Sometimes the victims of tragedy are the ones who survive. Annie & Steve are from different worlds. She is a wife & mother he is a wealthy executive with a stream of broken relationships in his wake. They do not know each other exists until one morning on a shopping expedition they becomes victims of a bomb blast thrown together in the debris to fight for their lives. As they lie in the darkness & the rubble the hours slowly tick by. To ward off fear & death they talk: of everything they have to live for of their disappointments loves failures & their hopes. & so a bond is created that binds them deeper than family than friends than lovers. With such strange intimacy such strange trust how can they get through the future without each other? ...

Technology may be different in 2060 New York yet the city is still a place of many cultures & great divides. But as ever some murders receive more attention than others
- especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman found in his Park Avenue apartment tied to the bed
- & strangled
- with cords of black velvet. It doesnt surprise Lieutenant Eve Dallas that Thomas Anders scandalous death is a source of titillation & speculation to the public
- & of humiliation to his family. But while all those in the city are talking about it people close to Anders arent so anxious to do the same. With some help from her billionaire husband Roarke Eve is soon knocking on doors- or barging through them
- to find answers. But the facts dont add up. Physical evidence suggests that the victim didnt struggle. The security breach in the apartment indicates that the killer was someone connected to the family but everyones alibi checks out. Was this a kinky sex game that turned into a crime of passion
- or a meticulously planned execution? Its up to Dallas to solve a case in which strangers may be connected in unexpected & deadly ways.





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Murder harboured no bigotry no bias. It subscribed to no class system. In its gleeful deadly way murder turned a blind eye. Scandalous death sells papers. But as the media frenzy feeds on the wealthy Thomas Anders strangled to death with black velvet in his plush Park Avenue apartment Lieutenant Eve Dallas grapples with just one question: a crime of passion or a cold extermination? Things don't add up. The victim didn't struggle & everyone has an alibi. & when a throwaway comment opens up a horrifying secret Eve is fighting for far more than justice. ' Keeps you guessing to the end' Sun Book Twenty-Six in the New York Times number one bestselling series ...

The Psychologists would call it folie a deux... Bruno slammed his palms together. Hey! Cheeses what an idea! I kill your wife & you kill my father! We meet on a train see & nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch? From this moment almost against his conscious will Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt & an insidious merging of personalities. ...

Award-winning author Graham Robb explores the story -- & history --of male & female homosexuality in the UK & US uncovering elements from legislature literature medicine & day-to-day life that point to a particularly self-aware & sophisticated culture of Victorian homosexuality. Drawing on famous cases such as the Wilde trials as well as a wide variety of previously neglected sources Robb recreates this era with great insight humour & aplomb exploding modern myths & restoring the real & vibrant truth of homosexual love to todays readers: Strangers tells a tale that is in part familiar & in part extremely surprising -- a story of oppression & secrecy but also of unexpected tolerance & familiarity. ...

' This is the original Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin The King is dead. Long live the King. Philip IV is dead & his great kingdom is in disarray. It seems the fatal curse of the Templars is plaguing the royal house of France. His son has been enthroned as Louis X; but with his disgraced wife Marguerite imprisoned in the Chateau Gaillard for her adultery Louis can produce no heir with which to secure the succession. But neither can he marry again while she lives... The web of scandal murder & intrigue that once wove itself around the court of the Iron King continues to draw in his descendants as the destruction of his dynasty continues apace. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys 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. ...

THE COMPANY BUILDS PLANETS. Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one decades of living & with the help of memory surgery she is at the top of her profession. Discovering two of her employees have placed a fossilized plesiosaur in the wrong stratum not to mention the fact it is holding a placard which reads ' End Nuclear Testing Now' doesn't dismay the woman who built a mountain range in the shape of her initials during her own high-spirited youth. But then came discovery of something which did intrigue Kin Arad. A flat earth was something new... ...

Strategic Advertising Management offers a systematic look at advertising within a theoretical & strategic planning framework. The authors present an overview of how advertising works & what is required from a managers perspective in the development of an effective communication plan. The new edition has been fully updated with more coverage of new media throughout the text & the inclusion of a section on advertising for social marketing. Online Resource Centre For Students: Flashcard glossary Additional questions Further reading updates Web links Links to video Examples of Advertising For Lecturers: Suggested IPA case histories Suggested classroom exercises Power Point slides ...