The retreat of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons in the early months of the First World War is one of the great dramas of European history. Blending his recreation of the military campaign with contemporary testimony & an account of his own ride over the route Richard Holmes takes the reader on a unique journey
- to glimpse the summer the old world ended.
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This title presents a rouge: red-hot romance. Haley Holmes has been dispatched to the Louisiana bayous to investigate the phenomenon known as Remy Begnaud
- a man with a gift he never wanted: the ability to control a storms fury. But even a woman trained in bizarre weather phenomena has no defense against the electrifying power of the ex-Navy Seal.. .a power his enemies would kill to control. With her agency monitoring their every move Haleys job is to seduce Remy gain his trust
- & help him harness his extraordinary gift. But who will protect her from this voracious lover whos introducing her to a new world of erotic thrills
- a man who grows increasingly insatiable with each new weather event? This is the debut novel from Sydney Croft
- a blisteringly hot paranormal series that has been described as The X-Men meets erotica... Titles in this series are: Riding the Storm" " Unleashing the Storm" " Seduced by the Storm" " Taming the Fire" " Tempting the Fire" & " Taken by Fire"."



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This volume contains Ridleys first three plays which heralded the arrival of a unique & disturbing voice in the world of contemporary drama. They are seminal works in the development of the in yer face theatre that emerged in Britain during the mid-1990s. The three plays here all manifest Ridleys vivid & visionary imagination & the dark beauty of his outlook. They resonate with his trademark themes: East London storytelling moments of shocking violence memories of the past fantastical monologues & that strange mix of the barbaric & the beautiful he has made all his own. The Pitchfork Disney was Ridleys first play & is now seen as launching a new generation of playwrights who were unafraid to shock & court controversy. This unsettling dreamlike piece has surreal undertones & thematically explores fear dreams & story-telling. The Fastest Clock in the Universe is a multi-award-winning play which caused a sensation when it premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1992. An edgy & provocative drama it is now regarded as a contemporary classic. Ghost from a Perfect Place is a scorchingly nasty blend of comedy spectacle & terror where a monster from the past meets the monsters of the present. The volume contains the definitive version of the plays plus an extended & updated introduction & three monologues (Bloodshot Angry & Voosh) published here for the first time. ...

With her inimitable wit & outspoken views Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary & takes us on a journey around Britain with this unrivalled collection of stories & anecdotes from her ever-eventful life. As celebrated cook & champion of the countryside Clarissa's year

Includes:: being propositioned by a burly greyhound courser meeting the Chairman of the Sandringham branch of the WI a fishing terrier called Kipper & taking on the Health & Safety officials at a rain-drenched County Show. Criss-crossing the country she introduces us to long-forgotten traditions & colourful local festivals as she meets up with extraordinary characters & friends old & new. Entertaining poignant but never politically correct RIFLING THROUGH MY DRAWERS is a breath of fresh air & proves once again why Clarissa is one of the nation's true treasures.

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With her inimitable wit treasury of tales & outspoken views Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary & takes us on a journey around Britain & her life. As celebrated cook & champion of the countryside Clarissa recalls episodes from her life & describes her encounters with everyone from local farmers to Women's Institutes supermarket managers to greyhound coursers. A lover of local traditions she has attended events from the Whitstable Oyster Festival to the Hungerford Hochtide. In a world of political correctness Rifling Through My Drawers is a breath of fresh air & proves once again why Clarissa is one of the nation's true treasures. ...

This is an edge-of-your-seat mystery-thriller. In a vast African landscape four teenagers & a journalist vanish without a trace from a camp below a steep rock ridge ' Chomlaya'. As Ella the sister of one of the missing girls helps Inspector Murothi piece together what happened she realises there are terrifying possibilities for her sister & the four others. There has been sinister behaviour & bullying in the camp where the missing were staying. Has there been foul play? Then one of the missing turns up
- but with no memory of what has happened... As the search helicopters continue their constant hum over the rock ridge Ella & the Inspector begin to wonder whether they are already too late...
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* The gripping conclusion to the popular genre-breaking epic trilogy of a war between vampires & humans Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth the vampire lord of Scotland serves the Equatorian cause fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But the human armies are pinned down battered by harsh weather & merciless attacks from vampire packs. To even the odds Adele unleashes the power of her geomancy a fearsome weapon capable of slaughtering vampires in vast numbers. However the power she expends threatens her own life even as she questions the morality of such a weapon. As the war turns ever bloodier & Adele is threatened by betrayal Gareth faces a terrible choice. Their only hope is a desperate strike against the lord of the vampire clans
- Gareth's brother Cesare. It is a gamble that could win the war or signal the final days of the Greyfriar. The Vampire Empire" trilogy rushes to a heart-wrenching conclusion of honour & love hatred & vengeance sacrifice & loss."
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Wallpaper City Guides" not only suggest where to stay eat & drink but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up & coming areas landmark buildings in an Architour design centers & the best shops to buy items unique to that city. " Wallpaper City Guides" present travelers with a fast-track ticket to the chosen location. The edited guides offer the best most exciting & the most beautiful of that particular city. As well as looking beautiful the guides are expertly designed with function as a priority & have tabbed sections so that the tourist can easily find what they are looking for. There are maps rate & currency cards color-coded parts of the city & an easy navigational tool. They are the ultimate combination of form & function." ...

The key to contentment in the Scottish climate is the right attitude to rain
- just as in life the key to happiness lies in making
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The firstground-breaking account of the teaching of history in Englands state schools from the early 1900s to the present day this accessible study is a major contribution to the current debates about the place of history in the classroom & the national curriculum. Drawing on a wide variety of hitherto unpublished material including an especially created oral history archive & the recollections of many former pupils as to what it was like to be on the receiving end & how much they have remembered of what they were taught the authors of this powerfully-argued book present an original & comprehensive account of the political decisions & the pedagogic practices which determined the sort of history that was taught in the classroom. Concluding with some important recommendations about what needs to be done to safeguard the teaching of history in Englands schools in the future The Right Kind of History will be an invaluable resource for teachers scholars educationalists andpolicy-makers. ...