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A sharp-eyed look at the mysteries of love and obsession.

Gary Skyner's autobiography, You Can't, You Won't: A Life of Unarmed Combat, provides an honest, detailed account of his life as a thalidomide child. Gary was born severely disabled in 1959 after his mother was prescribed the thalidomide drug during pregnancy.

Modern wizards and witches are leading extraordinary lives, going about their day-to-day business in a peaceful manner, hidden from the rest of the world. Breaking the ancient truce that was reached after the first war, a Dark Army rises once again, intent on destroying these descendants of its old foe. The backward, outrageous, evil wizards and witches launch their attack with outmoded weapons and mystical creatures that they cannot contr...

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The French Riviera: A History is a fascinating look back over the Riviera's rich history. Perfect to dip into, or follow the whole historical journey in one sitting, it will make the perfect addition to any history buff's bookcase. Michael Nelson shows the surprisingly cosmopolitan nature of the area in the early middle ages, such as the story of the finishing school run by Frankish kings in the 7th century where Siagrius, the ruler of the reg...

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This is a first principles account of the mathematical structure of modern theoretical physics, showing that it is not just a disparate bunch of algorithms and procedures, but is a unified structure based on observation, sound principles and solid logic, and allowing a unique physical interpretation in terms of fundamental constituents, or particles. Light after Dark III: The Mathematics of Gravity and Quanta explains essential mathematics at ...

In Light after Dark II: The Large and the Small, Dr Francis explores the physics and the philosophy pertinent to the conceptual foundations of modern physical theory, avoiding equations and with sufficient explanation to be accessible to general readers. A comprehensive rationale is described for the theories of Einstein, Heisenberg, Dirac, von Neumann, Feynman, and others. Spacetime curvature is elucidated. The meanings of Schrödinger's cat, ...

An honest critique of hotels and restaurants is missing from bookshelves, and Daniel Tabbush would argue that in fact there's a plethora of the opposite. All too often, design characteristics at hotels and restaurants make little sense, and no voice speaks out for the traveller to improve these defects. Once we confirm and pay for a hotel, we are hostages. When we find a problem, there is no way out, and nobody speaks the truth. We are asked h...

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Continuing from "under the Stars with Leo-pard" comes the second in the trilogy, Rosa's Story. Rosa's Story is a full colour children's picture book, set deep in the lush green jungles and forests of Belize.

Sandie is your sexy tour guide for a fabulous tour of London on an open top sightseeing bus. She can't wait to point out all the sights from Big Ben to the Tower of London and tell you all about their history. Unfortunately that's not all that she wants to talk about. Nearly every sight along the way seems to trigger off some hilarious memory to do with her "gorgeous Duncan, who's the spitting image of Mel Gibson." Domestic problems and sights...

Ruthless armed robbers flee a post office with three million pounds, to find themselves caught in a violent storm. Abandoning their getaway vehicle, they take shelter in an old manor house. Meanwhile, two young women are preparing to spice up the party by conjuring up the demon Bartok from a spell book - never suspecting that it actually works.

Set predominantly along the Sussex coast and the South Downs, Embracing Change is a wide-reaching collection of short stories which explores universal themes of both men and women facing change. Each of the 16 stories poses a range of questions about how to deal with life's setbacks.

Meet the Old Spice Boys - Dosh, Whinger, Shorty, Scaredy and Windy - five men who are, perhaps, approaching their 'sell-by' date, determined to prove that age is all in the mind. Together, they set off to walk from one coast of England to the other. Will their Ancient Feet carry them there? Will a diet of pies and pasties prove to be the right preparation for the physical challenge of walking over 190 miles? Will their friendship survive twelv...

Meet accountant Mark - who's friends with Stella - whose sister can't abide Stella's boyfriend - who doesn't like the sound of Mark - who discovers his sexuality with leatherloving policeman - whose ex-boyfriend is a security guard with a secret, once unleashed, unravels a tangled web among the marijuana-fuelled denizens of leafy Hampstead.

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