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Winner Take Nothing
Written when Hemingway was at the height of his creative powers, the stories in Winner Take Nothing glow with the mark of his unique talent. Hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: they are all here, living on the raw edge, making love, facing the inevitable reality of death. The
Crime and Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue
TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR & LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY A troubled young man commits the perfect crime – the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind. So begins one of the greatest novels ever written, a
Life in the United Kingdom: Handbook: A Guide for New Residents
This 3rd edition of Life in the United Kingdom is the official handbook for the new Life in the UK tests to be taken on or after 25 March 2013. It contains all the official learning material for the test and is written in clear, simple language – making it easy to understand. It covers
Section 4 Amendment 1 to the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers (2000)
Amendment 2 to the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers (COSWP) 2015 Edition provides new information on sunglasses, the risk from sharps, solid carbon dioxide, and safe access to small craft.COSWP provides guidance on improving health and safety on board vessels and articulates how statutory obligations should be fulfilled. The Code details the
The Graduate
`For twenty- one years I have been shuffling back and forth between classrooms and libraries. Now you tell me what the hell it`s got me.` That`s how Benjamin Braddock talked when he came down from university. Somehow it didn`t seem to be what his father expected from a college education, and everyone was really appalled
Cal
For Cal, some of the choices are devastatingly simple…He can work in an abattoir that nauseates him or join the dole queue; he can brood on his past or plan a future with Marcella. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, Cal is a haunting love story in a land were tenderness and
GMDSS radio log book: incorporating the simplified F/V GMDSS log book
Includes fields for:Date & Time (UTC)Station toStation fromOperators actions/remarks, Log in/outFrequesncy, Channel or SatelliteAlso included are two chapters with instructions on how to keep this radio log and equipment tests and reserve energy checks.
I Found You
`Fresh and intriguing, with characters so real I ached for them. I loved I Found You`Clare Mackintosh`I LOVED I Found You. A proper thriller with wonderful characters`Sabine Durrant***Everyone has secrets. What if you can`t remember yours? `How long have you been sitting out here?`I got here yesterday.`Where did you come from?`I have no idea.`Lily has
Death of a Ghost
This is a Vintage Murder Mystery. John Lafcadio`s ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. A set of twelve sealed paintings is the bequest he leaves to his widow – together with the instruction that she unveil one
Dancers in Mourning
This book offers a Vintage Murder Mystery. When song-and-dance star Jimmy Sutane falls victim to a string of malicious practical jokes, there`s only one man who can get to the bottom of the apparent vendetta against the music hall darling – Albert Campion. Soon, however, the backstage pranks escalate and an ageing starlet is killed.
The Zone of Interest
This book is shortlisted for the 2015 Walter Scott Prize. “Surely his masterpiece…Intelligent, terrifying and comic…Amis has tackled the biggest questions with imagination and intelligence, and the ultimate strength of this masterly novel is that he knows, and shows, that although there is no answer to the questions Auschwitz poses, we must never stop asking
Blood on Snow
Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you `fix` people for a living – terminally – it`s hard to get close to anyone. Now he`s finally met the woman of his dreams. But there are two problems. She`s his boss` wife. And Olav`s just been hired to kill her. From the bestselling author
The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland
This title was shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Biography Award. This is the secret story of Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland. Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage. But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author and his subject. Charles Dodgson was a quiet academic but his second self, Lewis Carroll, was
Fat Planet: The Obesity Trap and How We Can Escape it
Our planet is in the grip of an obesity pandemic. More than a billion people worldwide are overweight and over 600 million are obese. We live in an obesogenic environment in which it is much easier to get fat than to stay fit. How has this come to be? Who is to blame? What can
