Ben Corbett is a young lawyer in early-twentieth-century Washington DC. One day, out of the blue, he receives a private invitation to the White House. President Theodore Roosevelt has personally selected Ben to help him investigate rumours of lynchings & a re-emergence of the outlawed Ku Klux Klan in Ben's own hometown of Eudora, Mississippi. ...

While you wait for the next exciting installment in the " Alex Cross series", I, Alex Cross (published November 2009 by Century), get your hands on a new book written by Alex Cross himself! Ben Corbett is a brilliant young lawyer in early-twentieth-century Washington DC. Yet he is a disappointment to his wife & father, who believe he wastes his talents by doing poorly-paid & thankless work helping the poor & downtrodden. One day, out of the blue, he receives a private invitation to the White House. President Theodore Roosevelt has personally selected Ben to help him investigate rumours of lynchings & a re-emergence of the outlawed Ku Klux Klan in Ben's own hometown of Eudora, Mississippi. Ben accepts the mission handed to him & is given the name of a man in Eudora who will help him in this covert operation
- the man's name is Abraham Cross, great-uncle of Alex. As Ben delves into the murky depths of racial hatred that hide beneath the surface of this seemingly sleepy Southern town, people become suspicious of what he is trying to do, & make it very clear to Ben what he is risking if he continues. Ben must decide if he is willing to lose old friends, his family, maybe even his life, for the cause he believes in. In his quest to bring about justice for the tortured & tormented black community of Eudora, Ben will have to take on the biggest, most difficult, & most dangerous trial of his life. But can one man fight an entire town, an entire state that is stuck in the past & willing to go to any lengths to halt change & the coming of a future that they desperately fear?
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From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great-uncle Abraham & his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written
- a novel called " Trial'. As a lawyer in early-twentieth-century Washington DC, Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases. Fighting against oppression & racism, he risks his family & his life in the process. When President Theodore Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his hometown to investigate rumours of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there, he cannot refuse. Arriving in Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets the wise Abraham Cross & his beautiful daughter, Moody. Ben enlists their help, & the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic Southern town. Lynchings have become commonplace & residents of the town's black quarter live in constant fear. Ben aims to break the reign of terror
- but the truth of who is really behind it could break his heart. Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross's Trial is a gripping story of murder, love, &, above all, bravery.

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Three killers are on the rampage in the capital & dead bodies are piling up almost as fast as the police can count them. Alex Cross is in charge of all three investigations & has never been under more pressure. But with a crisis at home that threatens to tear his family apart, Alex's attention is divided. While Cross tracks the killers, he doesn't notice that someone is tracking him. Can Alex unravel the cases & find the killers in time? Or will he be the next dead body on the list? ...

Find out all about football's most famous coach! Alex Ferguson, has had an amazing career in the beautiful game. He is famed for his dedication to Manchester United, his passion for football & his determination to win. Today, he is widely credited as the most successful coach in English football history. Until his retirement in 2013, Sir Alex Ferguson was the most famous football manager in the world. During his time at Manchester United, the club won the Premier League 13 times & the FA Cup five times, as well as numerous other titles & trophies. No other football manager has come close to equalling Fergie's record. This book gives you the story behind this incredible man
- from his upbringing in a tough part of Glasgow, through his career as a football player in Scotl&, to his 26 years in charge of one of the most famous & successful football clubs in the world. It focuses on his management techniques & his star players, from David Beckham to Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo & Wayne Rooney, & explains how he transformed Man Utd into a global phenomenon
- the club every footballer wanted to play for. Biographical information, "es from the man himself, support the narrative. Discover how Alex began his career as a professional footballer, why he decided to become a coach, how he turned Manchester United into one of the world's greatest football teams & why Fergie was the most respected manager in football! A fantastic resource for biography based project work!

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When Alex Higgins' first manager, John Mc Laughlin, bestowed the nickname ' Hurricane Higgins' on the young, feisty snooker

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This trio of books from Alex Kava feature her popular protagonist, FBI criminal profiler Maggie O' Dell, as she races against time to solve horrific murder cases before the perpetrators can strike again. Now an established star of the thriller genre, Kava is a powerful writer who has been compared to the likes of Jeffery Deaver, Patricia Cornwell & James Patterson. Novels packed with suspense, twists & turns in all the right places, these three books are sure to appeal to fans of contemporary crime fiction! ...

In this must-have guide Alex Polizzi, presenter of Channel 5's The Hotel Inspector, takes the hassle out of hotel selection, revealing the very best places to stay in Great Britain. & you can rest assured that all 52 of the outstanding destinations featured
- one for every weekend of the year -live up to Alex's famously exacting standards.
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as smooth & trouble-free as possible. With its winning combination of expert advice, insider tips & sumptuous photography, Alex Polizzi's Little Black Book of Hotels makes compulsive reading for the armchair traveller, as well as essential reference when planning any trip away. ...

Alex Prager is one of the truly original image makers of our time. Working fluidly between photography & film, she creates large-scale projects that combine elaborately built sets, highly staged, complex performances & a ` Hollywood' aesthetic to produce still & moving images that are familiar yet strange, utterly compelling & unerringly memorable. In her career she has won both popular acclaim & the recognition of the art establishment
- her work can be found in the collections of Mo MA & the Whitney Museum in New York as well as institutions worldwide. This book is the first career retrospective of this rising star. In 120 carefully curated photographs, it summarizes Prager's creative trajectory & offers an ideal introduction for the popular `breakout' audience who may have only recently encountered her work. Structured around her project-orientated approach, Silver Lake Drive presents the very best images from her career to date: from the early Film Stills through her collaborations with the actor Bryce Dallas Howard on Week-end & Despair to the tour de force of Face in the Crowd
- shot on a Hollywood sound stage with over 150 performers
- & her 2015 commission for the Paris opera La Grande Sortie. Supported by an international exhibition schedule, & including an in-depth interview with Alex Prager by Nathalie Herschdorfer & supplementary essays by the curators of renowned museums & galleries, this book will be an essential addition to the collection of anyone who has followed Prager's career & all with an interest in & appreciation of contemporary art.


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