all over the globe. On Wallers trail is Shaw the mysterious operative from The Whole Truth who must prevent Waller from closing his latest deal. Shaws one chance to bring him down will come in the most unlikely of places: a serene bucolic village in Provence. But Wallers depravity & ruthlessness go deeper than Shaw knows. & now there is someone else pursuing Waller in Provence --Reggie Campion an agent for a secret vigilante group headquartered in a musty old English estate-- & she has an agenda of her own. Hunting the same man & unaware of each others mission Shaw & Reggie will be caught in a deadly duel of nerve & wits. Hitchcockian in its intimate buildup of suspense & filled with the remarkable characters breathtaking plot turns & blockbuster finale that are David Baldaccis hallmarks Deliver Us From Evil will be one of the most gripping thrillers of the year. ...

Wiltshire during the dying days of Oliver Cromwells Republic. Robert Vaughan is the son of a Parliamentarian officer who is investigating a series of grisly murders which suggest a link with Satanic rituals at Stonehenge. The return of a notoriously wicked Cavalier signalling the impending royalist restoration leads to a terrible tragedy for the Vaughans. Roberts flight from his violent terrifying past leads him to Restoration London where he works as scribe for Milton & where he survives the Plague & the Great Fire. But Robert is led along a dark path to vampirism & beyond as he devotes himself to gaining the powers that will enable him to fight an evil killer of seemingly satanic powers. He will travel the globe from the ancient ghetto of Prague to the virgin forest of the New World as he aims to gain revenge on those who betrayed him. ...

Evan Waller is a monster. He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy & sell anything.. .and anyone. In search of new opportunities Waller has just begun a new business venture: one that could lead to millions of deaths all over the globe. On Wallers trail is Shaw the mysterious operative from The Whole Truth who must prevent Waller from closing his latest deal. Shaws one chance to bring him down will come in the most unlikely of places: a serene bucolic village in Provence. But Wallers depravity & ruthlessness go deeper than Shaw knows. & now there is someone else pursuing Waller in Provence --Reggie Campion an agent for a secret vigilante group headquartered in a musty old English estate-- & she has an agenda of her own. Hunting the same man & unaware of each others mission Shaw & Reggie will be caught in a deadly duel of nerve & wits. Hitchcockian in its intimate buildup of suspense & filled with the remarkable characters breathtaking plot turns & blockbuster finale that are David Baldaccis hallmarks Deliver Us From Evil will be one of the most gripping thrillers of the year. ...

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