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"Demands comparison with the very best books of our century . . . A
truly important writer . . . His people, his places are masterly."
New York Times Book Review Durrell's masterpiece is onne of the
world's greatest romances, rich in political and sexual intrigue.
This seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt is set
in the city of Alexandria once home to the world's greatest
library, attracting scholars dedicated solely to the pursuit of
knowledge. But on the eve of World War II, the obsessed characters
in this mesmerizing novel find that their pursuits lead only to
bedrooms in which each seeks to know-and possess-the other.
The city of Seattle burned down in 1889. When it was rebuilt, much
of the old city remained, buried beneath the modern streets. Nobody
really knows what's down there any more... Now a suspected psycho
and the eight-year-old girl he has taken hostage during a bungled
heist are about to find out, when they crash through the floor of
an abandoned warehouse into a street no one has walked down for a
hundred years. Pursued by an ex-Vietnam Tunnel Rat brought in by
the Seattle PD - a man with one or two mental problems of his own -
Hilton Badcock has no choice but to drag young Ali further into the
underground maze in search of a way out. But the deeper they go
into this strange, secret world, the weirder and more dangerous
things get...
The skies above London hum with danger. And in the Channel enemies
lie in wait... Autumn, 1917. London is not the city that Dr John
Watson and Sherlock Holmes once bestrode like giants. Terror has
come from the sky and Londoners are scurrying underground in fear.
Then a twin tragedy strikes Watson. An old friend, Staff Nurse
Jennings, is on a boat-ambulance torpedoed in the Channel with no
survivors. And his concert-going companion, Sir Gilbert Hardy, is
kidnapped. Then comes the gruesome ransom demand, for Sir Gilbert
and four others, which will involve terrible mutilation unless the
demands are met. Help comes from an unlikely source when Watson
finds himself face-to-face with his old ruthless adversary, the
"She Wolf" Miss Pillbody. She makes him a remarkable offer and so
an unlikely partnership is formed - the enemy spy and Sherlock
Holmes's faithful companion, a detective duo which will eventually
uncover a shocking case of state-sponsored murder and find Watson
on board a German bomber, with a crew intent on setting London
ablaze.
Jim Barry is a family man and proud of it. He's already begun
educating his five-year-old son Tommy on the finer points of ball
games. But when a tragic accident at a kids' practice session
leaves another boy dead, the bereaved father decides to seek his
own special brand of restitution. Unless Jim and his wife Belle
hand over Tommy as a replacement, Stefan Sebastyen swears he will
kill them all. And pretty soon they realise that this is a guy
who's more than capable of keeping his word. With their backs to
the wall, it's Belle who comes up with a desperate plan to save her
family...
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Escape to Burma (DVD)
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar, Murvyn Vye, Reginald Denny; Contributions by …
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R206
Discovery Miles 2 060
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Feisty plantation owner Gwen Moore (Barbara Stanwyck) is surprised
by the arrival of Jim Brecan (Robert Ryan) on her property. Brecan
is a fugitive on the run, accused of murder. Pursued by both the
police and the Sawbwa of Sakar, he manages to convince Gwen of his
innocence before disappearing into the jungle in an attempt to
evade his would-be captors.
Some parks, preserves, and other natural areas serve people well;
others are disappointing. Successful design and management requires
knowledge of both people and environments."With People in Mind"
explores how to design and manage areas of "everyday nature" --
parks and open spaces, corporate grounds, vacant lots and backyard
gardens, fields and forests -- in ways that are beneficial to and
appreciated by humans. Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan, leading
researchers in the field of environmental psychology, along with
Robert Ryan, a landscape architect and urban planner, provide a
conceptual framework for considering the human dimensions of
natural areas and offer a fresh perspective on the subject. The
authors examine.physical aspects of natural settings that enhance
preference and reduce fear ways to facilitate way-finding how to
create restorative settings that allow people to recover from the
stress of daily demands landscape elements that are particularly
important to human needs techniques for obtaining useful public
input
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Swords of Empire
Robert Ryan
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R289
Discovery Miles 2 890
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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For gamblers and fun-seekers, Atlantic City is a place to chase
your dreams. But for taxi driver Ed Behr, it's where his personal
nightmare is all too real. He is haunted by violent flashbacks to
his time in prison and sustained only by his obsession with finding
Honey, the girl who promised him everything. Then he recognises one
of the old gang from the days before the bad things happened that
got them all sent down. Except for Billy Moon, that is, who went on
to bigger and better things while they were left to rot. And now Ed
has a plan that's going to reunite the gang, make enough dough, and
sort out Billy Moon once and for all. Maybe even get Honey back
too. That's if he doesn't get them all killed first...
Paris, 1945. A manhunt is raging across the liberated city. Airey
Neave, head of Room 900, the ultra-secret M19 department, is
desperate to track down Harry Cole. Harry is a rogue. He's an East
End charmer and as sharp as a switchblade. But traitor? He did
break a few rules and hearts along the way... but that was before
he met French nurse Odile. Together they are the best clandestine
operatives in northern France, heroes of the Resistance, rounding
up downed pilots and ferrying them to safety. The beautiful Odile
nurtures Harry's talents for the greater good. His mistake is to
try and make a little money on the side. And when he gets in the
way of M19, Airey Neave has a very good reason to want him
silenced...
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