No one has given the extraordinary Thomas Young the all-round examination he so richly deserves
- until now. Celebrated biographer
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They framed me. They abducted my wife. They took my child. I want him back. Sam Capra has one reason to live: to reclaim his baby son from the people who kidnapped him. Teaming up with a young mother whose daughter went missing he tracks his child across the country in a dangerous desperate race against time. From the internationally bestselling author of Panic The Last Minute is the most heart-stopping thriller of the year from 'one of the best thriller writers of our time' (Harlan Coben). ...

On a dark evening in November 1862 a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted ' No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II one of the most tolerant & likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent & doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad the end of both Mughal power & a remarkable culture. ...

To celebrate 100 years of DJing Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton have expanded & updated their classic account of the history of the disc jockey. The DJ was born on Christmas Eve 1906 when Reginald Fessenden became the first person to play a record over the radio. A century later & the DJ is the central figure in popular music. From these humble 'talking jukebox' origins to today's DJ superstars earning rock star salaries with a fanbase to match the history of the DJ is fascinating & unpredictable. The story of these unlikely cultural icons takes the reader through the swinging sixties through the sequinned revolution that was disco via hip hop & house to mass-market global domination. ...

A novel from the million copy bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada. Heartbreak headlines & Hermes -- welcome to Brookes new world! Brooke & Julian live a happy life in New York -- shes the breadwinner working two jobs & hes the struggling musician husb&. Then Julian is discovered by a Sony exec & becomes an overnight success -- & their life changes for ever. Soon they are moving in exclusive circles dining at the glitziest restaurants attending the most outrageous parties in town & jetting off to the trendiest hotspots in LA. But Julians new-found fame means that Brooke must face the savage attentions of the ruthless paparazzi. & when a scandalous picture hits the front pages Brookes world is turned upside down. Can her marriage survive the events of that fateful night at Chateau Marmont? Its time for Brooke to decide if shes going to sink or swim! ...

The hilarious adventures of Harry the Polis as recalled by ex-polis Harry Morris the self-appointed Chief Constable of funny stories continue with the publication of his tenth book The Last Night on the Beat. Full of brilliant anecdotes oddball characters quick comebacks & unlikely excuses Harry demonstrates true Glaswegian humour at its finest. Harry Morris is out to show a side of our industrious police force that we dont often see
- the lighter side. His time with the Glasgow & Strathclyde constabulary or polis for short hasnt robbed Harry of his sense of humour & every wily witness cocky con & sarcastic sergeant he ever rubbed up against is here in page after page of humorous stories. Here is the definitive collection of Harry the Polis tales that will tempt your laughter lines into making an appearance & have you flashing your gnashers.
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In the final days of Henry VIII one man is there to witness the demise of a legend... King Henry VIII a fearsome figure of power & stature lies upon his deathbed diminished by sickness & haunted by ghosts from his past. Only Will Somers long-serving jester & confidant sees all. While Henry is confined to his chamber Will begins a journal that will document his Kings last turbulent days. The country is fraught with tension. & with the Kings son & heir just nine years old there are many power-hungry councillors who will stop at nothing to better themselves. Now as the Kings health fails rebellion threatens amidst widespread rumours of plots against him. With few allies remaining will Henry himself become the final victim of his reckless bloody reign? Master historian Paul Doherty weaves his magic in an epic tale of murderous schemes & a blood-smattered political order. ...

After the fall of France in May 1940 the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitlers inevitable invasion attempt. For the German Army to be landed across the Channel Hitler needed mastery of the skies
- the RAF would have to be broken
- so every day throughout the summer German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the southern counties. Greatly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe the pilots of RAF Fighter Command scrambled as many as five times a day & civilians watched skies criss-crossed with the contrails from the constant dogfights between Spitfires & Me-109s. Britains very freedom depended on the outcome of that summers battle. Britains air defences were badly battered & nearly broken but against all odds The Few as they came to be known bought Britains freedom
- many with their lives. These are the personal accounts of the pilots who fought & survived that battle. We will not see their like again.


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After the fall of France in May 1940 the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler's inevitable invasion attempt. For the German Army to be landed across the Channel Hitler needed mastery of the skies
- the RAF would have to be broken. So every day throughout the summer German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the southern counties. Greatly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe the pilots of RAF Fighter Command scrambled as many as five times a day & civilians watched skies criss-crossed with the contrails from the constant dogfights between Spitfires & Me-109s. Britain's very freedom depended on the outcome of that summer's battle. Britain's air defences were badly battered & nearly broken but against all odds ' The Few' as they came to be known bought Britain's freedom
- many with their lives. These are the personal accounts of the pilots who fought & survived that battle. We will not see their like again.

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It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain & France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict however overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands & between the native peoples & white colonisers. Through these layers of conflict Cooper threads a thrilling narrative in which Cora & Alice Munro daughters of a British commander on the front line of the colonial war attempt to join their father. Thwarted by Magua the sinister Indian runner they find help in the person of Hawkeye the white woodsman & his companions the Mohican Chingachgook & Uncas his son the last of his tribe. Coopers novel is full of vivid incident- pursuits through wild terrain skirmishes treachery & brutality- but reflects also on the interaction between the colonists & the native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye Cooper raises lasting questions about the practises of the American frontier & the eclipse of the indigenous cultures. ...