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The Apollo Murders
1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. Three astronauts in a tiny module, a quarter of a million miles from home. A quarter of a million miles from help. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the lunar surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to breaking point back on Earth. Houston flight controller Kazimieras 'Kaz' Zemeckis must do all he can to keep the NASA crew together, while staying one step ahead of his Soviet rivals. But not everyone on board Apollo 18 is quite who they appear to be. Full of fascinating technical detail, twists and tension, The Apollo Murders puts you right there in the moment. Experience the dark majesty of space, the fierce G-forces of launch and the rush of holding on to the outside of a spacecraft travelling at 17,000 mph, as told by a former Commander of the International Space Station who has done all of those things in real life. Strap in and count down for the ride of a lifetime.
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The Book of Ichigo Ichie The Art of Making the Mos
Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever-an idea captured by the Japanese phrase ichigo ichie. Often used to convey that the encounter is unique and special, it is a tenet of Zen Buddhism and is attributed to a sixteenth-century master of the Japanese tea ceremony, or 'ceremony of attention', whose intricate rituals compel us to focus on the present moment. From this age-old concept comes a new kind of mindfulness. In The Book of Ichigo Ichie, you will learn to use all five senses to anchor yourself in the present. Every one of us contains a key that can open the door to attention, harmony with others, and love of life. And that key is ichigo ichie.
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Churchill
Winston Churchill attracted far more criticism alive than he has since his death. He was, according to Evelyn Waugh, 'always in the wrong, surrounded by crooks, a terrible father, a radio personality'. Whatever one's view of 'the greatest Briton', and despite the best efforts of an army of writers who have penned portraits of him, Winston Churchill remains splendidly unreduced. In this new biography Ashley Jackson describes the contours of Winston Churchill's remarkable life and political career, and gives a sense of the man behind the dark eyes and bulldog features. From Cabinet outcast to the greatest war leader ever, this is the eternally fascinating story of Winston Churchill's appointment with destiny.
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The Road to Rangoon
In 1980s Burma, the British ambassador's son goes missing.Discovered in the north of the country, Michael Atwood is in imminent danger, trapped between sides fighting a bitter civil war and with no way of getting back to Rangoon. His best hope of salvation is to trust Thuza, a ruby smuggler who offers to help him escape.Beautiful and deeply scarred, Thuza has spent her entire life in a frontier town between rebel and government forces, never choosing a side but trying to make a living from both. For Thuza, the ambassador's son is her ticket out of poverty. For Than, an ambitious military officer, exploiting those caught up in the war offers an opportunity for promotion and distinction.But as all three learn to their cost, in this exotic, enigmatic and savage country, everyone has a price.This is a tale of ambition, salvation and hope that confirms Lucy Cruickshanks as a master storyteller.
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Runaway..
Five dreams of fame glasgow, 1965. Jack Mackay dares not imagine a life of predictability and routine. The headstrong seventeen-year-old has one thing on his mind - London - and successfully convinces his four friends and fellow band mates, to join him in abandoning their homes to pursue a goal of musical stardom. Five decades of fearglasgow, 2015. Jack Mackay dares not look back on a life of failure and mediocrity. The heavy-hearted sixty-seven-year old is still haunted by the cruel fate that befell him and his friends some fifty years before, and how he did and did not act when it mattered most - a memory he has run from all his adult life. London, 2015. A man lies dead in a bedsit. His killer looks on, remorseless. What started with five teenagers five decades before will now be finished.
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The Director
A Man with Something to Change Graham Weber, the new director of the CIA, is tasked with revolutionising an agency in crisis. Never intimidated by a challenge, Weber intends to do just that. A Hacker With Something To Expose Weber's task greatens when a young computer genius approaches the CIA with proof their systems have been compromised. There is a breach. There is a mole.A Woman With Something To Prove The agent who takes this walk-in is K. J. Sandoval - a frustrated yet ambitious base chief desperate to prove her worth to the agency and its new director. Weber must move quickly. And he must choose his allies carefully, if he is to succeed in identifying an enemy that is inside the gates, and out to destroy him.
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Loss of Innocence
Yet for Whitney Dane - spending the summer of her twenty-first year on Maratha's Vineyard,soon to be married and the youngest daughter of the patrician Dane family - life could not be safer,nor the future more certain.Whitney has everything she has ever wanted,and is everything her all- powerful and doting father,Charles Dane,wants her to be. But the Vineyard's still waters are disturbed by the appearance of Benjamin Blaine.An underprivileged,yet fiercely ambitious and charismatic young man,Blaine is a force of nature neither Whitney nor her family could have prepared for. As Ben's prences begins to awaken independence within Whitney,it also brings deep-rooted Dane tensions to a dangerous head.And soon Whitney's guilded future becomes far from certain,and her picture-perfect family far from pretty.
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Let the Old Dreams Die
A woman finds a dead body and decides to keep it for herself; a customs officer has a mysterious gift that enables her to see what others hide; and a woman believes he know how to deceive death. These are the products of John Ajvide Lindqvist's rich imagination. They are about love and death and what we do when the two collide and monsters emerge.
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Richer Than God
Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester Citys takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable last minute Premier League title victory in May 2012. By placing the clubs extraordinary current rise in the wider context of its patchy modern history, this is also the story of English footballs transformation from the battlegrounds of the 1980s to todays moneyed, seated, global entertainment. Conn is led to question the very nature of football clubs and being a supporter, the underlying values and running of what used to be called the peoples game. A labour of love, this powerfully told account of Manchester Citys fall and rise, based on meticulous research over many years, and exclusive access and interviews with key figures, is written in the gripping, revelatory style Conn has made his trademark.
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Fall From Grace.
Adam Blaine returns to Marthas Vineyard out of duty rather than grief, after his father bestselling author and celebrated human rights activist Benjamin Blaine falls to his death. Having been estranged from his father for ten years, Adam is surprised to discover himself appointed the executor of his estate; especially as the will disinherits Adams family, leaving their wealth and home to Bens recent lover, young actress Carla Pacelli. Adams mission to undo the will and protect his blood, whether innocent or guilty, from criminal charges forces him to confront his own past, and pulls him into a labyrinth of lies, deception and betrayal .
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Summerkin
Come Back Through The Way This Summer In The Enchanting Sequel To Winter-ling A Land Of Summer: Fer is the Lady of the Summer lands a magical realm on the other side of the Way. A Human Child: But Fer is also just a girl. There are many in the lands who think she should return to her own world. A Dangerous Test: To prove herself, Fer must face the toughest contest of her life against leaders with powers far greater than her own. And if she loses, she risks plunging her beloved lands back into a terrible darkness . . . An action-packed adventure through a land of wonder, mystery and danger.
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The Second Empress
1810. Palais des Tuileries, France. As a princess of the Holy Roman Empire, Marie-Louise Habsburg knows the importance of family loyalty. So when her father asks her to save his crown by marrying a foreign stranger twice her age she has no choice but to obey. But when she arrives in Paris it becomes clear that Marie-Louise will have to fight for a place in her new husbands affections. Between a scorned first wife determined to hold on to her title and a fiendishly devious sister-in-law, will the young princess ever be able to win her rightful place at court
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Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach
What do you do when you find a severed head on the beach? With her former cop grandfather as back up, crime reporter Jimm Juree sets out to discover how it got there. On their journey they uncover gruesome tales of piracy, slavery, violence and murder, yet the authorities show no interest at all. Its clear Jimm and her team are going it alone. Airport hostages and hand grenades, monkeys and naked policemen once more the sublime and the ridiculous clash in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Ten Thousand Saints
The New York scene of the late 1980s comes to life in this powerful novel about three teenagers coming to terms with the death of a friend Vermont, New Years Eve, 1987. All Jude wants to do is get high. All Teddy wants to do is get out. One of them wont live to see 1988. In the wake of this death, three teenagers will try to find a way of honouring their lost friend. Is clean living the answer? Is parenthood? Or the simplicity of carrying out a last wish? Winding its way through Vermont, New York, the Straight Edge music scene and the early days of the AIDS epidemic, Ten Thousand Saints is a fierce, brilliant depiction of all types of love and its flaws, of life, loss and pain; a profoundly human story that explores how one moment of carelessness can impact the lives of so many.
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Surrender to Mr X
Vanessa dA works on reception in one of Londons plusher hotels, offering her services to special guests both on the books and after hours. It is the perfect setup she does what she loves (sex), and buys what she wants (Christian Lacroix). Then Vanessa meets Mr Alden X: a well-heeled gentleman looking for a little something more. Hes willing to pay for it too, and before she knows it Vanessa is off reception and established in Mr Xs gorgeous Hampstead home. But this job turns out to be anything but ordinary, and Mr Xs tastes run rather to extremes. Voyeurism, bondage, roleplay . . . is Mr X just another notch on Vanessas bedpost, or has she finally taken on more than she can handle?
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The Ingredients of Love
The day begins like any other Saturday for beautiful Parisian restaurateur Aurlie Bredin, until she wakes up to find her apartment empty her boyfriend gone off with another woman. Heartbroken, Aurlie walks the streets of Paris in the rain, finally seeking refuge in a little bookshop in the le SaintLouis, where shes drawn to a novel titled The Smiles of Women by obscure English author Robert Miller. She buys it and takes it home, but when she begins to read shes astonished: The Smiles of Women cant possibly be about her restaurant, about her. Except, it is. Flattered and curious to know more, Aurlie attempts to get in touch with the reclusive Mr Miller, but it proves to be a daunting task. His French publishers seem determined to keep his identity secret, and while the EditorinChief Andr Chabanais is happy to give Aurlie his time, he seems mysteriously unwilling to help her find her author. Is Robert Miller really so shy, or is there something that Andr isnt telling Aurelie?