One hundred years ago in March 1909 Shackletons Nimrod Expedition came home safely. When Scott heard the news he immediately contacted Tom Crean with the intention of planning his own adventure. & thus the Terra Nova Expedition was born. The remarkable Tom Crean ran away to sea aged fifteen & spent more time in the unexplored Antarctic than Scott or Shackleton & was one of the few to serve & outlive both. Michael Smiths original biography of this enigmatic figure spawned a Guinness ad a one-man play that is still touring today & a childrens version of the Ice Man which has been chosen as the One Book for literacy groups in Cork & Limerick. Toms story continues to fascinate people because of his extraordinary feats of survival his bravery & his dedication to his comrades. At the end of his expedition days Tom came home to Ireland married & built a pub the South Pole Inn in Annascaul County Kerry. He was an ordinary man who did incredible things a modest man who became a hero. An unforgettable story of triumph over unparalleled hardship & deprivation. ...

Kevin Fultons story is shocking & unique. He is the only double agent to have infiltrated the upper echelons of the Provisional IRA & agreed to tell his shocking story. No known spy has spent longer within the organisation or risen higher in its ranks than Kevin. In order to maintain his cover within one of the worlds most feared terrorist groups Fulton was forced to take part in some of its most heinous crimes including making bombs that would kill & maim. So highly was he thought of by the IRA leaders that they made him a member of their feared internal police
- ironically his job was now to root out & kill informers.
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TROUBLESHOOTERS: THEY NEVER LET YOU DOWN. The first addictive romantic suspense novel in New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooters series filled with thrilling adventure excitement & passion. In THE UNSUNG HERO Lieutenant Tom Paoletti faces a fight with the enemy of his nightmares if he is to have a chance of a life with the woman of his dreams Kelly Ashton. After a near-fatal head injury Navy SEAL Lieutenant Tom Paoletti is ordered to take a leave of absence from his team. Although it's the last thing he wants Tom decides to make the best of a visit home to New England
- & a chance to reconnect with childhood sweetheart Kelly Ashton. Kelly now a doctor has returned home to lick her wounds following a failed marriage but she has never forgotten Tom the once infamous bad boy of the town. When Tom catches a terrifying glimpse of an international terrorist in their hometown & the Navy dismisses the danger as injury-induced imaginings Kelly is the one person who never doubts him. Creating his own makeshift counterterrorist team from his most loyal officers & the town's residents Tom knows they must save the day if he is to have one last chance for happiness with Kelly...
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A week ago Zoey had a group of special friends three boyfriends & a (kinda) clear conscience. Now she has none of the above. Luckily ice-queen Aphrodite is showing signs of melting & ex-roomie Stevie Rae isn't as dead as she'd thought. Though Stevie's now hanging out in tunnels with freaks
- gross. If she can get them to listen Zoey will need all her friends as events take a frightening turn at the House of Night school for vampyres. Shocking true intentions are about to come to light loyalties will be tested & an ancient evil is about to rise again. Some days being special just doesn't seem all that.. .- Not suitable for younger readers -
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'I've got you. You're not alone.' I tried to sound calm & soothing but I was breaking apart inside. Please don't take him! Please save him! my mind screamed. I looked into his eyes & completely forgot the rest of the world. In that moment all I knew was that I was holding Stark in my arms & I was going to lose him very very soon. As if it's not enough to lose her friends & all three boyfriends Zoey Redbird the most powerful fledgling the Vampyre world has ever seen knows that great trouble is coming to the House of Night. Despite her nightmares Zoey finds herself distracted by the new kid Stark brought to the House by Neferet who clearly has something she wants from him. There's something between Stark & Zoey that she never imagined
- but disaster is awaiting them all & she doesn't know if she can fight the approaching evil alone any more...- Not suitable for younger readers -
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The UK was shocked to its core in May 2012 when a gang of nine men was convicted of the systematic sexual abuse of disadvantaged teenage girls in the Rochdale area
- the crimes including counts of rape aiding & abetting rape sexual assault & trafficking girls within the UK for sexual exploitation. Yet many childcare experts reckon these crimes are just the tip of an iceberg of wide scale exploitation occurring across the country. The Deputy Childrens Commissioner Sue Berelowitz said in June 2012 that there isnt a town village or hamlet in which children are not being sexually exploited. As this book goes to press a gang of men similar to those convicted in Rochdale stands trial for similar crimes in Oxford. What is happening in Britain that means young vulnerable girls can be exploited in this way? Award-winning journalist Kris Hollington tells the inside story of some of the most shocking & heartbreaking crimes of recent years focusing on the Rochdale case but also analysing recent cases in the London area that have echoes of the brutality of organised slavery. His findings expose how the British justice system is failing to protect children in the 21st century. It is a scandal that cannot be ignored.
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In 2008 Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour & told he had only two years to live. Physically fit & healthy & suffering from few symptoms he faced his death with the same directness & courage that had marked the rest of his life. As the Independents chief art critic Lubbock was renowned for the clarity & unconventionality of his writing & his characteristic fierce intelligence permeates this extraordinary chronicle. With unflinching honesty & curiosity he repeatedly turns over the fact of his mortality as he wrestles with the paradoxical question of how to live knowing were going to die. Defying the initial diagnosis Tom survived for three years. He savoured his remaining days; engaging with books art friends his wife & their young son while trying to stay focused on the fact of his impending death. There are medical details in the book
- he vividly describes the slow process of losing control over speech as the tumour gradually pressed down on the area of his brain responsible for language
- but this is much more than a book about illness; rather its a book about a man who remains in thrall to life as he inches closer to death.

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I wish there was only today just right now & no forever. It seems fitting that I fell in love in Paris the most beautiful city in the world. & if I pretend I can almost believe that my life is normal & everyone I care about is safe. But as long as I'm with Vincent 'normal' doesn't exist. Gorgeous charming & witty he's everything you could ask for in a boyfriend
- but his destiny is so much more. Even more terrifying than his destiny are his dangerous enemies enemies who will kill for immortality. How are Vincent & I supposed to be together forever if we're always in danger?
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In June 2011 Susan Spencer-Wendel learned she had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Lou Gehrig's disease an irreversible condition
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Until Its Over is a riveting psychological thriller from the Top Ten bestselling author Nicci French Dead. Unlucky. Cycle courier Astrid Bell is bad luck
- for other people. First Astrids neighbour Peggy accidentally knocks her off her bike
- & not long after is found bludgeoned to death in an alley. Then a few days later Astrid is asked to pick up a package
- only to find the client slashed to pieces in the hall of her own home. For the police its more than coincidence. For Astrid & her six housemates its just the beginning of a nightmare
- the growing suspicion that the worst is yet to come. Because if its true that bad luck comes in threes
- who will be next to die? Praise for Nicci French: Reads like lightning". (Observer). " Another nail-biting thriller". (Daily Express). "A taut sexy & compulsive read". (Elle). " Taut & menacing.. .excellent". (Guardian). Nicci French is the pseudonym for Nicci Gerrard & Sean French. The couple live in Suffolk & have written thirteen other bestselling novels all published by Penguin: Complicit What to Do When Someone Dies Losing You Catch Me When I Fall The Memory Game Beneath the Skin The Safe House The Red Room Land of the Living Killing Me Softly Secret Smile & most recently Blue Monday & Tuesdays Gone in the brilliant new Frieda Klein series."




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