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Includes fourteen stories that range from the fantasy of Scheherazade to a dazzling example of chaos theory, depicting in exquisite prose the subtle but significant events that go to create everyday experience.

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Based on extensive research by the Accenture Institute for High Performance and interviews from over 30 industries, this book intends to give you the tools to take control of your future.

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What is it like to make millions before you turn 20 What drives City traders to excess in their quest for extreme wealth And what happens when they lose it all overnight This title provides an account of life in Square Mile, laying bare the tricks, lifestyles and minds of the men who gamble with millions and influence our lives.

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The murder of a first-year university student shocks the city of Durham. The victim, Emily Brabents, was from the privileged and popular set at Joyce College, a cradle for the country's future elite. As Detective Inspector Erica Martin investigates the college, she finds a close-knit community fuelled by jealousy, obsession and secrets.

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"Joseph Zobel's semi-autobiographical 1950 novel Black Shack Alley chronicles the coming-of-age of Jose, a young boy in colonial Martinique. This edition features a new foreword by Martinican author Patrick Chamoiseau"--

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Tells the tale of one of the most peculiar incidents of medieval history, and the background to the real Blondel and his fellow troubadours. This title also talks about the courts of love, the Holy Grail, emergence of gothic cathedrals like Notre Dame and Chartres, and the moment of tolerance in the West when Europe shared a language, and more.

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His father shoots himself, and all he's left with is the old cattle dog and a vague desire for explanation. He loves swimming so he travels to Garopaba, a quiet little town on the Brazilian coast, where his grandfather disappeared decades before. There, in the midst of romantic flings, he comes to discover more than he could ever have imagined...

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In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. This title tells the story of the fight for female education in Britain.

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Back in 1950 the author became one of the first policewomen in the country. But the force's new female recruits faced a sceptical public in rural Yorkshire and even before they stepped out on the beat there were the prejudices of older male officers to overcome. This title tells his tales of life as a copper.

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It's bad enough to be perpetually single, without also being the dating journalist for a major lifestyle website. And Genie Havisham has just been set her toughest deadline yet: find a boyfriend by Christmas or find a new job.

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Tells the story of Ireland's property boom and bust. This work presents an account of how it all worked and why it went sour. It brings us to the muddy fields, humble cafes and grand dining rooms where the deals were made. It explains how it was that debt always begat more debt, and takes us through the hitherto opaque portals of Anglo Irish Bank.

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Nadine, a sixteen-year-old runaway new to London, is set up in a decaying Georgian house by her Finnish lover, Kai. Slowly, she begins to suspect that Kai's plans for her have little to do with love.

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Summer, 1983. Best friends, Sal, Annie and Kendra are fresh-faced and fresh out of university. Three very different girls about to walk three very different but equally tangled paths... Sal's the aspiring journalist whose personal demons threaten to destroy everything she achieves.

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Previously published: New York, N.Y.: Avon, c1988.

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Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, and Irene are trying to rebuild their life together. Across the water on the mainland, Irene and Gary's grown daughter, Rhoda is starting her own life. She fantasizes about the perfect wedding day, whilst her betrothed, Jim the dentist, wonders about the possibility of an altogether different future.

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In the early hours of the morning, following a wedding reception, a car filled with stoned, drunk and sleepy guests accidentally hits and kills a girl on a dark country road. This title explores the after effects of one night's terrible trauma on three siblings over years.

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Tom and Abby Stuart had everything: a perfect marriage, successful careers, and a beautiful twelve-year-old daughter, Caitlin. Then one day Caitlin vanished. The tragedy changed their lives and shattered their marriage. When Tom decides to try to uncover the truth for himself, nothing can prepare him for what he discovers...

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With a First from Cambridge and the possibility of working for the Foreign Office, the author decided instead to apply to be an apprentice diesel-fitter with London Transport. He was rejected and so turned to a life in politics. This title offers an account of a young life already well lived.