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In good condition - has red cover with diamond pattern with Scotty dog embossed on front - on spine has Scotty dog in black - due to age has yellowing to first few pages - has corner missing of first page - has inscription on first page - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.

Large print - ex library - in good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Wan-wan-kah: monster bones. They were the stuff of Indian legend, which warned that they must not be disturbed. But lovely, golden-haired Dayanara and her father were on a mission for the Smithsonian Institute to track down the mysterious bones and uncover them, despite the danger. Not even her father's untimely death could prevent Dayanara from exploring the untamed Cree lands west of the Missouri River and proving her worth as an archaeologist.Tehinda: forbidden. Any relationship between a Cree chief and a white woman was prohibited by both their peoples, but the golden woman of Quick Fox's dreams was more glamorous than the setting sun. How could he deny himself her bright beauty, her soft warmth? Not even her interest in the sacred burial grounds of his people could prevent him from discovering the delights they would know together and proving his savage love.

In good condition, has markings from use, due to differeing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Professor Trim's Medically Supervised Weight-Loss Program is a revolution in diet management devised by obesity and lifestyle expert Dr Garry Egger, originator of the hugely successful GutBuster program for men.Becoming Gut Less is the handbook for Professor Trim's 'Becoming Gut Less' program for men, available through participating doctors, and provides easy-to-follow lifestyle recommendations, tips and recipes for weight loss. Full of practical advice about changing bad habits and increasing physical activity levels, Becoming Gut Less offers an alternative to conventional weight-loss diets.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.November 1944Time is running out for Hitler in his frantic quest for victory. One of his last hopes is Sturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny of the Special Purposes Regiment, the Führer's most sensitive outfit. He may just be able to pull off yet another propaganda coup - Operation Double Griffin is born.U 195, the most grotesque U-boat ever commissioned, has only one purpose: to bomb New York at the most psychologically damaging moment, New Year's Eve, when Times Square will be thronged with revellers.Three men face a date with destiny: Korvettenkapitän Erich Hartmann, the U-boat commander; Paul Webber, born Weber, an American Nazi sympathiser and Detective Benjamin Delgado, a New York policeman. The prize in their deadly game is no less than a U-turn in the course of history...

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Moses, a worker in a lethal Tanzanite mine, who risks it all every day in the hope of striking it rich; Rachel, who leaves the countryside to make a living, but finds herself in a city where everyone sees her as a whore in waiting; Shakila, who manages to escape to the States, but not from racial prejudice.This is their reality - drowning in corruption, the need to graft and scrap, selling their morals and their bodies as needs be. The Africa Trilogy is at once epic and minutely human, because Ejersbo never fails to show compassion for his characters: however corrupted or morally blemished they may become, they are worth a better life.

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Winner of the 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, this novel is set in an idyllic Egyptian village from the time it was discovered by Muhammad Ali's mission in the early nineteenth century to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, movingly intertwining events on the world scene with the life dramas of its protagonists. The story opens with the pivotal character, Mubarka al-Fuli, now a grandmother and matriarch, wanting to dictate a letter to God for her grandson to send to the Almighty by email. We are then ushered back in time to Mubarka's fiery adolescence and her painfully aborted romance with Muntasir, son of the village's deceased but legendary strongman. The shifting fortunes of the al-Deeb clan affect every aspect of its members' lives, from their sexual vulnerabilities to the grief of loss, the uncertainties of a changing world, and the heartaches born of betrayal,… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Your love, or your career - which would you choose?Sally lives in a Victorian house in London, recently converted into two roomy apartments. She's a woman with an apparently enviable life. Married to banker Edward and mother of two-year-old Louis, the family occupies the spacious upper floors. But beneath a happy exterior, Sally struggles with the legacy of Edward's past: his ex-wife Pia, his resentful step-daughter Hope - and Edward's mixed feelings about the family he left behind. When Sally discovers the house holds a secret, her need to escape the strains of her marriage lead her on an obsessive quest to discover the truth. But can she solve the challenges of the present as well as the past?While Sally struggles, Anna moves into the garden flat. Anna has always shunned domesticity. A driven workaholic and a highly successful television producer, her new project is a… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.New York, 1961. A group of old friends, who had known each other during the war, plan a reunion dinner. It is Al Rogers' birthday, and another of their number, Ron, is visiting the city for the Broadway premiere of his play. They were all, at one time, involved in the arts and entertainment industry. Holly, Al's wife, has started writing potboilers whilst caring for their baby son, but Al has had to put his dreams of writing a 'big' book on hold and is not satisfied with life.As they gather for the reunion, the friends and lovers reflect on the past and ponder on what they've accomplished - or haven't. What will the sudden realization that you have to follow your dreams do to them? Without dreams, nothing is left...

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When Adrienne Moss, owner and publisher of the Westwood Sentinel, is killed in a road accident, the driver is found to be Evan Ward, son of Noel Ward, the owner of Westwood Manufacturing.Adrienne had been running for a seat on the local Council and fighting to stop Westwood Manufacturing from outsourcing production to China, with the loss of a thousand jobs. The circumstances of her death are extremely suspicious. Even more so when the dying woman passes on a warning to Sandy Taylor, her Assistant Managing Editor, and her soon to be daughter-in-law.When her will is read, it causes resentment and further suspicion and there are more murders to come...What did Adrienne mean by her last words, Sandy, be careful?

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When Kirsten Harbourn is found strangled and naked on her wedding day, DI Wesley Peterson makes some alarming discoveries. Kirsten was being pursued by an obsessed stalker and she had dark secrets her doting fiancée, Peter knew nothing about.But Kirsten's wasn't the only wedding planned to take place that July day in South Devon. At Morbay register office a terrified young girl makes her wedding vows. And a few days later her bridegroom is found dead in a seedy seaside hotel. As Wesley investigates he suspects that the death and the bride's subsequent disappearance might be linked to Kirsten's murder.Meanwhile the skeleton of a young female is found buried in a farmer's field - a field that once belonged to the family of Ralph Strong, an Elizabethan playwright whose play, The Fair Wife of Padua, is to be performed for the first time in four hundred years. Is this bloodthirsty… Read More

Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When elderly opera 'queen' Max Cadamarteri is found dead in bed with his throat cut open, Detective Chief Inspector Glass is called in to investigate. Glass also has the Police Christmas Party to attend to, which turns out to be a disaster when a blue movie is shown and Detective Sergeant Evans recognises his under-age goddaughter in the cast. The search is now on for the peddlars of porn. Meanwhile, Glass's son-in-law, Dectective Chief Inspector Robin Knox, is on the trail of a serial murderer after a number of young girls have been found dead and identically mutilated.

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.India has the most comprehensive railway network in the world, with almost all tourist attractions accessible by rail. For the majority of visitors, travel by train is the preferred means of transport: the ideal way to see the country and, with the Indrail Pass, a terrific bargain.This third edition of India by Rail takes account of the wide reaching changes which have brought modern, comfortable trains into service alongside the glories of the past, such as the Darjeeling Toy Train and the beautifully recreated Palace on Wheels. Royston Ellis' unique blend of evocative description, thorough research and personal anecdote brings the rail experience vividly alive while explaining precisely how to plan a trouble-free journey.

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In London a couple meet at a party. She is Israeli and he Palestinian. Both are here to escape the politics of their countries and both want to be alone. Despite that, their relationship develops and inevitably they have to confront the politics that, in principle, separates them. Can their relationship survive? This clever, well-paced novel explores the heart-wrenching impossibilities of love.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.For two minutes she was dead.The assailant was vicious, the attack brutal - and it left her lifeless...until her pulse fluttered and she jolted awake. Now, a year later, detective Nan Vining is still questioning her strength, her safety, even her sanity: can she ever again be the cop - and mother - she was before? And will her attacker some day return to finish the job, before she can track him down herself?Shaky but determined, Vining rejoins the Pasadena PD, only to confront a murder case that strikes close to home: a slain policewoman has been discovered dumped on a hillside, her body bruised, her throat slit. Even as Vining struggles to recover her standing within the department, she can't help but fee; drawn to the murdered officer, Frankie Lynde - and deeply troubled by the baffling otherworldly visions that haunt her waking hours. Is her mind playing tricks or could… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to end pages - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.An A-Z of Symptons and Signs is a useful tool for all students and practitioners in the health profession, as it facilitates the problem-solving processes faced in everyday practice. An exploration of over 350 symptons and signs forms the bulk of the text, which is supplemented by a summary of over 1000 disease states. This approach is designed to help therapists best appreciate the clinical scenarios that appear before them and through increasing their clinical comprehension skills, become more effective and thoughtful practitioners. Students and practitioners working in manual and manipulative health care will especially benefit from the excellent coverage of musculoskeletal symptomatology.

First Edition, Second Printing - In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout."No Women Need Apply."These Four Discouraging Words of admonition often greeted female physicians looking for jobs in the frontier-era West. Despite the dire need for medical help, it seemed most trappers, miners, and emigrants would rather suffer and die than be treated by a female doctor. Nevertheless dozens of highly trained women headed West, where they endured hardship and prejudice as they set broken limbs, performed operations, delivered generations of babies - and solidified a place for women in the medical field.Susan La Flesche, the youngest daughter of an Omaha Indian Chief, felt called to medicine when at the age of twelve she saw a woman die because a government-paid doctor was too busy hunting prairie chickens to help. Destitute divorcee Bethenia Owens Adair traded in laundry work for a successful medical practice. Flora Hayward Stanford,… Read More

In fair condition - has old tape on spine - has marks of water damage inside - though book is readable - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
...Australia may well seem the Promised Land. For it is a spacious country with a healthy vigorous people and vast natural resources. Only a passimist would set bounds to its future. I pray that Australia will continue to prosper . . . .
Her Majesty's Broadcast, Canberra, February 16, 1954.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Stephanie Plum has her sights set on catching a notorious mob boss. If she doesn't take him down, he may take her out. New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mobster Salvatore "Uncle Sunny" Sunucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it's up to Stephanie to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder for running over a guy (twice), and nobody wants to turn him in—not his poker buddies, not his bimbo girlfriend, not his two right-hand men, Shorty and Moe. Even Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, has skin in the game, because—just Stephanie's luck—the godfather is his actual godfather. And while Morelli understands that the law is the law, his old-world grandmother, Bella, is doing everything she can to throw Stephanie off the trail. It's not just Uncle Sunny giving Stephanie the run-around. Security specialist Ranger… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where Bounty Hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's Wildest, Hottest Novel yet.While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her.The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso...street name, Ranger.The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer.Ranger, needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say. And now the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli, her on-again, off-again boyfriend, steps in.Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve, or will a stranger in… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Returning to Elmhurst, many years after his involuntary departure, to attend a civic reception in his honour, Sir Rufus Seward had ignored the maxim that 'going back' is not always wise.Summoned after Seward's body is found, a wood chisel protruding from its back, DI Joe Rafferty receives a panicky call from his younger brother, Mickey, who fears he is in the frame for Seward's murder. Strangely, given his loathing of the dead man, Mickey had received an invitation to the reception. Keen to confront the bully who made his youth a misery, Mickey had gone, but then found his tormentor's body - and fled the scene...Rafferty, aware that his brother hated Seward, and that Mickey had three pointers to guilt - the means, the motive and the opportunity - finds himself torn between protecting his family and finding the real killer.