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
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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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Mark Smith is the Man in Seat Sixty-One. Although this might make him sound like a fictional spy he is in fact the man behind the massively popular seat 61.com website which offers invaluable advice on worldwide train travel. Following on from the success of The Man in Seat 61" which took travellers around Europe by train this book covers international train travel around Africa Asia the Americas & Australasia. Focusing on affordable international travel by scheduled trains not just deluxe tourist services this book is packed with insider knowledge & top tips on the best routes & cheapest fares; travelling with children & changing trains; timetables & maps; essential items to travel with; & everything in between. More & more people are choosing to avoid air travel & seek alternatives & this is the only book they need for environmentally friendly journeys around the world." ...

A young woman investigates an accidental death at a London tube station & finds herself of a ship bound for South Africa! Pretty young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact adventure comes looking for her -- & finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man reeking of mothballs loses his balance & is electocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? & why did he race off leaving a cryptic message behind: 17-122 Kilmorden Castle? ...

A dazzling speculative novel of counterfactual history from one of Americas most highly-regarded science fiction authors Philip K. Dicks The Man in the High Castle"

Includes:: an introduction by Eric Brown in " Penguin Modern Classics". Philip K. Dicks acclaimed cult novel gives us a horrifying glimpse of an alternative world
- one where the Allies have lost the Second World War. In this nightmare dystopia the Nazis have taken over New York the Japanese control California & the African continent is virtually wiped out. In a neutral buffer zone in America that divides the worlds new rival superpowers lives the author of an underground bestseller. His book offers a new vision of reality
- an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers were defeated
- giving hope to the disenchanted. Does reality lie with him or is his world just one among many others? Philip Kindred Dick (1928-82) was born in Chicago in 1928. His career as a science fiction writer comprised an early burst of short stories followed by a stream of novels typically character studies incorporating androids drugs & hallucinations. His best works are generally agreed to be " The Man in the High Castle" & " Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" the inspiration for the movie " Blade Runner". If you enjoyed " The Man in the High Castle" you might like Yevgeny Zamyatins " We" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The most brilliant science fiction mind on any planet". (" Rolling Stone"). " Dicks finest book & one of the very best science fiction novels ever published". (Eric Brown)."




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The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas celebrated foursome of DArtagnan Athos Porthos & Aramis who first appeared in The Three Musketeers. Some thirty-five years on the bonds of comradeship are under strain as they end up on different sides in a power struggle that may undermine the young Louis XIV & change the face of the French monarchy. In the fast-paced narrative style that was his trademark Dumas pitches us straight into the action. What is the secret shared by Aramis & Madame de Chevreuse? Why does the Queen Mother fear its revelation? Who is the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille? & what is the nature of the threat he poses? Dumas the master storyteller keeps us reading & guessing until the climactic scene in the grotto of Locmaria a fitting conclusion to the epic saga of the musketeers. ...

One of Frances best-selling writers at the time of the novels composition Dumas here combines what he considered to be lifes essentials
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