In 18th century Stockholm as the winds of revolution rage through the great capitals of Europe the key to a nations fate rests in the hands of an unlikely hero. Emil Larsson is a drinker card player & contented bachelor until he is told that his position at the Office of Excise & Customs depends on his settling down & finding a wife. Mrs Sparrow proprietor of an exclusive gaming house fortune teller (and confidante of King Gustav III) offers to lay an Octavo for him
- a form of cartomancy which can divine his future if he can find the eight individuals who can help him realise his vision. When Mrs Sparrow wins a mysterious fan in her card game the Octavos deeper powers are revealed. No longer just a game of the heart collecting his Eight is now crucial to pulling his country back from the brink of rebellion & chaos. A debut novel full of opulent period detail brilliantly interweaving history romance & intrigue in which one mans fortune holds the key to a nations precarious fate. A delicious page-turner that brings 18th century Stockholm to vivid life complete with scandal conspiracy mystery & a hint of magic.
- Eleanor Brown New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters http://pinterest.com/tworoadsbooks/the-stockholm-octavo/

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Treat yourself to a Christmas youll never forget. This erotic anthology has a vast selection of festive fun to give you a very merry Christmas. It may be cold outside but this collection of steamy stories is almost too hot to handle! Theres no better way to escape this season than with Stocking Fillers". " Black Lace Books": the leading imprint of erotic fiction for women." ...

Now in its tenth edition Stockleys Drug Interactions is still the most indispensible & authoritative international source of drug interaction information. Based upon the many thousands of published clinical papers & reports it provides a series of detailed yet concise monographs designed for quick & easy reference. Each monograph contains a summary clinical evidence for the interaction under discussion its probable mechanism clinical importance & management. Now also

Includes:: complimentary individual online access to Stockleys Drug Interactions on Medicines Complete for one year.

Features: 1. Covers interactions between therapeutic drugs proprietary medicines some commonly used herbal medicines foods drinks pesticides & drugs of abuse. 2. Provides a comprehensive & fully-referenced discussion of the available clinical evidence for interactions an assessment of their clinical importance & gives clear practical guidance on how to manage the interaction all in detailed yet concise monographs. 3. Content is clinically relevant evaluated & evidence-based & provides the depth of critical information that is often missing from more general reference works. 4. Based on published sources & fully referenced. 5. Global coverage
- inclusion of drugs used worldwide. 6 Part of a family of drug interactions resources including a quick reference pocket book Stockleys Drug Interactions Pocket Companion a specialist herbal interactions text Stockleys Herbal Medicines Interactions & Stockleys Drug Interactions Alerts which contains data suitable for integration into dispensing & prescribing systems. New in this edition. The tenth edition has been comprehensively updated in-line with published literature & contains information on many new drugs including amifampridine dapoxetine febuxostat fingolimod HCV- protease inhibitors (boceprevir & telaprevir) omalizumab & tapentadol. Some highlights include: * Content has been updated to include new advice regarding the concurrent use of oral contraceptives & antibacterials; * Table of P-glycoprotein inhibitors has been revised & updated; * Tables of cytochrome P450 inducers & inhibitors have been revised & updated; * Table of drugs that prolong the QT-interval has been revised & updated.




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The small & conveniently sized quick-reference Stockley's Drug Interactions Pocket Companion 2013 continues to provide the busy healthcare professional with a trustworthy affordable & practical clinical reference on drug interactions & their management. It draws on the wealth of clinically evaluated evidence-based information on drug
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Includes:: over 2 000 interaction monographs pertaining to specific drugs or drug groups including 75 new monographs. New & updated interactions advice including the addition of drugs such as eslicarbazepine maraviroc & roflumilast & updates to the list of drugs that have a risk of prolonging the QT interval. Structured alphabetically for ease of searching with a comprehensive back of book index. Easy-to-use severity rating symbols offer guidance to the user on the clinical significance of the interaction. Quick-reference format summarises the interaction & management advice. An essential clinical reference for physicians pharmacists nurses & other healthcare professionals.




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Lt Cdr Julian Stockwin shares his love & knowledge of the sea in this entertaining collection of maritime stories & little-known trivia. Featuring nautical facts & feats including superstitions at sea the history of animals on the waves
- until 1975 when all animals were banned from Royal Navy ships
- & how the inventor of the umbrella helped man the British Navy it is packed with informative tales. Focusing on the glory days of tall ships he explores marine myths & unearths the truth behind commonly held beliefs about the sea such as whether Lord Nelson's body was really pickled in rum to transport it back to England after his death at Trafalgar. Interspersed throughout are salty sayings showing the modern words & phrases that originate from the mariners of old
- 'cut of his jib' 'high & dry' 'the coast is clear' 'first rate' & 'slush fund'. Accompanied by nostalgic black & white line drawings Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany" is a charming giftbook guaranteed to appeal to the sailing enthusiast but also amuse & inform even the staunchest landlubber."


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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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Stolen" is the number one bestseller from Lesley Pearse. A beautiful young woman is discovered half-drowned on a Sussex beach... Where has she come from? Why cant she remember who she is
- or what happened? Shes wearing an old-fashioned dress & her hair has been hacked off. Shes obviously been bound by the wrists & ankles. But without knowing her own name or who did this to her she cant begin to piece together who she is & what led her to this unfamiliar place. The police are baffled but when the doctors examine her they make a shocking discovery: she has recently given birth. Who on earth is she? & where is her baby? " Stolen" is a riveting nail-biting story of a young woman desperately trying to recover her past & make sense of the woman she used to be. Lesley Pearse author of the UK & international best-sellers "A Lesser Evil" & " Remember Me" tells a powerful & moving story of identity & self-discovery in her thrilling number one best-seller " Stolen". Fans of Susan Lewis will love Lesley Pearse. Praise for Lesley Pearse: " With characters it is impossible not to care about.. .this is storytelling at its very best". (" Daily Mail"). " Lose yourself in this epic saga". (" Bella"). " An emotional & moving epic you wont forget in a hurry". (" Womans Weekly"). With her gripping & moving storylines best-selling author Lesley Pearse has captured the imaginations of millions in the UK & abroad. Her other titles " The Promise" "A Lesser Evil" " Till We Meet Again" " Secrets" " Charlie" " Father Unknown" " Gypsy" " Trust Me" " Faith" " Never Look Back" " Remember Me" & " Hope" are also available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol & has three daughters & two grandchildren."
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Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport & taken to the Australian Outback. This wild & desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book so vividly is it described. Ty her captor is no stereotype. He is young fit & completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun cut off from the world outside can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? The story takes the form of a letter written by Gemma to Ty reflecting on those strange & disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love & obsession & love & dependency blur until they don't exist
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In the middle of one of the worst civil wars in Syria's history Louise Monaghan crossed a heavily guarded border to save her six-year-old daughter from the father who had callously snatched her from her home in Cyprus. Not knowing what lay ahead the Irish mother tricked her ex-husband into believing she still loved him & wanted them to live together as a family purely so that she could see her kidnapped child again. Once in his homeland Louise too was held captive locked inside a run-down house day & night with little food & no hope of being released. Sick from polluted water severely beaten by her ex-husband & abandoned by the Turkish men paid to rescue her she took her little girl & made a daring escape. The journey they made through bomb attacks & sniper fire & across a heavily patrolled mountain range in the dead of night led by illegal people-smugglers was a harrowing ordeal. Yet miraculously they both survived & Stolen is Louise's breathtaking account of events. ...