In Man Fail" readers will find a fantastic selection of the side-splitting bloopers mistakes & misunderstandings that have been boldly uttered by the male sex. Spanning from the rich & famous to the everyday man on the street & with hilarious anecdotes that defy belief & typify the failings of the male species in general
- examples include: " Half this game is 90 per cent mental." (Danny Ozark one-time Major League baseball manager); "I owe a lot to my parents especially my mother & father." (Greg Norman golfer); & " If only faces could talk..." (Pat Summerall sports broadcaster). This is a shamefully funny collection of male stupidity at its finest (and most embarrassing) guaranteed to have you laughing out loud!"
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TRUE LOVE...UNDER FALSE PRETENCES? With her husband hanged for his secret criminal past bewildered widow Glory Clark is left all alone to run the farm & care for her stepchildren. Then handsome stranger Cade Mc Allister shows up on her doorstep bringing hope & tender feelings Glory has never experienced before in her young life. As a detective in search of the missing fortune Glorys husband stole Cade has a hidden agenda. An arranged marriage is merely a stepping stone to getting what he wants... But when it soon becomes Glory plain & simple will their newfound bond withstand his deception? ...

James Bond has been partnered with an Israeli Mossad agent Pete Natkowitz & assigned to work with the KGB to infiltrate a terrorist group. The group The Scales of Justice are demanding the trial of a suspected Nazi war criminal & each day of delay brings another death. Posing as a TV crew Bond & the other agents attempt to discover the groups real motive. When Bond realises that the real aim is to supply Iraq with nuclear weapons just before the United Nations-led coalition invades he faces the most crucial mission of his life. ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WALLANDER MYSTERIES. REVENGE CAN TAKE MORE THAN A LIFETIME. In a sleepy hamlet in north Sweden the local police make a chilling discovery; nineteen people have been brutally slaughtered. It is a crime unprecedented in Swedens history & the police are under incredible pressure to solve the killings. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved & decides to investigate. When the police make a hasty arrest it is left to her to investigate the source of a nineteenth century diary & red silk ribbon found near the crime scene. What she will uncover leads her into an international web of corruption & a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years. The Man from Beijing is a gripping political thriller & a compelling detective story from a writer at the height of his powers. ...

Would the real Lucia Acosta please stand up? Fun-loving & feisty Lucia Acosta was the girl everybody wanted at their party. With her sultry South American looks she captured every mans attention. One terrible secret later a paler quieter Lucias gone from owning the dance floor to cleaning it when a ghost from parties past walks in... Luke Forster would recognise those curves anywhere
- he grew up hypnotised by them! But as his best friends little sister she was strictly off-limits. Hes shocked to see her fallen so low but relieved her prides still intact! The real Lucia Acosta is still in there somewhere & hes the man to tempt her out...I think I must be Susans biggest fan; I cant get enough of her books!
- Ruth Web Developer Brighton

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It is just before the outbreak of World War I & Britain must enlist the aide of Russia. Czar Nicholass nephew is to visit London for secret naval talks with Lord Walden who has lived in Russia & has a Russian wife Lydia. But there are other people who are interested in the arrival of Prince Alexei: the Waldens only daughter Charlotte -- willful idealistic & with an awakening social conscience; Basil Thompson head of the Special Branch; & above all Feliks Kschessinky the ruthless Russian anarchist. No one could have foretold that Lydia should recognize Feliks or that she might put her own daughters life at risk for his sake. As the secret negotiations progress the destinies of these characters become ineluctably enmeshed. & as Europe prepares for the catastrophe of war the final private tragedy which will shatter the complacency of the Waldens is acted out. ...

The man from the land of Fandango is coming to pay you a call! He wears a hat with a tassel & a polka-dot tie
- & he juggles &
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Fearless & charismatic Angie Masters is on a man hunt. While attending the prestigious Hotel Training Academy the attractive & dominant director of the institute
- James Steele
- catches her eye. But she soon realises shes taken on more than she bargained for. Steele has an equally predatory sexuality as well as a penchant for erotic punishment. By seducing a fellow student Angie is able to sexually torment Steele. But Angie has a rival
- the luscious Italian Isabella who is prepared to do anything to please him. A battle of wills ensues featuring catfights orgies & triumph for either Angie or Isabella. Who will be the victor?


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Edward Payson Westons 3 100-mile walk from California to New York completed on 3 May 1910 was one of his great achievements but only one. It took him just 77 days. He was 71 years old. For half a century Weston was one of the most famous people in the English-speaking world as the first age of international celebrity unfolded. The godfather of the pedestrianism movement he criss-crossed Britain & America on foot earning fame fortune & notoriety in an athletic career that saw him complete some of the most amazing endurance feats ever witnessed. In this entertaining & wide-ranging book co-authors Nick Harris Helen Harris & Paul Marshall skillfully recreate a vanished world to tell one of the most amazing stories in sporting history. Part social history part biography part exposition of the seedy underbelly of Victorian society this is a work that draws in elements of sporting genius high stakes gambling drug abuse & marital scandal. A Man in a Hurry is one mans flamboyant athletic journey from the Gold Rush to the Jazz Age the story of a dreamer schemer & ladies man who met with Presidents & royalty crooks & knaves. With its colourful detail historical context & readable style this groundbreaking work is an important addition to the sports literature canon. ...

Ten years ago The Bonfire of the Vanities" defined an era
- & established Tom Wolfe as the prime fictional chronicler of America
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