After his adventures under sun-drenched Neapolitan skies in Cosi Fan Tutti Aurelio Zen finds himself back in Rome sneezing in a damp wine cellar & being given another unorthodox assignment: to release the jailed scion of an important wine-growing family who is accused of a brutal murder. Zen travels north to an Italy as outwardly serene as Naples was manic. Amid the quiet fields autumnal skies & crumbling farmhouses of Piedmont Zen must try to penetrate a traditional culture in which family & soil are inextricably linked. Here secrets can last for generations & have a finish as long & lingering as that of a good Barbaresco. Zen must also face up to mysteries from his own past as well as grapple with the greed envy hatred & love that are the human components of any landscape. ...

The Long Good-bye is a classic novel by Raymond Chandler the master of hard-boiled crime. Down-&-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead & he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe Private Investigator. He's willing to help a man down on his luck but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico & things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers & alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth? Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence". (Daily Telegraph). " One of the greatest crime writers who set standards others still try to attain". (Sunday Times). " Chandler is an original stylist creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes". (Anthony Burgess). Best-known as the creator of the original private eye Philip Marlowe Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 & died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen & he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction. His books include The Big Sleep The Little Sister Farewell My Lovely The Long Good-bye The Lady in the Lake Playback Killer in the Rain The High Window & Trouble is My Business." ...

It all started in 1964 when two friends gave up promising medical careers to embark upon a journey which few hardened truckers would have considered. In so doing they were solely responsible for creating the first long haul overland route across Europe & deep into the Middle East to Kabul. The men had started the ' Middle East Run' was to become a phenomenon in the road haulage industry an image which it still holds today. This book is about the company founded by one of those men from its fledgling days as Asian Transport to the thriving Astran Cargo Services Ltd that it is today. In this book Ashley Coghill documents the complete history of the company to date with the focus predominantly on the early days when the men were fighting for something & revelling in the adventure. These early long haul drivers would think nothing of a 10 000 mile round trip to Iran or the Arabian Gulf & being stranded at 6 000 feet on a mountain pass with temperatures below -40 was just all in a day's work. Ashley Coghill has an immense enthusiasm for his subject & has given his research total dedication. He has also tracked down past & present employees to gather first hand information which he has illustrated with over 300 carefully selected images. The end result is a detailed comprehensive & fascinating account of an extraordinary company. ...

1902: London Society is in a frenzy of anticipation for the coronation of the new king Edward VII. The Earl & Countess of Dilberne are caught up in the lavish preparations yet Lady Isobel still has ample time to fret. Her sixteen-year-old niece Adela tragically orphaned has run off with a troupe of fake spiritualists; her plain yet clever daughter Rosina is threatening to elope to Australia
- of all places
- & her new daughter-in-law is pregnant with a potential heir yet still completely untrained in the particular ways of the English aristocracy. With her trademark joie de vivre Fay Weldon once again draws her readers into the lives & loves of the aristocratic Dilberne family as they embrace not only a new century but a new generation
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

This collection of warming recipes will help stave off winter's chill. On a cold day a steaming bowl of soup is always welcome
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Damug Warfang head of a thousand Rapscallions
- the deadliest horde of foebeasts ever to jump from ship to store
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After the Great War the millions killed on the battlefields were eclipsed by the millions more civilians carried off by disease & starvation when the conflict was over. Haunted by memories the Allies were determined that the end of the Second World War would not be followed by a similar disaster & they began to lay plans long before victory was assured. Confronted by an entire continent starving & uprooted Allied planners devised strategies to help all 'displaced persons' & repatriate the fifteen million people who had been deprived of their homes & in many cases forced to work for the Germans. But over a million Jews Poles Ukrainians Latvians Lithuanians Estonians & Yugoslavs refused to go home. This book offers a radical reassessment of the aftermath of World War II. Unlike most recent writing about the 1940s it assesses the events & personalities of that decade in terms of contemporary standards & values. This the true & epic story of how millions ultimately found relief reconciliation & a place to call home. ...

A journey through & succesfully out of twenty years of anorexia. It wasnt just losing weight that mattered to Alison
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