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Hodder and Stoughton
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The gritty, compelling New York Times bestselling novel of star-crossed lovers and circus life, set in Depression-era USA. |
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Olga Arbyelina, a White Russian princess living quietly with her adolescent son in a small French town, is a relative newcomer to the Russian community there. Intriguingly little is known about her when, in the summer of 1947, she is suspected of murdering a fellow emigre, only for the case to be dropped. As the story of the preceding year unfolds, a picture forms of her upbringing in Russia followed by her exile and marriage in France, and the details of a darker, hidden crime begin to emerge, encircling the narrative in an ever-tightening snare. |
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Ben Bova's Tour of the Solar System continues with this thrilling new novel. |
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«Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...» |
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Presents the story of Diana — of how her life came to have particular meaning historically, culturally and spiritually and how a legend was created. Exploring this phenomenon, this title aims to uncover some insights about her life. |
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She's your best friend. And your worst enemy. |
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«Intelligence, heart and a great story: a million copies have been sold in Europe and anyone who loved «Back to the Future» or «The Time Traveller`s Wife» will love this.» |
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«Brigid Keenan was a glamorous and successful young London fashion journalist. But falling in love with a diplomat saw her leave behind the gilt chairs of the Paris salons for a large chicken shed in the forests of Nepal. Thirty years later (at the farewell party for the Papal Nuncio in Kazakhstan), Brigid found herself wondering whether her decision had been the right one. This is her marvelous account of life as a «trailing spouse» — an endlessly engaging tale of diplomatic protocol, difficult teenagers, homesickness, frustrated career aspirations, witch doctors, and giant jumping spiders.» |
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BBC Business Editor Robert Peston lifts the lid on credit crunch Britain and the rise of the super-rich. |
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From mere trainee, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis` pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-1980s when they were probably the world`s most powerful and profitable merchant bank. This is a tale of greed and ambition set in an obsessed, enclosed world. |
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Adam Ryan went playing in the woods with his two friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. 20 years on, Rob Ryan — the child who came back — is a detective in the Dublin police force. He`s changed his name. |
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Now a major film. Sara Fitzgerald's daughter Kate is just two years old when she is diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. Reeling with the helpless shock of it, Sara knows she will do anything — whatever it takes — to save her child. |
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