A fast moving thriller involving the rekindling of jealousy, greed and thirst for revenge. Vengeance is sought when a Lloyd's Insurance market investor desperately struggles to meet massive and potentially bankrupting losses. His rediscovery of a disputed family inheritance pre-dating the Russian revolution sparks a dramatic struggle to wrest a near priceless jewel from the possession of its ...

It's on a bright hot summer's day when the hero of our story is transported into a world of hysterically funny characters and bizarre happenings. A cat materializes out of a handkerchief and old men stumble out of a tree- but that is just the beginning! As his new friends get stranger and stranger, the eccentric tension culminates into one of the strangest trials in all of literature. Sukumar Ray'

THIS BOOK REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION AS WE ALL KNOW THAT MOST JOKES AREN'T AT ALL FUNNY AND USUALLY WE HAVE HEARD THEM ALL BEFORE SO HERE IS A SELCTION OF SOME OF THE DIRTIER ONES THAT HAVE COME MY WAY. THANKS TO ALL THE WORKING MEN THAT I KNOW I HOPE THEY BRIGHTEN UP YOUR MISERABLE LIVES AS THEY DID MINE AND INSPIRES US ALL TO THINK OF A FEW NEW ONES.

THE AGE OF THE AVIATOR is the story of a unique period in history. It was a time when no one was yet certain of the potential of flight and when the task of testing its limits fell to a handful of eccentric and ingenious daredevils. This sweeping novel describes the century-long life of one such adventurer: someone who loved danger more than safety; a man of common origins who rose to uncommon ..

The rage of Achilles (played by Brad Pitt in the movie Troy) provides the basis for one of the most powerful war stories ever told. Anger. Jealousy. Betrayal. Revenge. The original is far more poetic and complex than the new film version. This elegantly designed new edition is taken from the 1898 translation by Samuel Butler. The electronic text is available free through Project Gutenberg: ...

The premise of this book is that the concept of spread and the business of spreading good practice as we continue to apply it in healthcare, may be a large part of why spread doesn't happen. If you're looking for an alternative and occasionally irreverent view, then read on. This is a personal account reflecting on many years worth of consulting practice, mistakes included.

When Ben moved to the mountains he did so in the hope that he would find his true self. But he found himself surrounded by people doing their best to hide theirs. Clamped, set in the alpine ski resort of Courchevel, follows the path of a suburban chalet boy learning to snowboard who becomes embroiled in the world of a corrupt museum curator, two small-time scam artist public schoolboys and an ...

Dubbed 'The lazy man's way to easy sex and romance with 20 or more women a month', this book is the no-risk, never-fail blueprint on how to 'magnetically' attract an endless flow of horny, ready-for-sex women to you. It's based on the same hush-hush psychological tactics advertisers have used for centuries to get filthy rich.

Second-Hand Stories: 15 Portraits of Louisville is a compilation of articles by award-winning journalist Michael L. Jones. The book includes profiles of the indie band Rachel's, former James Brown trumpeter Richard Kush Griffith, sculptor Ed Hamilton, painter Bob Thompson, the seminal indie rock club Tewligan's and the history of Louisville Jug Bands.

Jimmy falls down a hole in Central Park only to discover worlds he had only dreamed of. A talking parrot, a magical map, a dark lord and pirates are only a few of the adventures he encounters. Along the way, he develops character and friendships that will last forever.

The exploits of an everyday man who decided to drop out of society for a year in order to see if the world is as exciting a place as Michael Palin makes it look on the television.

In 1775 a man was sentenced to be transported for seven years to the Mewstone, a barren rock off Plymouth Harbour in Devon. When he had served his sentence he took the tenancy of Looe Island in Cornwall. His family prospered through their involvement in the flourishing trade of smuggling into Cornwall from the Channel Islands and France. This is the story of how a convicted felon was able to take