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In turbulent 14th century Scotland, the ruling House of Stewart was a house divided, beset by hatred and jealousy. Descendants of the Bruce's daughter, they only kept the throne by an astonishing genius for survival - or, as many said, the lick of the Devil. Their...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-12-20
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The war to end all wars, people said in 1918. Not for long. By 1919, White Russians were fighting Bolshevik Reds for control of their country, and Winston Churchill (then Secretary of State for War) wanted to see Communism 'strangled in its cradle'. So a volunteer...
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Maclehose Press
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2012-12-20
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A thrilling, post-apocalyptic short story from the world of V. M. Zito's THE RETURN MAN: 'Bloody excellent' Financial Times.Corporal Noah Brodeur's job is a lonely one. In the aftermath of the outbreak, from his remote Canadian border station, Brodeur must guard the...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-12-13
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A CLASSIC TALE OF THE LOVES, CRIMES AND STRUGGLES CONFRONTED BY ONE FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY.From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - must steer them through the...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2012-11-30
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MARIO PUZO'S FIRST ACCLAIMED NOVEL, BEFORE HIS CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, THE GODFATHER. AN ASTOUNDING STORY OF CORRUPTION AND BETRAYAL.Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man....
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Cornerstone Digital
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2012-11-30
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The highly acclaimed thriller that launched the cultural phenomenon, Rambo.'Nobody does this kind of thing better than David Morrell' Lee ChildOne war waged against one man: RAMBO. First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the...
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Headline
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2012-11-22
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Part three in Death or Glory series, Highroad to Hell is Michael Asher's latest Second World War adventure. With Asher's insider knowledge of the SAS he brings to life the action of the battlefield in this fast-paced and compelling novel following Captain Tom Caine....
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Penguin
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2012-11-08
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For three very different people brought together by their love for birds, life on the Queensland coast in 1914 is the timeless and idyllic world of sandpipers, ibises and kingfishers. In another hemisphere civilization rushes headlong into a brutal conflict. Life there...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-10-31
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In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the...
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Sceptre
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2012-10-25
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The first in a series of action-packed novellas set in Ancient Rome introducing Pavo, a novice gladiator, and featuring Simon Scarrow's ongoing soldier character Optio Macro.It is AD 41.The savage Gaul Britomaris has defeated the best of the Roman gladiators in the...
Editeur :
Headline
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2012-10-25
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Arena
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During the 16th century, the Borderland between Scotland and England was something of a world apart, with its own strange laws, beliefs and customs.Young John Maxwell, Warden of the West March, did his best to control a motley crew of dalesmen and mosstroopers from...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-09-13
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Once again Scotland was fighting for her survival as a free andindependent nation.Robert the Bruce's legacy, three years after his death in 1329, is indanger. With a five-year-old heir guarded by an ageing and diminishingband of lieutenants, the English King, Edward...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-09-13
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Across a huge colourful canvas, ranging from the wilds of Scotland toNorway, Denmark and Rome, here is the story of the real MacBeth.Set aside Shakespeare's portrait: read instead of his struggle to makeand save a united Scotland.In this impressively researched and...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-09-13
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An epic novel from the master of historical fiction, author of ALEXANDER: GOD OF WAR 'Brilliantly evoked' Sunday TimesArimnestos of Plataea is a man who has seen and done things that most men only dream about. Sold into slavery as a boy, he fought his way to freedom -...
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Orion
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2012-09-13
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The Long War
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A Piece of Cake is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.InA Piece of Cake, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells the horrific story of a pilot whose plane crashes in the desert.A Piece of Cake is...
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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Death of an Old Old Man is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.InDeath of an Old Old Man, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a brutal story of pilots and the terror of aerial combat.Death of an...
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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An African Story is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.InAn African Story, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells us the twisted tale of the dog killer, the missing milk, the old man and the...
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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Beware of the Dog is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.InBeware of the Dog, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells of an injured pilot recovering in hospital who makes a disturbing discovery . ....
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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'A tour de force of writing and intelligence' A.S. ByattDiscover one of the greatest first world war novels.Christopher Tietjens has long loved the beautiful young suffragette Valentine, but the pair are held apart by Christopher's loyalty to his wife Sylvia, and to a...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-08-30
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The Great War changes everything. In this epic tale, spanning over a decade, war turns the world of privileged, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens upside down. It forces him to question everything he holds dear – social order, morality, marriage and loyalty. And it...
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Bbc Digital
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2012-08-16
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