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A middle-aged hack joins Kate in the Sahara for the world's toughest foot-race, The Marathon des Sables. Pain, heat and the biggest blisters on the planet ? it's the perfect recipe for falling in love.
The first complete biography of Georges Kopp, an important figure in the life of George Orwell and his commander in Spain.
Why has life suddenly become so complicated for affable Freddie Weston? He supplies bouncers to London clubs and always puts his family first. But his daughter's involvement with a rock guitarist ignites an anger in him that could endanger the family home, and his life becomes ever more complicated as he seeks retribution, not only for his daughter but for a father who was killed by an East End gangster more than 40 years ago. Determined to get the truth, Freddie dives deep into London's dark and dangerous gang world. But will the awful truth mean closure after all these years, or will it torment him for the rest of his life?
A practical guide to finding meaningful employment in today¿s workplace.
Lloyd Lewis is moving to yet another children's home, but this one is different. It is possessed by the supernatural with poltergeists and a ghost creating havoc. Lloyd links the chaos to a nearby ravaged stone circle. But what is the link? And can Lloyd do anything to defuse this terrifying anarchy?
Art teacher Amanda returns home to find her husband, Mathew, murdered. The police have no leads and the only clue is a missing photograph album. Amanda soon learns that her husband had been taking out loans against her home, leaving her in negative equity, a fact the police are quick to latch onto. And despite the threatening letters that have been arriving daily, with photographs from the stolen album, Amanda quickly becomes the main suspect.Terrified, panicked and with no one to turn to, Amanda flees to her aunt Dorothy, in London, where she tries to put together the pieces of Mathew's mysterious past. Can Amanda, with Dorothy's guidance, ever come to terms with what has happened? And can she solve the mystery before the sender of the threatening letters finds her?'Death of a Butterfly' is the story of an incredible transformation.
This powerful collection of poems by Bruce F. Kawin deals with the nature and demands of love, from the sexual and romantic to the metaphysical, in an engaging variety of forms and voices. The poems are clear, fresh and vivid, with good stories and characters, and they relate plainly to real life.
Turn your book into a bestseller! This book explains how to publish an ebook yourself, upload it for sale on Amazon and market it quickly and inexpensively.
A companion volume to Lucinda Rhys-Evan¿s ¿Servant and Mistress¿, these short stories move from the near sublime to the near ridiculous, and from the superficial to the very serious as they explore both the lighthearted and darker sides of male sexual submission to female whims.
Stephen Mason sets out to explore his submissive side with a range of available female partners, but ends up chasing an impossible passion with one married woman. A big, readable story of obsessive love and off-centre sex told with compassion, insight and humour.
Following her abduction, Maria Shroder wakes up in her own bed unharmed and suffering from hysterical amnesia. Strangely, the book club Maria has joined holds a clue to her disappearance, and she sets out on a journey to uncover the truth ? a truth which is buried in her past.
It''s 1998 and Kim is a journalist in New York City. He thinks he''s found the only woman for him: Elise is beautiful, intelligent and, it goes without saying, a sensational lover. The only catch is that she doesn''t want just him - and he''s agreed to it. For months on end, Kim is tormented by the knowledge that his Elise is sleeping with someone else.Can a man be so smitten with a woman that he allows himself to be entirely ruled by her? A bittersweet love story about how far you can go for the woman you love - and the price that has to be paid.
'Pangea' is an anthology of short stories by authors from across the globe, celebrating the human condition from many different perspectives against the backdrop of many different cultures, and expressing the beauty of diversity and the commonality therein.
Dishari, a fourth-year engineering student, thinks of her treatment of a first-year girl as nothing but acceptable ''ragging'' - the bullying of younger pupils by their seniors - something she herself experienced when younger. But when a suicide attempt by this first-year student - combined with a series of trumped-up charges - leads to Dishari''s imprisonment, she finds a wealth of injustices lying at the heart of the supposedly civil society that is India, and is forced to question not only herself, but the very foundations upon which human societies are built.
A young man falls for a woman twice his age ? but can the age-gap ever truly be bridged?
This new book brings together Stephen Wade's two areas of interest, focusing on the writers in the reigns of Anne to Victoria. The essays here recount and explore the prison experience of writers, both famous and obscure, who came to know the insides of Britain's prisons.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water form the backdrop to a tale of three characters who have a similar apocalyptic dream. Their travels take them across America where the story unfolds as the three struggle to make sense of the chaotic world of the Perfect Nightmare.
Robert Neild traces how Cambridge ? having since 1945 received money, public and private, that carried it to the top of the world rankings of universities ? is suffering at the hand of cuts in government funding and a tide of political intervention.
A lively exploration of ageing women in Shakespeare's day ? onstage and off.
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