When evidence links a brutal murder in 1989 to a convicted rapist named Clayton Pell the case should be water-tight. Pell's DNA was found on the victim
- but he was only eight years old at the time. This not the only mystery Harry Bosch has to solve. A man jumped
- or was pushed
- from a window. The victim's father is Councilman Irving who's been intent on destroying Harry's career for years. Now Irving wants Harry to head up the investigation. Harry uncovers traces of two of the city's deepest secrets: a killer operating for as many as three decades without being detected & a conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department.. .


...

Find yourself in a constant battle with the scales? Youre not alone. Most of us struggle with our weight
- no matter what we do
...

Enroll in Monster High with this fab journal featuring a foil cover & ribbon book mark! All your favorite Monster High characters prompt you to share your dreams fashion sketches & more while offering royal beauty secrets scary-cool inspirations drop-dead gorgeous fashion tips & even some freaky-fabulous DIY projects! ...

After sharpening his mind in The Know-It-All" & achieving spiritual enlightenment in " The Year of Living Biblically" A.J. Jacobs had only one thing left to tackle in the self-improvement trinity: the body. But his mission wasnt just to lose a couple of pounds but to turn his current self
- a mushy easily winded moderately sickly blob
- into a paragon of health & vitality. He is armed with a team of medical advisers & a 53-page task list Jacobs set to work. He subjected his body to a brutal regime of exercise programmes
- extreme chewing anti-gravity yoga & shoeless jogging to name only a few; sampled every miracle diet going beginning with the coffee booze & chocolate plan through the Rastafarian diet to raw foodism; as well as sharpening his eyes & mind testing every known method & the patience of his long-suffering wife in his quest to become as healthy as humanly possible. " Drop Dead Healthy" is a hilarious account of one mans painful journey from slob to superman & a fascinating & eye-opening examination of what it really means to be healthy. Revealing the ugly truth about the assumptions & obsessions we have about our bodies this might just be the healthiest book youll ever read."


...

The young woman was shot dead in cold blood dropped outside the stadium in front of a stand selling Moet for $7.50 a glass. Once her tennis career had skyrocketed. Now at the height of the US Open the headlines were being made by another young player from the wrong side of the tracks. When Myron Bolitar investigates the killing he uncovers a connection between the two players & a six-year-old murder at an exclusive club. Suddenly Myron is in over his head. & with a dirty US senator a jealous mother & the mob all drawn into the case he finds himself playing the most dangerous game of all... ...

In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330 000 men plus three thousand Commandos. Of these six thousand were within 20 miles of the Borneo frontier. This grew to thirteen thousand in early 1965. From mid-way through 1964 British troops & their allies who were defending the border started to make offensive incursions into Indonesian Borneo
- these operations were codenamed Claret. Taken into account the confrontational nature of the campaign"
...

With Jeannette Jacksons The Drop Zone Diet" youll lose an incredible 14 pounds in 14 days! Its rapid
- its intense
- &

...

The Dropout offers a sly edgy new twist on themes from The Graduate & American Pie & is a 21st-century coming-of-age drama. 19-year-old Paul Barrett is having a tough time at university. His American girlfriend Meredith is a Silver Ring virgin who wont put out. Their best friend Neil has a worrying crush on Paul. When Meredith dumps Paul & Neil commits suicide Paul drops out of uni & retreats to the south-coast hometown he calls Boredom-on-Sea where he goes to work for his uncle Jack selling furniture to continental buyers. Two more women enter his life: Jenny his uncles foxy stepdaughter; & Christine Jacks gold-digging mistress the office receptionist. & Paul attracts another gay admirer. His life is heading to the brink
- & taking other lives with him. Pauls is the young voice of today
- always hoping to get laid it takes him a while to realise that what hes really looking for is love.

...

For more than four decades Frank Langella has enjoyed a singular life & career. This extremely versatile actor is also a brilliant writer with a perceptive eye & a gift for the telling detail. Dropped Names: Famous Men & Women As I Knew Them" is a collection of illuminating portraits of the people he has met & known as well as deeply revealing memories told with a rare honesty. With sharp wit & a skillful narrative style Langella affectingly limns portraits of lost friends enemies idols & liaisons that are funny moving wicked sometimes shocking & totally addictive. Woven throughout are the threads of his own experiences from his early years in Bayonne New Jersey to his most recent successes. An entertaining & totally compelling read " Dropped Names" is a mesmerizing performance from a dazzling & original talent. We are taken on an exceptional journey with scores of renowned souls now lost to us but Langellas ability to contrast their public personas with their private selves brings them back to vivid life." ...

On 15 May 1957/58 Vickers Valiant V-Bomber XD818 under the command of Wg Cdr Kenneth Hubbard OC 49 Squadron RAF dropped Britains first live thermonuclear bomb. The success of Operation Grapple broadcast to the world that the UK had the resolve & the capability to protect her own democracy & that of her Commonwealth. It was a major breakthrough that ensured Britain maintained her place in the most senior influential positions of the United Nations & other corridors of world power & in the ensuing years provide Britains deterrent throughout the decades of the Cold War. The theme of this book is to explain how the RAF selected & trained the crews who would be responsible for the precision dropping of the several weapons that would detonate during Grapple. It also provides a complete background to the parts played by all other services during this unique period in British history. ...