Vespasian is serving as a military officer on the outskirts of the Roman Empire suppressing local troubles & defending the Roman way. But political events in Rome
- Tiberius's increasingly insane debauchery the escalating grain crisis
- draw him back to the city. When Caligula becomes Emperor Vespasian believes that things will improve. Instead he watches the young emperor deteriorate from Rome's shining star to a blood-crazed incestuous all-powerful profligate madman. Lavish building projects endless games public displays of his relationship with his sister Drusilla & a terrified senate are nothing to Caligula's most ambitious plan: to bridge the bay of Neapolis & ride over it wearing Alexander's breastplate. & it falls to Vespasian to travel to Alexandria & fetch it from Alexander's mausoleum. Vespasian's mission will lead to violence mayhem & theft
- & in the end to an act of ultimate betrayal.", 8.96"


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Jeffrey Archer one of the greatest popular novelists of our generation delivers a truly page-turning thriller. When an aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in her country home the night before 9/11 it takes all the resources of the FBI & Interpol to work out the connection between her & the possible motive for her death -- a priceless Van Gogh painting. Its a young woman in the North Tower when the first plane crashed into the building who has the courage & determination to take on both sides of the law & avenge the old ladys death. Anna Petrescu is missing presumed dead after 9/11 & she uses her new status to escape from America only to be pursued across the world from Toronto to London to Hong Kong Tokyo & Bucharest but it is only when she returns to New York that the mystery unfolds. Why are so many people willing to risk their own lives & others to own the Van Gogh Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear? ...

If you love the danger & sword-fighting of MERLIN you'll like this! In a discontent kingdom civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people Conner a nobleman of the court devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son & install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable yet his life balances on a sword's point
- he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. As Sage's journey continues layer upon layer of treachery & deceit unfold until finally a truth is revealed that proves more dangerous than all of the lies put together.
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When Charlie Patterson & Nick Ryder begin training together they strike gold in their first season. The two lifelong friends have been sent a yearling by Kate Scanlan the attractive boss of a local animal rescue centre. Willow Star as the scrawny filly is named is sold to Major Patterson Charlies step-father & the youngster quickly defies her looks by establishing herself as one of the fastest of her age. A stab at the following years classic races is about to begin when without warning Major Patterson informs Charlie & Nick that he is selling Willow Star to another yard. The ambitious trainers see their chance of hitting the big time disappear when their attempts to deter the sale fail. What ensues is a thrilling tale of mystery that finds Charlie cornered facing the impossible dilemma of having to choose precisely where his loyalties lie
- with his best friend or with his family
- & needing to solve a murder to stay alive...

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'A brilliant read raw in its emotions & a real eye-opener.' Martina Cole My name is Chyna. When I was thirteen years old I became part of a girl gang. This is my story. Chyna was born in the middle of gangland UK. From a young age she saw people all around her in gangs. They had the status the ghetto-fabulous look & the money. So when girls from a rival school started picking on Chyna & her friends they decided to take control of their lives & form their own gang. They called it Nothing 2 Lose. Soon Chyna was caught up in a world of thiefing phones shoplifting & shanks. She rolled tight with her fam. The risk of arrest & beatings was always present but so were the rewards: fast p's bare liquor & draw & the thrill of being above the law. Then boys came into their lives & Chyna & her friends were attracted to some of gangland's most notorious boys. Now Chyna had found herself in a very glamorous world with VIP tables at the most exclusive clubs big p's lavished on bling & champagne. She was living the highlife as the girlfriend of one of London's most feared gangstas. The deeper she got into this world the more she discovered the dark side. The guns the vicious drug dealers the constant threat of prison: Chyna knew she had to find a way out. But it would take a devastating tragedy
- one that ripped apart her world
- before Chyna found the courage to leave gangland behind once & for all. ' Rich & dazzling.' The Sunday Times' This emotional story of a girl born on a tough London estate provides a shocking eye-opener on gang culture.. .gritty & hard-hitting.. . Written in London slang the story has a real spirit which really shines through.' New of the World'A scary insight into the lives of youngsters born into poverty in Britain.' Sun' This isn't an expose to ease middle-class guilt. We're not asked to pity Chyna. Nor does FAM seek to glamourise the horrors of gang life. It is simply crudely an account of a side of London you probably know absolutely nothing about & about which very little is written (aside from social care reports). These are the intimidating girls at the back of the bus the kids storming through shopping centres the ones who mug you for your phone & purse the names in the newspaper your eyes sip over following yet another stabbing on a council estate.' Time Out

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OMG queen of mean Madison Parker in a brand new series. Its claws out in the fight to become Hollywoods brightest star! Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door-turned-reality-celeb Jane Roberts in L. A. Candy. Now shes ready for her turn in the spotlight & shell stop at nothing to get it. But with backstabbing friends & family relentless paparazzi & tabloid scandals she cant control Madison is going to have her work cut out for her. Plus theres a new nice girl in town -- Carmen Price the daughter of Hollywood royalty -- whos a lot more experienced than Jane was at playing the fame game... Filled with characters both familiar & new Lauren Conrads new series about life in front of the camera dishes Hollywood gossip & drama at every turn. ...

OMG queen of mean Madison Parker in a brand new series. It's claws out in the fight to become Hollywood's brightest star... Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door-turned-reality-celeb Jane Roberts in L. A. Candy. Now she's ready for her turn in the spotlight & she'll stop at nothing to get it. But with backstabbing friends & family relentless paparazzi & tabloid scandals she can't control Madison is going to have her work cut out for her. Plus there's a new nice girl in town
- Carmen Price the daughter of Hollywood royalty
- who's a lot more experienced than Jane was at playing the fame game... Filled with characters both familiar & new Lauren Conrad's new series about life in front of the camera dishes Hollywood gossip & drama at every turn.

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Britains most famous family The Spenders need to get out of town in a hurry. They have been hounded from their London mews house by a riot of photographers following scandalous revelations & are now forced to move to a rundown Dower house in Oxfordshire where no one knows they are hiding. But the familys country life is as colourful as their old town life & with anonymous threatening notes arriving at their hideaway & the parents marriage in jeopardy as well as financial crisis life is spiralling out of control for them. So when Zeldas new agent comes to visit to discuss an offer she has had for Zelda to become a judge on the panel of a new TV Talent show called Fame Game how can she afford to turn it down? & is Zelda about to find out that in the Fame Game the stakes are even higher than she thinks? ...

There is not a house in this street or any other street anywhere that the family is not hiding some secret some bigger than others says Sarah Edwards to her daughter Rose. Its something that some members of their family already know only too well & others will come to learn in time. We follow the lives of Sarah some of her children & grandchildren living in the Wiltshire countryside from the joyous end of the First World War & how their lives were shaped as they battled through the next 20 years only to have to go through it all again with rationing & hardship once again dealing with the heartache of loss & the anguish of separation from loved ones. The burden of keeping a secret can sometimes be lifted by sharing it but other secrets should never be shared & are best taken to the grave
- for everyones sake.
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What makes a family happy? Why do some marriages 'succeed' & others end in divorce? How can we free ourselves from the legacy of past mistakes & bring about positive change? Love sex & marriage & parenthood depression & sadness independence & experience are just a few of the many issues explored in conversation by family therapist Robin Skynner & his former patient & comedian John Cleese. Guiding us through the daily issues that confront us all FAMILIES & HOW TO SURVIVE THEM offers vital advice in helping each of us to maintain a happy healthy family life. Looking candidly at everything from our relationships with our parents to why & how we choose our partners no emotional stone is left unturned: jealousy rage fear envy love obsession hope & despair
- all are featured-with practical advice on how to turn round a negative situation & bring about change for the better.
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