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'Stories like the one where you shagged a 79-year-old builder and knocked over his sister?s ashes while feeding him a Viagra. Or the time you crashed your car because you were giving a hand job in barely moving traffic and took your eye off the car in front. That?s the kind of dinner-party ice-breaker I?m talking about.' Northern, working-class and shagging men three times her age, Crystal writes candidly about her search for ?the one?; sleeping with...
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When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where everyone seems to be on the take, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he's ever known. Chasing a ghost he believed was long dead, Cross gets pulled into a case that has local cops scratching their heads and needing his...
6) Hope to die
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Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family - his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children - have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life.
7) 1914
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Spellmount
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2014
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In a series of mini-biographies, Gerald Gliddon examines the men and the dramatic events that led to the award of this most coveted of medals. These men were 'ordinary' soldiers from widely differing social backgrounds, who all acted above and beyond the call of duty. Each story is told chronologically and offers a fresh perspective on the opening stages of the 'war to end wars'.
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Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to investigate the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share only one common thread - the victims are all criminals....
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Spellmount
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2014
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By January 1915 the British Expeditionary Force found themselves trapped in the murderous stalemate of trench warfare. British troops had suffered badly in the early campaigns and by January 1915 were holding some 30 miles of trench. This year 1915 was to witness some of the bloodiest and bitter battles of the Great War, including the first blooding at Neuve Chapelle, the Second Battle of Ypres and the appalling failure of Loos. By the end of the...
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Bolinda audio
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2018
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A collection of short stories from James Patterson - one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Cross Kill (An Alex Cross Thriller): Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister? Nothing will prepare you for the wicked truth. Black & Blue (A Harriet Blue Thriller): A beautiful...
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Spellmount
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2014
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What had initially been a purely naval enterprise had escalated to become a full-scale Anglo-French invasion, resulting in an eight-month campaign which Churchill hoped would knock Turkey out of the war. For a campaign that promised so much, it ultimately became a tragedy of lost opportunities. By January 1916, when the last men were taken off the peninsula, the casualties totalled 205,000. This book tells the stories of the 39 men whose bravery on...
13) Cambrai 1917
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Spellmount
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2014
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Its first day was so successful that church bells in Britain were run in anticipation of a great victory. A tank crewman numbers among the recipients of the VC. Containing biographies of a broad cross-section of men from Britain and the Dominions including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and even the Ukraine. It includes a sapper, a former miner, who chose to stay with his seriously wounded colleague underground and die with him, rather than obey an...
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Spellmount
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2014
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With this in mind the Germans planned an all-out offensive, Operation 'Michael', which overwhelmed the Allies and overstretched the Germans. More offensives were to follow throughout the spring, including at Aisne and Marne. It was during these bloody battles that 57 men stood out for acts of extraordinary daring and bravery. To these men the highest military honour was awarded - the Victoria Cross. This book reveals the true extent of their bravery,...
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Alex Cross volume 25
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2017
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This time it's Alex Cross on trial. He's on the wrong side of the law. Serving a suspension from the force while he awaits trial for murder, Cross has been branded as a trigger-happy cop, another bad apple walking the streets with a gun. To make himself feel useful again, Cross opens a counselling office in the basement of his home. When his former partner Sampson shows up needing his help, Cross jumps at the chance, even if it may end up costing...
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Spellmount
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2014
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It extends to include the successes of the Commonwealth Forces at Bullecourt and Messines Ridge in May and June. the first member of the British Expeditionary Force to win the Victoria Cross on the Western Fron in 1917 was Sergeant Edward Mott of the Border Regiment, on 27 January; six months later, on 27 July, the even of the Passchendaele offensive, Private Thomas Barratt of the South Staffordshire Regiment, who had spent much of his childhood in...
17) Deadly Cross
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Alex Cross volume 28
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A scandalous double homicide opens the psychological case files on Alex Cross ? When two prominent figures in Washington, DC are found murdered, lying half naked in a car, the shocking double homicide dominates tabloid headlines. Kay Willingham was a glamourous socialite and ex-wife of the US vice president. Randall Christopher was a high school principal with political ambitions, as well as a wife and family. Alex Cross knew both victims well. Especially...
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Spellmount
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2014
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On the first day alone nearly 19,000 British troops were killed - the greatest one-day loss in the history of the British Army. By November the death toll from the armies of Britain, France and Germany had risen to over a million. This book tells the stories of fifty-one soldiers from the Commonwealth and Empire armies whose bravery on the battlefield was rewarded by the Victoria Cross, the highest military honour - men like Private Billy McFadzean,...
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Bolinda audio
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2018
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A collection of short stories from James Patterson - one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Private Royals: Jack Morgan is visiting the London branch of his investigation agency, Private. At a cocktail party the night before the Trooping the Colour parade for the Queen's 90th birthday, Jack receives a phone call from the Duke of Aldershot saying that his daughter, Abbie, has been kidnapped. Jack will have to find Abbie before...
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Spellmount
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2014
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Even now, more than ninety years on, the very mention of the name is enough to conjure up apocalyptic images of desolation and misery on a quite bewildering scale - humanity drowning in a sea of mud. Passchendaele has come to serve as a symbol of the folly and futility of war, chiefly remembered for its carnage and profligate waste of human lives. It also stands as testament to the endurance and extraordinary courage displayed by men of all ranks...
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