HE WAS THE KEEPER
- Arno Holmstrand is about to die his life cut short by an organization intent on laying claim to the secrets
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When he left the LAPD Bosch took a file with him: the case of a production assistant murdered four years earlier during a film set robbery. The LAPD thinks the stolen money was used to finance a terrorist training camp. Thoughts of the original murder victim were lost in the federal zeal & when Bosch decides to re-investigate he quickly falls fouls of both his old colleagues & the FBI. When the investigation enables him to meet up with an old friend shadows from his past come back to haunt him... ...

This volume covering the Eastern Region examines many of the fascinating lines in the region including the much mourned Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway rural branches like that to Eye the lines in east Lincolnshire & the Woodhead route with its electrification scheme. ...

A work filled with passion & violence with humanity & inhumanity. It is the story of the Northern Ireland troubles told through the lives of those who have suffered & the deaths which have resulted from the conflict. The authors
- three of them Belfast-born & the fourth an American
- are award-winning journalists. Over a seven-year period they examined every single death which was directly caused by the troubles. Their research has seen them interview witnesses scour published material & draw on a huge range of investigative sources. Lost Lives" traces the origins of the conflict from the firing of the first shots through the carnage of the 1970s & 1980s & up to the republican & loyalist ceasefires & beyond. All the casualties are here: the RUC officer the young soldier the IRA volunteer the loyalist paramilitary the Catholic mother the Protestant worker the new-born baby. Each account is impossible to ignore."

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Lost London" is the story of the city as told through the buildings parks & palaces that are no longer with us. Places like the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens the leading venue for public entertainment in the city for over 200 years or the Palace of Whitehall whose 1500 rooms made it the largest royal residence in Europe until it was destroyed by fire at the end of the 17th century. From bull rings to ice fairs plague pits to molly houses this is a fascinating journey through Londons forgotten past unearthing the extraordinary stories that lie beneath familiar streets as well as shining a light in the citys darkest corners." ...

In York Winter 1906
- two brothers have been shot to death. Meanwhile Jim Stringer meets the Lost Luggage Porter humblest among
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In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic continent. He sailed into the Weddell Sea aboard the Endurance while a ship called the Aurora sailed into the Ross Sea to create a lifeline of vital food & fuel depots to supply the epic crossing. Yet all went tragically wrong when the Aurora broke free of her moorings in an Antarctic gale & stranded ten men ashore. Left with little more than the clothing on their backs & scavenged equipment the men vowed to carry on in the face of impossible odds. Meanwhile the rest of the Aurora crew cast adrift at the mercy of the elements battled for survival. The lost men struggled to save themselves & carry out their mission with little hope of rescue. ...

The 1920s were an amazing decade in motorcycle development. Lost Motorcycles of the 1920s" describes in as much detail as possible over 50 of these lesser known motorcycles providing a wealth of information on makes from Abbotsford & Alwin to Turner Weaver & the Xtra Car
- not forgetting the many transient but somewhat better known marques such as Blackburne Radco & Raleigh for example. Each model & make is described in detail & accompanied by as many illustrations as possible. " Lost Motorcycles" also offers some fascinating & helpful insights into the many facets of motorcycling during the 1920s
- the roads & garages suspension tyres & clothing for example
- all of which helps set these motorcycles in their period & gives a real feel for what motorcycling must have been like some 80 years ago. This title is absolutely invaluable to restorers & historians of early British motorcycles."


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Even the mysterious world of Harmony has people who dont quite fit in. Theyre drawn to places like Rainshadow Island a beautiful sanctuary where anyone can feel safe
- & where secrets are closely guarded. Schooled in an exotic form of martial arts & with the ability to detect the auras of dangerous psychic criminals Rachel Bonner & her dust bunny companion have found peace & quiet on Rainshadow Island operating a bookstore & cafe. But her tranquil new life is thrown into chaos when Harry Sebastian the descendant of a notorious pirate arrives to investigate strange developments in the privately owned woods known as the Preserve. Immediately drawn to the amber-eyed woman Harry must tread carefully. While Rachels special talents can help him track down dangerous rogues who have violated the Preserve they can also sense the heart of darkness within him. But desire can weaken the strongest of defenses
- & leave even the strongest man wanting more.. .

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In Lost Perthshire" Ann Lindsay takes us on a fascinating journey through the lost architectural geographical industrial & archaeological heritage of Perthshire. Perth has been the centre to a wide range of industries that flourished & then disappeared including printing ink making book binding boat building glove making salmon curing textiles bleaching dyeing cleaning & insurance (General Accident) many small whisky distilleries newspapers & small shops. All of these were fed by a network of mountain passes drove roads military roads & bridges ferries a flourishing harbour massive rail junction & a wartime aerodrome which have also vanished. Beyond this Ann Lindsay examines how Perthshires boundaries have moved over the last two centuries with much of the original Perthshire now lost due to its incorporation into different counties. Furthermore boglands have been drained glens have been flooded for Hydro electric dams forests have been planted rivers diverted & many upland villages farms & settlements have vanished while other previously sparsely populated areas now densely covered with buildings. In this fascinating yet poignant study Ann Lindsay introduces the many varied aspects of lost Perthshire showing how ancient & even relatively modern Perthshire landscapes
- from stone circles Roman ditches Pictish remains & monasteries to the Bridge of Earn hospital established for expected Dunkirk casualties
- have changed so dramatically often with little thought for conservation or preservation."

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