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Our Lady Saint Mary
Our Lady Saint Mary
Barry, Joseph Gale Hurd
¥19.52
A fascinating look at the life of Saint Mary by 19th century American minister Reverend Joseph Gale Hurd Barry.
Life Of Robert Peterson
Life Of Robert Peterson
Kelly, Paul
¥44.05
Robert Peterson has had a troublesome time in the past few weeks... well, the past few years really. Until the day he met Freya he thought he would always have to get through tough times by himself. She had met a few chaps since her divorce but Robert was different somehow, although she couldn't understand why.
Retribution - An Eye for an Eye
Retribution - An Eye for an Eye
Fletcher, M.W.
¥39.14
The seizing of a British yacht by the Libyans, is followed by the OSC going in to rescue the high profile passenger and the crew. The cost; one of Colonel Gadhafi's sons is killed. A London Bank is raided with the occupants taken hostages. One of the hostages a young woman from Russia is executed in cold blood in front of the television cameras. Three brothers attached to the SPETSNAZ in Moscow whilst watching the world news, recognise the young woman as their sister. Whilst practicing; covering the fourth stage of the Dakar rally across the Libyan section; The Prime Minister's son is taken prisoner by Gadhafi. The British Prime Minister is given a ten-day deadline to comply with a single demand, for the return of her son. In the following days, The Prime Minister comes under attack on her own front door, Downing Street. The Police officer in charge of the Bank heist is also attacked by gunmen. Four men; from two totally different countries want Retribution against the British Prime Minister. This could bring the country into a war with two countries, one of which is a nuclear super power. If ever Max Storm and the OSC were needed it was surely now. Britain's first and last line of offence.
One-On-One
One-On-One
Spires, Philip
¥44.05
In her trademark series, One-On-One, Christine Gardner, freelance journalist and television presenter, puts powerful people into the limelight. Her latest subject is Salleh Abdullah, once known as Trevor Cartwright, a British expatriate mathematician and convert to Islam. He has amassed a fortune and now international notoriety via his deft trading on financial markets using methods that thus far have defied all analysis. In just two years his fortune in equities has grown so great that his holdings in multinational companies are causing concern. To date, he has resisted all contact with the media, but Christine and he share a past, a past that both of them keenly recall. Cartwright finds her request to record episodes of One-On-One impossible to refuse. This will be Salleh Abdullah's first media exposure. But who is Christine working for? Is she freelance? Or does she appear in someone else's script? Perhaps her husband, Anthony Green, who watches his wife's encounter with Salleh Abdullah from his office desk, can answer. Set on a private island in the South China Sea where Cartwright regularly retires to work, One-On-One follows the progress of Christine Gardiner's project as allegiances begin to shift.
Mixed Scenarios
Mixed Scenarios
Nite, Aluta
¥19.52
Contained in this book are 37 short stories on a fictional level and covering diverse issues on humanity. The stories encase many aspects of living on various levels of weightiness.
Myriad of Corridors
Myriad of Corridors
Mason, Stan
¥44.05
Jeff Hunter's wife is killed in a hit-and-run accident which leaves him devastated. However he is plagued by her apparition because she tells him she cannot move on to the next world until the rapist and killer of a murdered young girl is found. She tells him it is imperative that he finds the murderer albeit it took place some years ago and no one was ever arrested or punished for the crime. Hunt is an architect but he is forced to turns detective to find the criminal and he finds himself facing a myriad of corridors in his quest with no help from the police who are ostensibly reluctant to become involved. They are even more reluctant to become involved especially when Hunter explains the paranormal situation and he is therefore in a constant conflict with them. However, by degrees and determination, he eventually finds the solution to the problem in his efforts to release the spirit of his dead wife into the next world.
101 Amazing Facts about William Shakespeare
101 Amazing Facts about William Shakespeare
Goldstein, Jack
¥19.52
Did you know Shakespeare introduced thousands of words into the English language, amongst them alligator, eyeball and swagger? Do you know what unusual item he left to his wife in his will? Have you heard of the conspiracy theory that suggests Shakespeare didn't write the plays we attribute to him today? This fascinating book contains over one hundred facts about William Shakespeare, organised into categories for easy reading. Whether you are studying the bard for a project or you are interested in finding out more about the English speaking world's greatest ever author, this is the book for you.
Blaggers
Blaggers
Freer, Echo
¥44.05
A comic tale of gangsters, first love and the crooked path to the straight and narrow: Mercedes Bent is trying to go straight - if only her family weren't so crooked. Mercedes has carved herself a nice little niche at the Daphne Pincher Academy for young ladies, running a sweepstake and taking bets on anything that moves. The only fly in the ointment is her arch-rival, gangster's daughter, Harley Spinks. How come she's got the great work placement and Mercedes has ended up in a boring bank? But things start to look up when Mercedes wangles a date with the bank's hottest young trainee, Zak - until she finds out that it's not just the Spinks gamg who are into dodgy dealings: her own brothers are as crooked as a pair of corkscrews too! It's a safe bet that Mercedes will have to keep her family's illegal acitivities under wraps - if she's to have even an outside chance with the boy of her dreams.
Emerald Greene and the Witch Stones
Emerald Greene and the Witch Stones
Blythe, Daniel
¥19.52
There's a new pupil at St Agnes' school in the historic city of Meresbury. She's a mysterious, otherworldly girl called Emerald Greene. A girl without a past, without a family or friends. When Jess and Richie decide to befriend her, they're in for a few shocks - for Emerald lives in a mansion which doesn't exist, and can see things nobody else can see. Meanwhile, Meresbury becomes home to a series of strange events. What is the secret of the tomb which the eccentric Professor Ulverston has unearthed in an ancient stone circle? Where does the talking cat come from? And why have Mr Courtney and his Special Measures operatives arrived in town? With unearthly apparitions stalking the land, Jess and Richie soon realise that their mysterious classmate might be the only one to know what's happening. But it seems Emerald Greene has her own secrets - and nobody is quite sure whose side she is really on...
Love and Friendship
Love and Friendship
Austen, Jane
¥19.52
A collection of Austen's earliest writings, written when she was very young. Many of these were written for the amusement of her family, and are reproduced here in their original form, with all misspellings and other inaccuracies intact.A fascinating look into the young mind of one of the world's greatest authors. You can already see in these writings the beginnings of what would become the unmistakable Jane Austen style.
Black Angel
Black Angel
Jones, Conrad
¥19.52
When Conrad Jones helps the police identify an occultist symbol carved into the chest of a murder victim, he attracts the attention of a Satanic cult who believe themselves to be human vampires. He writes a book about them exposing how far reaching their influence is and they desperately want to silence him. Hunted by the cult and by the law, he has no choice but to become the hunter.... A gritty, violent thriller based on recent true events.
Myths that Every Child Should Know
Myths that Every Child Should Know
Hamilton Wright Mabie, Hamilton Wright
¥19.52
A fantastic collection of 16 classic legends from ancient mythology, compiled by American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer Hamilton Wright Mabie.
News from Nowhere
News from Nowhere
Morris, William
¥19.52
William Morris' classic novel News from Nowhere has been enjoyed by readers around the world for 120 years.A soft science-fiction, this is an exploration of socialist ideas, following the story of William Guest, a man who falls asleep after a Socialist League meeting to find himself waking up in a future socialist society.
101 Amazing Facts about Ships and Boats
101 Amazing Facts about Ships and Boats
Goldstein, Jack
¥19.52
Do you know how many cannons a Tudor ship could carry? How many people go missing from cruise ships every year? What is a hawsehole? And why are submarines painted black? This fantastic quick-read eBook features 101 amazing facts about ships and boats, split into categories such as famous ships, seafaring terminology, naval ship classes and many more. So if you want to know what the fastest ship in the world is, or who made the deepest solo dive in a submarine, then this is the book for you. Find the information you want, fast!
101 Amazing Facts about Dinosaurs
101 Amazing Facts about Dinosaurs
Goldstein, Jack
¥19.52
Did you know there is a species of dinosaur named after Hogwarts? Which were the largest and smallest dinosaurs? What is the difference between a brontosaurus and an apatosaurus? This excellent book answers all of these questions and more, with over one hundred facts about dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.
Introduction to Shakespeare
Introduction to Shakespeare
MacCracken, H. N.
¥19.52
A broad but comprehensive look at the life and works of the matchless Bard, as well as the world he lived and worked in.
History of Rome
History of Rome
Pennell, Robert
¥19.52
A fascinating look at the history of Ancient Rome from the earliest times to 476 AD, written by eminent American classicist Robert Franklin Pennell.
Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Snowman
Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Snowman
Ruffle, David
¥53.86
A young girl's snowman has gone missing. Where can it have gone? There is only one man who can help. Sherlock Holmes, the most famous detective in the world.
Three Ghost Stories
Three Ghost Stories
Dickens, Charles
¥19.52
Three classic short ghost stories by the master of spooky fiction: Charles Dickens. Includes The Signal-Man, a story about a railway signalman haunted by ghosts that are harbingers of terrible rail crashes. Dickens himself was involved in the Staplehurst rail crash on 9 June 1865, and undoubtably based some of the story on his experience, as well as the Clayton Tunnel crash that occurred in 1861.
Sherlock Holmes Trilogy
Sherlock Holmes Trilogy
Conan Doyle, Arthur
¥19.52
Three of the short story collections starring the famous detective are combined here.Contains all the stories originally published in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905).Conan Doyle first published his fictional character of Holmes in 1887 followed by a series of short stories in the Strand Magazine in 1891. 5 collections of his Holmes short stories were published, and he also wrote 4 novels starring the character.The public could not get enough of Holmes, even demanding his resurrection after his apparent death over Reichenbach Falls, and his popularity still continues.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Emecz, Steve
¥63.67
El ano 1903 contemplo La Aventura de la Casa Deshabitada y El Regreso de Sherlock Holmes al 221b de Baker Street, donde explica el engano de su muerte en las Cataratas de Reichenbach a su fiel amigo el Dr. John Watson. El ano 2012 contempla El Crimen de la Casa Deshabitada donde el antiguo hogar de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Undershaw, se encuentra en mal estado y bajo la amenaza de ser destruido para siempre. Encargado construir por el mismisimo Sir Arthur Conan Doyle en persona, Undershaw fue testigo de la creacion de muchas de sus obras mas famosas, incluyendo El Sabueso de los Baskerville y El Regreso de Sherlock Holmes. Es un edificio que merece ser preservado para siempre para la nacion britanica, y por supuesto, el resto del mundo. Lamentablemente, el edificio se encuentra bajo la amenaza de promotores inmobiliarios que quieren dividir la casa en tres unidades separadas y construir otras cinco a su lado. El permiso de obras ya ha sido aprobado por el Consejo del Municipio de Waverley (Waverley Borough Council). La Fundacion para la Preservacion de Undershaw (en ingles, Undershaw Preservation Trust [UPT]), con Mark Gatiss [Sherlock de la BBC] como presidente de honor, esta dedicada a la preservacion y proteccion de este importante edificio literario y esta haciendo campana para conseguir que se revoque esta decision, de manera que la casa pueda ser restaurada a su gloria original y disfrutada como la vivienda individual que Sir Arthur Conan Doyle pretendio que fuese. Este libro es una coleccion de cuentos cortos y poemas acerca de Sherlock Holmes, escritos por fans de todo el mundo para apoyar la campana Save Undershaw (Salvar Undershaw); incluso la portada ha sido disenada por fans. Los beneficios del libro seran destinados a la UPT para preservar esta maravillosa casa para las generaciones futuras de Doyleanos, entusiastas de Sherlock Holmes y todo tipo de fans de la literatura.