From Alan Bennett's Baffled at a Bookcase to Lucy Mangan's Ten Library Rules famous writers tell us all about how libraries are used & why they're important. Tom Holland writes about libraries in the ancient world while Seth Godin describes what a library will look like in 2020. Lionel Shriver thinks books are the best investment Hardeep Singh Kohli makes a confession & Julie Myerson remembers how her career began beside the shelves. Using memoir history polemic & some short stories too The Library Book celebrates 'that place where they lend you books for free' & the people who work there. All royalties go to The Reading Agency to help their work supporting libraries. ...

When a lion visits the library no one knows what to do: there are no rules about lions in the library. But soon he's indispensable
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The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity the Library of Apollodorus is a unique guide to Greek mythology from the origins of the universe to the Trojan War. Apollodorus' Library has been used as a source book by classicists from the time of its compilation in the 1st-2nd century BC to the present influencing writers from antiquity to Robert Graves. It provides a complete history of Greek myth telling the story of each of the great families of heroic mythology & the various adventures associated with the main heroes & heroines from Jason & Perseus to Heracles & Helen of Troy. As a primary source for Greek myth as a reference work & as an indication of how the Greeks themselves viewed their mythical traditions the Library is indispensable to anyone who has an interest in classical mythology. Robin Hard's accessible & fluent translation is supplemented by comprehensive notes a map & full genealogical tables. The introduction gives a detailed account of the Library's sources & situates it within the fascinating narrative traditions of Greek mythology. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

The most shocking secret in the history of mankind is about to be revealed...A murderer is on the loose on the streets of New York City: nicknamed the Doomsday Killer hes claimed six victims in just two weeks & the city is terrified. Even worse the police are mystified: the victims have nothing in common defying all profiling & all that connects them is that each received a sick postcard in the mail before they died
- a postcard that announced their date of death. In desperation the FBI assigns the case to maverick agent Will Piper once the most accomplished serial killing expert in the bureaus history now on a dissolute spiral to retirement. Battling his own demons Will is soon drawn back into a world he both loves & hates determined to catch the killer whatever it takes. But his search takes him in a direction he could never have predicted uncovering a shocking secret that has been closely guarded for centuries. A secret that once lay buried in an underground library beneath an 8th Century monastery but which has now been unearthed
- with deadly consequences. A select few defend the secret of the library with their lives
- & as Will closes in on the truth they are determined to stop him at any cost...


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Skilfully navigating Libyas eventful past this fully updated edition of Ronald Bruce St Johns authoritative work

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Bond has lost his licence to kill. After he took revenge on the CIA agent who handed his friend over to the master criminal Sanchez M revoked his double 0 status & hes considered a rogue agent. With MI6 trying to bring him in & only the support of Q behind him Bond goes after Sanchez. Boarding his ship Bond tricks his way into Sanchezs inner circle & discovers the secret of his wealth. But Bond is walking a tightrope & it is surely only a matter of time before he slips.. . ...

The city of Lichfield in Staffordshire
- known for its three-spired cathedral & its famous son the great lexicographer Dr Samuel
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From when he first started working in January 1959 David A. Prosser has held all manner of jobs
- potato picking milking cows security
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Jane a brave & sensual Englishwoman is caught in a deadly romantic triangle between rival spies Ellis & Jean-Pierre. Love hatred & deception sweep them from terrorist conspiracies in Paris to full-tilt guerilla warfare in Afghanistan. Jean-Pierre & Jane marry & go to work as doctors in the Valley of the Five Lions to help the rebels fighting for their freedom against the Russians. Trapped between extremes of violence lust & danger Jane desperately tries to get out of the line of fire. Help comes unexpectedly from her husband's greatest enemy. They soon become the centre of the action as treachery seeks its prey. Follet builds the menacing tension to breaking point leading to a confrontation that echoes all our nightmares. ...

Often"ed as the model for the Steve Mc Queen character in The Great Escape" by age 21 Ken had already trained to be a pilot officer; flown 56 hair-raising bomber missions by night over Germany; taken part in the siege of Malta; got married; been shot down into a remote Norwegian lake; & been captured interrogated & sent to Stalag Luft III. He took part in & survived the Great Escape & then the forced March to Bremen. This is truly a real-life adventure story written with accuracy pace & drama." ...