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London. 1940. When World War II breaks out and men over eighteen are conscripted, Clarence Dover, a conscientious objector, refuses to go rather than compromise his principles. Instead he joins the Friend's Ambulance Unit. From the London Blitz to the far reaches of Asia, the war tests Clarence in the crucible of suffering. In the end will he be able to hold his head up as proudly as the rest and say, to save lives, I risked my own? One ma...

Blaine Colton is pulled into a chilling conspiracy when he discovers embryonic clones with his name on them. Convinced the research has breached ethics agreements, he brings close friends, Sophie and Jett Faraday, in on a scheme to find answers. Immediate threats reveal not everyone is happy about his discovery. The reappearance of an identity from Blaine's past unsettles him further, and then a crisis fractures his world. Assuming his rese...

Trust the science - unless your life depends on it. Blaine Colton had been handed a genetic death sentence until revolutionary gene therapy changed his life. Living a relatively normal existence, he is called to an unscheduled post-treatment appointment just weeks before his eighteenth birthday. Informed that his life saving procedure was never approved, he is held against his will for his status as an apparent illegal GMO. Subjected to con...

When being beautiful means you are constantly criticised, how would you react? Ellie Paxton has endured more than her fair share of criticism - simply because she's beautiful. Frustrated by a long string of empty relationships, Ellie makes a vow not to date for six months. The same day, she is rescued by the handsome but enigmatic Nathaniel. Thinking it's unlikely she'll ever see him again, Ellie unburdens herself to him and then they...

A secret spans five generations from Cornwall to Australia. Who was Zenna Dare? When Jenefer moves to the old family home in country Kapunda, she uncovers a secret from the past. What sort of life did Gweniver, her great-great-great-grandmother, lead? And what connection did she have to the glamorous young singer, Zenna Dare? Could a nineteenth-century mother of nine have led a double life, and, if so, why? In a story crossing five generations...

In Canada, Phil Roland is a hero. He's saved his dad's company, Motive Games, solved his dad's murder, and exposed a mafia ring. But by his second day in Auckland, Phil's life is out of control. The E3 East gaming show was supposed to be Motive's big chance to get published. Instead, people are blaming Phil for a controversial FPS, someone's hacked Motive's game, and Australian mega- distributer, PFG, is threatening to ruin the company. The gu...

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Since she watched her village burn to the ground, Mere's life has been anything but dull. Now as an older woman she has come to stay with Helene and James to finish writing her life story - a tale of injustice, revenge and reconciliation. But Helene and James have their own problems. After five years together, their marriage has become dull, predictable, boring ... and it starts to unravel. Weaving fiction with the traumatic history ...

As the daughter of the Tea-maker, Shiro's life is bound by the expectations of others. But Shiro has no interest in convention. Her holidays are spent with best friend Lakshmi, a coolie labourer, and she dreams of becoming a doctor, unhampered by her gender, her race or her social standing. Privilege is something Anthony and William Ashley Cooper take for granted. On the Sri Lankan tea fields in particular, the English are masters. When Anthon...

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon Revisited: A Dramatic Biography gives a private and exciting insight into the Prince of Preachers' life. While some Spurgeon biographies of similar scope are just factual, this one paints the excitement of Spurgeon's life in full colour. It is written in a vivid style, with plenty of action and interaction, similar to David Malcolm Bennett's From Ashes to Glory and William Booth and his Salvation Army. The biography...

I knew I was in Australia when I noticed all the legs - men's legs! I never thought there could be so many variations: short, long, muscled, knobbly-kneed. Then there were the hairy ones ... Jaime Richards has spent most of her life in Pakistan and returning to Australia seems like another planet compared to the country she has left behind. Here in Australia, boys try to kiss her, men wear shorts and everyone says 'cool' all the time. How will...