A Dead Man in Malta (Pearce Michael)(Paperback)

A Dead Man in Malta (Pearce Michael)(Paperback)

Malta, 1913, and hot air balloons hover over the Grand Harbour. One of them comes down in the water but no one is hurt - except that the balloonist dies later when taken into the Naval Hospital for a check-up. But he is not the only one who had died there unexpectedly, as a letter to The Times

A Dead Man in Trieste (Pearce Michael)(Paperback)

Trieste in 1906 is of vital strategic importance and one of the world's greatest seaports. But assorted nationalist movements are threatening to pull the place apart and the militarist regime has trouble keeping a lid on things. Amid all the chaos the British consul goes missing, and Special Branch

Dead Man in Barcelona (Pearce Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Barcelona, 1912. A city still recovering from the dramatic incidents of the so-called 'Tragic Week' when Catalonian conscripts bound for the unpopular war in Spanish Morocco had rebelled at the city's dockside against the royalist forces. In the fighting, many were killed, and afterwards, even more

Dead Man in Deptford (Burgess Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

It is a clever, sexually explicit, fast-moving, full blooded yarn'Irish TimesA Dead Man in Deptford re-imagines the riotous life and suspicious death of Christopher Marlowe. Poet, lover and spy, Marlowe must negotiate the pressures placed upon him by theatre, Queen and

Dead Man to Iron Man: A Ten Month Journey from Dead Meat to Athlete (Smith Paul)(Paperback)

Pragmatism's Evolution: Organism and Environment in American Philosophy (Pearce Trevor)(Paperback)

In Pragmatism's Evolution, Trevor Pearce demonstrates that the philosophical tradition of pragmatism owes an enormous debt to specific biological debates in the late 1800s, especially those concerning the role of the environment in development and evolution. Many are familiar with John Dewey's 1909

End Games (Dibdin Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The dead man followed the track until it rose above the last remaining trees and ceased to be a rough line of beaten earth and scruffy grass, to become a stony ramp hewn out of the cliff face and deeply rutted by the abrasive force of ancient iron-rimmed cart

Dead Man (Rosenbaum Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

When it was released, 'Dead Man' puzzled many audiences and critics. Here, the author argues that the film is both a quantum leap and a logical step in the director's career, and it's a film that speaks powerfully of contemporary

Dead Man Working (Cederstrom Carl)(Paperback)

This title tells the story of the dead man working. It follows the figure of the working man through the daily tedium of the office to the humiliating mandatory team-building exercise, to awkward encounters with the boss who pretends to hate capitalism and tells you to be

Burning Woman (Pearce Lucy H.)(Paperback)

NAUTILUS SILVER AWARD in the category 'WOMEN' by bestselling author Lucy H. Pearce. Burning Woman is a breath-taking and controversial woman's journey through history - personal and cultural - on a quest to find and free her own power. Uncompromising and all-encompassing, Pearce uncovers the

Johnny and the Dead (Pratchett Terry)(Paperback / softback)

Sell the cemetery?Over their dead bodies . . .Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny. They're not

Quiet Man (Carol James)(Paperback / softback)

In Vancouver, the wife of a millionaire is dead following an explosion in her own home. He's seen a series of carefully orchestrated murders - once a year, on exactly the same day, a woman dies in a situation just like this one.That date is fast approaching and Winter knows another victim has been

Red Wolves (Hamdy Adam)(Paperback / softback)

Red Wolves is the second searing novel in Adam Hamdy's Scott Pearce series. Ex-MI6 officer Pearce is in a race against time to stop a deadly and terrifying new threat. Perfect for fans of James Patterson's Private

The Crown Agent (O'Rourke Stephen)(Paperback)

A ship adrift, all hands dead. A lighthouse keeper murdered in the night. The Crown needs man to find the truth. Doctor Mungo Lyon, his reputation tarnished by the Burke & Hare scandal, and forbidden to practice as a surgeon, is the wrong man.That's exactly why the Crown chose

Catholic Literary Giants: A Field Guide to the Catholic Literary Landscape (Pearce Joseph)(Paperback)

In Catholic Literary Giants, Joseph Pearce takes the reader on a dazzling tour of the creative landscape of Catholic prose and poetry. Covering the vast and impressive terrain from Dante to Tolkien, from Shakespeare to Waugh, this book is an immersion into the spiritual depths of the Catholic

The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life's Work (Pearce Nicholas)(Paperback)

Nicholas Pearce shows readers how to build a meaningful career with a moral center and a purpose in the world.The Purpose Path is for people in any field and at any life stage who long to have not just a job or a career, but a true vocation that allows them to connect their soul with their role

Extremist - A pacey, dramatic action-packed thriller (Pearce Roger)(Paperback / softback)

A groundbreaking new voice in

Dead Souls (Gogol Nikolai)(Paperback)

Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls, a comic masterpiece about a mysterious con man and his grotesque victims, is one of the major works of Russian literature. It was translated into English in 1942 by Bernard Guilbert Guerney; the translation was hailed by Vladimir Nabokov as an extraordinarily fine

Pocketful of Holes and Dreams (Pearce Jeff)(Paperback / softback)

Little Jeff Pearce grew up in a post-war Liverpool slum. His father lived the life of an affluent gentleman whilst his mother was forced to steal bread to feed her starving children. Life was tough and from the moment Jeff could walk he learned to go door to door, begging rags from the rich, which

Taken At The Flood (Christie Agatha)(Paperback / softback)

A man returns from the dead, and the body of a mysterious stranger is found in his

March Violets (Kerr Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Winter 1936. A man and his wife have been shot dead in their bed. The woman's father, a millionaire industrialist, wants justice - and the priceless diamonds that disappeared along with her life. As Bernie follows the trail into the cesspit that is Nazi Germany, he's forced to confront a horrifying

Taken At The Flood (Christie Agatha)(Paperback / softback)

A man returns from the dead, and the body of a mysterious stranger is found in his

The Basel Killings (Schneider Hansjrg)(Paperback)

It all begins with two murders, an old man found dead on a street bench in Basel and a prostitute pulled out of a nearby lake. Both strangled and both found with their left earlobes slit. Inspector Hunkeler of the Basel police investigates and is soon faced with the consequences of certain recent

Dead Eye (Greaney Mark)(Paperback)

Ex-CIA master assassin Court Gentry gets hit with a blast from the past in the fourth Gray Man novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney. Court Gentry has always prided himself on his ability to disappear at will, to fly below the radar and exist in the shadows--to survive as the