Harry Bowling was a much-loved author & has legions of fans
- the stunning new package will also appeal to readers discovering
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Anthony ' Gaspipe' Casso former head of the Lucchese family is currently serving 13 life sentences at a federal prison in Colorado. Now he has given bestselling author Philip Carlo the most intimate look into the world of La Cosa Nostra ever seen. Casso concocted ingenious schemes to hijack trucks rob banks & traffic vast quantities of marijuana & heroin
- shattering the myth that the Mafia didn't handle drugs. He also worked with the other Mafia families & forged strong ties with the Russian mob. He was bringing in so much cash that he had dozens of large safety-deposit boxes filled with bricks of hundred-dollar bills. But there was tragedy too & it ate away at the seemingly bulletproof Casso who loved his family but ultimately questioned his choices in life. The law finally caught up with him in his New Jersey safe house in 1993 & rather than stoically face the music like the old-time mafiosi he revered Casso became the thing he hated
- a rat. Detailing Casso's feud with John Gotti the ' Windows Case' that led to the beginning of the end for the mob in New York & Casso's dealings with the NYPD Mafia cops Gaspipe is a chilling & illuminating roller-coaster ride into a netherworld few outsiders have ever dared to enter.

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Gastric mind Band therapy provides the answer to understanding & overturning your weight loss woes. No guilt rules or rigid calorie counting & nothing banned. Just re-establishing a normal relationship with something youve got to face every day. Now you can read about the Gm B phenomenon for yourself. Experience some of the many benefits without leaving home. The Shirrans are a breath of fresh air.. .they ask: why shouldnt you be hungry? Whats wrong with hunger? If your weight problem
- & the global obesity epidemic
- are to be overcome hunger should be understood & embraced not feared. This book will give you the relationship with food you always dreamed of. Learn: how to use the Gm B mental Pause Button to freeze time & save you from yourself about the dieting conspiracy thats been keeping you feeling helpless & stuck how to have the level of motivation & control around food that youve been longing for how to harness the power of the subconscious mind.

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Enjoy a wonderful meal for two at a great British dining pub. Many modern pubs across the nation offer delicious dishes that have won them a level of praise that is more commonly associated with high-end restaurants. In conjunction with The Good Pub Guide we have gathered together a selection of the finest gastro pubs to offer something to suit everyone’s taste from traditional inns serving classic dishes to contemporary pub restaurants at the cutting edge of gastronomy. As well as enjoying a two course meal you’re also entitled to one half price copy of The Good Pub Guide which provides invaluable advice & information on the UK’s best pubs inns & taverns. ...

With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin a half-Jewish farmers daughter from the plains of the Midwest has come to university
- escaping her provincial home to encounter the complex world of culture & politics. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious & glamorous Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child & increasingly complicated household. As her past becomes increasingly alien to her
- her parents seem older when she visits; her disillusioned brother ever more fixed on joining the military
- Tassie finds herself becoming a stranger to herself. As the year unfolds love leads her to new & formative experiences
- but it is then that the past & the future burst forth in dramatic & shocking ways. Refracted through the eyes of this memorable narrator A Gate at the Stairs" is a lyrical beguiling & wise novel of our times."



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A strange novel for strange young people. Young Samuel Johnson & his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Halloween. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue. The Abernathys dont mean any harm by their flirtation with Satanism. But it just happens to coincide with a malfunction in the Large Hadron Collider that creates a gap in the universe. A gap in which there is a pair of enormous gates. The gates to Hell. & there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out.. . Can Samuel persuade anyone to take this seriously? Can he harness the power of science to save the world as we know it? ...

Go tell the Spartans stranger passing by that here obedient to their laws we lie. Nearly 2 500 years ago in 480BC at a bleak pass in a far-flung corner of eastern Greece three hundred Spartan warriors faced the army of Xerxes of Persia a massive force rumoured to be over a million strong. Their orders were simple: to delay the enemy for as long as possible while the main Greek armies mobilized. For six days the Spartans held the invaders at bay. In the final hours
- their shields broken swords & spears shattered
- they fought with their bare hands before being overwhelmed. It was battle that would become synonymous with extraordinary courage heroism & self-sacrifice: it was Thermopylae. In Gates of Fire Steven Pressfield tells the epic story of those legendary Spartans: the men & women who helped shaped our history & have themselves become as immortal as their gods.

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Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he has his greatest angels by his side Abbadon & Azrael or as they are known in this world Jack & Mimi Force. Will Bliss & the wolves she has recruited to join her win the battle for the vampires? Is Schuyler prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice? Love & vengeance duty & and loyalty life & death are all at odds in the gripping heartbreaking finale of the Blue Bloods series. ...

Its ten years since Odysseus & the warrior Eperitus joined the heroes of the age to compete for the hand of Helen of Sparta. Settled in his small island kingdom Odysseus wants nothing more than to rule Ithaca in peace. Meanwhile Eperitus frustrated at his quiet life dreams of glory in battle. When the lion-motifed sails of Agamemnon appear on the horizon Odysseus knows that the time for peace is over & a time of war is beginning. Helen of Sparta has been abducted by a prince of Troy & the hosts of ancient Greece are gathering. As the greatest names flock to join the crusade only Achilles is missing. Odysseus must use all his wits & cunning to hunt him down & persuade him to join their cause. For without Achilles the gates of Troy will never fall... ...

Gateway" is an academically-rich five-level course designed to lead teenage students to success in school-leaving & university entrance exams & prepare them for university & the world of work. The course stimulates the interest of students & teachers by providing cross-curricular & intercultural content that is genuinely interesting meaningful & thought-provoking. " Gateway" helps students prepare & practise for their school-leaving exams & equips them with lifelong learning & study skills. Taking an inductive approach to Grammar " Gateway" revises & extends the students active knowledge of grammar & vocabulary through a wealth of varied skills-based activities that recycle revise evaluate & develop language skills." ...