This is the intimate & revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II & the niece of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Margaret was born into the Scottish aristocracy into a now almost vanished world of privilege. Royalty often came to stay & her house was run in the style of Downton Abbey. In the Second World War years she lodged at Buckingham Palace while she worked for MI5. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip. Three years later the King & Queen attended her own wedding; Princess Margaret was a bridesmaid. In 1990 she was appointed as a Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen Mother acting also as her companion which she describes in touching detail. In the early months of 2002 she spent as much time as possible with her ailing aunt & was at her bedside when she died at Easter that year. The next morning she went to Queen Elizabeths bedroom to pray & in farewell dropped her a final curtsey. This is an enthralling account of a special life & a unique insight into the intimate moments of the British Royal family. The Queen Mother regarded Margaret Rhodes as her third daughter" & she has been extremely close to her cousins the Queen & Princess Margaret throughout their lives. The book is full of charming anecdotes fascinating characters & personal photographs & is an unparalleled insight into the private life of the British monarchy." ...

Where the hell had the kid found a human skull? Mc Nab heard an intake of breath behind him as someone else made out the shape in the torchlight. A metre away now Mc Nab crouched on a level with the child. ' Where did you find that Emma?' he said softly. She stared at him. 'I was lost. I heard them calling me.' When Claire regains consciousness after a stranger causes her car to crash in a snowstorm she is frantic to discover her nine-year-old daughter Emma missing from the back seat. Then Emma is found in the woods nearby unharmed but cradling a child's skull. She claims it 'called to her'
- & she can hear another voice nearby... Meanwhile forensic scientist Rhona Mac Leod is trying to discover the identity of a corpse found badly burned in a skip. The body is wearing a soldier's ID tag but DNA tests show it's not him. When DS Michael Mc Nab asks for her help identifying the remains Emma found they discover the two cases are linked in ways they could never have imagined... Lin Anderson author of DRIFTNET & EASY KILL has written her most powerful novel to date.
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Final Cut Pro X has literally rocked the film & video-editing world by completely re-imagining the inherent concepts of nonlinear editing. For many editors & users of the previous versions of Final Cut Pro it is like starting anew & learning a br&-new program. Those experienced with previous versions of Final Cut & other non-linear editors such as i Movie Adobe Premiere Pro & Avid Media Composer already understand the basic concepts of editing & are now looking for a quick guide to getting started. In this useful cut-to-the-chase guide to the program popular trainer & Final Cut guru Larry Jordan takes these experienced users through all the components of the software from importing footage & organizing media to export & sharing. Along the way they'll learn the best ways to edit footage & add transitions effects & filters do basic color correcting work with audio & utilize a variety of HD workflow techniques to name a few. Within a weekend users will learn the best ways to start editing in this groundbreaking program in this must-have guide. ...

Lindsay Gordon finds herself dragged into a sordid world of blackmail prostitution lies & murder when she investigates the case of a former colleague jailed for killing a notorious Glaswegian journalist. Third in the popular mystery series. When Alison Maxwell a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes is found murdered the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her. Lindsay Gordon however has other ideas. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters -- including one with Lindsay herself. Recalling the threats that followed the end of the relationship Lindsay knows all too well the feelings of rage fear & passion that Alison Maxwell could invoke. Soon Lindsay is embroiled in an investigation involving blackmail stolen government documents & the vested interests of a group of people determined to keep her from finding the truth. ...

Brandon Sandersons epic fantasy trilogy overturns the expectations of readers & then goes on to tell the epic story of evil overturned in a richly imagined world. A thousand years ago evil came to the land & has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families & ordinary folk are condemned to lives in servitude sold as goods labouring in the ash fields. But now a troublemaker has arrived & there is rumour of revolt. A revolt that depends on criminal that no-one can trust & a young girl who must master Allomancy
- the magic that lies in all metals. A word of mouth success in the states the Mistborn trilogy has this year broken onto the New York Times Bestseller list. The time is ripe for its success to cross the Atlantic
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They just wanted to finish high school but high school might finish them.. . When Jessica Hart decides to throw a party in order to get to know some of the hot new guys at school she could never have predicted that by the end of the night someone would be dead... Most people figured it was suicide.. .they figured wrong. ...

The days of Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper often start off badly but she's never before had to face the morning by reading her own obituary. It doesn't take long to sort out why it was printed: a woman's body has been found in a car rented in Alex's name in the driveway of her weekend home. It's not so easy to work out why her lodger
- an acclaimed Hollywood star
- was murdered or to be sure that the killer had found the right victim. As Alex's job is to send killers & rapists to jail there are plenty of suspects who might be seeking revenge & whoever it is needs to be found before Alex's obituary gets reprinted...

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From the author of Number One bestseller The Righteous Men. How are hundreds of unexplained deaths spanning the globe connected to the last great secret of the Second World War? Tom Byrne has fallen from grace since his days as an idealistic young lawyer in New York. Now hell work for anyone -- as long as the moneys right. So when the United Nations call him in to do their dirty work he accepts the job without hesitation. A suspected suicide bomber shot by UN security staff has turned out to be a harmless old man: Tom must placate the family & limit their claims for compensation. In London Tom meets the dead mans alluring daughter Rebecca & learns that her father was not quite the innocent he seemed. He unravels details of a unique hidden brotherhood united in a mission that has spanned the world & caused hundreds of unexplained deaths. Pursued by those ready to kill to uncover the truth Tom has to unlock a secret that has lain buried for more than 60 years -- the last great secret of the Second World War. ...

September 1566. William Harley Clarenceux King of Arms lives quietly with his family in London with a document in his possession that could destroy the state. The aged Lady Percy Countess of Northumberland has not given up trying to find it. Nor has she forgotten how he betrayed her & the Catholic cause
- she has spent the last two years planning her revenge. But then eloquent & adventurous courtier John Greystoke suddenly seems most concerned for Clarenceuxs safety. & why on behalf of the government does Francis Walsingham have spies watching Clarenceuxs house day & night? When his wife & his daughter go missing Clarenceux finds himself on the run with his other young daughter hunted by Lady Percys agents. He knows he must finally destroy the document even if it should cost him his life
- but how can he until he has reunited his family?

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