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Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg.

 

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She thinks more lovingly of snow and ice than she does of love.

She lives in a world of numbers, science and memories, a dark, exotic stranger in a strange land.

And now Smilla Jaspersen is convinced she has uncovered a spine chilling crime.

 

It happened in the Copenhagen snow.

A six year old boy, a Green-lander like Smilla, fell tragically to his death from the top of his apartment building.

While the boy's body is still warm, the police pronounce his death an accident.

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Tempted by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast.

 

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So, you would think after banishing an immortal being and a fallen High Priestess, saving Stark’s life, biting Heath, getting a headache from Erik, and almost dying, Zoey Redbird would catch a break.

Sadly, a break is not in the House of Night school forecast for the High Priestess in training and her gang.

Juggling three guys is anything but a stress reliever, especially when one of them is a sexy Warrior who is so into protecting Zoey that he can sense her emotions.

 

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Ruthless by Jessie Keane.

 

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Annie Carter, Barolli has not always played strictly by the rules, but she’s a true survivor.

She went from East End wild child, to Queen of the East-end, taking on the top bad boys of gangland London and beat them all.

 

She had done everything imaginable; brothel and nightclub owner, Gangster’s moll and the toughest job of all, a mother.

Now her daughter is old enough to take care of herself and she’s working on the right side of the law, but how long will it be before the sins of her mother come back to haunt them all?

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Tough Guy: A Memoir by Louis Ferrante

 

Another good addition to the True Crime section @ Canterbury Tales Bookshop - Book exchange * Guesthouse - Cafe * Pattaya.

 

Louis Ferrante was a cocky young rogue who made his reputation on the streets of New York.

He later hooked up with the infamous John Gotti Jr and the Gambino crime family, he pulled off some of the most lucrative daring robberies in the history of US crime, many of which are still unsolved.

For Lou, life was sweet, and most of the time he had fun wisecracking his way around his town he felt he owned and staying one step ahead of the law.

 

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The Ice House by Minette Walters

 

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The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange, not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly, inexplicably vanished.

Ten years later a corpse is discovered in the grounds and Phoebe's nightmare begins.

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Tell No Lies by Gregg Hurwitz .....

 

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A series of anonymous threats intended for others puts a man and everyone he loves, in the path of a relentless crazed killer.

 

Daniel Brasher has always been something of a disappointment to his old money aristocratic San Francisco mother.

Daniel left his high paying job as a money manager to marry his community organizer wife and work at a job he loves, leading group counseling sessions with recently paroled ex cons.

Now he’s ready to move on and start a private practice.

 

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Meltwater by Michael Ridpath.

 

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Operation Meltwater:

FreeFlow, a group of dedicated internet activists totally committed to the freedom of information, have video evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East, they have chosen Iceland as their HQ while they prepare to unleash their greatest coup ever on the world's crooked controlled media.

On the glacial rim of erupting volcano Eyjafjallajökull, they christen their endeavor Operation Meltwater.......

 

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Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem

 

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Gumshoe Conrad Metcalf has some serious problems, there's a rabbit in his waiting room and a trigger happy kangaroo on his tail.

Near future Oakland is a brave new world where evolved animals are members of society, the police monitor citizens by their karma levels, and mind numbing drugs such as Forgettol and Acceptol are all the rage.

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A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay.

 

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When Cal Weaver pulls up at a red light on a wet windy night while driving home, he ignores the bedraggled looking teenage girl trying to grab a ride from him, even when she starts tapping on his window.

But as soon as he realises she's one of his son's School-mates, he knows he can't really leave her, alone, on the street.

 

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North Korea Undercover: Inside the World's Most Secret State

by John Sweeney

 

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North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth, it's Orwell's 1984 made into reality.

 

The regime controls the flow of information to its citizens, pouring relentless propaganda through omnipresent loud speakers.

Free speech is an illusion: one word out of line and the gulag awaits your fate.

State spies are everywhere, listening to your every word, ready to punish disloyalty and the slightest sign of discontent.

 

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War Cry (Courtney #15) by Wilbur Smith...**2017**

 

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In a triumphant return to his much loved Courtney series, Wilbur Smith introduces us to the bravest new member of the famed family, Saffron Courtney.

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CAPRICORNIA by Xavier Herbert.

 

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A sweeping saga of life in the Aussie Northern Territories - the clash of white and Aborigine cultures, one of Australia’s all time favourite novels and an inspiration for Baz Luhrmann’s lavish film ‘AUSTRALIA’....

 

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Running with the Firm by James Bannon.

 

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'Of course I'm a f**king hooligan, you pr**k.

I am a hooligan...there I've said it...I'm a hooligan.

And, do you know why?

Because that's my f**king job.'

 

Get the picture?

 

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Stranded by Alex Kava.

 

One of the most popular female Authors @ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe / Guesthouse, Pattaya..

 

Alex Kava returns with another action packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell, on the hunt for a "truck stop" serial murderer.

 

Weary travelers and tired truckers have pulled in at truck stops on the nation's highways for decades to refuel, eat and maybe get some sleep, but one man's rest stop is another's hunting ground.

For so many years the defenseless, the weary, and the stranded have disappeared along the highways and byways, vanishing without a trace, but these seemingly unconnected incidents are no coincidence, and a madman stalks the freeways.

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Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee, A Look Inside North Korea

by Jang Jin-sung, Shirley Lee .

 

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In this rare insider's view into contemporary North Korea, a high ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his breathtaking escape to freedom.

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Bad Girl by Roberta Kray.

 

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The Quinns are probably the most feared criminal gangs in London's East End.

 

So the reaction of Joe Quinn to the news that his daughter Lynsey is involved with a policeman is predictable and rapid, and a pregnant Lynsey finds herself out on the street, bruised and alone.

 

A proper cockney story from Roberta @ Canterbury Tales Bookshop, Pattaya City.

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To The Ends Of The Earth: The Transglobe Expedition, The First Pole To Pole Circumnavigation Of The Globe

by Ranulph Fiennes.

 

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Another great book from Ranulph Fiennes who has entered the public imagination as the intrepid explorer par excellence.

 

Taunted by his wife over the challenge of the never before attempted circumpolar navigation of the globe, he set off in 1979 on a gruelling but exciting 52,000 mile adventure.

 

Together with fellow members of 21 SAS regiment, Fiennes left from Greenwich, London, travelling over land, passing through either end of the polar axis.

Completed more than three years later, it was the first circumpolar navigation of the globe, and justifiably entered Fiennes into the record books.

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Cavaliers by John Barratt.

 

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This major examination of the Royalist armies and their role in the war describes and analyzes the organization, recruitment, training, arms, equipment, tactics and performance of the Royalist armies and compares them to their parliamentarian, or Round-head counterparts.

There is coverage of some of the more notable and colourful figures among the King's officers, and the reasons for the Royalist defeat are also examined.

Part two of the book details a variety of engagements, episodes, units and individuals, illustrating different aspects of the Royalist armies at war.

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Even Thai Girls Cry by J.F. Gump.

 

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"Tippawan Bangkok is a young Thai girl on the run.

Life as she knew it, ended the night she caught her fiance with his lover.

Her world collapsed the day she lost her job.

 

Desperate to find work, Tippawan escapes to the resort city of #Pattaya hoping that things will change and her bad luck may hopefully end.

When she meets the Farang, (foreigner) named Mike, her world really does change, but in ways she could have never imagined.

Her search for happiness is a haunting unforgettable adventure.

 

Read on with Canterbury Tales Bookshop & Tippawan as she journeys through one year of her incredible life.

Discover the love, hate, and intrigue beneath the tranquil surface of everyday life in Thailand.

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My War Gone By, I Miss It So - by Anthony Loyd.

 

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Nothing can prepare you for Anthony Loyd's portrait of war.

It's the story of the unspeakable terror and the visceral, ecstatic thrill of combat, the lives and dreams laid to waste by the bloodiest conflict that Europe has witnessed since the Second World War.

Born into a distinguished military family, Loyd was raised on the stories of his ancestors' exploits and grew up fascinated with war.

Unsatisfied by a brief career in the British Army, he set out for the killing fields in Bosnia.

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Extra Time by Kevin Sampson

 

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Any serious football fan will know, anyone who doesn't go to every game, home and away, from Arsenal to Vladikavkaz is a part time supporter.

Kevin Sampson gets to 90% of Liverpool's matches.

His sharp, perceptive and very funny account of the agonies and ecstasies of following a sleeping giant will touch even the most recalcitrant Man Utd. fan, most of whom will recognise the ailment.

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