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Michael Cox

"A gripping crime drama … an engrossing story … a marvelously entertaining suspense tale. OUR VERDICT: GET IT."– Kirkus Reviews (Critical Recommendation)"Anyone interested in a compelling character-driven mystery will devour this story. It's unlike any crime novel I've read before but is no less gripping for it."– Independent Book ReviewMontecito: Where havi...

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Michael W. Cox

An in-depth history of European soccer, showing how shifting styles and influence have shaped the game.**“An excellent recent history of European football.” —**New YorkerIn the early 1990s, the Dutch footballing philosophy was worshipped across the continent. Then the baton passed to the Italians, who clearly boasted Europe's strongest league. But when France started winning everything at the international level its national academ...

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Michael Cox

“After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn’s for an oyster supper.”So begins an extraordinary story of betrayal and treachery, of delusion and deceit narrated by Edward Glyver. Glyver may be a bibliophile, but he is no bookworm. Employed “in a private capacity” by one of Victorian London’s top lawyers, he knows his Macrobius from his First Folio, but he has the street-smarts and ruthlessness of a Philip Marlowe. And just as it is with many a contemporary detectiv...

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Michael Cox

Enter a chilling world of ghostly encounters and supernatural terror...Where the masters of English literature weave their most spine-tingling tales. This classic anthology features haunting stories from renowned authors, including M.R. James, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Dickens.Discover a collection of timeless ghost stories that will leave you breathless, featuring:Haunting tales of ghostly apparitions and unexplained occurrencesMaste...

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Michael Cox

A page-turning late-Victorian mystery by a master, The Glass of Time is for fans of The Meaning of Night and for readers new to Michael Cox alike.Picking up the lives of characters from the first novel some twenty years later, The Glass of Time begins in 1876. Nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives from Paris at the great country house of Evenwood to become lady’s maid to the 26th Baroness Tansor, the former Miss Emily Ca...

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Michael Cox

From bizarre tales of triumph to incredible facts about footballers, this is an informative, interactive and hilarious guide to football - what it's all about and what made it what it is today. Packed with funny illustrations, inspirational ideas and amazing activities, this is a brilliant guide to football past and present.

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Afghanistan has been in the headlines for many years - but tragically for all the wrong reasons. First invaded by the Soviets in 1979, the country then experienced the trauma of civil war followed by yet another intervention, this time by the United States and allies, which ended with the West's ignominious withdrawal in August 2021. Afghanistan: Long War, Forgotten Peace examines multiple dimensions of what happened and why, and what the future holds for the country now the Talib...

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Zimbell House Publishing, Charles Brown, Lana Cooper, Sammi Cox, Kara Dennison, Michael Evis, Ben Finateri, Lucy Ann Fiorini, Sharon Frame Gay, Pamela Jeffs, David W. Landrum, Christina Ortega Phillips, James Pyne, paul Stansbury, Gerry Wojtowicz, Gary Wosk

From whimsical to scary, this collection of short stories, by fifteen talented up-and-coming story-tellers, is sure to entertain you with their tales of what goes bump in the night.This collection is for the lovers of bite-sized paranormal tales.

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Michael Cox, Christopher Hill, Alex May, Caroline Soper

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the history and impact of Chatham House, also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, which was founded in 1920 and has been based in St. James's Square, central London, since 1923. Chatham House soon acquired a reputation as one of the world's leading think tanks on international affairs and has maintained this ever since, despite increasing competition at home and abroad. It has been a base for high-quality research as well...

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Zimbell House Publishing, Jeannie Alderdice, Jon Alston, Tony Conaway, Sammi Cox, Yi Yi Du, Michael Evis, E. W. Farnsworth, Pamela Jeffs, Jeremy Kratka, Emily Leedham, Matthew McKiernan, Michelle Monigan, Alma Sinan, Calvin Smith, Allison Thornton, DJ Tyrer, Jayne Moore Waldrop, Dennis Winkleblack, Gary Wosk

In this collection of twenty-two short stories by twenty emerging writers, Zimbell House has brought together a unique experience all relating to a lost door.From whimsical to tragic, from science-fiction to tales of fairies, these writers have stretched their imaginations to deliver stories set to intrigue you.

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Michael Cox

From unbelievable tales of triumph (with all the shocking bits left in) to incredible facts about Olympic athletes, this is an aspirational, informative, interactive and hilarious guide to the Olympics - what they're all about and what made them what they are today. Packed with funny illustrations, inspirational ideas and amazing activities, this is a brilliant guide to the Olympics past and present.

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Michael Cox

The defeat of Donald Trump in November 2020 followed by the attack on the US Congress on 6th January 2021 represented a tipping point moment in the history of the American republic. Divided at home and facing a world sceptical of American claims to be the ‘indispensable nation’ in world politics, it is clear that the next few years will be decisive ones for the United States. But how did the US, which was riding high only 30 years ago, arrive at this critical point? And will it lead to the...