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John Doe, a leading City lawyer, disappears on a remote Greek island. His son Simon's attempts to trace him uncover his father's hippie past and a trove of dangerous political and business secrets. Reasons for suicide, an escape to a new life or even murder stream from a secret box, but at the bottom lies hope. In his father's 1970s diaries of his travels in Greece and Asia are hints of a passionate love affair. Could the unnamed lover be an A...

It is Christmas in England and Jacob is ecstatic when Rachel agrees to go on a date. Life apparently has reached its zenith. However, this joy proves to be short-lived when Jacob's uncle, a university professor, experiments with two ancient wooden boxes - only to suddenly find himself lost in the past. An ill-fated rescue attempt leaves all three trapped in different, perilous times. Hope comes in the unlikely form of an infamous criminal who ...

By the Dome it's Home is a refreshingly honest, nostalgic and thought provoking book, which details the loves, lives and times of the residents of Southend on Sea's Westgrange Drive Estate. The former site of the Kursaal amusement park and Southend United FC the area has a rich history, and is the backdrop to many a story. The accounts of the residents details War time Southend, first memories, people's reflections and aspirations, as well as ...

Effective boards add real value to organisations. They need strong characters and challenging discussions in order to work but this often leads to conflict and damaging errors. Board Dynamics explains what personal interactions do to board operation and how to manage them so the board and the organisation can deliver the greatest value. It describes a powerful model of the way in which boards work. It is a practitioner's guide for current and ...

Jackie Buckley opened her dance studio and club in Brighton in the 1920s. She kept it running even when war broke out in 1939 and despite bombs and blackouts, the Berkeley Club remained a south coast magnet where war weary men and women could dance to the latest tunes. Jackie took full advantage of her beauty, dancing skills and popularity. Brighton's glitterati flocked to her door. Then in November, 1940, her glamourous world was shattered. S...

A late 17th early 18th century adventure story where our hero isinvolved in events with street gangs, the hierarchy and the Press Gang in Whitby.He becomes the Captain of a Ghost Ship the 'Sea Witch', fighting Pirates, Buccaneers and the French in the seas and oceans of the World from the North Sea to the Caribbean.The 'Sea Witch' is at one with the sea and the wind, she is a fighting ship and Jack is a fighting man whether he likes it or not.

The author's 30 years of state criminal abuse began in the mid-1980s when army doctors and senior RTR officers failed in their duty of care (given to EVERY soldier) after his wife was kidnapped and raped and forced into prostitution by other soldiers of the Royal Tank Regiment. His son was also left to die in an army hospital but it was the author who was subjected to a kangaroo Court Martial for being a coward.When he left the forces in 1989,...

Retreating in shame to the grim northern town he grew up in, Motown Cop star Luke Heslin just couldn't resist the charms of the lady he met that August afternoon. Rebecca had been wronged and had revenge burning in her heart. "You're perfect, " she told Luke. "Just what I need." Together with the music-obsessed DJ from the Visage, the three of them planned a cruel little scheme that would land the local villain in prison. But even the best lai...

`Currant Bread`, a boyhood evacuee memoir. 1939. This is the story of a 7 year old boy, who was evacuated in 1939 to live with total strangers, in a small village in rural Staffordshire, England, near the small country town of Uttoxeter. Sadly, his lot was not to be a happy one. But it is told with an ironic sense of humour too. A sense of humour that was actually fashioned by his trials and tribulations of this traumatic experience. So travel...

This book has been written to discuss the great tenors of the twentieth century and has been supplemented by an account of the early development of the tenor voice. There is also an account of the major opera houses at which the twentieth century tenors performed. The central focus is the biographical and vocal analysis of thirty great tenors of, from Caruso to Pavarotti. The author intends not only to provide information but also to give plea...

Screamer on line two! This book is a must for call centre operators and managers. Phil Hart leads the call handler through the complaint handling process in his distinctive no-nonsense way, taking the reader step by step from complaint to resolution and highlighting potential danger points. Phil's simple, jargon-free description of the process will demystify complaint handling and keep you in control. Phil also has some very clear and simple m...

Aliens is a highly debated topic, sometimes in favour others against it. This time, we introduce about twenty biocommunications that for over the years we presumably had with the bioenergeme of Khriannia, an extraterrestrial woman, occasionally with some of her close relatives and acquaintances too and finally with the bioenergeme of Bhrikiam, an extraterrestrial man. Both said to come from a planet named Agram, located in Andromeda constellat...

El tema de los extraterrestres suele ser muy debatido, algunas veces a favor y otras en contra. Esta vez, presentamos alrededor de veinte biocomunicaciones que a traves de los anos presuntamente tuvimos con el bioenergema de Khriannia, una mujer extraterrestre, ocasionalmente tambien con algunos de sus familiares cercanos y allegados, finalmente con el bioenergema de Bhrikiam, un hombre extraterrestre. Ambos dijeron provenir del planeta Agram,...

When Albert Smith staggers into his kitchen one morning, his oven mitt addresses him as "Emperor of the Universe". Smith does the only reasonable thing and silences the apparent phantasm by hitting it hard with the next utensil at hand. Yet shortly after that, he finds himself catapulted into space along with a fast food restaurant, only to discover that he is not the only pretender to this title. Outlandish characters of all sorts try to impe...

Twelve year old Jack is an only child and lives on a farm deep in the English countryside. The summer holidays have finally arrived, and Jack has got everything planned to keep himself occupied for the next five or six weeks. But Jack has forgotten one important fact, his mystery cousin from America is on her way to stay with them for the summer. She brings with her an unusual and amazing gift which causes all Jack's plans to be thrown into di...

This book is a major contribution to school improvement and explains what VT is and how it works to raise standards, re-invigorate the aspiration gene and so make schools more fun. It returns schools to a process of effective learning relationships and explains why VT is cultural transformation that raises standards and reinvigorates teaching and learning. VT invites schools to a simpler organisational world where learning is a process and whe...