Part personal history part biography Dotter of Her Father's Eyes" contrasts two coming-of-age narratives: that of Lucia the daughter of James Joyce & that of author Mary Talbot daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. Social expectations & gender politics thwarted ambitions & personal tragedy are played out against two contrasting historical backgrounds poignantly evoked by the atmospheric visual storytelling of award winning comic artist & graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot. Produced through an intense collaboration seldom seen between writers & artists " Dotter of Her Father's Eyes" is intelligent funny & sad
- a fine addition to the evolving genre of graphic memoir."
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Watching a rented video Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. He embarks on a secret quest to find his double & sets in motion a train of events that he cannot control. Saramagos novel explores the nature of individuality & examines the fear & insecurity that arise when our singularity comes under threat when even a wife cannot tell the original from the imposter... ...

Ruby & Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical & they do EVERYTHING together especially since their mother died three years earlier
- but they couldn't be more different. Bossy bouncy funny Ruby loves to take charge & is desperate to be a famous actress while quiet sensitive academic Garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books. & when everything around the twins is changing so much can being a double act work for ever?
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On the eve of the outbreak of the Second World War the double-agent Arthur Owens codenamed SNOW is summoned to Berlin & appointed Hitlers chief spy in Britain. Days later he finds himself in Wandsworth prison betrayed by the wife he traded for a younger model & forced to transmit false wireless messages for MI5 to earn his freedom
- & avoid the hangmans noose. A vain & devious anti-hero with no moral compass Owens motives were status money & women. He mixed fact with fiction constantly & at times insisted that he was a true patriot undertaking hazardous secret missions for his mother country; at other times Owens saw himself as a daring rogue agent outwitting British Intelligence & loyal only to the Fatherl&. Yet in 1944 as Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day Hitler was caught unawares tricked into expecting the invasion across the Pas de Calais in a strategic deception played out by Owens & the double-cross agents of MI5. For all his flaws Agent Snow became the traitor who saved his country. Based on recently de-classified MI5 files & previously unpublished sources Double Agent Snow is the story of a secret Battle of Britain fought by Snow & his opposing spymasters Thomas Tar Robertson of MI5 & Nikolaus Ritter of the Abwehr as well as the tragic love triangle between Owens his wife Irene & his mistress Lily Funnell. The evocative fast-paced narrative moves from seedy south London pubs to North Sea trawlers from chic Baltic spa resorts to Dartmoor gaol populated by a colourful rogues gallery of double-cross agents.
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Mma Ramotswe & Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana's Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest. The Okavango makes Precious appreciate once again the beauty of her homeland: it is a paradise of teeming wildlife majestic grasslands & sparkling water. However it is also home to rival safari operators fearsome crocodiles & disgruntled hippopotamuses. What's more Mma Makutsi still does not have a date for her wedding to Phuti Radiphuti & is feeling rather tetchy herself. But Precious knows that with a little patience just as the wide river will gently make its way round any obstacle so will everything work out for the best in the end.. . ...

D-Day 6 June 1944 the turning point of the Second World War was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit aimed at convincing the Nazis that Calais & Norway not Normandy were the targets of the 150 000-strong invasion force. The deception involved every branch of Allied wartime intelligence
- the Bletchley Park code-breakers MI5 MI6 SOE Scientific Intelligence the FBI & the French Resistance. But at its heart was the ' Double Cross System' a team of double agents controlled by the secret Twenty Committee so named because twenty in Roman numerals forms a double cross. The key D-Day spies were just five in number & one of the oddest military units ever assembled: a bisexual Peruvian playgirl a tiny Polish fighter pilot a Serbian seducer a wildly imaginative Spaniard with a diploma in chicken farming & a hysterical Frenchwoman whose obsessive love for her pet dog very nearly wrecked the entire deception. Their enterprise was saved from catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is here revealed for the first time. Under the direction of an eccentric but brilliant intelligence officer in tartan trousers working from a smoky lair in St James's these spies would weave a web of deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitler's army & helped to carry thousands of troops across the Channel in safety. These double agents were variously brave treacherous fickle greedy & inspired. They were not conventional warriors but their masterpiece of deceit saved countless lives. Their codenames were Bronx Brutus Treasure Tricycle & Garbo. This is their story.
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D-Day 6 June 1944 the turning point of the Second World War was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit aimed at convincing the Nazis that Calais & Norway not Normandy were the targets of the 150 000-strong invasion force. The deception involved every branch of Allied wartime intelligence: the Bletchley Park code-breakers MI5 MI6 SOE Scientific Intelligence the FBI & the French Resistance. But at its heart was the Double Cross System a team of double agents controlled by the secret Twenty Committee so named because twenty in Roman numerals forms a double cross. The key D-Day spies were just five in number & one of the oddest military units ever assembled: a bisexual Peruvian playgirl a tiny Polish fighter pilot a Serbian seducer a wildly imaginative Spaniard with a diploma in chicken farming & a hysterical Frenchwoman whose obsessive love for her pet dog very nearly wrecked the entire deception. Their enterprise was saved from catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is here revealed for the first time. Under the direction of an eccentric but brilliant intelligence officer in tartan trousers working from a smoky lair in St Jamess these spies would weave a web of deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitlers army & helped to carry thousands of troops across the Channel in safety. These double agents were variously brave treacherous fickle greedy & inspired. They were not conventional warriors but their masterpiece of deceit saved countless lives. Their codenames were Bronx Brutus Treasure Tricycle & Garbo. This is their story. See Judys Review See Richards Review Download A Sample Chapter Of Double Cross Read about the Author Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for Double Cross Judys Review I was both captivated & taken aback by Double Cross. Captivated by the sheer colourfulness & eccentricities of the small team of foreign double agents so carefully assembled by British spymasters; taken aback by their courage & determination in the face of a dangerous enemy
- an enemy who if the deception was discovered would deliver a ferocious rebuke. The shadow of torture & execution hovered close. There were only five D-Day spies & they were a strange bunch
- a bisexual Peruvian playgirl a tiny Polish fighter pilot a Serbian playboy a Spanish chicken farmer with an out-of-control imagination & a highly-strung Frenchwoman whose bizarre obsession with her pet dog almost capsized the whole enterprise. Macintyre is clearly very fond of them & as we are introduced into his undercover freak show we take them to our hearts as well. They were far from perfect human beings
- most were blatantly on the make happy to pocket wages from both sides; they could be two-faced sulky & infuriating
- but they were the beating heart of the most crucial intelligence operation of the"



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Alex Cross faces his most diabolical villain
- a serial killer with a hunger for celebrity Just when Alex Crosss life is calming
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D-Day 6 June 1944 the turning point of the Second World War was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit... At the heart of the deception was the ' Double Cross System' a team of double agents whose bravery treachery greed & inspiration succeeded in convincing the Nazis that Calais & Norway not Normandy were the targets of the 150 000-strong Allied invasion force. These were not conventional warriors but their masterpiece of deceit saved thousands of lives. Their codenames were Bronx Brutus Treasure Tricycle & Garbo. This is their story. ...

Exciting new magical adventure series for girls -- will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins? Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin -- shes responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened by responding to the call of her magic necklace. Its the start of the summer holidays & Jessica Antonias sister is becoming increasingly obsessed about catching up with her big sister. She covets Antonias necklace & cannot resist the temptation of borrowing it Antonia is distraught when she thinks its lost for ever: how will she hear the distress call of her dolphins without it? But they are not the only ones in need of her help! ...