This title is winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfiction. Almost six hundred years ago a short genial man took a very old manuscript off a library shelf. With excitement he saw what he had discovered & ordered it copied. The book was a miraculously surviving copy of an ancient Roman philosophical epic On the Nature of Things" by Lucretius & it changed the course of history. He found a beautiful poem of the most dangerous ideas
- that the universe functioned without the aid of gods that religious fear was damaging to human life & that matter was made up of very small particles in eternal motion. These ideas fuelled the Renaissance inspiring Botticelli shaping the thoughts of Montaigne Darwin & Einstein. An innovative work of history by one of the world's most celebrated scholars & a thrilling story of discovery " The Swerve" details how one manuscript plucked from a thousand years of neglect made possible the world as we know it. Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Nonfiction."
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Swift & Bold" is richly illustrated portrait of the regiment including the part played by the Regimental HQ the Royal Green Jackets Association the Volunteers & the Cadets. Further chapters take cover the contribution made by The Royal Green Jackets to counter-insurgency in the Far East to the long campaign in Northern Ireland & service in the Cold War period. Written by insiders with first-hand knowledge of the Regiment & containing more than 250 images this is a unique milestone publication that every Rifleman past present & future will want to own whether to remember his time in The Royal Green Jackets or as a reminder of the exceptional heritage they represent." ...

After Shell's mother dies her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning & Shell is left to care for her younger brother & sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young priest & most importantly her developing relationship with childhood friend Declan charming eloquent & persuasive. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland to seek his fortune in America Shell finds herself pregnant & the centre of a scandal that rocks the small community in which she lives with repercussions across the whole country. The lives of those immediately around her will never be the same again. ...

It is 1848 & the British Empire has grown rich exploiting Lilliputian slaves
- the finesse of their working allowing unheard of
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Swim Bike Run is the ultimate triathlon book from Olympic heroes the Brownlee brothers The Olympic Triathlon Hyde Park London August 7th 2012. ' We jogged to our positions on the pontoon: two brothers side by side the world & everyone we ever cared about looking on. Eighteen years of training culminating in this single race. Noise from the crowd impossible to imagine. Hearts thumping. Swim-hats pulled tight goggles lowered. Into a crouch poised for the hooter. Three. Two. One...' This is the story of how two skinny lads from west Yorkshire became the best triathletes in the world. Meet the Brownlees: Olympic Champion Alistair World Champion Jonny. Brothers training partners rivals. They have obliterated the competition & set new standards for swimming biking & running. But the Brownlee brothers have never forgotten their roots. They still do their schoolboy hill runs & Dales rides; still train harder & longer than anyone; still push each other to new heights. In this revealing often very funny book they take us inside their world & inside their races. It's both a riveting story of brotherly rivalry & a rare insight into what it takes to be the best. Swim Bike Run is also packed with training secrets. Whether you are thinking about your first triathlon or are a seasoned competitor here are unique sections on how to swim bike & run & advice on nutrition injury & mental approach. With the Brownlees in your corner you will do more than you ever thought possible. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in swimming cycling & running & will be loved by readers of Mark Cavendish's Boy Racer & Running with the Kenyans. Alistair Brownlee 24 is a British triathlete from Yorkshire. He is the reigning Olympic champion a back-to-back European champion & a two-time World champion. Jonathan Brownlee 22 is also a British triathlete from Yorkshire. He is the reigning World Champion a two-time World Sprint champion & an Olympic bronze medalist. Sport has two new heroes: a couple of nice lads from Yorkshire". (The Times)." ...

A gripping captivating novel about love loss & what home really means. Forty-three year old Ria is used to being alone. As a child her life changed forever with the death of her beloved father & since then she has struggled to find love. That is until she discovers the swimmer. Ben is a young illegal immigrant from Sri Lanka who has arrived in Norfolk via Moscow. Awaiting a decision from the Home Office on his asylum application he is discovered by Ria as he takes a daily swim in the river close to her house. He is twenty years her junior & theirs is an unconventional but deeply moving romance defying both boundaries & cultures
- & the xenophobic residents of Orford. That is until tragedy occurs.
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As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is very much alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted fingernails walking naked out of the water & into the heart of their holiday. Why is she there? What does she want from them all? & why does Joe's enigmatic wife allow her to remain? Profound & thrilling Swimming Home reveals how the most devastating secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves. ...

Frankie hasn't had a proper relationship for years. But though she tells everyone this is how she wants it secretly she's in love with her best friend Patrick. Tor didn't think she could have a baby but now she is pregnant by her younger lover. Could this mean the end of a romance that has started to mean more to her than she expected? Leila seems to have it all
- a happy marriage a beautiful daughter & a successful career. But Leila is harbouring a secret that could destroy her marriage forever. On an idyllic Greek island the three women try to keep their secrets hidden. But emotions are running high & when an unexpected guest arrives events start to spin out of control.
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On a shimmeringly hot Sunday in May Louise is at a neighbours pool with her daughters
- & glaring at her resentfully is her estranged
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On a shimmeringly hot Sunday in May Louise is at a neighbours pool with her daughters
- & glaring at her resentfully is her estranged
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