Oliver Sharpe Marques of Stoneville has been playing the role of rakehell for nearly twenty years. Seeing him & his siblings spiral downward their grandmother Hester threatens to disinherit them all if they dont straighten out their lives & settle marry within the next year. Outraged Oliver devises a plan to hire a woman from a brothel to pose as his fiance & prove to Hester that she cannot force his h&. So when he meets Maria Butterfield an American woman who is searching for her fiance in the most unlikely of places he knows shes perfect for his ruse. But before long he finds himself willing to risk anything to make her his
- even his heart & the dark secret he hides inside it.
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One of the most eligible gentlemen in the ton Gerrard Debbington is besieged by offers from London's most sought-after beauties but as the ton's foremost artistic lion there's only one offer he wants to accept
- the chance to paint the fantastical but seldom-seen gardens of reclusive Lord Tregonning's Hellebore Hall. That chance is dangled before Gerrard but to grasp it he must fulfill Lord Tregonning's demand that he also create an open & honest portrait of the man's daughter. Gerrard loathes the idea of wasting his time & talents on some simpering miss but with no alternative he agrees. Only Gerrard is stunned by the deep emotions Jacqueline stirs & captivated by her passionate nature & innate goodness. He is soon convinced that Jacqueline is the soulmate he needs as his wife. But something is horribly wrong at Hellebore Hall. Evil lurks in the beautiful gardens & along the rambling pathways. & that evil reaches out to ensnare Jacqueline trapping her in a web of insidious whispers
- whispers that paint her as a double murderess.

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Capitalism faltered at the end of the 1990s as corporations were rocked by fraud the stock-market bubble burst & the American business model
- unfettered self-interest privatization & low tax
- faced a storm of protest. But what are the alternatives to the mantras of market fundamentalism? Leading economist John Kay unravels the truth about markets from Wall Street to Switzerland from Russia to Mumbai examining why some nations are rich & some poor why one-size-fits-all globalization hurts developing countries & why markets can work
- but only in a humane social & cultural context. His answers offer a radical new blueprint for the future.


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When she was nine years old Melody Brownes house burned down taking every toy every photograph every item of clothing & old Christmas card with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions it took with it all her memories
- Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties Melody lives in a council flat in the middle of London with her seventeen-year-old son. She hasnt seen her parents since she left home at fifteen but Melody doesnt mind shes better off on her own. Shes made a good life for herself & her son & she likes it that way. Until one night something extraordinary happens. Whilst attending a hypnotist show with her first date in years she faints
- & when she comes round she starts to remember. At first her memories mean nothing to her but then slowly day by day she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. Her journey takes her to the seaside town of Broadstairs to oddly familiar houses in London backstreets & to meetings with strangers who love her like their own. But with every mystery she solves another one materialises with every question she answers another appears. & Melody begins to wonder if shell ever know the truth about her past...

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We all know Santa Claus: fat jolly omniscient swift lives in a nice home in the Arctic with the missus & a pack of elves. Well forget what you know. Santa Claus is from Greenpoint Brooklyn as it turns out & hes not as fat as he used to be. Heres something else you didnt know: hes been dabbling in some futuristic technology & has found myriad ways to make his job possible. How can Santa know whos been naughty & nice? Simple: implant listening devices into your ornaments. How can he make it to every house on Christmas Eve? Thats nothing a little cloning & some wormholes cant solve. & he has plenty of other tactics: quantum entanglement organ replacement drug-induced hibernation & unmanned aerial vehicles to name just a few. In this fantastically illustrated affectionate & hilarious book Gregory Mone uses science & technology to overturn the assumption that Santa cant be real. Drawing on the work of accomplished scientists & researchers Mone gives us a whole new portrait of this remarkable man & the miracles he makes happen every year. With imaginative artwork & an eye-catching package this book makes an outstanding Christmas gift for just about anyone. ...

Awakened by the shuddering of a huge iceberg puncturing the side of the ship Colonel Archibald Gracie was quickly dressed & on deck to see the aftermath of what was to become the most famous collision in history. He had gone to bed early on the night of 14 April 1912 expecting to be up with the larks & enjoying a session in the gym & a game of squash before breakfast but by morning he was standing atop an overturned lifeboat awaiting rescue from the frozen North Atlantic. The nights exertions were to have a huge effect on Gracie. He began to write the story of the tragic events soon after he was back on dry land completing most of the task by Autumn 1912. Telling the story of the last few hours of the sinking Titanic & his miraculous escape as she plummeted 14 000 feet to the ocean floor Gracies book is recognised as simply the best account of the disaster. He died in December 1912 while proofing the manuscript but the Truth about the Titanic remains today as the most accurate of the eyewitness accounts recording Gracies own story as well as that of each of the lifeboats as they left the doomed Titanic. ...

As we lurch from scare to scare about vaccines we no longer fully trust what we are being told by doctors. In a series of investigations over seven years into all the new & commonly-prescribed vaccines (including HPV) autism immune diseases & allergies Dr Richard Halvorsen spoke to health officials researchers fellow doctors & parents. He discovered that vaccines are being given to children without knowing enough about them. Parents are regularly being misguided about vaccine effectiveness & their safety. Doctors are not being provided with the right information. They even live in fear of being seen to challenge perceived wisdom. Medical researchers often find that impartial vaccine research is impossible
- those who dare speak-out risk being discredited. By presenting all the original medical research in an easy readable form Dr Halvorsen allows parents to distinguish fact from fiction & make an informed decision about the right choice for their child. This new edition was expanded with two new chapters on autism & new medical & pharmaceutical research & contains an alternative vaccination schedule for both NHS & private patients.
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There are billions of dogs in the world each with its own character & breed traits. Is it possible that all of these dogs have dominant personalities? Apply that concept to people: are all humans trying to dominate one another? The answer of course is no. Like us dogs fit into many categories & not all of them want to be boss. Similarly all people & dogs will boundary push; that's part of life & learning. This unique myth-busting book encourages the reader to challenge old traditions & misconceptions about their canine companion & question the advice given by out of touch dog trainers. It explains that the dominance method of training was in use long before any wolf pack hierarchy studies were carried out & will help owners throw out old ideas & begin working with their dogs in an atmosphere of trust love & mutual respect. Although there are numerous dog training books available The Truth about Wolves & Dogs" is a critique of traditional dog training & all the myths surrounding it that will take the reader on a journey of discovery. Your dog will thank you for reading this book." ...

1945: The wars over. But there are no medals for Danny Mc Rae. Just amnesia & blackouts; twin handicaps for a private investigator with a filthy rich client on the hook for murder. Dannys blackouts mean that hours sometimes days are a complete blank. So when news of a brutal killer stalking Londons red light district start to stir grisly memories Danny is terrified about what he might discover if he delves deeper into his fractured mind. As the two bloody sagas collide & interweave Danny finds himself running for his life across the bomb-ravaged city. The only escape is through that gap in his memory... Will his past catch up with him before his enemies? & which would be worse? ...

A brilliant story of the secrets we keep. Desmond Fitzmaurice is a mysterious literary giant of the thirties whom no one has seen for years. Caroline is a London journalist & hasn't the faintest interest in going to Dublin to interview him. That his life story will feature 'lots of sex & some violence' as the old man claims seems farcical. She'll stay for a couple of nights extract what she can & try to make his life sound interesting. But in Desmond's quiet house his quiet life Caroline discovers much much more than she bargained for... ...