Though there have been numerous biographies of Greta Garbo this is the first to fully investigate the two so-called missing periods in the life of this most mysterious & enigmatic of all the Hollywood stars. The first during the late 1920s when Garbo disappeared completely for several months forcing the studio employed a lookalike was almost certainly to conceal a pregnancy. The second occurred during World War Two when Garbo was employed by British Intelligence to track down Nazi sympathisers. In Gr eta Garbo: Divi ne Star David Bret has acquired a large amount of previously unsourced material along with anecdotes from friends & colleagues of the star which have never before been published. For the first time he paints a complete portrait of her childhood & youth in Sweden. Bret has also sourced copies of all Garbos films
- with the exception Th e Divi ne Wom an of whicch no print survives
- including the silents before scenes were trimmed or cut. in addition the author met Garbo in Paris a few years before she died

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Set around 200 BC Grey Falcon plots the lives of a merchant ships crew. On arriving in a strange port Captain Ash & his team get unwittingly caught up in ongoing schemes & devious dealings becoming the focus of two unscrupulous men. To one of them Obesar their ship becomes a desirable object to add to his growing fleet & he bends all his influence over the port to legally steal it away from them. To the other Scrubbs the fortuitous arrival of the Grey Falcon enables him to manipulate the situation & force the captain into taking a cargo of arms to rebels in a far l&. To save their ship home & lifeblood the captain must escape from the port. He opts to carry the cargo but this takes them further from their home port & deeper into harms way. The crew are simple mariners & as they move from scene to scene meeting new people & situations all the time their characters are changing evolving & enabling them to stand up to new challenges but their goal is always to return home. Grey Falcon which is the first book in the Navigator series is a work of fantasy adventure fiction that has been inspired by Charles Dickens J. R. R. Tolkien & Kenneth Grahame. ...

Following a serious illness Will is sent to stay with his uncle in the wild bleak mountains of Tywyd. He is troubled by vague memories until he meets the mysterious Bran
- & suddenly Will knows the task that lies ahead. With Bran's help Will set outs to find the golden harp & awaken the six sleepers who must join the final battle between the Dark & the Light. But Will is about to encounter his most terrifying opponent yet: the Grey King.
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This is a stunning action thriller from a real-life hero. Kevin Dodds leads a dull uneventful life. He has a steady job at ...

While most of us just dream of packing up & heading off into the sunset experienced travellers John & Jane Richardson pulled on their rucksacks & lived the dream during a life-changing eight months exploring America Australia & Malaysia. This is not a hurried dash from country to country John & Jane are ' Grey Nomads' mature travellers wanting to shop cook & understand the people & communities they interact with during their journeys. Keen to use as many forms of transport as possible they undertook two great train adventures; a memorable twenty three hours on the Californian Zephyr across America & the fascinating jungle railway through the centre of Malaysia to the Islamic state of Kelantan on the border with Thail&. From encounters with bears & wolves in Yellowstone Park to Queensland's worst ever floods
- they take the time to understand the people they met & the places they've visited. Full of stories sometimes amusing sometimes serious The Grey Nomads is an enchanting travelogue of life on the road for two mature travellers.
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Did Hitler (code name ' Grey Wolf') really die in 1945? The evidence says no. Here's the gripping story of what might have happened
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This title looks at extensive evidence some recently declassified that suggests Hitler fled Berlin & took refuge in Argentina. It identifies escape routes vehicles & hideouts that might have been used. Did Hitler (code name ' Grey Wolf') really die in 1945? The evidence says no. Here's the gripping story of what might have happened... When Truman asked Stalin in 1945 whether Hitler was dead Stalin replied bluntly No". As late as 1952 Eisenhower declared: " We have been unable to unearth one bit of tangible evidence of Hitler's death". What really happened? Simon Dunstan & Gerrard Williams have compiled extensive evidence some recently declassified that Hitler actually fled Berlin & took refuge in a remote Nazi enclave in Argentina. The recent discovery that the famous " Hitler's skull" in Moscow is female as well as newly uncovered documents provide powerful proof for their case. Dunstan & Williams cite people places & dates in over 500 detailed notes that identify the plan's escape route vehicles aircraft U-boats & hideouts. Among the

Details: the CIA's possible involvement & Hitler's life in Patagonia including his two daughters."

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Spring 1941. German submarines are prowling the North Atlantic sinking ships filled with the food fuel & weapons that Britain needs to survive. With the Royal Navy losing the war at sea six young agents must sneak into Nazi-occupied Europe & sabotage a submarine base on France's western coast. If the submarines aren't stopped the British people will starve. ...

* The gripping conclusion to the popular genre-breaking epic trilogy of a war between vampires & humans Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth the vampire lord of Scotland serves the Equatorian cause fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But the human armies are pinned down battered by harsh weather & merciless attacks from vampire packs. To even the odds Adele unleashes the power of her geomancy a fearsome weapon capable of slaughtering vampires in vast numbers. However the power she expends threatens her own life even as she questions the morality of such a weapon. As the war turns ever bloodier & Adele is threatened by betrayal Gareth faces a terrible choice. Their only hope is a desperate strike against the lord of the vampire clans
- Gareth's brother Cesare. It is a gamble that could win the war or signal the final days of the Greyfriar. The Vampire Empire" trilogy rushes to a heart-wrenching conclusion of honour & love hatred & vengeance sacrifice & loss."
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This is the famous true story of a devoted dog. Bobby an active Skye Terrier adores his master Auld Jock & when the old man dies Bobby refuses to leave his grave in Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh. By day he plays with the local orphans & eats at a nearby tavern but in spite of anything even the Lord Provost himself can do every night for fourteen years Bobby returns faithfully to sleep by his master. ...