In the 18th century shotgun weddings were not unusual but in most cases it wasnt the bride that was holding the gun. So began the stormy marriage between Lord & Lady Grange a marriage which was to end with Lady Granges death on the Isle of Skye after 13 years in exile. The daughter of a convicted murderer Lady Granges behaviour such as her fondness for drink was so outrageous that her sudden disappearance from public life was not considered surprising. But few knew the true story of her disappearance. This book reveals for the first time how the unfortunate lady was violently kidnapped & transported to the remote islands off the west coast of Scotland spending seven years on the island of St. Kildas. Condemned to a very different lifestyle than she had enjoyed in Edinburgh & baffled by the strange tongue of the Gaelic West she still obstinately survived finally dying in Skye in 1745. ...

Brought up as a Christian Marina Nemats peaceful childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. After complaining to her teachers about her Maths lessons being replaced by Koran study Marina was arrested late one evening. She was taken to the notorious prison Evin where interrogation & torture were part of the daily routine. Aged sixteen she was sentenced to death. Her prison guard snatched her from the firing squad bullets but exacted a shocking price in return: marriage to him & conversion to Islam. Marina lived out her prison days as his secret bride spending nights with him in a separate cell. Marina struggled to reconcile her hatred towards Ali & her feelings of physical repulsion with the fact that he had saved her life. When Ali was murdered by his enemies from Evin & saved Marinas life for a second time her feelings were complicated even further. At last she was able to return home to her family & her past life but silence surrounded her time as a political prisoner & the regime kept her under constant surveillance. Marinas world had been changed forever & she questions whether she will ever escape Iran & its regime or be free of her memories of Evin. ...

This book offers useful tips & solid advice on how to evade capture & if that fails how to escape. Key topics include the will to survive; handling stress in captivity; escape techniques; survival in a variety of environments including urban rural jungle & desert; how to forage for food; tracking & how to cover your tracks; navigation with or without a map; & seeking recovery by friendly forces. The book also

Includes:: a number of real life accounts of prisoner of war escape from World War II including The Great Escape story & Colditz the Vietnam War (Dieter Dengler with others escaping from Laos) the Balkans Iraq (Thomas Hamill in 2004) & Afghanistan. With more than 120 black & white artworks & with easy-to-follow text Prisoner Of War Escape & Evasion is for anyone who wants to know how to survive in the most stressful of circumstances & emerge a winner. Presented in a handy pocket-size format this is a book you could take with you into the field; & it could save your life.

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During World War II German prison camps swelled with Allied Prisoners of War captured during fierce conflicts from the Battle of France in 1940 to the bomber offensives over Germany from 1943. This book looks in intimate detail at the life of average private soldiers beginning with their capture through the long days as prisoners & hard labourers to the readjustment to home life after their release. Illustrated with original materials postcards & photographs the author reveals their personal experiences in this intriguing account including letters to & from home which disclose some surprising attitudes towards the POWs. ...

The world's most famous travelling reporter journeys to South America on a mission to save Professor Calculus. When Professor Calculus is kidnapped Tintin & a desperate Captain Haddock set off to Peru on a rescue mission braving runaway train carriages yellow fever & avalanches. Then they must find an ancient Inca tribe if they are to find their great friend. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. ...

Former US Marine Jack Morgan runs Private a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force & maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men & women on the planet come to Jack daily
- & his staff of investigators use the worlds most advanced forensic tools to make & break their cases. In L.A. Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multimillion-dollar gambling scandal & the unsolved slayings of eighteen schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friends wife Jacks former lover has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead Jack pushes back & devotes all of Privates resources to tracking down her killer. & Jack doesnt have to play by the rules.
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Jack Morgan is a war hero. Returning home from Afghanistan after being wounded Jack is called into California State Prison to visit his father Tom who is serving a life sentence for extortion & murder. Before being incarcerated Tom ran a private investigation firm called Private. Tom wants Jack to re-start the company to make it great again & gives him access to a $15 million dollar account in the Cayman Islands to do it with. Five years later & Jack has set up offices spanning the globe. Privates services are much sought-after & Jack has clients ranging from movie stars to politicians. Jack is keen to keep the business legal & not fall into the same traps as his father. But when the mob come calling they are not easy to refuse. On a rare night off accompanying a client to the Golden Globe awards Jack receives a phone call from school friend Abbie Cushman. Abbies wife has been murdered & he desperately needs Jacks help. The murder is brutal & with no apparent motive; fingers begin pointing towards Abbie. Jack is certain that Abbie didnt kill his wife but he will have to work night & day to prove it. Meanwhile Jacks second-in-command at Private Justine Smith is helping the L.A.P.D. in a serial killer investigation. Over the past two years twelve school girls from the same area in L.A. have been murdered. The killings are highly professional & so far the Police have no leads whatsoever. Justine has been called in to make use of her experience & Privates resources. A breakthrough is desperately needed because these killings show no signs of stopping. ...

The good the bad & the beautiful... When Reed Brennan arrives at Easton Academy she discovers that everyone is more sophisticated more gorgeous & a whole lot wealthier than she is. She feels like an outsider looking in.. .until she meets the Billings Girls the most beautiful intelligent & powerful girls on campus. Reed vows to do whatever it takes to be accepted into their inner circle. But once shes in she discovers theres more to the Girls closets than designer clothes
- theyre hiding skeletons too.. .and secrets which must be kept PRIVATE. Whatever the cost
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Sam the ugly duckling who grew into a swan. Now beautiful & wealthy with a glittering career no one can understand why shes still on her own. When she meets a handsome stranger on holiday things finally seem to be falling into place... Meaghan a true survivor. The teenage runaway who worked her way off the streets she was swept off her feet by a young army officer to live on the other side of the world finally escaping the family she loathed... Dani the beautiful misfit desperately looking for daddy in all the wrong places & finding instead a man who will teach her everything that is wrong & corrupt about love. & Abby the model wife everything her husband & family could want & more but never being herself. Until a dark secret threatens to pull her well-ordered life apart. ...

A history lesson they'll never forget & neither will you. Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin & believes she's seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris her colleague
- & until recently her fiance
- is found dead brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city. The slaughterhouse is filled with bodies. But just as Private begin their investigations the building explodes wiping out all evidence of the crimes & nearly killing Mattie & her team. Mattie soon realises that a masked killer is picking off Chris's childhood friends one by one & destroying the trail. But who wants the past buried so badly? What is the truth about that slaughterhouse? & will Mattie become the killer's next victim?

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