Hot young British film star Amanda Delany had the world at her feet. She'd had a string of affairs with famous actors making perfect fodder for the tabloids. Then came a commission to write a tell-all memoir. When Amanda is found brutally murdered DCI James Langton's enquiry discovers the sad truth behind her successful facade. Addicted to drugs & starvation diets she'd almost died from a botched abortion. Meanwhile DI Anna Travis is up for promotion but Langton is blocking her accusing her of professional misconduct. This latest case could make or break Anna's career. ...

The Silent Sea" is the gripping seventh novel in Clive Cusslers " Oregon Files" series. December 1941. Four brothers investigate the secrets of a treasure pit on a small island in the Pacific. But a sudden death & the coming war allow its secrets to lie forgotten... Present day. Juan Cabrillo & the Oregon team have been sent to locate the remains of a crashed NASA satellite in the Argentine jungle. Coming under attack they make a mysterious discovery which sends them to a small Pacific isl&. There they will discover the deadly secrets of an ancient Chinese expedition
- by the lost ship " The Silent Sea". Now Cabrillo & his team are in a race against time to find the remains of " The Silent Sea". Because there will be terrible consequences if someone else finds it first..." The Silent Sea" is a gripping white- knuckle ride of a novel & is Clive Cussler at his brilliant best. The number-one bestselling author of the thrilling " Dirk Pitt" novels " Treasure of Khan" & " Trojan Odyssey" & co-author Jack Du Brul have hero Juan Cabrillo & his team race to discover the location of a lost Chinese ship & the secrets she hides in the seventh novel of the " Oregon Files" adventure series " The Silent Sea". Praise for Clive Cussler: " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept millions of readers hooked with adventures at sea exotic locations cutting-edge science & page-turning pace for four decades. As well as the " Oregon Files" series there are also the "NUMA Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the " Isaac Bell" adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the " Oregon Files" are: " Golden Buddha" " Sacred Stone" " Dark Watch" " Skeleton Coast" " The Plague Ship" " Corsair" & " The Jungle" & are all available in Penguin paperback."
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For years Jenny & sister Kim suffered horrendous physical & sexual abuse at the hands of their father. They survived in part because of their closeness & their determination to be there for each other. Both sisters left home at the earliest opportunity to escape but before long Jenny was embroiled in a relationship with an abusive man that kept her locked in a cycle of violence & fear. Their lives followed parallel paths with first marriage then kids & always the terror that things would never change. Eventually with a lot of love grit & courage they helped each other to climb out of the pit of despair & truly free themselves from the legacy of the past. Every bit as harrowing & inspiring as Behind Closed Doors this is a story of the power of unstintingly loyal love. ...

Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century Silent Spring" exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press & heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book Rachel Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government & inspired the ecological movement." ...

American scientist & author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in 1962. She made vivid the prospect of life without birdsong. But has her warning been heeded? Fifty years on Conor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of environmentalism since Silent Spring was published. His revealing & engaging tale plots milestone events in conservation popular culture & political history in the British Isles & beyond tracing a path through the half century since 'zero hour' 1962. Around this he weaves his own observations & touching personal experiences seeking to answer the question: what happened to the birds & birdsong & why does it matter? ...

Over the past 20 years dramatic declines have taken place in UK insect populations. Eventually such declines must have knock-on effects for other animals especially high profile groups such as birds & mammals. This authoritative yet accessible account details the current state of the wildlife in Britain & Ireland & offers an insight into the outlook for the future. Written by a team of the countrys leading experts it appraises the changes that have occurred in a wide range of wildlife species & their habitats & outlines urgent priorities for conservation. It

Includes:: chapters on each of the vertebrate & major invertebrate groups with the insects covered in particular depth. Also considered are the factors that drive environmental change & the contribution at local & government level to national & international wildlife conservation. Essential reading for anyone who is interested in & concerned about UK wildlife.

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Silent Theatre: The Art of Edward Hopper is a celebration & exploration of the work of Edward Hopper. This beautifully produced monograph is a thorough introduction to Hoppers work as well as a detailed exploration of many of the themes of Hoppers paintings including longing time desire change & sanctuary. Accompanying the reproductions of Hoppers oils watercolours & etchings is Walter Wells informative & engaging writing which charts Hoppers artistic & literary influences. Wells also delves into the artists psychological & emotional states & suggests how these have affected Hoppers output. As well as containing reproductions of Hoppers most famous works Summertime New York Movie Morning Sun Night Hawks & Hotel Room this book contains photographs of Hopper himself as well as large scale reproductions of Hoppers sketch books & comparative art by Van Gogh Ed Ruscha Walter Sickert & Toulouse-Lautrec. The author & editors of Silent Theatre were the winners of the prestigious Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in the Arts & Humanities. ...

When Emily Gordon editor at a London publishing house commissions an account of great English novelist Hugh Morton she finds herself steering a tricky path between Morton's formidable widow Jacqueline who's determined to protect his secrets & the biographer charming & ambitious Joel Richards. But someone is sending Emily mysterious missives about Hugh Morton's past & she discovers a buried story that simply has to be told… One winter's day in 1948 nineteen year old Isabel Barber arrives at her Aunt Penelope's house in Earl's Court having run away from home to follow her star. A chance meeting with an East European refugee poet leads to a job with his publisher Mc Kinnon & Holt & a fascinating career beckons. But when she develops a close editorial relationship with charismatic young debut novelist Hugh Morton & the professional becomes passionately personal not only are all her plans put to flight but she finds herself in a struggle for her very survival. Rachel Hore's intriguing & suspenseful new novel magnificently evokes the milieux of London publishing past & present & connects the very different worlds of two young women Emily & Isabel who through their individual quests for truth love & happiness become inextricably linked. ...

What will it take to put the past to rest? Professional genealogist Melissa Grantham receives an invitation to visit her family's ancestral home Ashleigh Manor. From the moment she arrives life-like dreams & visions haunt her. The spiritual connection to a medieval young woman & her forbidden lover have her questioning her sanity but Melissa is determined to solve the mystery. Jake Precy owner of a nearby cottage has disturbing dreams too but it's not until he meets Melissa that they begin to make sense. He hires her to research his family's history unaware their lives are already entwined. Is the mutual attraction real or the result of ghostly interference? A haunting love story set partly in the present & partly in fifteenth century Kent. Christina Courtenay won the 2012 Best Historical Romantic novel of the year award (Ro NA) for her novel Highland Storms. ...

When journalist Laurie Forbes turns up on Beth Ashby's doorstep minutes after Beth's husband political high-flier Colin Ashby has been arrested for murder neither can even begin to guess the shocking repercussions that have just been triggered in both their lives. Beth attempts to escape from her shattered life by throwing herself into the kind of reckless high-living that seems destined for disaster while Laurie finds herself being threatened terrorised & even taken prisoner for what she knows. As the dangerous truth draws closer Laurie realises that if she is to save Beth from those already preparing to destroy her she must put her trust in hated rival journalist Elliot Russell & face up to a ghost from the past. ...