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History is full to the brim with untold tales of heroics and villainy, gruesome battles, hilarious happenings and downright bizarre coincidences. Meet the war veteran who lost an eye and amputated his own fingers. Discover the original Die Hards, whose bravery would put even Bruce Willis to shame. Just who stole the still-missing Irish crown jewels and how did Adeline, Countess of Cardigan, scandalise society so completely? In Lessons from History, Alex Deane takes us on an uproarious romp through the tales you didn't hear at school. With stories ranging from the little-known characters who played their vital parts in the world's most famous wars to the remarkable adventures of figures across the centuries, to events so extraordinary as to be almost – almost – unbelievable, this book proves that fact is almost always wilder than fiction. Bringing these stories joyfully and often poignantly back to life, Deane finally shines a light on the tales lost to history, and on what we might learn from them today.
The debate about our DNA database, the largest per capita in the world, has dominated headlines throughout the last few years. Britain has more CCTV cameras than any other country in the world, and even more are being installed - including in private homes, facing out into the street. With the Intercept Modernisation Programme, the current government plans to record details of every telephone call made and e-mail sent by people in the United Kingdom. A database of households, is set to be compiled for health and safety reasons, is planned by the NHS. The Independent Safeguarding Authority continues to plan a compulsory register of all those who regularly come into contact with children - per...
A laugh-out-loud cozy paranormal mystery. Evangeline Winther accepts that she is a witch... but is she a capable one? Eh, not so much. She can’t control her powers. She can’t cast a spell. And—let down of a lifetime—no one rides a broom. But she does have the love of her hot mechanic and her ever faithful—if somewhat annoying—cat. Things are looking up. Until someone runs her off the road. Now she must figure out who—or what—is trying to kill her.
Isabella Ten years is a long time to wonder what really happened the night my parents died. Too long. I need to know why they died, why I lived, and who the woman at the top of the cliff was. The truth is trapped inside my broken brain, but whenever I reach for it, something pulls me out. Something or someone. And that someone might be the one who took my brother. I need his best friend’s help to unlock my memories and find my brother. Dean’s the best PI around, but he’s also the guy I’ve secretly loved forever. Dean As a private investigator, I’ve brought down the lowlifes of humanity – cheats, thieves, liars. It was never personal for me. Not until someone kidnapped my best friend. When his sister asks for my help? No is not an answer. I’d lay down my life for Bella. Not that she knows. No one does. She’s been off-limits ever since the accident that claimed their parents’ lives, turning my best friend into her guardian and breaking something inside her. I vow not to mix professional and personal but finding her brother means keeping her close. In my truck. In my house. In my bed. For the sake of both our lives.
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Lori Wick's bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cover design to delight avid Lori Wick fans and readers just introduced to Lori's beloved fiction. When an angry snowstorm forces Marcail Donovan to seek shelter for the night at the town doctor's house, the pretty new schoolteacher is thrust into a scandal that threatens her career. The unfortunate but innocent circumstances bring harsh condemnation to Marcail, but the compassionate bachelor doctor offers her a way to remain the town's teacher. Now she must face an inner turmoil worse than any storm. Is Donovan's Daughter willing to give up her own dreams to bring God's love to the children she teaches?
Lori Wick's bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) is now available in a 4-in-1 ebook-only bundle for the first time! The four novels in this popular western romance series remains well-beloved by fans of Lori Wick as well as newcomers to her charming inspirational fiction. In 1871, the Donovan family travels back to California for the first time in years, seeking a restful break from their missions work in Hawaii. Little do they know how quickly their lives will be turned upside down, as each member of the family travels their own journey into the future God has for them. Whatever Tomorrow Brings: Kaitlin, the Donovan's oldest daughter, faces life in rugged Cali...
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Suzy Perry, a lovely, accomplished older woman, has married into a new family in Westchester County, NY, after being widowed not long before in Atlanta. Her new husband, Dean Perry, is besotted with her, but his son, Alex, and daughter-in-law Lisa are troubled by how little they know about her. Who is she? Little by little, clues and tidbits of information persuade Alex that he needs to know more. As the questions pile up, Alex, a journalist, elects to hire a private detective to probe Suzy’s past, without informing his father. Over time, it becomes clear that Suzy changed her name when she moved to Atlanta – and that she had been married for many years to a car dealer in Missouri who died suddenly shortly before she left. Is all this innocent, or something more sinister? Once circumstantial, the evidence becomes more concrete – and then Suzy is on the run.
THE PICASSO AFFAIR, the fifth book in the Dean & Derringer Fine Art Mystery series finds the recovery team traveling through Western Europe in search of a missing Picasso canvas while being pursued by an assassin hired by their nemesis, billionaire Roland D. Put. Pitted against a crime syndicate specializing in art theft headed by the mysterious Spider, they must somehow find and return the missing painting while avoiding the assassin. Tagging along with Dean and Derringer is Lindsey's twenty-one year old niece, a young woman on the loose and looking for fun. Trouble? Lot's of it, but that's the norm for these recovery agents. How they unknot the tangled threads makes for an exciting and satisfying conclusion.