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The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy...

 

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1950's Los Angeles...

The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community.

Three men are plunged into a maelstrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own personal darkness.

Told with Ellroy's characteristically forceful and relentless style, The Big Nowhere is the link between the Black Dahlia and LA Confidential in his masterwork, The LA Quartet.

It is as powerful and thrilling as crime fiction gets.

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Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World by David A. Taylor...

 

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The story behind ginseng is as remarkable as the root itself. Prized for its legendary curative powers, ginseng launched the rise to power of China's last great dynasty; inspired battles between France and England; and sparked a boom in Minnesota comparable to the California Gold Rush.

It has made and broken the fortunes of many and has inspired a subculture in rural America unrivaled by any herb in the plant kingdom.

Today ginseng is at the very center of alternative medicine, believed to improve stamina, relieve stress, stimulate the immune system, enhance mental clarity, and restore well-being.

It is now being studied by medical researchers for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease.

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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern......

 

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The circus arrives without warning.

No announcements precede it.

It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

Within the black and white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements.

It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

 

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors.

Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing.

Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.

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The Mammoth Book of Muhammad Ali by David West.....

 

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From his gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games to his defeat of Sonny Liston to claim the world heavyweight championship in 1964 - and for decades since the unforgettable Muhammad Ali has captured the attention of the world.

Here, drawn from books, specialty periodicals, newspapers, college magazines (covering his speaking tours), and the work of major literary figures such as Norman Mailer and Thomas Hauser is the best collection ever of writing on “The Greatest.”

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The Land of Stories Complete Set by Chris Colfer.....

 

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Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face to face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.

 

Chris Colfer invites readers to join Alex and Conner on their fairy tale adventures from the beginning in this gorgeous set, which includes all six books in the Land of Stories series: The Wishing Spell, The Enchantress Returns, A Grimm Warning, Beyond the Kingdoms, An Author's Odyssey, and Worlds Collide.

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Two Brothers by Ben Elton

 

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Two Brothers is a heartrending story of two boys growing up under the darkening shadow of the Nazis.

Born in Berlin in 1920 and raised by the same parents, one boy is Jewish, his adopted brother is Aryan.

At first, their origins are irrelevant. But as the political landscape changes they are forced to make decisions with horrifying consequences.

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The American Boy by Andrew Taylor

 

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Interweaving real and fictional elements, The American Boy is a major new literary historical crime novel in the tradition of An Instance of the Fingerpost and Possession.

 

England 1819:

Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boy's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant.

Drawn to Frant's beautiful, unhappy mother, Thomas becomes caught up in her family's twisted intrigues.

Then a brutal crime is committed, with consequences that threaten to destroy Thomas and all that he has come to hold dear.

Despite his efforts, Shield is caught up in a deadly tangle of sex, money, murder and lies, a tangle that grips him tighter even as he tries to escape from it.

And what of the strange American child, at the heart of these macabre events, yet mysterious, what is the secret of the boy named Edgar Allen Poe?

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The Witness (DI Ray Mason #1) by Simon Kernick...

 

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THE WITNESS

When Jane Kinnear sees her lover being murdered, she suddenly finds herself in danger.

Taken to an anonymous police safe house, it soon becomes clear that her lover was an MI5 informant with important information about an imminent terrorist attack.

 

THE DETECTIVE

DI Ray Mason of Counter Terrorism Command is a man with a controversial past, but his effectiveness at getting results means that he’s now been given the task of preventing the attack from taking place.

But can he be trusted, and does he know more about the attack than he’s letting on?

 

THE KILLER

In the safe house, Jane is trying to piece together a description of her lover’s killer.

But what she doesn’t know is that the killer has already found out who she is, and where she is hiding.

 

And now he’s coming for her …

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Great Thrillers......highly rated.....

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VERY THAI: EVERYDAY POPULAR CULTURE

CORNWEL-SMITH & GOSS

 

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Anger is an enemy by John Lydon -

Slash with Anthony Bozza -

Eric Clapton -

Bob Dylan Chronicles -

Billy Connolly; Route 66 -

Bob Marley; The Untold Story -

Neil Young; Special Deluxe -

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Dominion by C.J. Sansom -

 

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1952.

Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers - and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk.

As the long German war against Russia rages on in the east, the British people find themselves under dark authoritarian rule, the press, radio and television are controlled - the streets patrolled by violent auxiliary police and British Jews face ever greater constraints.

There are terrible rumours too about what is happening in the basement of the German Embassy at Senate House. Defiance, though, is growing.