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PAPERBACK EDITION. CREASES TO SPINE AND COVER.When journalist Brendan Craft discovers the mysterious Egyptian charm, a series of terrifying events is unleashed ??? events similar to those suffered by a young soldier as he fought for his life in the trenches of Gallipoli in 1915. Confronted with an evil beyond his imagining, Brendan becomes locked in a battle for his sanity. Where does the dream end and the reality begin? Death may be the only escape from the voices of evil.

London: Random House, 2013. SOFT COVER. Used. The first movie quiz book dealing exclusively with murder mysteriesThe hundreds of questions in this all-new quiz book will challenge, amuse and inform moviegoers of all ages. It covers scores of films from the beginning of the talkies to the present. Even those who "know everything" about mystery movies will find questions to put their knowledge and recollection to the acid test. And because the answer to each question is supplied, no one can fail to be enlightened and entertained by the book.The thirty-six chapters can be read in order, or you can dip into them at random to feed your particular interest. Maybe you're fascinated by the famous detective series: the Thin Man, Charlie Chan, Sherlock Holmes, Philo Vance, Perry Mason, Bulldog Drummond, Mr. Moto, Jane Marple, Ellery Queen, The Saint, The Falcon, Hildegarde Withers. Each is covered in a chapter packed with questions about plots, casts, characters and other relevant and thought-provoking… Read More

London: Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2010. Used. Iain Madoc has always had a fraught relationship with his father, a man whose coldness stems back to a disastrous WWII mission that almost took his life. When Iain's dying mother leaves him with a clue about what happened, he sets off for the tiny Breton village of St Cyriac, determined to discover the truth.

Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2011. large size paperback. Used. Power through service, says Head Chef. It's one of the first lessons taught at Cook School, where troubled youths learn to be master chefs by bowing to decadence and whim, by offering up a part of themselves on every plate. It's a motto Zac takes to heart. A teenage boy with a difficult past, he throws himself into the world and work of haute cuisine. He has dreams of a future, of escaping the dead-end, no-hope lot of his fellow cooks. He wants to be the greatest chef the world has seen. He thinks he's taken his first steps when he becomes House Cook for a wealthy family. Never mind that the family may seem less than appreciative. Or refined. Or deserving. Power through service. But as the facade crumbles and his promised future looks unlikely to eventuate, Zac the Cook is forced to reassess everything. Sweet turns sour and ends in bitter revenge. Blackly funny and deliciously satirical, The Cook feeds our hunger to know what goes on in… Read More

London: Penguin, 1992. Used. The Executioners is a psychological thriller-suspense novel written by John D. MacDonald, published in 1957. The plot concerns a lawyer being stalked and tormented by a criminal he helped put in prison. It was filmed twice under the title Cape Fear, once in 1962 and again in 1991.

The Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background, Flashman's actions in the stories are either fictional, or Fraser uses the actions of unidentified individuals and assigns them to Flashman. Flashman is a character in the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days; Hughes' version of the character is a bully at Rugby School who is expelled for drunkenness. The character was then developed by Fraser, and appeared in the 1969 novel Flashman. Fraser went on to write a total of eleven novels and one collection of short stories featuring the character.

HarperCollins, 1989. Used. HarperCollins, 1989 Used In this sixth volume of the Flashman Papers covering the years 1842-5, the reader is given an eye-witness account of the private war in which a handful of gentlemen-adventurers pushed the British Empire eastwards and left their mark on the island of Borneo 368 pp

London: HarperCollins, 2006. Used. London: HarperCollins, 2006 Used The first Flashman book since "Flashman and the Angel of the Lord" in 1995, this is the long-awaited new installment of the "Flashman Papers" Three new episodes touch on two of the most spectacular military actions of the century and see Flashman pitted against one of the greatest villains of the day 333 pp

London: HarperCollins, 2006. Used. The first Flashman book since "Flashman and the Angel of the Lord" in 1995, this is the long-awaited new installment of the "Flashman Papers." Three new episodes touch on two of the most spectacular military actions of the century and see Flashman pitted against one of the greatest villains of the day.

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999. Used. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999 Used 416 pp

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1989. Used. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1989 Used 400 pp

Not Listed: Not listed, Not recorded. Used.PAPERBACK EDITION.CREASES TO SPINE & COVERMcAuslan in the Rough is the second collection of short stories by George MacDonald Fraser featuring a young Scottish officer named Dand MacNeill. It is a sequel to The General Danced at Dawn and concerns life in a Highland regiment after the end of World War II.

The Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background, Flashman's actions in the stories are either fictional, or Fraser uses the actions of unidentified individuals and assigns them to Flashman. Flashman is a character in the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days; Hughes' version of the character is a bully at Rugby School who is expelled for drunkenness. The character was then developed by Fraser, and appeared in the 1969 novel Flashman. Fraser went on to write a total of eleven novels and one collection of short stories featuring the character.

London: Fontana, 1986. Used. The Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background, Flashman's actions in the stories are either fictional, or Fraser uses the actions of unidentified individuals and assigns them to Flashman. Flashman is a character in the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days; Hughes' version of the character is a bully at Rugby School who is expelled for drunkenness. The character was then developed by Fraser, and appeared in the 1969 novel Flashman. Fraser went on to write a total of eleven novels and one collection of short stories featuring the character.

London: HarperCollins, 1988. Used. Private McAuslan demonstrates his unfitness for the service in 'The General Danced at Dawn', the first in a trilogy that could do for the Scots what P.G. Wodehouse did for the English.

London: HarperCollins, 1996. Used. The Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background, Flashman's actions in the stories are either fictional, or Fraser uses the actions of unidentified individuals and assigns them to Flashman. Flashman is a character in the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days; Hughes' version of the character is a bully at Rugby School who is expelled for drunkenness. The character was then developed by Fraser, and appeared in the 1969 novel Flashman. Fraser went on to write a total of eleven novels and one collection of short stories featuring the character.

London: Fontana, 1991. UsedPAPERBACK EDITION.CREASES TO SPINE & COVERThe Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background, Flashman's actions in the stories are either fictional, or Fraser uses the actions of unidentified individuals and assigns them to Flashman. Flashman is a character in the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days; Hughes' version of the character is a bully at Rugby School who is expelled for drunkenness. The character was then developed by Fraser, and appeared in the 1969 novel Flashman. Fraser went on to write a total of eleven novels and one collection of short stories featuring the character.

London: HarperCollins, 1993. Used. Flashman and the Redskins is a 1982 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the seventh of the Flashman novels.The Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background, Flashman's actions in the stories are either fictional, or Fraser uses the actions of unidentified individuals and assigns them to Flashman. Flashman is a character in the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days; Hughes' version of the character is a bully at Rugby School who is expelled for drunkenness. The character was then developed by Fraser, and appeared in the 1969 novel Flashman. Fraser went on to write a total of… Read More

Orlando, Fla: HarperCollins, 1989. Used. In this sixth volume of the Flashman Papers covering the years 1842-5, the reader is given an eye-witness account of the private war in which a handful of gentlemen-adventurers pushed the British Empire eastwards and left their mark on the island of Borneo.

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999. Used. The tenth installment in The Flashman Papers finds Captain Harry Flashman of Her Majesty's Secret Service in the antebellum South, where the irrepressible, globe-trotting Victorian becomes the target of blackmailing beauties.Evading danger, bedding women, and profiting from every opportunity, Flashman once again weasels his way into history, this time in John Brown's raid of Harper's Ferry, just before the Civil War. As a result of Flashy's letching, lying, cheating, and stealing on land, on sea, and on the rails, not only did John Brown become a martyr, Lincoln became president, and the nation plunged into a bloodbath.