This is Douglas Reemans 30th naval thriller. It is the year 1941. To the residents & defence forces of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong the war in Europe remains remote. Even the massive build-up of Japanese forces on the Chinese border cannot dent their carefree optimism. Yet one man suspects the truth. Lieutenant-Commander Esmond Brooke captain of HMS Serpent & a veteran of the cruel Atlantic sees all too clearly the folly & incompetence of Hong Kongs colonial administration. To Brooke attack by Japan seems inevitable. But in war there will always be some who attempt the impossible even in the face of death. This is the story of one ship & her company who refuse to accept the anguish of defeat & surrender to a merciless enemy... ...

In the sprawling flatlands of Florida 28-year-old Miles is photographing the last lingering traces of families who have abandoned their houses due to debt or foreclosure. Miles is haunted by guilt for having inadvertently caused the death of his step-brother a situation that caused him to flee his father & step-mother in New York 7 years ago. What keeps him in Florida is his relationship with a teenage high-school girl Pilar but when her family threatens to expose their relationship Miles decides to protect Pilar by going back to Brooklyn where he settles in a squat to prepare himself to face the inevitable confrontation with his father that he has been avoiding for years. Pulsing with the energy of Auster's previous novel Invisible" " Sunset Park" is as mythic as it is contemporary as in love with baseball as it is with literature. It is above all a story about love & forgiveness
- not only among men & women but also between fathers & sons."
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Faced with a choice between her harsh farming life & the seductive but distant world of books & learning Chris Guthrie eventually decides to remain in her rural community bound by her intense love of the l&. However the intervention of the First World War leaves her choice in tatters. Chris is now a widowed single mother: her farm & the land it occupies is altered beyond recognition
- trees torn down people displaced. But although the novel describes a way of life which is in decline it also presents a strong image of hope. Chris adapts to her new world displaying an intuitive strength which like the land which she loves endures despite everything. Sunset Song" is a testament to Scotlands agricultural past to the world of crofters & tradition which was destroyed in the First World War. It is a powerful description of life in the first few decades of the century through the evocation of change & the lyrical intensity of its prose. Renowned expert Ian Campbell has produced the first new scholarly text for fifteen years & has the blessing of the Lewis Grassic Gibbon estate."
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Sunset Surrender Sophia Montrose is no stranger. Not after the scorching kiss rugged cowboy Logan Slade once shared with the alluring Spanish beauty in school. Now shes back
- Logan wants to hate her but can he resist their unquenchable love-hate passion? Undeniable Demands When Wade Mitchell needs to buy something from Victoria Sullivan he has to reconsider his usual tactics. Since he & Tori have enough heat to melt ice it should be a done deal. But melting Toris resolve is a harder task. When proper negotiation fails seduction may be his only option.
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There are places in the world where darkness rules where its unwise to walk. But the lake had been quiet for years... She never heard them coming. Of course you dont when theyre vampires. They took her clothes & sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. & they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion
- within easy reach of her fellow prisoner. She knows he is a vampire. She knows that shes to be his dinner & that when he is finished with her she will be dead. Yet when dawn breaks she is still alive. & now he needs her to help him survive the day...
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Love & happiness
- hatred & despair... Life seems to alternate between periods of stunning happiness for pretty seventeen-year-old
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Liverpool 1926. Patsy Doyle is settling into her role as live-in maid in the Tanner household but her new job is not going smoothly. Caught between the warring Tanner spouses Patsy becomes an unwilling confidante & a keeper of more secrets than she'd care to acknowledge. Joy Kirk is busy planning her wedding. When her first love was killed in the war she vowed she'd never fall in love again. Now a little older & wiser Joy realises that there could be some benefits to being a wife & having spent many years working as Robbie Bennett's cook & housekeeper she finally accepts his proposal of marriage. But is she letting herself in for more than she bargained for? ...

Molly Bennett & Nellie Mc Donough have been best mates for over twenty years with never a cross word between them. When times were bad & money scarce they kept their families together with love & laughter. & they were always there to help anyone in trouble. So when they hear about a mother who hasn't seen her son for years the two friends know they have a job to do... ...

In 2012 over 6.5 million viewers watched Shelina triumph in the Master Chef final: with her instinctive spicing & intense flavours she brought Mauritian food to TV for the first time inspiring legions of home cooks to try out her recipes at home. Mauritius is a melting pot of cultures & Shelina's food reflects that encompassing Creole French Indian African British & Chinese influences. From Gajaks street food such as chilli cakes & daal puri (flatbreads with split peas) to vegetarian chickpea & sweet potato curry & black lentil fricassee there is an emphasis on freshness & subtle spicing. The island's French heritage can be seen in classic Mauritian dishes such as Lamb ' La Daube' aubergine toufe & king prawn rougaille. Many of the curries pulses & rice dishes are vegetarian & gluten-free. Plus from the ' Mango Queen' there are enticing desserts including mango creme brulee & spiced tea rum baba. Sunshine on a Plate showcases the food of this beautiful island in Shelina's unique home cooking. With family-friendly time-saving recipes & beautiful photography on location in Mauritius this book will make Shelina a true star of the cookery world. ...

With customary charm & deftness Alexander Mc Call Smith gives us another installment in this popular series now running in its eighth season in The Scotsman. Anything could happen to Bertie & the gang especially with an invitation to one of Scotlands premier jazz festivals - ...