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Gladiator
Автор: Simon Scarrow Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20112012-10-20
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The action-packed new novel featuring Roman army officers Macro and Cato from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon ScarrowWhile centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has struck the island, destroying its cities and killing thousands. In the chaotic aftermath, large bands of the island's slaves begin to revolt and local bandits, taking advantage of the slave rebellion, urge the Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island's troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake, the governor of the province calls on Macro and Cato for help. Can they move swiftly enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the island?
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Heart of the Night
Автор: Judith Lennox Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 560 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20132015-08-24
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An epic novel of passion, betrayal and danger, set in wartime Britain and Europe. In the spring of 1936 Kay Garland embraces an exciting new life of glamour when she becomes companion to Russian Konstantin Denisov's daughter, Miranda. The two girls become firm friends, and when Miranda falls in love with a young Parisian, Kay helps her keep the relationship secret. But Konstantin learns of the affair and promptly dismisses Kay, leaving her penniless and stranded in Nazi Berlin. By chance she meets Tom Blacklock, who pays for her ticket home, and is destined to play an important part in her life. As for Miranda, she makes a decision that will put her in the path of disaster. With the outbreak of war come death and destruction and, for both women, consuming passion, along with the fear of losing all that they hold dear. After Hitler's defeat, there are new dangers — and opportunities to find love where least expected.
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How to be Married
Автор: Polly Williams Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20122012-05-24
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Sadie Drew thinks she must be the world's worst wife. She only needs to walk into a room to make it untidy. She wears flannel pyjamas in bed. Furry things breed in her fridge. But she's a busy working mother not a wifebot and husband Tom loves her as she is. Until he gets a hot new job and things change. There are alpha-wives to entertain. Nuclear rows. Unsettling secrets. And the smell of another woman's perfume on his suit. Sadie risks losing everything if she can't transform herself into the perfect wife... But what is a perfect wide anyway?
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I Can See You
Автор: Karen Rose Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 656 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20122013-04-24
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In Karen Rose's brilliant new thriller a killer is targeting the participants of an online role playing game called Shadowland. Each of the victims is be-friended by the killer online. He then stalks them in real life, murdering them in the way that they worst fear. Eve Wilson, who we previously met in NOTHING TO FEAR, is researching the game as part of her thesis on how self-esteem is affected by violence. Now she must work with Detective Noah Webster to find the murderer before the killings escalate out of all control and Eve herself becomes a target.
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Instruments of Darkness
Автор: Imogen Robertson Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20152013-02-26
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'Makes you want to read every word... serpentine and satisfying' Telegraph Thornleigh Hall, seat of the Earl of Sussex, dominates its surroundings. Its heir is missing, and the once vigorous family is reduced to a cripple, his whore and his alcoholic second son, but its power endures. Impulsive Harriet Westerman has felt the Hall's menace long before she happens upon a dead man bearing the Thornleigh arms. The grim discovery cries out for justice, and she persuades reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther to her cause, much against his better judgement; he knows a dark path lies before those who stray from society's expectations. That same day, Alexander Adams is killed in a London music shop, leaving his young children orphaned. His death will lead back to Sussex, and an explosive secret that has already destroyed one family and threatens many others.
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Jack: Straight from the Gut
Автор: Jack Welch Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2003 Страниц: 496 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20092008-08-27
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Jack Welch is perhaps the greatest corporate leader of the 20th century. When he first became CEO of General Electric in 1981 the company was worth $12 billion. Twenty years later it is worth a total of $280 billion. But Welch was more than just the leader of the most successful business in the world. He revolutionised GE's entire corporate culture with his distinctive, highly personal management style: the individual appreciation of each of his 500 managers, the commitment to an informal but driven work style and the encouragement of candour were all part of the Welch approach. Following John Harvey Jones's «Making It Happen» and «Troubleshooter», «Jack» has already become the businessman's Bible for the 21st century — an inspiration for a new generation of corporate players.
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Kill for Me
Автор: Karen Rose Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 608 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20112011-07-28
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The terrifying sequel to DIE FOR ME and SCREAM FOR ME, KILL FOR ME is Karen Rose's most frightening thriller to date. For years District Attorney Susannah Vartanian has refused to allow anyone close to her. Her life changed overnight when as a teenager she was brutally raped by a vicious gang of youths. Detective Luke Papadopoulus is fast approaching burn-out. As a detective working on sex-crimes against children, he will do anything to find those responsible for such evil atrocities. Monica Cassidy is terrified. Kidnapped and held in a bunker with eleven other girls, all victims of a paedophile ring started by Susannah's rapists, she barely escaped with her life when her kidnappers panicked and fled, killing five of the girls as they left. Now Monica is the only one who can identify the ring's members and they know where she is. Will Luke and Susannah be able to keep Monica safe and crack the ring before the remaining girls disappear forever?
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Warrior of the West
Автор: M. K. Hume Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 544 Дата загрузки: 23 декабря 20122015-08-03
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The second book in an exciting, brand-new Arthurian trilogy Twelve long, blood-soaked years, have passed since Artor fulfilled his destiny and was crowned the High King of the Britons. Against all odds, Artor has united Celtic Britain and with a last great campaign, has banished the Saxon scourge. The legend of Camlann has begun. But even as Artor's kingdom is at its zenith, even as he has succeeded in conquering all external threats to his rule, his kingdom is being undermined from within. Not only is Artor betrayed by the one person he should be able to trust, he has also learned of appalling perversion at the heart of his kingdom. He must make a terrible choice. Does he commit a deed that leaves him open to comparison with the despotic Uther Pendragon, or does he let evil go unchecked? The burden of leadership, of power, now rests solely — and heavily — on Artor's shoulders for Myrddion Merlinus, master tactician, guiding light for so many years, has left Artor to his fate. Could all that Artor has fought for, the destiny of Britain, be lost? Will Britain be torn apart?
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Lex Trent Versus the Gods
Автор: Alex Bell Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20112012-07-18
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A quirky and original comic fantasy from talented Gollancz author Alex Bell Law student Lex Trent's world is inhabited by fearsome magicians, ageing crones and a menagerie of Gods and Goddesses. And while Lex is seemingly dedicated to his legal studies he's always enjoyed a challenge — which is why he leads a double life as the notorious cat burglar 'The Shadowman' who has been (luckily) evading capture for years. But Lex's luck is about to run out because the Goddess of Fortune has selected him to be her player in the highly dangerous Games. Losing is not an option for Lex (particularly as it so often involves dying) but can he really win each of the perilous rounds? Given that the reward for doing so is money, fame and glory — all things that Lex is quite keen on — he's going to do whatever it takes to make sure he will... and he's certainly got good experience of cheating.
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The Life You Want
Автор: Emily Barr Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20112011-05-12
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'I think I'm having a nervous breakdown, and no-one's noticed' Ever wished you could just leave it all behind again? Emily Barr's unputdownable new novel is about a mother of two with a seemingly perfect life who's cracking up and longing to get away from it all. But when she finally gets to go away, to India, things are far from what she expects... She has to go away to come home to what she loves again.
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Moscow Sting
Автор: Alex Dryden Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20112012-10-20
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The threat of Russia as a hostile superpower returns in this chilling spy thriller. When British spy, Finn, is brutally murdered by a Russian assassin, Adrian, chief of MI6, wants vengeance. He also wants answers — answers that can only be revealed by Finn's widow, Anna, the former KGB colonel who betrayed her country for love and has now disappeared with their child. Adrian isn't the only one desperate to find Anna. Finn accessed intelligence so confidential that the KGB are willing to kill to protect it, and now everyone wants to know what Russia is concealing beneath its veil of political cordiality.
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Neverwhere
Автор: Neil Gaiman Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2000 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 22 марта 20092003-04-15
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Under the streets of London there is a world of which most people could never dream. When Richard Mayhew accidentally stumbles on this hidden city of monsters, saints, murderers and angels, he is catapulted from a safe and predictable world into one that is eerily familiar yet utterly bizarre.
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The Not-so-secret Diary of a City Girl
Автор: Allie Spencer Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20132015-08-13
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Can Laura prevent the bank (and her love life) from crashing and burning? Banking analyst Laura McGregor's electronic diary is full of things which definitely shouldn't be made public: musings on her lacklustre relationship with trader boyfriend Tom, disturbing irregularities in new boss Will's trading accounts, and the small matter of her attraction to gorgeous journalist Alex. So when the diary is accidentally uploaded on to the internet in blog form by clueless younger sister Mel, suddenly not only Laura, but her bank too, is facing meltdown and, even worse, Laura suspects Alex of using it as a scoop. Fighting to convince the world's media to believe her over Alex is one thing, but can Laura win the battle with her heart?
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Passion
Автор: Louise Bagshawe Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 544 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20112011-10-07
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A super-charged, irresistible tour de force about two people fighting their own feelings — and fighting for their lives... A failed marriage between Melissa Elmett and Will Hyde did a lot of damage. She was too young, he was hurt when she left him. Years later, Melissa becomes the target for a kidnap plot, a consequence of her father's ground-breaking energy-saving invention, and Will is the only man who can protect her. Now they're on the run, thrown together again by the pursuit of vengeance, will their passion for each other reignite?
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The Perfect Lie
Автор: Emily Barr Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20132013-04-12
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A girl flees to Venice to escape her dangerous past in this electrifying novel of intrigue, psychological tension and suspense... For Lucy Riddick, Venice has always been the dream destination. A dream inspired by the pretty picture pinned to her mother's kitchen wall. To Lucy, Venice seems the ideal place to lose herself. And now she needs to do just that. The secret she's been keeping from her boyfriend and her friends has finally caught up with her and Lucy needs to disappear — and fast. There's no better time to pack her bags and head for Italy. But what if, when she sets foot in Venice, Lucy finds that the one thing she has been running from, the one thing she has been trying to escape, is already there, lying in wait for her? Time to run away again? Or time to end the chase, once and for all?
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Plan B
Автор: Emily Barr Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2006 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20082007-06-25
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Emma adores living in Brighton, but she loves Matt more. When he suggests they buy a farmhouse in the south of France, she reluctantly agrees. But, France is not the idyll he promised, and when she discovers the true reason he spends half his time in London, the foundations on which she's built her life start to crumble.
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The Prophecy of Death
Автор: Michael Jecks Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20122013-03-26
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The new thrilling medieval mystery from the West Country's master of crime. 1325: There is turmoil in England. But could the Prophecy of St Thomas's Holy Oil save King Edward? It is believed that the king who is anointed with it will conquer France, unite Christendom and throw the heathens from the Holy Land. King Edward II has rejected his wife, confiscated her income and taken away her children. Yet even now she is in France to negotiate peace with her brother, King Charles IV. Meanwhile, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock return from France with an urgent instruction for the King. Before long Baldwin and Simon find themselves at the centre of a deadly court intrigue involving the most powerful and ruthless men in the country, who will stop at nothing to achieve their ambitions...
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Scream for Me
Автор: Karen Rose Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 672 Дата загрузки: 10 сентября 20142012-04-22
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The terrifying sequel to Karen Rose's brilliant DIE FOR ME. Daniel Vartanian is trying to come to terms with a chilling discovery. Photographs taken, and kept hidden, by his brother years ago, show a group of unidentifiable teenage boys raping young girls for fun. With his brother now dead, Vartanian is determined to find the girls and bring the rapists to justice.Alex Fallon is unable to forget her past. Her family fell apart when her sister was murdered and now with her step-sister Bailey's disappearance, history seems to be repeating itself. When Vartanian meets Alex, it's as if a ghost has walked into the room. The double of one of the girls in the photographs, it is only when he learns that she had a twin sister that it begins to make horrifying sense. With Bailey's life in the balance and events escalating out of all control, Daniel and Alex will have to confront their pasts head-on if they are find the missing woman before it's too late.
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Small Island
Автор: Andrea Levy Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 544 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20112011-10-07
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In this delicately wrought and profoundly moving, multi-award winning novel, Andrea Levy handles the weighty themes of empire, prejudice, war and love, with a lightness of touch and a generosity of spirit that challenges and uplifts the reader. It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street.London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but with her husband, Bernard, not back from the war, what else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was.
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Smoke and Mirrors
Автор: Neil Gaiman Жанр: Headline Publishing Издательство: Headline Publishing Год: 2005 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092008-09-20
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An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat and a stray cat fights and refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his adoptive family from evil. These tales and many more await in Gaiman's storybook.
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