The English Channel separates Britain from Europe, keeping invaders out of Britain and defining its identity. Peter Unwin tells its story, from the ancient land-bridge that linked Britain to the continent to the 21st century, charting the history of one of the world's busiest seaways.

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This book looks ahead to what life will be like in the next 500 years.

November 1998 marks the 35th anniversary of the first-ever Doctor Who programme. This is the biography of the nine men who have taken on the role of the legendary Time Lord - from the cult figure of Tom Baker, to Paul McGann's Millennium Man.

It was autumn, 1944. On Jersey, Colonel Max von Aufsess is in charge of liaising with the civilian population. He has little time for his fanatical colleagues, and has earned the respect of many of the Islanders. When he discovers the corpses of several prisoners washed up on the beach, he is unprepared for where they will lead him.

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Autumn 1944. On Jersey, a young German officer is in charge of liaising with the civilian population. Max has little time for his fanatical colleagues, and has earned the respect of many of the islanders. When he discovers the corpses of several prisoners washed up on the beach, he is unprepared for where they will lead him.

Meet the Gleeks and hang out with the cool kids, in the only Official Glee Annual 2011

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Highly acclaimed crime writer Ann Granger takes us on another thrilling adventure in her ninth Victorian murder mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie.

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Avalon theme parks and mediaeval Excaliburger banquets are the last things journalist Nick Madrid expects to find when he arrives in the West Country. But rival Tourism and Heritage marketing men are the least of his worries. This is a crime novel with murderous intentions.

With France at war with its neighbours and Louis XVI awaiting execution, a small group hope to rescue the king and prevent anarchy spreading. When their leader is murdered, they put together a new plan. But they have to execute it within three days.

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An extraordinary new memoir from Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch

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The ultimate 'guilty pleasure' classy commercial read - a dramatic, romantic, completely addictive story of a young actress and a life in the spotlight.

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The ordered calm of Gloucester Abbey is shattered by the murder of one of its monks. The Abbot, ill-equipped to deal with such a heinous crime, is stunned by the Sheriff's belief that one of the monks is guilty. It is by this confusion that two Domesday Comminisioners are welcomed into the town.

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The Patriots' Club. It has existed for two hundred years. A secret organization controlled by the country's most influential citizens. In that time it has exercised an iron grip on the country's direction. But all that is about to change. Thomas Bolden is an all- American success story.

Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, is a town of only 2500 inhabitants with a 1950s mindset doing its best to cope with the social upheavals of the 1970s. Miss Wilma, a widowed music teacher and organist, suddenly finds her quiet and long-empty house full of people and trouble.

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When Inspector Charlie Priest suspects a now-respected businessman with a shady past of involvement in international art fraud, he's taking on an enemy with friends in high places. But Charlie can be persistent, and when he finds a link with lethal, doctored heroin, no threat will stop him.

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When Herbert Terrell falls to his death during his annual climbing holiday, accidental death seems the inevitable verdict - to everybody but Terrell's step-daughter Tossa. Tossa persuades Dominic Felse to help her investigate, and their trip turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse.

China in the 13th century, and the legendary Kublai Khan rules over Cathay and the Middle Kingdom. Of his many ministers his favourite is one Marco Polo. So it is to Marco that he turns when a series of evil omens threaten the land and the leaders of a demonic sect seek to destroy his kingdom.

The Kingdom of Pernia, 1785. It's the 40th day of Amande's preparation - 40 days of sexual abstinance, rousing her nubile young body to a frenzy of anticipation. Tomorrow she faces the ultimate test - the "ordeal by climax", but tonight she contemplates revenge on the woman who corrupted her.

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Roger the Chapman has been royally commanded to escort a King's messenger who is carrying a vital despatch aboard his ship in Plymouth. When the messenger is murdered, he is appalled to find himself the chief suspect in a world of double-dealing, past sins and political chicanery.

At a peace treaty signing between Egypt and Libya in Thebes, three of Egypt's leading scribes die violently on the Temple forecourt, the victims of a vile poisoning. Rumours soon sweep the imperial city. The "Poisoner of Ptah" has returned. Set in Ancient Egypt, this is the sixth novel in a series, that includes, "The Mask of Ra".

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Bites and scratch marks. Noises with no obvious cause. Malicious and cunning, audacious and unpredictable, poltergeists incite terror in their victims and can drive people from their homes. John and Anne Spencer consider the evidence and sum up research into the phenomenon of the poltergeist.

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Do miracles really happen This work details dozens of case histories of people who have been cured of illnesses and disabilities which defy explanation. It also advises readers of how to get in touch with healers.