What are neutrinos? Why does nature need them? What use are they? Neutrinos are perhaps the most enigmatic particles in the universe. Formed in certain radioactive decays they pass through most matter with ease. These tiny ghostly particles are formed in millions in the Sun & pass through us constantly. For a long time they were thought to be massless & passing as they do like ghosts they were not regarded as significant. Now we know they have a very small mass & there are strong indications that they are very important indeed. It is speculated that a heavy form of neutrino that is both matter & antimatter may have shaped the balance of matter & antimatter in the early universe. Here Frank Close gives an account of the discovery of neutrinos & our growing understanding of their significance also touching on some speculative ideas concerning the possible uses of neutrinos & their role in the early universe. ...

The ancient menace man's worst nightmare has finally escaped from Lalonde & in the process it has shattered the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbled to the horror have aquired godlike powers but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world. On planets & asteroids individuals battle for survival against brutal forces. Governments teeter on the brink of anarchy the Confederation Navy is dangerously over-stretched & a dark messiah prepares to invoke his own version of the final night. In such desperate times the last thing the galaxy needs is a new & terrifyingly powerful weapon. Yet Dr Alkad Mzu is determined to retrieve the Alchemist
- so she can complete her thirty-year-old vendetta to slay a star. But people on both sides had ideas on how to use the ultimate doomsday device. ' Mr Hamilton tells an excellent story here' SFSite.com ' The sheer scale of blazing action & galactic pursuit is genuinely impressive.. .a real page-turner' SFX
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It looks Frankie thought happily to herself like a proper fabulous frock shop! Francesca Meredith has always had a penchant for vintage dresses. So when she inherits a retro dress shop in the quaint Berkshire village of Kingston Dapple its better than winning the lottery. Life is just perfect for Frankie but its about to get complicated when she sees a masculine vision setting up shop outside her door
- heart-throb florist Dexter Valentine. As Frankie tries her best to make Francescas Fabulous Frocks into a success Dexters philandering proves the ultimate distraction. That is until the village medium insists that Frankies shop is haunted & Frankie starts witnessing some very strange shenanigans. Will Dexter think shes crazy? Will Frankies terribly ordinary life return to normal ever again? Does she even want it to...?
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Cold calling is the lowest percentage of sales call success. If you invest the same amount of time in reading this book as you do in cold calling your success percentage & your income will skyrocket."- Jeffrey Gitomer Author Little Red Book of Selling " You can never get enough of a good thing! Read this book & USE its contents!"- Anthony Parinello Author Selling to Vito & Stop Cold Calling Forever Salespeople everywhere are learning the hard way that cold calling doesnt work anymore. Yet millions of salespeople are stuck in the past using twentieth-century sales techniques to try to lure twenty-first century customers. There has to be an easier way to find prospects
- & there is. Todays most successful salespeople are using modern technology to bring prospects to them rather than fishing for prospects over the phone or knocking on doors. Never Cold Call Again offers practical step-by-step alternatives to traditional cold calling for salespeople small business owners & independent professionals who are actively building a client base. The Information Age presents endless opportunities for finding leads without cold calling. In fact Frank Rumbauskass system brings prospects to the salesperson rather than the other way around. Readers will find unbeatable sales advice on effective self-promotion generating endless leads how to win prospects using e-mail prospecting on the Web networking developing effective proposals & much more. Frank J. Rumbauskas Jr. (Phoenix AZ) provides marketing consultation & coaching services to firms who wish to provide qualified leads to their sales force rather than have them spend productive work time cold calling. He is the author of the self-published hit Cold Calling Is a Waste of Time (0-9765163-0-6)."
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From ancient times wolves have been mythologised as ferocious & predatory beasts. In Never Cry Wolf conservationist Farley Mowat sets out to correct the stereotypes. Using his observations of a Canadian wolf pack Mowat paints a sensitive picture of the wolf as a mild tempered & graceful animal with strong familial bonds & a taste for small prey rather than livestock. Whilst the scientific basis of some of Mowats conclusions has been contested this affectionate & humorous account provides an intimate understanding of wolf behaviour & has provoked readers to fight for the preservation of these majestic creatures. This fascinating study marked a watershed in attitudes proving that the wolf bears little resemblance to the gluttonous villain of childrens fairy tales or to the gothic werewolf. ...

A passionate & perceptive story full of the pain & the humour of growing up from Andrea Levy author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND & the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG. NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE is the story of two sisters Olive & Vivien born in London to Jamaican parents & brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school but while Vivien's life becomes a chaotic mix of friendships youth clubs skinhead violence A-levels discos & college Olive three years older & a skin shade darker has a very different tale to tell... ...

Few kidnap victims grow up to become police officers
- but this is exactly what Nina Foster did. Following a frenzied stabbing
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Sir Winston Churchill s greatest speeches digitally remastered selected & introduced by his grandson Winston S. Churchill. Winston Churchill steered Britain through its darkest hours during World War Two. He was one of the twentieth century s greatest orators & the speeches that he painstakingly composed rehearsed & delivered inspired courage in an entire nation. Churchill s output was prolific his complete speeches alone contain over 5 million words. On this special recording the best & most important of those have been brought together in this historic volume. Using digitally remastered archive recordings they include: Blood toil tears & sweat
- The Few
- This was their finest hour
- We can take it!
- An Iron Curtain has descended
- Never give in!
- A total & unmitigated defeat
- Give us the tools Winston Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen & was the most eloquent & expressive statesman of his age. These speeches help reveal the man behind the defiant orator & demonstrate why in a national poll Sir Winston Churchill was voted Greatest Briton of All Time.






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Harry Barnett thought he had left his military career behind so he is startled when two figures from his past turn up on his doorstep after fifty years. An old friend has organised the reunion to end all reunions: a weekend in the Scottish castle where the ex-comrades took part in a psychological experiment many years before. They havent seen each other since. As they set off on their all-expenses-paid jaunt to Aberdeen the old friends are in high spirits. But the cheerful atmosphere is quickly shattered by the apparent suicide of one of their party. When a second death occurs a sense of foreboding descends on the group. It appears that the past is coming back to haunt them a past that none of them have ever spoken about. Their recollections are all frighteningly different. So what really happened? Then when one of them uncovers an extraordinary secret he becomes convinced that they will never leave the castle alive... ...

A refreshingly honest achingly funny read for fans of Bridesmaids Caitlin Moran & Pinot Grigio. When her fianc? Rob breaks off their engagement for the third time Viv does what any girl would do
- she Googles heartbreak. Confronted by tales of misery she decides to set-up her own self-help website for the broken-hearted. But as Viv passes through the three essential stages of grief (denial vodka disastrous haircut) she becomes determined that it's not too late to try & get Rob back. When things get out of hand after a drunken declaration of love at an extremely inappropriate moment Viv's scruffy tequila-swilling best friend Max is there to pick up the pieces. Viv starts to realise that maybe the real thing has been under her nose all this time & now
- one ex & a massive error of judgement later
- she has to face the question: What's the craziest thing you'll do for love? Readers of Lindsey Kelk Sophie Kinsella & Paige Toon won't be able to put this down. Never has heartbreak been so hilarious...


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