It is winter in the mountains of Greece & as the snow falls in the tiny village of Vrisi a coffin is unearthed & broken open revealing some unexpected remains to the astonished mourners gathered at the graveside. In a village where gossip flows like ouzo the discovery in the grave sets tongues wagging & heads shaking. But when a body is found buried beneath the fallen snow in the shadow of the shrine of St Fanourios (the patron saint of lost things) it seems the truth behind both the body & the coffin may be far stranger than the villagers wildest imaginings. Hermes Diaktoros drawn to the mountains on an affair of the heart finds himself embroiled in the mysteries of Vrisi as well as the enigmatic last will & testament of Greeces most admired modern poet. The Whispers of Nemesis is a story of desperate measures & dark secrets of murder & immortality & of pride coming before the steepest of falls. ...

The victim has been bound & tortured the body decomposed beyond recognition...A second body is found. A nightmare is about to begin...A serial killer is at work & the death toll is rising...A brutal abduction
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Tomboy Grace Tooley meets Rupert Bradley when her eldest brothers sudden death forces her to take on burdens beyond her years. From then on Grace gives her heart to her brothers wealthy friend but he sees her as a mere girl & marries a woman from his own station in life. They meet again when the Great War has changed them both. Grace has suffered loss & pain & emerged as a strong passionate woman. Rupert nearly broken by the horrors he has endured has been humiliated by the bride who once seemed so right for him & he rejects Graces love & any hope of future happiness. But Grace is determined to rediscover the spirit of the only boy she ever loved in the man who is ready to die. ...

Doctor Who Screenwriter Ben Aaronovitchs superbly entertaining supernatural crime series has with its witty one-liners & wonderfully erudite take on London won a legion of fans in double quick time. Peter Grant is learning magic fast. & its just as well
- hes already had run ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames & a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less easy. Especially when you work in a department of two. A department that doesnt even officially exist. A department that if you did describe it to most people would get you laughed at. & then theres his love life. The last person he fell for ended up seriously dead. It wasnt his fault but still. Now something horrible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London. & delays on the Northern line is the very least of it. Time to call in the Mets Economic & Specialist Crime Unit 9 aka The Folly. Time to call in PC Peter Grant Britains Last Wizard.
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Doctor Who Screenwriter Ben Aaronovitch's superbly entertaining supernatural crime series has with its witty one-liners & wonderfully erudite take on London won a legion of fans in double quick time. Peter Grant is learning magic fast. & its just as well
- he's already had run ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames & a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less easy. Especially when you work in a department of two. A department that doesn't even officially exist. A department that if you did describe it to most people would get you laughed at. & then there's his love life. The last person he fell for ended up seriously dead. It wasn't his fault but still. Now something horrible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London. & delays on the Northern line is the very least of it. Time to call in the Met's Economic & Specialist Crime Unit 9 aka ' The Folly'. Time to call in PC Peter Grant Britains Last Wizard.
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Whitakers Almanack 2013 is the definitive reference guide. In its 145th edition the book has been completely revised & updated using the most authoritative sources available. The Almanack contains a comprehensive overview of every aspect of UK infrastructure & an excellent introduction to world politics. It will save hours of research & cross-referencing between different sources. The 2013 edition features new colour maps & infographics & many more charts & diagrams. Whitakers remains the most comprehensive compendium of information in the English language Jon Snow ...

Whitakers Concise Almanack 2012 is the definitive reference guide to the UK. A softback shorter version of its big sister Whitakers Almanack the Concise edition is a UK-centric goldmine of information with enormous breadth of coverage. The Concise edition doesnt contain any international coverage but at less than half the price of the standard edition the reader with an interest in UK facts & figures is really getting value for your money. Areas of coverage include: government & politics communications private & state education religion environment cultural heritage the UK legal system royalty & peerage social welfare IT mobile phone industry environment heritage astronomy & much more
- quite simply the UK in one volume! If you want to know it...its here John Humphrys
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An authoritative quirky trivia book divided into themed chapters. Whitakers Little Book of Knowledge contains thousands of general knowledge gems: from everything you learned at school to fascinating lists of contemporary top-tens mini-biographies of famous artists & writers plus condensed guides to films & works of art & literature. In addition there is a light-hearted journey down memory lane featuring humorous entries on forgotten treasures from different decades & a st&-alone sport chapter with guides to both well-known & obscure sports key rules a glossary of terms & short biographies of the worlds greatest sporting heroes. Facts are both newly researched & drawn from the rich treasure-trove of the Whitakers Almanack archive which dates back to 1868. Whitakers Little Book of Knowledge is a truly unique ready-reference containing fascinating facts for every trivia buff while providing a unique insight into the world from the 19th century through to the present day. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Dominating the seaport of Whitby from its headland site the imposing & brooding ruins of Whitby Abbey date from the seventh century. The renowned & wise St Hilda ruled over the first monastery & witnessed one of the defining moments in the establishment of the Church
- the Synod of Whitby in AD 664. Sacked by the Vikings it lay in ruins until the Norman Conquest when it was re-established & grew into one of the most powerful & richest Abbeys in Yorkshire. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII the site was sold & the lord of the manor built himself a grand private residence using some of the stone from the Abbey. Over time the abbey ruins came into the guardianship of English Heritage who have in the last fifty years conserved the ruins for posterity & transformed the headland into a major tourist area.
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