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A story of passion and idealism, which describes a group of men and women in the Middle Ages whose destinies are fatefully linked with the building of a cathedral. In a country torn by civil war, two generations struggle to rise above their primitive circumstances and create something beautiful.

Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams...After a series of events which have involved Arthur Dent being alternately blown up and insulted in more bizarre regions of the Galaxy that he has ever dreamt existed, he finds himself stranded on Prehistoric Earth. Luckily an amazing rescue by Ford Prefect and a time eddy, cleverly disguised as a sofa, lands them in the middle of Lords two days before the world is due to end. It's just not cricket...Volume Three in the Trilogy of Five

Idioms for Everyday Use introduces learners to more than 230 common idioms. The hands-on worktext format helps individuals both to understand the idioms and to use them with confidence in their own communication. Learners encounter the high-frequency idioms in context, analyze their meanings, and practice using them in a variety of activities. The book is organized into 20 units, each with a general theme such as colours, food, geography, and time. Each unit consists of the following sections - reading, meanings, practice, conversation and discussion. Learners will eagerly follow the light-hearted stories - illustrated with cartoons that provide entertaining and instructive visual interest- and will benefit from the variety of activities that will help them communicate naturally using

In this fourth volume of the No. 1 Ladies´ Detective Agency series, the ever-pipular Precious Ramotswe - Botswana´s leading, and only. Female private detective - faces a new and unwanted problem: competition. "Ex-CID. Ex-New York. Ex-cellent" reads the sign outside the Satisfaction Guaranteed Detective Agency. Cephas Buthelezi certainly talks the talk, Precious discovers, but would he have the wherewithal to deal with her current case - a man who has been attacked by ostrich rustlers, and is eager to reassess his life?

Like their father before them, the three sons of Hal Courtney are drawn inexorably to Africa. Fate decrees that they must all leave England forever to make their lives in the dark and unexplored continent. Gradually the three brothers are seduced by the allure of this magnificent land.

A brand new omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ' the typical old maid of fiction', Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature -- and used it to devasting effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard has been heard to say: 'She's just the finest detective God ever made.' -- and many Agatha Christie fans would agree. Appearing for the first time in The Murder at The Vicarage (1930) her crime-fighting career spanned over forty years when she solved her final case in 1977 in Sleeping Murder. With every tale flawlessly plotted by the Queen of C