On the face of it you wouldnt think there was any connection between the murder of a dead man & the events that changed my perceptions about my life... For Kinsey Millhone the investigation started with a surprise visit from an ex-colleague at California Fidelity
- the company that had fired her nine months previously. Fives hours later she was on a plane to Mexico hot on the trial of a suicide whod allegedly just come back to life. After a five year wait Wendell Jaffes widow had finally succeeded in having the real estate swindler declared dead collecting half a million dollars for her pains. Now it looks like a pseudocide
- & Kinseys ready to risk everything to get to the truth... Friendlishly clever...better than anything else thats currently on offer. Literary Review

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New York is home to a multitude of international cuisines. Following on from the popularity of Jaime Paris join Alain Ducasse on a tour of his favourite New York eating haunts. The Big Apples restaurants cafes bars markets hotels & food specialists have been compiled in this gorgeous book & also

Includes:: a handy booklet with the 150 addresses so its easy to pop in your bag. Filled with stunning evocative photography Jaime New York will be divided into the chapters including: Urban Pastoral u seasonal hotspots that lend a small time feel in the big city New York
- Capital of the World u diverse multicultural restaurants New York New York u restaurants that are quintessentially New York The Sweet Life u best places for desserts & baked goods for those with a sweet tooth.


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This new expanded edition of the widely praised biography of the Booker Prize-winning author JG Farrell is timely. His literary achievement is still in the ascendent as proved by the posthumous award in 2010 of the ' Lost' Booker for ' Troubles' decided by international e-vote. That made him a double Booker winner & the publicity given to his renowned Empire Trilogy novels has left the general reading public wanting to know more. Lavinia Greacen has uncovered fresh material & additional photographs since the publication of the first edition shedding further light on Farrell's short life & tragic death as well as the development of his writing career. The result is a fascinating & compelling story about the man described by the latest Estudios Irlandeses as 'one of the English language's most accomplished & enigmatic figures'. The life of the novelist J.G. Farrell (1935
- 1979) is almost stranger than fiction. He was a schoolboy sporting hero struck down by polio a dedicated writer living on a shoestring who was awarded the Booker Prize in 1973 & with his literary reputation secure & a newly-converted house on the scenic west Cork coastline he was drowned at the age of 44 while fishing from rocks nearby. This expanded biography interweaving letters & interviews from sources previously unknown tells the moving story of his peripatetic life. It ranges from his childhood in Ireland to public school & university in England; from his base in London where most of his novels took shape to extended stays in France & the United States & to periods spent in Mexico India Vietnam & Singapore. Readers will discover that Farrell's celebrated Empire Trilogy which

Includes:: Troubles The Siege of Krishnapur & The Singapore Grip reflects his own travels & personal experiences as well as his unique wit & imagination. This biography reveals the very private man behind the celebrated literary novelist. ' After reading it' wrote Gerald Dawe Senior Lecturer in English at Trinity College Dublin 'I felt not only that I knew J.G. Farrell but that I too mourned his loss as if he were a friend.'


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When Joey Rubin stumbles upon a group of elderly women swimming in a lake one freezing January morning she thinks they must be mad. But then they dare her to come in
- Joey an overworked New York architect has come to the Cotswolds to oversee the restoration of Stanway House
- the stately home that inspired J.M. Barrie to write Peter Pan. But it hasnt been easy. The local residents arent exactly welcoming & then theres the problem of the brooding caretaker a man who seems to take every opportunity to undermine her plans. She soon begins to feel that she cant do anything right. Until that is she begins to take a daily dip with the members of the J.M. Barrie Ladies Swimming Society in their private watery Neverl&. They will teach her that its not the house that needs restoring; its her -

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Long before the successful The Lord of the Rings films J.R.R. Tolkiens creations imagination & characters had captured the attention of millions of readers. But who was the man who dreamt up the intricate languages & perfectly crafted world of Middle-earth? Tolkien had a difficult life for many years: orphaned & poor his guardian forbad him to communicate with the woman he had fallen in love with & he went through the horrors of the First World War. An intensely private & brilliant scholar he spent over fifty years working on the languages history peoples & geography of Middle-earth with a consistent mythology & body of legends inspired by a formidable knowledge of early northern European history & culture. J.R.R. Tolkien became a legend by creating an imaginary world that has enthralled & delighted generations. This delightful & accessible biography brings him to life. Colin Duriez has appeared as a commentator on DVDs of Peter Jacksons The Lord of the Rings & BBC televisions The Worlds of Fantasy. He is also the author of The Inklings Handbook (with the late David Porter) J. R. R. Tolkien & C. S. Lewis: The Story of Their Friendship & Tolkien & The Lord of the Rings & has contributed to definitive reference works The Tolkien Encyclopedia & a number of other tomes relating to Tolkien. ...

Peter Williams approaches afresh the life & music of arguably the most studied of all composers interpreting both Bachs life by deconstructing his original obituary in the light of more recent information & his music by evaluating his priorities & irrepressible creative energy. How even though belonging to musical families on both his parents sides did he come to possess so bewitching a sense of rhythm & melody & a mastery of harmony that established nothing less than a norm in Western culture? In considering that the works of a composer are his biography the books title A Life in Music means both a life spent making music & one revealed in the music as we know it. A distinguished scholar & performer Williams re-examines Bachs life as an orphan & family man as an extraordinarily gifted composer & player & as an ambitious artist who never suffered fools gladly. ...

John William Waterhouse is among the most popular Victorian artists & many of his paintings such as The Lady of Shalott Hylas & the Nymphs & Ophelia have become icons of femininity recognized the world over. With their compelling composition glowing colour & Impressionist-inflected technique these paintings are admired for their beauty yet at the same time they have the power to transport the viewer into a romantic world of myth & legend. Waterhouses depictions of female beauty reflect his ages complex & ambivalent attitudes towards women in which Victorian ideals of sentiment & duty commingled with less noble undercurrents of erotic desire & misogyny. In this fresh & innovative study of the artist Peter Trippi presents a new analysis of Waterhouses seductresses martyrs & nymphs together with a lively discussion of the cultural & historical circumstances in which these images were painted. This authoritative volume utilizes new research to provide an accessible biography of the artist & to assess his place in the late Victorian art world. Themes explored include Waterhouses passion for Italy literature & the classical world his participation in Englands Royal Academy his stylistic influences & studio practices & the collectors dealers critics & curators who helped make him famous in his day. Like other Victorian artists Waterhouse was neglected through much of the twentieth century but as critical inhibitions have fallen away the revival of his fortune has been dramatic. Today he is again acknowledged as a master painter. Peter Trippis monograph provides a timely re-evaluation that combines a close reading of Waterhouses imagery with a candid appraisal of his unique talent. ...

Jack Welch was perhaps the greatest corporate leader of the 20th century. When he first became CEO of General Electric in 1981 the company was worth $12 billion. Twenty years later it is worth a total of $280 billion. But Welch was more than just the leader of the most successful business in the world. He revolutionised GEs entire corporate culture with his distinctive highly personal management style: the individual appreciation of each of his 500 managers the commitment to an informal but driven work style & the encouragement of candour were all part of the Welch approach. Following John Harvey Joness Making it Happen & Troubleshooter Jack has already become the businessmans bible for the 21st century -- an inspiration for a new generation of corporate players. ...

Alex Cross the detective hero of Along Came a Spider Kiss the Girls Cat & Mouse & Pop Goes the Weasel makes his third appearance in the explosive international bestseller from one of the world's most popular thriller writers -- now reissued in striking new cover style. On home territory once more after the horrors of the Kiss the Girls case detective Alex Cross faces his most harrowing challenge: a pair of ice-cold killers who are picking off Washington's rich & famous one by one with chilling professional efficiency. As the whole country awaits the identity of the next celebrity victim only Alex Cross with his proven ability to get into the minds of the most deranged killers has the skills & the courage to crack the case -- but will he discover the truth before ' Jack & Jill' set their sights on Washington's ultimate celebrity target? ...

The third Alex Cross novel & a No. 1 bestseller
- a gripping page-turning modern classic by the world's bestselling thriller writer.
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