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Last Kingdom, The
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The Last Kingdom is set in the England of the ninth and tenth centuries.
These were the years when the Danish Vikings had invaded and occupied three of England's four kingdoms, and when King Alfred, his son and grandson fought back and won the freedom of the country again.
The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed English nobleman. Captured as a child and raised by the Danes, he now finds his allegiances divided. But the one thing he knows is that he wants to recover his father's land, the fort by the wild northern sea that we now know as Bamburgh.
Bernard Cornwell is a master of historical fiction and this new series looking with a fresh light at Alfred the Great, his kingdom and his legacy will be as outstanding and as popular as the Grail Quest and the Warlord Chronicles.
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Humble Pie
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This is Gordon Ramsay’s autobiography – the first time he has told the full story of how he became the world’s most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother’s heroin addiction and his failed first career as a footballer: all of these things have made him the celebrated culinary talent and media powerhouse that he is today. Gordon talks frankly about:
• his tough childhood: his father’s alcoholism and violence and the effects on his relationships with his mother and siblings
• his first career as a footballer: how the whole family moved to Scotland when he was signed by Glasgow Rangers at the age of fifteen, and how he coped when his career was over due to injury just three years later
• his brother’s heroin addiction.
• Gordon’s early career: learning his trade in Paris and London; how his career developed from there: his time in Paris under Albert Roux and his seven Michelin-starred restaurants.
• kitchen life: Gordon spills the beans about life behind the kitchen door, and how a restaurant kitchen is run in Anthony Bourdain-style.
• and how he copes with the impact of fame on himself and his family: his television career, the rapacious tabloids, and his own drive for success.
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Yummy Mummy, The
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Six months after the birth of her daughter, Evie, thirtysomething Amy Crane finds her life is no longer her own. She's traded a high-pressure job in PR for something far more difficult - new motherhood. Even though she adores everything about her daughter - from her tiny blond head to that ambrosial baby smell - Amy doesn't exactly adore herself. Feeling invisible, overweight, and about as attractive as a barnyard animal, she can't relate to the smug women in her new mothers group who seem to embrace the lifestyle of nappies and organic baby food. Even worse, she suspects that Evie's father, Joe - the man she's living with but not married to is having an affair.
Then Amy meets Alice, who seems to have this mommy thing down: She's single-girl slender, for one thing, with groomed eyebrows, a smooth forehead, and killer clothes. Plus, she has a sex life. In short, she's a Yummy Mummy, one of a new breed of Pilates-practicing, Blahniks-wearing, salon-coiffed moms who manage to make motherhood look positively sexy. Under Alice's tutelage, Amy attempts to rebuild her body, wardrobe, and self-esteem, and discovers that she's got some yumminess of her own; but a new look may not be the answer to her problems as her relationship with Joe starts to unravel.
POLLY WILLIAMS is a journalist who writes for In Style, Marie Claire, and The Sunday Times, as well as other publications. She lives in London with her husband and son.
ROSALYN LANDOR's acting career spans 30 years with TV film and theater appearances in the UK and US. She has appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Matlock, O'Hara and the UK television series Rumpole of the Bailey. Her voice credits include the film Teacher's Pet, the television series Taz-Mania and Disney's House of Mouse series as the voice of "The Blue Fairy". Rosalyn also read Rosie Dunne by Cecilia Ahern for Hyperion Audiobooks.
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Walking the Bible
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On a visit to Jerusalem, Bruce Feiler has a revelation; the stories of the Bible occurred in real places - places he could visit today. So he sets out on a perilous ten-thousand-mile journey retracing the greatest stories ever told.
From the base of Mount Ararat, where he meets a mysterious man who claims to have found Noah's ark, to the edge of the Dead Sea, where he climbs salt pillars in the lost cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Feiler discovers that the Bible still lives in the landscape. He visits the desert outpost where Abraham first heard the words of God and has an unexpected encounter alongside the legendary burning bush. And finally he climbs Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
In each place, Feiler eloquently explores how geography affects the Bible and how his journey has influenced his faith. Walking the Bible is both a heart-pounding adventure and an uplifting personal quest that will forever change your view of some of history's most memorable events.
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40-Minute Italian
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This downloadable audio file provides the opportunity to hear and practise the language.
The phrases are kept short and simple so that by listening two or three times, you can pick up the essentials of the Italian language
Exclusive on-line price!
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Sandstorm
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An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means.
Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. Her search for answers leads Kara and her friend Sofia al-Maaz, the gallery's curator, into a world they never dreamed existed. Evidence exposed by the tragedy suggests that Ubar, a lost city buried beneath the Arabian desert, is more than mere legend... and that something astonishing is waiting there.
The two extraordinary women and their guide, Omaha Dunn, are not the only ones being drawn to the desert. Former U. S. Navy SEAL Painter Crowe, a covert government operative and head of an elite counter-espionage team, is hunting down a dangerous turncoat and the trail is pointing him toward Ubar.
What is hidden below the sand is more than a valuable relic of ancient history. It is an ageless power that lives and breathes. Many lives have already been destroyed by ruthless agencies dedicated to guarding its mysteries and harnessing its might. The end may be at hand for Kara, Sofia, Crowe, and all of the interlopers who wish to expose its mysteries, as it prepares to unleash the most terrible storm of all...
JAMES ROLLINS is the bestselling author of five previous novels: Subterranean, Excavation, Deep Fathom, Amazonia, and Ice Hunt. He has a doctorate in veterinary medicine and his own practice in Sacramento, California. An amateur spelunker and a certified scuba enthusiast, you'll often find him either underground or underwater.
DENNIS BOUTSIKARIS received an Obie Award for his performance in Sight Unseen and was Mozart in Amadeus on Broadway. His films include *batteries not included. The Dream Team, and Boys On The Side. His TV work includes And Then There Was One, The Last Don and Chasing The Dragon; he was most recently the D. A. of NY in Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street.
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