Every day hapless hopefuls
- or coneys as the locals call them
- come to dirty & dangerous London town trying to seek their

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In 1876 a man named Henry Wickham smuggled seventy thousand rubber tree seeds out of the rain forests of Brazil & delivered them to Victorian Englands most prestigious scientists at Kew Gardens. Those seeds planted around the world in Englands colonial outposts gave rise to the great rubber boom of the early twentieth century
- an explosion of entrepreneurial & scientific industry that would change the world. The story of how Wickham got his hands on those seeds
- a sought-after prize for many suffered & died
- is the stuff of legend. In this lively account of obsession greed bravery & betrayal author & journalist Joe Jackson brings to life a classic Victorian fortune-hunter & the empire that fueled then abandoned him. The Thief at the End of the World" is a thrilling true story of reckless courage & ambition."


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Winter has come early to Venice. Two orphaned children are on the run hiding among the crumbling canals & misty alleyways of the city. Befriended by a gang of street children & their mysterious leader the Thief Lord they shelter in an old disused cinema. On their trail is a bungling detective obsessed with disguises & the health of his pet tortoises. But a greater threat to the boys new-found freedom is something from a forgotten past
- a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself.
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When society widow Lady Isabel Beckinhall becomes involved with the Home for Unfortunate Infants & Foundling Children she soon clashes with its manager Winter Makepeace whom she finds severely monastic terribly solemn.. .and quite distractingly intriguing. & Winter does have a secret: at night he transforms into the masked avenger the Ghost of St Giles. After the infamous Ghost of St Giles is wounded while rescuing a notorious pirate from the gallows Isabel has no choice but to hide him from a ravenous mob though doesn't discover his identity. Winter is haunted by this glimpse of the tender
- & sensuous
- side of Lady Beckinhall though he knows that they are too far apart socially to ever be together. But when a relentless dragoon captain begins hunting the Ghost of St Giles Winter must decide if he can trust his secret his life
- & his heart
- to Isabel's hands.



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Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. & on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History who store it & pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the underwater
- how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities where there's never enough time. But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against well time for Lu Tze & his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. & that will only be the start of everyone's problems. THIEF OF TIME comes complete with a full supporting cast of heroes villains yetis martial artists & Ronnie the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (who left before they became famous).
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Time isn't a toy to be played with. It's bigger than all of us. It exists outside the artificial & arbitrary divisions into which humankind has presumptuously shoehorned it. It needs to elastic. To understand truly you have to see time as the most important resource we have. You mess with it at your peril. You can let it move fast or slowly but what you mustn't do is allow it to stop. Because when time stands still everything stops with it. Then there really is no future. & where would we be without one of those? ...

You're the new girl in school. You're just trying to fit in
- & it's not working. Then someone accuses you of theft & you think
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Setting a new standard for the study of anatomy the Thieme Atlas of Anatomy with access to Winking Skull.com PLUS is more than a collection of anatomical images--it is an indispensable resource for anyone who works with the human body. Praise for the Atlas of Anatomy: General Anatomy & Musculoskeletal System: This atlas contains superior illustrations of the musculoskeletal system of the trunk upper & lower extremities as well as a concise but very informative overview of general anatomical concepts. --American Association of Anatomists News

Features: * An innovative user-friendly format in which each two-page spread presents a self-contained guide to a specific topic *1 700 original full-color illustrations & 100 tables present comprehensive coverage of the musculoskeletal system general anatomy surface anatomy & embryology * Hundreds of clinical applications emphasize the vital link between anatomical structure & function * Expertly rendered cross-sections x-rays & CT & MRI scans vividly demonstrate clinical anatomy * Clearly labeled images help the reader easily identify each structure * Summary tables appear throughout -- ideal for rapid review * A scratch-off code provides access to Winking Skull.com PLUS an interactive online study aid featuring over 600 full-color anatomy illustrations & radiographs labels-on labels-off functionality & timed self-tests The Atlas of Anatomy series also features Neck & Internal Organs & Head & Neuroanatomy. Each atlas is available in softcover & hardcover &

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Thierry Henry -- gifted charismatic & a genuinely world class footballer -- has always been a prolific goalscorer of natural apparently effortless brilliance. Impossibly good on his day he has passed into Arsenal legend as the hero of a team that finally ended Manchester United's domination winning two league titles & three FA cups. He was also instrumental in France's World Cup & European Cup glories in 1998 & 2000 (becoming France's record goalscorer) & continued his incredibly successful career at Barcelona by winning the treble in his second season. But as he approached the autumn of his career Thierry's crown began to slip -- from the infamous ' Hand of Gaul' incident to a dismal World Cup 2010 campaign. Suddenly for the first time a player who Arsene Wenger once dubbed 'the greatest striker ever' was not universally loved & admired. A man who had spent his career at the very top of the game raised above his peers on a torrent of extraordinary statistics & trophies began to learn how lonely such a position could be. So who is the real Thierry Henry? Drawing from numerous interviews & impeccable sources as well as his own observations over the course of Henry's entire career award-winning author Philippe Auclair has produced the most complete portrait of the Arsenal hero ever to be written. Clear-eyed lyrical & passionately argued Thierry Henry: Lonely at the Top is a biographical essay in the fullest sense of the word -- & as raw shocking & thought-provoking as it is celebratory of Henry's outstanding flair & talent. ...

The first in Caroline Lawrences internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series re-issued with a fantastic new cover look. Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ships captain living in Ostia the port of Rome in AD79 she & her three friends Jonathan a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia an African slave girl; & Lupus a mute beggar boy must work together to discover who is beheading the watchdogs that guard peoples homes & why. A talented storyteller Caroline Lawrence has created a delightfully readable & accessible series that children will want to read time & time again. ...