The murdered man had been an agent
- once long ago. But George Smiley's superiors at the Secret Service want to see the crime buried
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Updated by Ian Smith & Aaron Baker Smith & Woods Employment Law maintains its reputation for both thorough coverage & lucidity of presentation. The authors provide contextualised discussion throughout & introduce the socio-political pressures affecting this dynamic & fast paced area of law. The topics are introduced with clarity & focus & have been carefully organized to reflect the structure of employment law courses. The tenth edition features coverage of the most significant aspects of individual employment law including a revised chapter on discrimination law in light of the Single Equality Act & an analysis of the repealed statutory dismissal & disputes procedure. The book finishes with a concise overview & analysis of collective employment law & industrial action. Online Resource Centre The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre including: Regular updates post publication
- crucial in this fast moving area of law Multiple choice questions allowing the reader to test their understanding of the topics being studied Web links to useful sources of information to provide an ideal starting point to online research on employment law
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You don't need to be a chef you don't need special ingredients you don't even need a big kitchen. There is a half-galley kitchen in New York with just a single counter a tiny stove pans stacked high in the corner
- yet it has conjured up stews & slaws salsas & pestos tatins & cheesecakes. All to-die-for. This is Deb Perelman's kitchen. Deb is an ordinary home cook who believes food should be a pleasure & deliciousness a guarantee. So she founded www.smittenkitchen.com her award-winning blog where she concocts tweaks & obsessively tests the best imaginable recipes for the everyday cook. These are recipes you'll bookmark share & make your own whether it is Courgette Ribbons with Almond Pesto for a summer lunch Everyday Margherita Pizza for the family Seared Halibut with Gazpacho Salsa for a weekend dinner or Tiny But Intense Chocolate Cake for a special treat. 'I'm a longtime fan of the blog & this is a wonderful cookbook' Rachel Khoo Little Paris Kitchen.
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Britains most celebrated living railway artist John Austin has resisted numerous requests to compile a book about his life & work
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This definitive collection of Neil Gaiman's short fiction will haunt your imagination & move you to the very depths of your soul. An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat. A stray cat fights & refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his unwary adoptive family from unimaginable evil. A young couple receives a wedding gift that reveals a chilling alternative history of their marriage. These tales & much more await in this extraordinary book revealing one of our most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers.

Includes:: extra material exclusive to this Headline Review edition.

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Sister Fidelma & her companion Brother Eadulf are on their way to visit the new Archbishop of Canterbury when their ship is blown off course & they land on the coast of the Welsh kingdom of Dyfed. They are given hospitality by King Gwlyddien & Abbot Tryffin of the Abbey of Dewi Sant & are asked if they would help to solve the mystery of how the entire monastic community of the Abbey including the King's eldest son could vanish into thin air. It's not long before the trail leads to deaths & treachery in high places & Fidelma & Eadulf are faced with a sinister & baffling puzzle. ...

The fire that was to change so many lives started with a single shaft of lightning that struck a mountain ridge on a still & moonless night. Connor Ford the Smoke Jumper braves the the flames to save the woman he loves but cannot have. In the wake of the fire Connor travels to the worlds worst wars & disasters to take photographs that find him fame but not happiness. Reckless of a life he no longer wants he dares death to take him until another fateful day on another continent when he must walk through fire again.. . ...

The last great wilderness... There is a place where bears can live in peace where there is sea-ice all year round where the forests are full of prey & where flat-faces never go. Polar bears Kallik & Taqqiq black bear Lusa grizzly Toklo & the shape-shifting Ujurak believe that this fabled bear paradise must be the destination of their quest. But the path they follow through burning Smoke Mountains is treacherous. Signs & omens point in different directions & in the end each bear must follow their own star. ...

Amy Molly Lily Ruby Ella & Mia meet whilst choosing their adorable new kittens from a litter born at a local farm. The girls quickly become firm friends & they form Kitten Club so that they can get together & swap stories about their gorgeous new kittens! Mia adores her new kitten but her parents are worried that shes so busy with after school clubs she wont have time to take care of him. Mia promises to be organized but even with her best intentions she forgets to feed Smokey one morning & when she gets home from school her lovable kitten has disappeared... ...

Media sensation Smokey the Very Loud Purring Cat" tells the tale of her rise to fame from her own perspective. The foreword is written by the RSPCA. It

Includes:: 16 page colour photo section. Meet Smokey. An official international cat celebrity
- as recognised by the Guinness World Records
- due to her incredibly loud purr! Smokey has appeared on American "ABC News" & "NBC News" as well as " The BBC World Service Daybreak" & almost every UK National newspaper. Through no fault of her own Smokey was passed through several homes before finally settling with the Adams family. Through volunteering to help promote welfare messages for her local branch of Cats Protection her loud purring talent was discovered by the media which led to her entry into the " Guinness Book of World Records". Now Smokey tells the story of her rise to fame in her own words with the help of her owner Ruth Adams of course. Touching & light-hearted if youre not a cat lover already youre guaranteed to be one after reading this extraordinary tale."



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