The Lone Flag: Memoir of the British Consul in Macao During World War II
John Pownall Reeves, Colin Day, Richard J. Garrett and David Calthorpe
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When Hong Kong fell to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941, Macao was left as a tiny isolated enclave...
The Border Trilogy: Picador Classic
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With an introduction by Rachael Kushner. In the vanishing world of the Old West, two cowboys begin...
Holy Toledo!
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Sometime during the twentieth century, the self-mythology of the literary critic fused with that of...
Nothing Lasts Forever (Die Hard, #1)
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"High atop a Los Angeles skyscraper, an office Christmas party turns into a deadly cage-match...
Letts Rip!
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Throughout the New Labour years - that decade of deceit, that era of wretched wriggle - the Daily...
The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper
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'Aloof, solitary, impassive, the crack goalie is followed in the streets by entranced small boys. He...
Wild Horses of Cumberland Island
Anouk Masson Krantz and Oliver Ferguson
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A longtime favourite getaway for America's most influential families, Cumberland Island, off the...
Reading Barry MacSweeney
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Barry MacSweeney was described as 'a contrary, lone wolf...[whose] ear for a soaring lyric melody...
The Tartan Turban: In Search of Alexander Gardner
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'Among the many gripping tales of travel and exploration the tale of Alexander Gardner is surely one...
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Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
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Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore...