At first glance, Richard Armstrong and Keith Tremlett seem to have nothing in common. But both of them were gamblers, and both were prepared to risk everything in their battle to control the biggest media empire in the world.
Jeffrey Archer - Shall We Tell the President This follow-up to Archer's "Kane and Abel" and "The Prodigal Daughter" finds Florentyna Kaye, now President of the United States, the target of an assassination plot. FBI agent Mark Andrews has just one week to find the answers.
It’s the half-term school holiday, and the first warm day of the year has drawn a few children to the River Swain for a swim. When one boy chases another off the path that runs alongside Hipswell Woods, a glimpse of orange through the trees tempts them deeper into the shadows. Their high spirits vanish in an instant when they find a man hanging by his neck from a branch.
The Great Courses. Modern History: Victorian Britain (Audiobook). By Professor Patrick N. AllittBy Professor Patrick N. Allitt
Darwin. Gladstone. Disraeli. Dickens. Meet the pioneering, paradoxical Britons of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).
This course is a chronological journey into the Victorian story with all its strengths and foibles and invites you to reflect on its lessons both positive and negative. You move from the unexpected ascension to the throne of teenaged Princess Victoria in 1837 to her death in 1901 as the Boer War neared its end.
Emily Hudson is an archeologist who travels the world in search of priceless artifacts from war-torn countries and other hot spots. Her best friend and partner, Joel Levy, is always at her side - until one day, her entire crew is massacred and Joel and Emily are held captive. Victims of one of the most ruthless and evil human beings on earth. For two weeks they try to survive, until Emily is the unwitting instrument in Joel's demise.
