First published in 1982, this is the story of Alanbrooke, of whom General Mac Arthur wrote, is undoubtedly the greatest soldier that England has produced since Wellington. He fought with the artillery in the First World War, had a brilliant career as a peacetime soldier, & conducted his Corps with exemplary calm & courage in the retreat to Dunkirk. In November 1941 Churchill selected him as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, & from that moment he became indispensable in Whitehall, the one man who could never be spared for the more spectacular feats of war on the battlefield which he longed to undertake.

Alanbrooke was the master strategist of the British military effort. His partnership with Churchill
- the statesmans imagination & inspired energy perfectly complementing the soldiers clarity of mind & unflinching realism
- was often turbulent, yet endlessly fruitful. Under his chairmanship the Chiefs of Staff became the most efficient machine for the conduct of war which Britain, perhaps the world, had ever seen. His influence in the shaping of global strategy was immeasurable.



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From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight. Alanna has always craved the adventure & daring allowed only for boys; her twin brother, Thom, yearns to learn the art of magic. So one day they decide to switch places. Disguised as a girl, Thom heads for the convent; Alanna, pretending to be a boy, is on her way to the castle of King Roald to begin her training as a page. But the road to knighthood is not an easy one. As Alanna masters the skills necessary for battle, she must also learn to control her heart & to learn who her enemies are. Filled with swords & sorcery, adventure & intrigue, good & evil, Alanna's first adventure begins.. . In the second adventure: Still disguised as a boy, Alanna becomes a squire to none other than the prince of the realm. Prince Jonathan is not only Alanna's liege lord, he is also her best friend
- & one of the few who knows the secret of her true identity. But when a mysterious sorcerer threatens the prince's life, it will take all of Alanna's skill, strength, & magical power to protect him
- even at the risk of revealing who she really is.. .

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Oz Blackstone didn't go looking for fame: it jumped out of an alleyway & mugged him with a fist full of high denomination notes. Movie stardom, wealth, a successful marriage
- Oz is standing on the brink of the Seriously Big Time & life just seems to keep lining up the cherries He should have known it couldn't stay that good for that long
- don't the juiciest fruit always go sour? The first sign of trouble appears when Oz finds his ex-wife Primavera Phillips, drenched in her own tears
- her life in ruins, cheated out of her fortune & robbed of her baby boy, Tom, by his lying con-man father. What could Oz do but help? Maybe he should have called for help himself, or stuck to the game plan of looking after number one. Instead he set out on a voyage of dark intrigue & wild discovery that would turn his life upside down
- again.



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Oz Blackstone didn't go looking for fame: it jumped out of an alleyway & mugged him with a fist full of high denomination notes. Movie stardom, wealth, a successful marriage
- Oz is standing on the brink of the Seriously Big Time & life just seems to keep lining up the cherries... He should have known it couldn't stay that good for that long
- don't the juiciest fruit always go sour? The first sign of trouble appears when Oz finds his ex-wife Primavera Phillips, drenched in her own tears
- her life in ruins, cheated out of her fortune & robbed of her baby boy, Tom, by his lying con-man father. What could Oz do but help? Maybe he should have called for help himself, or stuck to the game plan of looking after number one. Instead he set out on a voyage of dark intrigue & wild discovery that would turn his life upside down
- again.



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Oz Blackstone didn't go looking for fame: it jumped out of an alleyway & mugged him with a fist full of high denomination notes. Movie stardom, wealth, a successful marriage
- Oz is standing on the brink of the Seriously Big Time & life just seems to keep lining up the cherries... He should have known it couldn't stay that good for that long
- don't the juiciest fruit always go sour? The first sign of trouble appears when Oz finds his ex-wife Primavera Phillips, drenched in her own tears
- her life in ruins, cheated out of her fortune & robbed of her baby boy, Tom, by his lying con-man father. What could Oz do but help? Maybe he should have called for help himself, or stuck to the game plan of looking after number one. Instead he set out on a voyage of dark intrigue & wild discovery that would turn his life upside down
- again.



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Today, genes are called upon to explain almost every aspect of our lives, from social inequalities to health, sexual preference

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The year is 2020 & President Trump has just announced that the world is bracing itself for the effects of a huge solar storm. 17 year old Jim Richards is a gawky, unimpressive teenager in Anchorage, Alaska. As chaos descends & society breaks down into anarchy & violence, his family team up with others to leave the city & take their chances in the Alaskan wilderness. They can no longer flick a switch to get what they want, no mobile or internet, in fact no communication at all with the wider world, how will it play out? Jim must step up, & in doing so, find his true self, his first love, & his destiny. How will the human race survive in this new world? The Provider is the first of the Alaskan Chronicles. ...

WHO NEEDED PEACE & QUIET WHEN YOU HAD ASSASSINS & A SECOND SHOT AT LOVE? No matter how far he went, Sam Russell couldnt outrun his past. Not even in an epic race across the Alaskan wilderness. But surviving the harsh climate wasnt something Sam could do alone. Returning home to bask in the frozen sun, the last thing Special Agent Kat Sikes wanted was for reality to intrude. But fantasies didnt get any more real than Sam Russell. With his competitive intensity urging her on, she took his racing challenge--determined to beat him at his own game. Despite the subzero temperatures, the heat between them was undeniable. Out of control & breathless, the pair hurtled toward the finish line, only to await one last showdown on the snow & ice. ...

WARMING HIS HEART Former Alaskan sled dog musher Ben Grayson is still grieving the tragic loss of his dog team. So much that he put the reins-and his dreams-away. Now a photographer, Bens covering the Gold Rush Trail sled dog race. Hes surprised his heart isnt more guarded around lovely journalist Clementine Phillips-until he learns that Clementine plans to handle a sled dog team herself. Ben cant bear the thought of Clementine in danger. So he comes up with a compromise-one to keep her close... forever. ...