Ruins paperback

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The No. 1 New York Times Bestseller Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins is a gorgeous, glamorous novel set in 1960s Italy and a modern Hollywood studio. The story begins in 1962. Somewhere on a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and views an apparition: a beautiful woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an American starlet, he soon learns, and she is dying. And the story begins again today, half a world away in Hollywood, when an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio's back lot searching for the woman he last saw at his hotel fifty years before. Gloriously inventive, funny, tender and constantly surprising, Beautiful Ruins is a novel full of fabulous and yet very flawed people, all of them striving towards another sort of life, a future that is both delightful and yet, tantalizingly, seems just out of reach. 'Magic...A monument to crazy love with a deeply romantic heart' New York Times 'A novel shot in sparkly Technicolor' Booklist 'Hilarious and compelling' Esquire 'Beautiful Ruins is a novel unlike any other you're likely to read this year' Nick Hornby, The Believer Features Summary Somewhere on a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and views an apparition: a beautiful woman... Author Jess Walter Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20130520 Pages 337 ISBN 0-670-92265-X ISBN 13 978-0-670-92265-9

Paperback. English. Curator Zimbabwe Ruins. 1934. ISBN: n/a. 86 pp with numerous bw illustrations and folding maps & diags. Good condition in slightly marked pictorial wraps, slight damage at head and tail of spine. One of the earlier guidebooks to the famous ruins, by the then curator - the cover title reads Zimbabwe - the Mysterious Southern Rhodesian Ruins. Incl 4 b&w separate photographs. Book No: 22031/1001899

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Pete Fernandez should be dead. His life -- professional and personal -- is in ruins. His best friend is dead. His newspaper career is past tense. His ex is staying with him as her own marriage crumbles. On top of that, the former journalist finds himself in the eye of a dangerous storm; investigating a missing girl with an unexpected partner and inching closer and closer to a vicious, calculating killer cutting a swath of blood across Miami -- while at the same time battling his own personal demons that refuse to be silenced. Down the Darkest Street, the riveting sequel to Alex Segura's acclaimed debut, Silent City, tells a tale of redemption, survival and the sordid backstreets of Miami -- while asking the question that many are too scared to answer: When faced with pure darkness, would you fold or fight? Features Summary Pete Fernandez should be dead. His life -- professional and personal -- is in ruins. His best friend is dead. His newspaper career is past tense. His ex is staying with him as her own marriage crumbles... Author Alex Segura Publisher Polis Books Release date 20170314 Pages 320 ISBN 1-943818-50-9 ISBN 13 978-1-943818-50-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The Crypto-Capers are off on another adventure, but this time it is because of their adversary, the Panther. The Legend of the Golden Monkey leads the Crypto-Capers to the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza, a once flourishing Mayan city where secrets abound. Sent to the Riviera Maya on the request of a friend, the Crypto-Capers find themselves on a treasure hunt in Chichen Itza's archeological park. Upon realizing the Panther's involvement, the Crypto-Capers immediately agree to find ways to sabotage his efforts of finding the treasure first. But they find more questions than answers, and more clues. Are they being led astray? The Crypto-Capers must believe in themselves and have faith in their new friends to help them find the treasure room and finally bring closure to an archeologist whose history is tied to the Golden Monkey. Join the Crypto-Capers on their new adventure by solving the cryptograms and participating in the various activities. Good luck Features Summary The Crypto-Capers are off on another adventure, but this time it is because of their adversary, the Panther. The Legend of the Golden Monkey leads the Crypto-Capers to the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza... Author Renee Hand Publisher North Star Press of St. Cloud Release date 20090501 Pages 153 ISBN 0-87839-330-7 ISBN 13 978-0-87839-330-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Shoot, ram, skid and loot your way through the ruins of civilisation with Gaslands, a tabletop wargame of car-on-car destruction in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Players control small fleets of armed vehicles in battles for resources, dominance and survival. With rules for multiple vehicle types (from motorbikes to big rigs), varied special weapons and accessories (including oil slicks, caltrops and nitro boosters), and a host of options for scenarios, environmental conditions, crew and campaigns, players can tailor games to match their own visions for an anarchic future. Features Summary Shoot, ram, skid and loot your way through the ruins of civilisation with Gaslands, a tabletop wargame of car-on-car destruction in a post-apocalyptic wasteland... Author Mike Hutchinson (Author), David Auden Nash (Illustrator) Publisher Osprey Publishing Release date 20171024 Pages 64 ISBN 1-4728-1853-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4728-1853-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The year is 1949. In the bombed-out ruins of Cologne, Hanno Dasch is king. Director of the most successful black market operation in post-war Germany, Dasch has kept his clients supplied with goods so extravagant and rare that they were almost impossible to find even at the height of Germany's conquests. Nobody but Dasch, his enigmatic daughter and the war criminal he keeps as his bodyguard know how he does it. None of this has escaped the attention of Allied Intelligence, who face not only the systemic corruption of a country where everything is in short supply, but the growing threat of Stalin's KGB. Fearing that Dasch will soon expand his business to include dealings with Russia, and invite the further meddling of Russian agents in the west, the CIA sets in motion an undercover operation to infiltrate and, ultimately, destroy Dasch's empire. A disgraced American Army officer, Nathan Carter, is recruited to approach Dasch and to ingratiate himself with promises of stolen army supplies. As Carter moves further and further into the labyrinth of Dasch's world, it soon becomes clear that the black market ring has already been compromised, but by someone even more dangerous than the Russians. Carter stumbles upon a counterfeiting ring, with whom Dasch has unwittingly gone into business, which seems to have been created with the sole purpose of destroying the Soviet economy, something it could easily do with the superlative quality of the forged bills it is producing. With Carter caught in the middle, and facing the danger that his cover might be blown at any moment, a race begins between the Russian and American spy agencies to uncover who is responsible, before the situation escalates to war. Features Summary The year is 1949. In the bombed-out ruins of Cologne, Hanno Dasch is king. Director of the most successful black market operation in post-war Germany... Author Sam Eastland Publisher Faber and Faber Release date 20190124 Pages 352 ISBN 0-571-33569-1 ISBN 13 978-0-571-33569-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours 1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer - and occult disciple - Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist Andre Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world forever. 1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts - and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse. But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties - to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself. Features Summary 1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer - and occult disciple - Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist Andre Breton... Author China Mieville Publisher Picador Release date 20160829 Pages 205 ISBN 1-4472-9657-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4472-9657-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days WHEN DAYLIGHT COMES - a heart-warming and compelling saga by Lyn Andrews. Not to be missed by readers of Dilly Court and Donna Douglas. Jessica Brennan's world falls apart when her father is lost at sea. The death of her mother soon after is almost too much to bear. Then Jess learns that the family business is in ruins, and there are further blows to come. Suddenly a young woman who has known only comfort and security finds herself alone and friendless. But Jess is a fighter and in her darkest hour she finds the strength she needs to start again. Tragedy, however, is just around the corner... Features Summary After a devastating tragedy, Jess sets out to rebuild her life in the face of deprivation and heartache. An unputdownable saga from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE ON LONELY STREET and FROM LIVERPOOL WITH LOVE. Author Lyn Andrews Publisher Headline Book Publishing Release date 20161103 Pages 384 ISBN 1-4722-4637-3 ISBN 13 978-1-4722-4637-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A group of young Irish migrants leave a man called Hopper for dead on an outback road in Australia. They barely know him; no-one will miss him in their world of hostels, wild nights on cheap wine and grinding work on isolated farms. In this powerful novel about the discovery of responsibility, three young people - Fiona, Murph and Hopper - flee the collapse of their country's economy. In the heat and endless spaces of Australia they try to escape their past, but impulsive cruelty, shame and guilt drag them down, and it is easy to make terrible choices. Features Summary Three young Irish people arrive in Australia, running from the economic ruins of their home country and their own unhappy lives. A spiral of self-destructive behaviour forces each of them to face up to the reality of their lives. Author E.M. Reapy Publisher Head of Zeus Release date 20170215 Pages 320 ISBN 1-78497-464-1 ISBN 13 978-1-78497-464-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A Former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane are thrust into a global conspiracy that threatens to shake the foundations of American democracy in this second exciting Sigma Force spinoff adventure from New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood. Tucker Wayne's past and his present collide when a former army colleague comes to him for help. She's on the run from brutal assassins hunting her and her son. To keep them safe, Tucker must discover who killed a brilliant young idealist - a crime that leads back to the most powerful figures in the U.S. government. From the haunted ruins of a plantation in the deep South to the beachheads of a savage civil war in Trinidad, Tucker and Kane must discover the truth behind a mystery that leads back to World War II, to a true event that is even now changing the world...and will redefine what it means to be human. With no one to trust, they will be forced to break the law, expose national secrets, and risk everything to stop a madman determined to control the future of modern warfare for his own diabolical ends. But can Tucker and Kane withstand a force so indomitable that it threatens our very future? Features Summary Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane return in the thrilling new novel from the author of MAP OF BONES and THE KILL SWITCH. Author James Rollins (Author), Grant Blackwood (Author) Publisher Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd) Release date 20160416 Pages 368 ISBN 1-4091-5448-3 ISBN 13 978-1-4091-5448-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days THE SCARECROWS' WEDDING is the eagerly awaited new picture book from the creators of THE GRUFFALO and STICK MAN. Written in Julia Donaldson's glorious rhyme and illustrated in glowing colour by Axel Scheffler, THE SCARECROWS' WEDDING is a fabulous love story, with drama, humour, originality - and a happy ending! Two scarecrows, Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay, are planning the perfect wedding. But wicked scarecrow, Reginald Rake, has other ideas and almost ruins their special day. Harry must become a hero before he and Betty can have the wedding of their dreams. Features Summary Written in Julia Donaldson's glorious rhyme and illustrated in glowing colour by Axel Scheffler, THE SCARECROWS' WEDDING is a fabulous love story. Scarecrows Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay are planning the perfect wedding... Author Julia Donaldson (Author), Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) Publisher Alison Green Books Release date 20160707 Pages 32 ISBN 1-4071-7074-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4071-7074-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Anna is doing her best: there are lots of other seventeen year olds who are living alone in the partially rebuilt ruins of London. She hopes that by keeping things clean and tidy and by studying hard she can keep the dreams away...But then a tall, dark stranger with eyes like a fly enters her life. He claims to know where the missing people of London have ended up. He might even know the location of Anna's missing parents. Anna can help, but to do that she will have to let go of what little normality she has managed to gather around herself and begin the journey to Dream Paris. Features Summary The geography-warping invasion that took over London has been defeated, but thousands of Londonders are missing... Author Tony Ballantyne Publisher Solaris Release date 20150910 Pages 384 ISBN 1-78108-360-6 ISBN 13 978-1-78108-360-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal. Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice. The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies--humans with extraordinary abilities--who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone...except the villains they once overthrew. Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice--and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them bot Features Summary From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal. Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers... Author Marissa Meyer Publisher Feiwel & Friends Release date 20171107 ISBN 1-250-17147-4 ISBN 13 978-1-250-17147-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Walter Bain is the self-appointed dictator of the tenement at 13 Oldberry Road in Glasgow's cosmopolitan west end. For years, Walter has striven to impose his family values - stairs must be regularly washed, noise kept down, and wheelie bins moved back and forth at the correct times. When Walter is found murdered, there are plenty of suspects among his ungrateful neighbours. Comic book dealer Billy Briggs is estranged from his daughter, with his business in ruins, and Tony Miller is jobless and facing eviction, all because of Walter. Henrietta Quayle, bullied and belittled by the dead man, conceals a murderous obsession beneath her timid exterior. And alcoholic solicitor Gus Mackinnon has even more reason to hate Walter than anyone else. As Close Quarters takes a look back over the years at the various turbulent relationships between Walter and his neighbours, one thing becomes clear: although only one may be the murderer, none of them will mourn his passing. Close Quarters is primarily a comedy and will particularly appeal to Scottish readers, as it satirises the traditional and sentimental view of Glasgow's tenement life by placing it in a modern setting. The book will also appeal to readers of crime fiction. Features Summary As we look back over the years at the turbulent relationship between Walter Bain and his neighbours, one thing becomes clear: only one of them may be a murderer... Author Angus McAllister Publisher Matador Release date 20170518 Pages 464 ISBN 1-78803-668-9 ISBN 13 978-1-78803-668-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The brilliant new Wilde/Chase novel from bestseller Andy McDermott - in their eleventh adventure Nina and Eddie must go on a desperate search to find the truth behind the Book of Revelation, as they try to deal with the most momentous change to their lives to date - Nina's pregnancy... 2002 - Southern Iraq: A CIA covert operation in the desert uncovers ancient ruins concealing a humanoid statue, with six wings and the face of a lion. Team member Ezekiel Cross is convinced that it represents one of four angels prophesied in the Book of Revelation, and when the agents are attacked by Iraqi forces, leaving Cross the only survivor, he steals it to begin his own mission from God... Present Day - New York: Depressed following the death of a friend, Nina Wilde has been focusing her energies on her pregnancy, rather than the archaeological discoveries for which she is renowned. But adventure still finds her - when she's kidnapped by religious cultists intending to force her to locate the remaining angels! Held prisoner in a strange village, Nina engages in a battle of wits against her captors, knowing her only hope of rescue is for her husband Eddie Chase to find the other statues first. But with a ruthless maniac determined to fulfil Revelation's prophecy, time is running out. Only by keeping the angels out of the cultists' hands can Nina and Eddie prevent the coming apocalypse... but what price will they have to pay? Features Summary The brilliant new Wilde/Chase novel from bestseller Andy McDermott - in their eleventh adventure Nina and Eddie must go on a desperate search to find the truth behind the Book of Revelation... Author Andy McDermott Publisher Headline Book Publishing Release date 20151124 Pages 487 ISBN 0-7553-8077-0 ISBN 13 978-0-7553-8077-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Paul and Professor Stanford's archaeological expedition is exploring the ruins of Altair in an effort to understand how the people who built them vanished altogether. Protected from various dangers by their deadly guardian angel the Stepanerk, they make some decidedly unexpected discoveries. Until Paul is reminded of his original quest, that is, when a bounty hunter asks for his help tracking down his lost father - who's wanted for murder. Features Summary Accompanied by a mysterious alien, a young man freshly arrived on wild planet Altair sets out on a fascinating coming-of-age quest to find his father. Author Leo Publisher Cinebook Ltd Release date 20190206 Pages 48 ISBN 1-84918-376-7 ISBN 13 978-1-84918-376-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Will is small for his age, but all his life, he has dreamed of becoming a great knight like the father he never knew, so he is devastated when he is rejected by Castle Redmont's Battleschool. Instead he is apprenticed to Halt, the mysterious Ranger whose ability to move unseen is thought to be the result of black magic. Features Summary The villagers believe the Rangers practise magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people. And now 15-year-old Will, has been chosen as a Ranger's apprentice... Author John A. Flanagan Publisher Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books) Release date 20101004 Pages 281 ISBN 0-440-86738-X ISBN 13 978-0-440-86738-8

Paperback. English. Panther. 1975. In fair/good condition. Banco continues the adventures of Henri Charriere - nicknamed Papillon - in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charriere is soon involved in hair-raiding exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries - robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever. He also runs night clubs in Caracas until an earthquake ruins him in 1967 - when he decides to write the book that brings his international fame.

Paperback. English. Corgi Books. 1973. In fair condition. Major James Brionne brought Dave Allard to trial for murder. Just before the hanging, Dave swore his brothers would take vengenance...Four year later the Allard boys retumed to settle the score. Only Brionne's son escaped. They murdered his wife, destroyed his home, and left Brionne nothing but the charred ruins of his past to haunt him. Seeking peace and a new life, Brionne and the boy headed west. But the Allards hadn't finished with him. He knew they'd call him for a showdown-and this time he'd be ready....

Paperback. English. Vintage. 1993. In fair/used condition Published to international critical and popular acclaim, this intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the present. As the young Englishman Stephen Wraysford passes through a tempestuous love affair with Isabelle Azaire in France and enters the dark, surreal world beneath the trenches of No Man's Land, Sebastian Faulks creates a world of fiction that is as tragic as A Farewell to Arms and as sensuous as The English Patient. Crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be read and marveled at for years to come.

A Kind of Vanishing From the author of acclaimed thriller 'The Detective's Daughter' A spellbinding mystery of obsession and guilt, this is also the poignant story of what happens to those left behind when a child vanishes without trace. It is the summer of 1968, the day Senator Robert Kennedy is shot. Two nine-year-old girls are playing hide and seek in the ruins of a deserted village. Alice has discovered a secret about Eleanor Ramsay's mother, and is taunting the other girl. When it is Eleanor's turn to hide, Alice disappears. Years later, an extraordinary turn of events opens up shocking truths for the Ramsay family and all who knew the missing girl. Author      Lesley Thomson ISBN        0956559999, 9780956559999 Format     Paperback Pages      352p.

Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in April 1889, and shot himself in a bunker in Berlin in April 1945 with Russian soldiers beating at the door, surrounded by the ruins of the country he had vowed to restore to greatness. Adolf Hitler: The Curious and Macabre Anecdotes - part biography, part miscellany, part historical overview - presents the life and times of der Fuhrer in a unique and compelling manner. The early life of the loner son of an Austrian customs official gave little clue as to his later years. As a decorated, twice-wounded soldier of the First World War, through shrewd manipulation of Germany's offended national pride after the war, Hitler ascended rapidly through the political system, rousing the masses behind him with a thundering rhetoric that amplified the nation's growing resentment and brought him the adulation of millions. By the age of 44, he had become both a millionaire with secret bank accounts in Switzerland and Holland, and the unrivalled leader of Germany, whose military might he had resurrected; six years later, he provoked the world to war. Patrick Delaforce's book is a masterly assessment of Hitler's life, career and beliefs, drawn not only from its subject's own writings, speeches, conversation, poetry and art, but also from the accounts of those who knew him, loved him, or loathed him. The journey of an ordinary young man to callous dictator and architect of the 'Final Solution' makes for provocative and important - thought not always comfortable - reading. Format:Paperback