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Where Rainbows End
Since childhood Rosie and alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But theyre suddenly seperated when Alex and his family move from Dublin to America. Rosie is lost without him. Then, just as she is about to join Alex in Boston, she gets life changing news- news that will keep her at home in ireland. Their magical connection remains but can their friendship survive the years and miles- as well as new relationships? And always at the back of rosies mind is whether they were meant to be more than just good friends all along. Misunderstandings circumstances and sheer bad luck have kept them apart- until now. But will they gamble everything- including their friendship- on true love? And what twists and surprises does fate have in store for them this time?"
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The Long Walk Home
Seventy-one-year-old Baksh wakes up one night in pain and ventures out in search of a doctor. In the time it takes him to reach a hospital, his heart irretrievably damaged, he travels down memory lane, reliving his life lived in the border town of Ferozepur, Punjab-from pre-Partition India, to the holocaust that accompanied independence, the Indo-Pak wars, the Green Revolution and the rise of religious extremism. Increasingly isolated in the terror-infested eighties, an era of curfews, encounters and hit lists, his world all but falls apart as his wife falls under the spell of a rabid preacher; his best friend, a Hindu, flees the town; the Bar Council where he works cleaves along religious lines; and he himself makes an error of judgement that could have serious security ramifications. As he nears the end of his walk, and his life, he wonders: will there ever be a redemption, a homecoming? Redolent of the soil and the spirit of Punjab, The Long Walk Home is as much one man's odyssey through tumultuous times as it is an elegiac meditation on the passing of a way of life, on faith and fundamentalism and misguided passions.
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The Fighting Man
It was a fight he could not win, but could not afford to lose. Thrown out of the SAS for insubordination, Gord Brown now lives in disillusioned exile on a failing salmon farm in the Scottish highlands. Yet to the three Guatemalan Indians who track him down, he represents the last hope of freedom. They have come to recruit a fighting man to lead an uprising against the brutal military dictatorship which is killing their people. Gord flies with them to Cuba, then on with a small band of men to a rough landing strip in the rain forest of Guatemala. As the ragged army marches through the jungle and across the high mountains towards Guatemala City, a hopeless dream becomes a burning reality. But the forces pitted against them are formidable."It is time for Gerald Seymour to be recognized as ranking up there with Graham Greene" New York Times"Moving and gripping. Seymour's characters are all beatifully drawn. The dialogue is so real you can hear it and the plot is as tight as a drum.
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Magician
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first publication of his classic fantasy novel Magician, Raymond E. Feist has prepared a new, revised edition, to incorporate over 15,000 words of text omitted from previous editions so that, in his own words, it is essentially the book I would have written had I the skills I possess today.' At Crydee, a frontier outpost in the tranquil Kingdom of the Isles, an orphan boy, Pug, is apprenticed to a master magician - and the destinies of two worlds are changed forever. Suddenly the peace of the Kingdom is destroyed as mysterious alien invaders swarm through the land. Pug is swept up into the conflict but for him anhd his warrior friend, Tomas, an odyssey into the unknown has only just begun. Tomas will inherit a legacy of savage power from an ancient civilisation. Pug's destiny is to lead him through a rift in the fabric of space and time to the mastery of the unimaginable powers of a strange new magic...
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Still Water
On a dark night on an island off the coast of Maine, a shot is heard and a fisherman disappears. Despite the absence of a body, Ella Young is accused of murder and it falls to Matt Jones, the town's lawyer, to uncover the truth that will clear the woman he's in love with However it soon becomes apparent that Ella isn't tellng him everything she knows, and as the evidence mounts against her, Matt is forced to question his belief in her innocence. A beautiful summer visitor adds further confusion when Matt finds she knew the missing man better than she admits, and that she and Ella share an impenetrable secret. What begins as a straightforward investigation is soon caught up in the rivalries of local politics and a bitter conflict between one faction that wants to change the island's traditional way of life and another, led by Ella, that values the delicate balance between man and the sea. Against this seething background comes the reappearance of valuable bluefin tuna in the gulf, along with their natural predators, a pod of orcas. As the struggling community attempts to exploit this piece of seeming good fortune, everything is set for an explosive drama.
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The Winner Stands Alone
The Winner Stands Alone is the enthralling new novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. The story is set during the Cannes International Film Festival and the entire action plays out over 24 hours. Igor is a wealthy Russian businessman. His wife Ewa left him two years ago and Igor has never really come to terms with their break up, especially as Ewa is now remarried to a famous fashion designer, Hamid Hussein. Igor is insanely jealous and when Ewa left him he told her that he would destroy 'whole worlds' in order to get her back, and he intends to keep his promise! Igor has followed Ewa and her new husband to Cannes and his plan is to cause as much violence and destruction as possible until Ewa realises how much he loves her and comes back to him. Ewa loved Igor but she was absolutely terrified of him. She knows that Igor has killed people in the past when he was a soldier, but she also knows a dark secret - that he once cold bloodedly murdered a beggar who was bothering them in a restaurant. Igor is clearly unhinged and he will stop at nothing to regain her love and so he goes on a ruthless killing spree until he tracks down Ewa...The star-studded film festival acts as a backdrop to Igor's maniacal murdering spree and we are ntroduced to various characters along the way, all of whom are desperately trying to get their big break in the shallow world of show business; Gabriela a young and naive actress who is being exploited by her agent and Jasmine a troubled young Rwandan refugee working as a model. The Winner Stands Alone is a gripping, fast-paced thriller, and Coelho cleverly weaves in elements of social satire, poking fun at our celebrity and money obsessed culture. Top page
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Beyond The Blues
When Aakash Chopra started to write his diary in September 2007, he had no idea that it was going to be an extraordinary year, both for him personally, and for the game of cricket. It began with a great run in the Ranji, culminating in Delhi's victory. Delhi also went on to become North Zone champions, the North Zone won the Duleep Trophy, and in almost every game, Aakash was among the runs. He ended the season with 1339 runs from fifteen games, with five centuries that included three double centuries. Then came the IPL, with its glamorous tie-in with Bollywood. And Aakash found himself on the most talked about side of them all: the Kolkata Knight Riders.A view from within of all that made 2007 such an exciting year for cricketers and cricket lovers, this fast-paced and often tongue-in-cheek account takes us behind the scenes with an honesty and forthrightness uncommon to Indian sport.
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Enslaved
Slavery does not belong to the past. It lives and breathes in our midst and Rahila Gupta's powerful expose opens a window on this secret world. This is one of the most shocking books you will read about contemporary Britain; that human beings should be treated with such degradation and cruelty us a disgrace we should find unbearable. I hope the author's passion ignites a new anti-slavery campaign. Sign me up. ' - Helena Kennedy In this compelling and persuasive book that examines the complex subject of immigration, and its connection to modern-day slavery, Rahila Gupta seeks out five former slaves who had been trafficked, smuggled or duped into the UK, and helps them to tell us their stories. We meet a pregnant child from Sierra Leone who was locked up in a London house as a domestic slave ; a Russian teenager trafficked into prostitution; a chinese man, living in fear of the triads; a religious Somali woman who had to promise sex in order to eat; and a young Punjabi woman forced into marriage and repeatedly abused by her husband. Living in fear of being sent back to conditions of war, persecution, sexual oppression or grinding poverty, these hapless immigrants come to the UK only to find that their passports are in the hands of their oppressors and that the world of freedom and equal opportunity they have escaped to is, in fact, a deadly trap.
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A Cabinet Secretary Looks Back
One of India's most distinguished civil servants, B.G. Deshmukh in these candid memoirs describes his long and remarkable journey from Poona, where he grew up, to the heady days when he was cabinet secretary under Rajiv Gandhi and then principal secretary to three prime ministers - Rajiv Gandhi, V. P. Singh and Chandrashekar. Deshmukh provides fresh insights into the momentous events of those times, including such controversial subjects as Bofors, the coterie that surrounded Rajiv Gandhi, the Union Carbide case, the Mandal Commission report, and India's involvement in Sri Lanka. He also charts the twists and turns in India-Pakistan relations, why terrorism took roots in Punjab and how it was eventually crushed, and the genesis of the Kashmir problem.
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Brida
But how will I know my soul mate is? ' By taking risks,' she said to Brida. 'By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.'
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The Last Battle
Narnia . . . where lies breed fear . . . where loyalty is tested . . . where all hope seems lost. During the last days of Narnia, the land faces its fiercest challenge?not an invader from without but an enemy from within. Lies and treachery have taken root, and only the king and a small band of loyal followers can prevent the destruction of all they hold dear in this, the magnificent ending to The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Prince Caspian
A PRINCE FIGHTS FOR HIS CROWN NARNIA...where animals talk...where trees walk...where a battle is about to begin.A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honour between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.
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The Horse And His Boy
Narnia...where horses talk and hermits like company, where evil men turn into donkeys, where boys go into where the adventure begins.During the Golden Age of Narnia, when Peter is High King, a boy named Shasta discovers he is not the son of Arsheesh, the Calormene fisherman, and decides to run far away to the North--to Narnia. When he is mistaken for another runaway, Shasta is led to discover who he really is and even finds his real father
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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Narnia . . . a land frozen in eternal winter . . . a country waiting to be set free . . . Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia; a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.
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The Magician's Nephew
Narnia . . . where Talking Beasts walk . . . where a witch awaits . . . where a new world is about to be born. On a daring quest to save a beloved life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will become known as Narnia. And in Narnia, all things are possible . . . .
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Like The Flowing River
Like the Flowing River is intimate collection of Poulo Coelho
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Two Of A Kind 37
Meet Mary-Kate and Ashley, the Tween Queen Twins! Your new best friends have just arrived… Mary-Kate gets a beautiful beaded necklace from her Secret Santa. She thinks it's from Carter, a really cute boy in one of her classes. Could Carter have a crush on her? She hopes so! Meanwhile, Ashley gets the worst presents ever from her Secret Santa – stinky gym socks and a half-eaten sandwich! Her Secret Santa must really not like her. And Ashley has the feeling it's one of her friends!
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Two Of A Kind 36
Part-one of a super two-part diary series featuring Mary-Kate and Ashley. School’s out and the girls are at summer camp – but with these two, it’s never plain sailing! Mary-Kate and Ashley are at summer camp, where their team has to beat a rival camp’s team in a secret competition. It’s hard to say what their biggest problem is – is it that Mary-Kate has a crush on her tennis partner, Andrew, while his dad (the tennis coach) has forbidden him to see her? Or that Ashley’s little buddy, Jessie, keeps following her around and spilling everyone’s secrets? And there are plenty of secrets to spill…