In 1972 a gold bullion convoy is hijacked in Marseilles. The security trucks & hijackers are swiftly rounded up but a ton of gold has disappeared. More than twenty years later Daniel Jac receives an unexpected gift from an old fisherman. At the same time a Marseilles lawyer called Claude Dupont receives an equally unexpected gift from a dying gangland boss. Both gifts point the way to the missing gold & pit Jac & Dupont against the Polineaux & Duclos familles two of the oldest & most feared crime syndicates on the Cote d Azur. When the Marseilles police become involved following a series of gruesome murders the investigation is headed by Chief Inspector Isabelle Cassier. An old friend & sometime lover of Jacquots Isabelle discovers that the years havent lessened her longing for the maverick Marseilles cop & that her feelings for him are far from professional. Together they embark on a cut-throat hunt for the gold with hit-men from the Polineaux & Duclos clans hot on their heels. But after nearly thirty years is the gold still there? & if it is who will get to it first? ...

Jimmy is Christmas shopping with his parents when a creepy man offers to take their photograph. Suddenly Jimmys parents disappear! Is he going crazy? Who are these people who say theyre his foster parents? Is Jimmy alone? & can he solve the mystery of the photographer before its too late? Acclaimed thriller from an award-winning author. Brand new package for this successful thriller by top author Alan Gibbons. With a reading age of 8 it is particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers. ...

This book is the third in the brilliantly addictive new series of murder mysteries by an acclaimed & popular writer. Poppy Fields & best friend Graham are astonished to be given parts in a musical production of The Wizard of Oz". Even more astonishing is the series of murders that occurs at the theatre targeting the leading lady. When Poppy & Graham investigate little do they know that they are next on the murderers list..." ...

In this truly inspirational memoir Anita Moorjani relates how after fighting cancer for almost four years her body-overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system-began shutting down. As her organs failed she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth...and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness Anita found that her condition had enhanced so rapidly that she was able to be released from the hospital within weeks...without a trace of cancer in her body! Within these pages Anita recounts stories of her childhood in Hong Kong her challenge to establish her career & find true love as well as how she eventually ended up in that hospital bed where she defied all medical knowledge. As part of a traditional Hindu family residing in a largely Chinese & British society she had been pushed & pulled by cultural & religious customs since she had been a little girl. After years of struggling to forge her own path while trying to meet everyone else's expectations she had the realization as a result of her epiphany on the other side that she had the power to heal herself.. .and that there are miracles in the Universe that she had never even imagined. In Dying to Be Me" Anita freely shares all she has learned about illness healing fear "being love" & the true magnificence of each & every human being! This is a book that definitely makes the case that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.. .and that we are all One." ...

In this Cyrano de Bergerac-like novel Karl a teenage boy enlists a famous writer to help him impress his girlfriend Firella. Shes asked him to write her a letter in which he reveals his true self. Convinced hes not good enough with words to please her Karl tracks down Friellas favorite author & pleads with him to take on the task. The writer reluctantly agrees on the condition that Karl submit to a series of interviews so the letter will be based on authentic feelings. Through these lively & intelligent discussions award winning author Aidan Chambers creates an indelible portrait of a teenage boy discovering his own voice in a world & constructs a love story that is as much about the mind as the heart. ...

Detectives Fry & Cooper return in another supremely atmospheric Peak District thriller perfect for fans of Peter Robinson & Reginald Hill Building work at an isolated farm has unearthed more than just the usual remains! two human are discovered seemingly buried years apart. With little forensic evidence to go on Detectives Diane Fry & Ben Cooper have to look back into the farms history where they uncover decades of abuse of migrant workers. Is the truth to be found somewhere in this piteous history? Or does the answer lie elsewhere hidden in the ground & still waiting to be discovered? ...

Lance Bradley idling his life away in Somerset suddenly receives a call for help from the eccentric sister of his old friend Rupert Alder. Rupe appears to have vanished without trace. Reluctantly Lance goes to London where he discovers that Rupe's employers want him tried for fraud. A Japanese businessman claims he has stolen a document of huge importance. & Rupe has hired a private detective to try & trace an American called Townley who was involved in a mysterious death thirty years before. No sooner has Lance decided that whatever Rupe was up to is far too risky to get involved in than he finds that he already is involved. & the only way out is to get in deeper still. Where is Rupe? What is the document he has stolen? Who is Townley? & could the seemingly unexplainable events of the past hold the key to a secret more shocking than Lance Bradley could ever have imagined? ...

Bob Dylan is popular musics most celebrated poet/singer/songwriter
- a legend a maverick & a superstar who has rarely given away
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Dylan Thomas (1914-53) was born in Swansea & won wide acclaim for his often declamatory & rhetorical work of the 1940s which included Deaths & Entrances" (1946). He died from alcoholism shortly before the airing of his most famous work " Under Milk Wood" (1954). Derek Mahon was born in Belfast in 1941 studied at Trinity College Dublin & the Sorbonne & has held journalistic & academic appointments in London & New York. A member of Aosdana he has received numerous awards including the Irish Academy of Letters Award & the Scott Montcrieff translation prize. His " Collected Poems" was published in 1999. In the " Poet to Poet" series a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses & their critical reactions the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here Derek Mahon selects Dylan Thomas." ...

' In the beginning was the three-pointed star One smile of light across the empty face; One bough of bone across the rooting air The substance forked that marrowed the first sun; & burning cophers on the round of space Heaven & hell mixed as they spun.' This is a rich collection of Dylan Thomas's best-loved poems & stories as well as pieces he wrote for radio & magazines. The selection spans Thomas's writing lifetime & it shows the full range of this tempestuous & meticulous artist who once cheerfully claimed that he had beast angel & madman within him. ...