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One of the most impressive of all Victorian scientists but also a marvelous writer, Bates (1825-1892) account of his years in the upper reaches of the Amazon is almost too good to be true - a great monument to human inquisitiveness as he battles...

The original disaster narrative, The Shipwrecked Men tells how a confident, well-equipped Spanish expedition to explore the Florida mainland came utterly to grief through arrogance, storms and bad luck, leaving a handful of survivors to stagger...

Much of his work has vanished, but Masudis matchless The Meadows of Gold has almost miraculously survived: a compendium of stories and information on what he knew of the worlds of the Middle East, the Far East and Europe. It is both a great monument...

Endlessly restless and endlessly curious, Isabella Bird (1831-1904) travelled the world looking for new experiences, but never more delightfully than in her pony-bound adventures in the Colorado Territory at a time when it was only notionally under...

Marsha Reed was just another aspiring young actress trying to make it in Dublin. But now shes found fame for all the wrong reasons - as victim of a brutal murder, her body left tied to her...

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British master Jamess 13th Adam Dalgliesh mystery, like its two predecessors, The Murder Room (2003) and Death in Holy Orders (2001), focuses at first on a hostile character who threatens to shatter a longstanding way of life. Acclaimed novelist...

This thriller is set in New York. It is about a man who goes on a quest to discover the secrets behind a box that responds to psychic energy and is linked to the North American blackout of August...

Dostoevskys NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND is a psychological study of the deepest darkest skeletons in the closet of the human mind. The first novel from Dostoevskys mature second period works, divided in two parts, presents an unnamed protagonist,...

Holly Krauss lives her life in the fast lane. A successful, happily married businesswoman, she is loved and admired by everyone she meets. But thats only one side of Holly. The other takes regular walks on the wild side and is making reckless...

Ex-government assasin John Rain is trying to leave his violent past behind him... But when his former employer, the CIA, tracks him down in Brazil, he is persuaded to take on a high-risk assigment well suited to his particular skills: to end a mans...

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Homeless, streetwise and running away from a past she would rather forget, Francesca Mills is just another face on the streets of London. When a violent encounter leads to a man’s death, however, she is forced to leave the harsh world that...

Max Mingus knows the price of a risk, but he takes the Haiti job because no one else...

The agent: Jojo, a highflying literary agent on the up, has just made a very bad career move: shes jumped into bed with her married boss Mark... The bestseller: Jojos sweet-natured client Lilys first novel is a roaring success. She and lover...

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Owen Mackenzies life story abounds with sin and seduction, domesticity and debauchery. His marriage to his college sweetheart is quickly followed by his first betrayal and he embarks upon a series of affairs. His pursuit of happiness, in a succession...

He is perhaps the most acclaimed, revered and widely read writer of our time, and in this first volume of a planned trilogy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez begins to tell the story of his life. Living to Tell the Tale spans Marquezs life from his birth in...

A man lies hidden in an abandoned boat. Stifling screams, he draws a knife across his arm, letting the blood flow free. Soon hell be dead - and life can begin again. Three decades later Declan McIlroy, a 39-year-old loner, is found frozen to death...