James MacManus - Böcker

Have you ever wanted to just leave everything and disappear?Can the instinct for survival overcome almost anything??Leo Kemp''s life should be idyllic. He has a job that he loves at the Institute of Marine Biology and he lives in Cape Cod with his...

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The dramatic true-life story of George Hogg, a young Oxford graduate who is caught up in the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the Chinese Civil war, and who leads a group of Chinese children hundreds of miles across 15,000-foot mountains to ...

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In nineteenth century Paris, the young bohemian Charles Baudelaire roams the streets. Dressed impeccably - thanks to an inheritance that is quickly vanishing - and lost in the decadences of alcohol and opium, he is about to meet one woman destined...

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January, 1941. The Blitz is devastating England. Food supplies are low and tube stations have become bomb shelters. As the U.S. maintains its sceptical isolationist position, Winston Churchill knows that Britain is doomed without the aid of its po...

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Berlin, 1938. Newly-appointed military attach Noel Macrae and his wife Primrose arrive at the British Embassy. Prime Minister Chamberlain is intent on placating Nazi Germany, but Macrae is less so. Convinced Hitler can be stopped by other means th...

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From the fogbound streets of London reeling from the Blitz, Ike and Kay is a thrilling tale of wartime romance, brimming with love, duty, sacrifice and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century. It...

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Title: Through the Turf Smoke; the love, lore, and laughter of old Ireland. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research librarie...

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Title: The Bend of the Road. [Tales.] Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in al...

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In this heart-warming tale of female empowerment, a young woman comes to terms with the revelation that she may be able to fly. This is an extraordinary novel, exploring one woman's identity whilst posing universal questions: Who is she? Where doe...

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Foreign Correspondent Richard Brady arrives in Africa to report on a nationalist insurgency that has gripped a once-beautiful country. An innocent newcomer, he struggles to stay neutral in a bitter war waged with terror and atrocity by both sides....

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