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Timebends: A Life, by Arthur Miller.

 

This is a signed 1st Edition; therefor collectable, not on show at the bookshop, open to offers?

 

The definitive memoir of Arthur Miller, the famous playwright of The Crucible, All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, A View from the Bridge, and other plays.

Timebends reveals Miller’s incredible trajectory as a man and a writer.

 

Born in 1915, Miller grew up in Harlem in the 1920's and 1930's, developed leftist political convictions during the Great Depression, achieved moral victory against McCarthyism in the 1950s, and became president of PEN International near the end of his life, fighting for writers’ freedom of expression.

Along the way, his prolific output established him as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, he wrote twenty two plays, various screenplays, short stories, and essays, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for Death of a Salesman And the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1947 for All My Sons.

Miller also wrote the screenplay for The Misfits, Marilyn Monroe’s final film.

 

This memoir also reveals the incredible host of notables that populated his life, including Marilyn Monroe, Elia Kazan, Clark Gable, Sir Laurence Olivier, John F. Kennedy, and Mikhail Gorbachev. Leaving behind a formidable reputation in the worlds of theater, cinema, and politics, Arthur Miller died in 2005 but his memoir continues his legacy.

 

[Daveo]

Empire of Silver by Conn Iggulden.

 

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The 4th novel in the bestselling Conqueror series, continuing the life and adventures of the mighty Khan dynasty.

 

Genghis Khan is dead, but his legend and his legacy live on.

His son Ogedai has built a white city on a great plain and made a capital for the new nation.

Now the armies have gathered to see which of Genghis' sons has the strength to be khan.

The Mongol empire has been at peace for two years, but whoever survives will face the formidable might of their great enemy, China’s Song dynasty.

 

The great leader Tsubodai sweeps into the west: through Russia, over the Carpathian mountains and into Hungary.

The Templar knights have been broken and there is no king or army to stop him reaching France.

But at the moment of Tsubodai's greatest triumph, as his furthest scouts reach the northern mountains of Italy, Tsubodai must make a decision that will change the course of history forever.

 

[Daveo]

he Golden Lion: A Novel of Heroes in a Time of War 
by Wilbur Smith.

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In this sweeping adventure full of danger, action, and intrigue, the master who has been the model for bestselling authors such as Clive Cussler and Bernard Cornwell returns to his longest running series, taking fans back to the very beginnings of the Courtney family saga

The son pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, Henry “Hal” Courtney was raised at sea.
When war broke out between the English and the Dutch empires, his father, fighting for the English crown, attacked a fleet of Dutch East India Company ships off the coast of Africa. 
That bravery was met with betrayal, and Sir Francis was executed. His heartbroken son witnessed his death and dedicated his young adulthood to avenging his father’s name.

Now, twenty years of war have passed. It is 1784, and a truce has been made between the English and the Dutch, ending the long years of battle on the seas. 
Hal, too has changed. He has become the captain of his own ship, and is soon to become a father himself.
Navigating his crew across the waves of danger, Hal sails his ship, the Golden Bough, from the slave markets of Zanzibar to the pirate-riddled waters of the Indian Ocean in search of fortune and treasure.

But though the war is over, the final battle has not been won. 
Soon, Hal will learn that the more a man achieves, the more he has to lose. . . .

Bursting with swashbuckling action and thrilling adventure, this magnificent novel breathes new life into one of Wilbur Smith’s most beloved family sagas and confirms his status as our “best historical novelist”.

 

[Daveo]

22 Walks in Bangkok, Exploring the City's Historic Back Lanes and Byways, By Kenneth Barrett.

 

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Take a series of unforgettable strolls down the back lanes of historic Bangkok!

 

Bangkok, Thailand is one of the world's greatest cities and a leading tourist destination, visited by millions each year.

But it can be a bewildering place also.

First-time visitors, not knowing what to expect, encounter endless boulevards connected by a vast maze of tiny side streets.

A stroll down any of these lanes can reveal fascinating surprises beautiful palaces and mansions, shophouses and shrines, restaurants and markets.

 

This user friendly Thailand travel guide helps you discover hidden gems found throughout the city by presenting each neighborhood as a distinct village, explaining how it evolved and describing its historic landmarks in detail.

Travel book author Ken Barrett is a long-time Bangkok resident and experienced journalist, and he introduces the important temples, churches, shrines and mosques in loving detail, sketching their history and distinctive features.

The reader is skillfully guided through the old neighborhoods of Bangkok from the center to the periphery, along narrow lanes and byways rarely seen by foreigners.

 

22 Walks in Bangkok leads the visitor on a unique journey of discovery and enables you to appreciate this fascinating city in new and exciting ways.

 

[Daveo]

Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand.

 

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Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand is your passport to all the most relevant advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.

Tempt your tastebuds with pho noodle soup in Vietnam, sail past the emerald peaks of Halong Bay, or experience the transcendent tranquility of temples like Angkor Wat, all with your trusted travel companion.

Get to the heart of the Mekong Region and begin your journey now.

 

Inside Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand Travel Guide:

 

Colour maps and images throughout

Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests

Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential info at your fingertips, including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips and prices

Honest reviews for all budgets, including eating, sleeping, sight seeing, going out, shopping and hidden gems.

Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience, including customs, history, art, music, dance, landscapes, environment, cuisine and more

Over 50 local maps.

Useful features, including Trekking Tours, Travel with Children, and Month by Month festival calendar.

Coverage of Hanoi, Halong Bay, Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Golden Triangle and more

The Perfect Choice, Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand , the most comprehensive guide to the Mekong Region, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less travelled.

 

[Daveo]

Frommer's Bangkok Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket) by Colin Hinshelwood.

 

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Hoping to visit Bangkok's awe inspiring temples and learn about Thai culture?

Planning to jostle with the locals at the markets, or scream around Bangkok's backstreets in a tuk tuk?

Not only do we take you to the top attractions, hotels and restaurants, but we also help you access those special moments that locals get to experience, those 'finds' that turns tourists into travellers.

The best of Bangkok in one, two, or three days

Thematic tours for every interest, schedule and taste

Hundreds of evocative colour photos

Bulleted maps that show you how to go from place to place

hotels, restaurants, shopping and nightlife for all budgets

A tear resistant foldout map enclosed in a handy plastic wallet.

 

[Jarrod2518]

Dave, whats the price on the "22 Walks in BKK"? You still have stock?

[Daveo]

This Was a Man: The Final Volume of The Clifton Chronicles

by Jeffrey Archer.

 

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This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies?

In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or a pawn in a larger game?

 

Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus, while his wife Emma completes her ten years as Chairman of the Bristol Royal Infirmary and receives an unexpected call from Margaret Thatcher offering her a job.

 

Sebastian Clifton becomes chairman of Farthings Kaufman bank, but only after Hakim Bishara has to resign for personal reasons. Sebastian and Samantha’s talented daughter, Jessica, is expelled from the Slade School of Fine Art, but her aunt Grace comes to her rescue.

 

Meanwhile, Lady Virginia is about to flee the country to avoid her creditors when the Duchess of Hertford dies, and she sees another opportunity to clear her debts and finally trump the Cliftons and Barringtons.

 

In a devastating twist, tragedy engulfs the Clifton family when one of them receives a shocking diagnosis that will throw all their lives into turmoil.

 

This Was a Man is the captivating final installment of the Clifton Chronicles, a series of seven novels that has topped the bestseller lists around the world, and enhanced Jeffrey Archer’s reputation as a master storyteller.

 

[Daveo]

On China by Henry Kissinger.

 

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In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape.

Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the 21st century.

 

Since no other country can claim a more powerful link to its ancient past and classical principles, any attempt to understand China's future world role must begin with an appreciation of its long history. For centuries.

China rarely encountered other societies of comparable size and sophistication, it was the "Middle Kingdom," treating the peoples on its periphery as vassal states.

At the same time, Chinese statesmen facing threats of invasion from without, and the contests of competing factions within developed a canon of strategic thought that prized the virtues of subtlety, patience, and indirection over feats of martial prowess.

 

In On China, Kissinger examines key episodes in Chinese foreign policy from the classical era to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the decades since the rise of Mao Zedong.

He illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino Soviet alliance, the Korean War, Richard Nixon's historic trip to Beijing, and three crises in the Taiwan Straits.

Drawing on his extensive personal experience with four generation of Chinese leaders, he brings to life towering figures such as Mao, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping, revealing how their different visions have shaped China's modern destiny.

 

With his singular vantage on U.S. China relations, Kissinger traces the evolution of this fraught but crucial relationship over the past 60 years, following its dramatic course from estrangement to strategic partnership to economic interdependence, and toward an uncertain future. With a final chapter on the emerging superpower's 21st-century world role, On China provides an intimate historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of the 20th century.

 

[Daveo]

Make Me (Jack Reacher #20) by Lee Child.

 

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“Why is this town called Mother’s Rest?” That’s all Reacher wants to know.

But no one will tell him.

It’s a tiny place hidden in a thousand square miles of wheat fields, with a railroad stop, and sullen and watchful people, and a worried woman named Michelle Chang, who mistakes him for someone else: her missing partner in a private investigation she thinks must have started small and then turned lethal.

 

Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, and there’s something about Chang . . . so he teams up with her and starts to ask around.

He thinks, how bad can this thing be? But before long he’s plunged into a desperate race through LA, Chicago, Phoenix, and San Francisco, and through the hidden parts of the internet, up against thugs and assassins every step of the way, right back to where he started, in Mother’s Rest, where he must confront the worst nightmare he could imagine.

 

Walking away would have been easier.

But as always, Reacher’s rule is: If you want me to stop, you’re going to have to make me.

 

[Daveo]

Sleep Like The Dead (DCI Lorimer #8) by Alex Gray.

 

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Everyone is searching for Billy Brogan and his sister, Marianne. Marianne's ex-husband, Kenneth Scott, is gunned down in his home and Billy is on the run to Spain, with the money that was meant to pay the hit man who killed Kenneth.

Now the hit man remains in Glasgow, seeking not just his fee for his job but the elusive Marianne.

 

[Daveo]

A Spy by Nature (Alec Milius #1) by Charles Cumming.

 

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This is what they told me a long time ago.

Only make contact in the event of an emergency.

Only telephone if you believe that your position has been fatally compromised.

Under no circumstances are you to approach us unless it is absolutely necessary in order to preserve the security of the operation.

This is the number.

 

Alec Milius is young, smart, and ambitious. He also has a talent for deception. He is working in a dead-end job when a chance encounter leads him to MI6, the elite British Secret Intelligence Service, handing him an opportunity to play center-stage in a dangerous game of espionage.

 

 

In his new line of work, Alec finds that the difference between the truth and a lie can mean the difference between life and death--and he is having trouble telling them apart. Isolated and exposed, he must play a role in which the slightest glance or casual remark can seem heavy with unintended menace.

Caught between British and American Intelligence, Alec finds himself threatened and alone, unable to confide in even his closest friend. His life as a spy begins to exact a terrible price, both on himself and on those around him.

 

 

Richly atmospheric and chillingly plausible, A Spy By Nature announces the arrival of British author Charles Cumming as heir apparent to masters like John le Carré and Len Deighton. A bestseller in England, it's the gripping story of a young man driven by ruthless ambition who finds himself chasing not just success, but survival.

 

[Daveo]

Destiny of the Republic, A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, By Candice Millard.

 

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This book covers the life and death of James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. Most people would assume that a book about the assassination of a president would be predominantly about the president.

However, this book gives you a great 30,000 foot view of Garfield and the various individuals involved with his assassination and his subsequent medical care.

 

The first half of the book covers the life of James Garfield and Charles Guiteau leading up to the fateful day of July 2, 1881.

There is also a little character development of Alexander Graham Bell and Doctor Willard Bliss.

The second half of the book covers the 2.5 months after Garfield was shot.

 

James Garfield lost his father at a very young age.

His mother and older brother worked extremely hard to make sure Garfield obtained the best schooling possible.

Garfield decided that he would rather work on a canal boat than go to school One night while he was on the deck, he fell overboard.

As Garfield thrashed around in the water, he felt a rope, Garfield pulled against the rope and he was able to get back aboard.

When Garfield examined the rope on deck, he found that it had somehow caught between two boards thus enabling him to pull himself back.

 

After this near death experience, Garfield quit his job and went back home, when he reached the front porch of his mother’s home, he could hear his mother praying.

His mother was praying for her wayward son and asking God to bring her son home, that night there was a young man who understood the power of a mother’s prayers.

 

[Daveo]

Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter, 1979-1997, by John O'Farrell.

 

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Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late.

Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round.

She was smiling and telling the British people to fuck off at the same time.

It was something we would have to get used to.'

 

Things Can Only Get Better is the personal account of a Labour supporter who survived eighteen miserable years of Conservative government.

It is the heartbreaking and hilarious confessions of someone who has been actively involved in helping the Labour party lose elections at every level, school candidate, door to door canvasser, working for a Labour MP in the House of Commons; standing as a council candidate, and eventually writing jokes for a shadow cabinet minister.

 

Along the way he slowly came to realise that Michael Foot would never be Prime Minister, that vegetable quiche was not as tasty as chicken tikki masala and that the nuclear arms race was never going to be stopped by face painting alone.

 

[Daveo]

Crime Beat, by Michael Connelly.

 

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Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles.

Here are reproduced narratives of these articles, from initial accusation along path of prosecution.

Divided in three sections: Cops, Killers, and Cases.

 

[Daveo]

Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, by Nathaniel Philbrick.

 

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In this Notable Book and bestseller, the National Book Award winning author of In the Heart of the Sea writes about one of the world's most ambitious voyages of discovery the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 that included six sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds who set out to map the Pacific Ocean.

 

[Daveo]

Hate, by Matthew Collins.

 

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This volume tells the remarkable true story of one man's journey from the darkness of British fascism.

And the astonishing price he had to pay.

 

[Daveo]

Mightier Than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer.

 

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A bomb goes off, but how many passengers on the MV Buckingham have lost their lives? You will find out only if you read the opening chapter of Mightier than the Sword.

 

When Harry arrives in New York, his publisher Harold Guinzberg tells him he has been elected as the next president of English PEN, which will give him the opportunity to launch a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who is languishing in a Russian Gulag in Siberia.

His crime, writing a book Uncle Joe, which gives an insight into what it was like to work for Josef Stalin.

So determined is he to see Babakov released, Harry puts his own life in danger.

 

Emma Clifton, now Chairman of Barrington Shipping, is having to face the repercussions of the IRA bombing her ship.

Some board members feel she should resign while others, including Sebastian Clifton, newly elected to the board, are determined to see she remains as Chairman.

 

Giles Barrington is now a Minister of the Crown, and looks set for high office, but a trip to East Germany does not end as a diplomatic success, and once again Giles' political career is thrown off balance by none other than Major Alex Fisher.

Fisher decides to stand against Giles at the forthcoming general election. But this time who wins?

 

Sebastian Clifton asks his girlfriend Samantha to marry him.

She happily accepts, but then later changes her mind after she discovers what Seb has been up to behind her back.

 

The book ends with two court trials: one at the high court in London, a libel case pitting Emma Clifton against Lady Virginia Fenwick; while another, a show trial, takes place in Russia after Harry has been arrested as a spy.

Thus continues book five of the Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer's most accomplished work to date, with all the trademark twists and turns that have made him one of the most successful authors in the world.

 

[Daveo]

77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz.

 

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Heart stopping thriller from the master of suspense.

Bad things are starting to happen at the Pendleton, an eerie building with a tragic past.

 

The Pendleton stands on the summit of Shadow Hill, a Palace built in the late 19th century as a tycoon’s dream home.

But its grandeur has been scarred by episodes of madness, suicide and mass murder.

Since being converted into luxury apartments in the 70's, however, the Pendleton has been at peace. For its fortunate residents among them ex-marine Bailey Hawk, songwriter Twyla Trahern and her young son Winny the Pendleton is a sanctuary, its dark past all but forgotten.

 

But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not quite human figures lurk in the basement, elevators plunge into unknown depths.

It seems that whatever drove past occupants to their unspeakable fates is at work again.

 

As nightmare visions become real, a group of extraordinary individuals hold the key to humanity’s destiny.

Welcome to 77 Shadow Street.

 

[Daveo]

The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams.

 

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Non stop adventure and death defying chases in Will Adam’s outstanding debut novel.

 

It's 318 BC in the deserts of Libya, and Alexander the Great is buried as only a God should be, placed in a golden Sarcophagus in a catacomb of chambers, each packed with diamonds, rubies and gold. This was how he should have remained, but time waits for no-one.

 

2007 and underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox has been on the trail of Alexander's Gold ever since he can remember.

When a tomb is uncovered on the construction site of a new hotel, Daniel believes he has found the clue to what he has been working towards for years.

But the discovery has alerted two of the most dangerous men in the world, and Daniel is now a marked man.

 

[Daveo]

The Last Mile (Amos Decker Series) by David Baldacci.

 

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Memories can be a real killer

 

Melvin Mars awaits his fate on Death Row.

He was one of America's most promising football stars until, aged twenty years-old, he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his parents just as he was due to begin a very lucrative contract with the NFL.

 

When Amos Decker, newly appointed special agent with the FBI, hears the news that Melvin was saved in the final seconds before his execution because someone has confessed to the killings, he persuades his boss to allow him to carry out an investigation into the Mars murders.

 

There are facts about the case which don't add up, and as the investigation deepens, Decker and his team uncover layer upon layer of lies and deception which are rooted at a time in American history which most would rather forget, but some seem keen to remember.

 

There is someone out there with a lot to hide, and a secret that everyone is looking for. A race against time ensues because, when revealed, that information threatens to tear apart the corridors of power at the very highest level.

 

The case proves to be life-changing for both Mars and Decker in ways that neither could ever have imagined.

 

[Daveo]

A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre.

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A half-starved young Russian man is smuggled into Hamburg in the dead of night with an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse around his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa.

Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation, even if the price is her career—and her safety. Searching for clues to his mysterious past, she confronts the incongruous sixty-year-old scion of a failing British bank—and a triangle of impossible loves is born.

Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the “War on Terror,” the rival spies of three nations converge upon the innocents.

Thrilling, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go, A Most Wanted Man is a work of deep humanity with uncommon relevance to our times.

 

[Daveo]

Last to Die by James Grippando.

 

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Miami criminal attorney Jack Swyteck doesn’t want Tatum Knight as a client. But the allegedly “reformed” contract killer is the brother of Jack’s best friend, and the assassin swears he had nothing to do with the shooting death of Sally Fenning, though he claims the beautiful, depressed multi millionairess wanted him to do the deed. Even so, Knight has been named in Fanning’s will, along with five others, all vying for a fortune.

The catch is that only the last living would-be beneficiary will inherit the $46 million.

So begins a twisted game of survival of the greediest and deadliest as, one by one, the heirs start to fall. And suddenly Jack’s caught up in a chilling race to ensure that the next to die is not Jack Swyteck.

Edited January 20, 2017 by Daveo

[Daveo]

The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins.

 

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A remote military research station sends out a frantic distress call, ending with a chilling final command: Kill us all? Personnel from the neighboring base rush in to discover everyone already dead and not just the scientists, but every living thing for fifty square miles is annihilated, every animal, plant, and insect, even bacteria.

 

The land is entirely sterile and the blight is spreading.

 

To halt the inevitable, Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma must unravel a threat that rises out of the distant past, to a time when Antarctica was green and all life on Earth balanced upon the blade of a knife.

Following clues from an ancient map rescued from the lost Library of Alexandria, Sigma will discover the truth about an ancient continent, about a new form of death buried under miles of ice.

 

From millennia old Secrets out of the frozen past to mysteries buried deep in the darkest jungles of today, Sigma will face its greatest challenge to date: stopping the coming extinction of mankind.

 

But is it already too late?

 

[Daveo]