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'wonderful...a beautiful book, very moving' Marian Keyes When time is running out, every moment is precious... When Claire starts to write her Memory Book, she already knows that this scrapbook of mementoes will soon be all her daughters and husband have of her. But how can she hold onto the past when her future is slipping through her fingers...' A Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Autumn Book Club pick, The Memory Book is a critically acclaimed, beautiful novel of mothers and daughters, and what we will do for love.

A half-mile up, suspended by nylon wings and the promise of good lift, life hanges on a pledge.  Richard Bach made that pledge, fifty years before, to return to the frightened child he used to be and teach him everything he had learned from living.  His promise went unfulfilled until one day, hovering between earth and sky, Richard encounters Dickie Bach, age nine--irrepressible challenger of every notion Richard embraces....In this exhilarating adventure, Richard and Dickie probe the timeless questions both need answered if either is to be Why does growing spiritually mean never growing up? Can we peacefully coexist with the consequences of our choices? Why is it that only by running from safety can we make our wildest dreams take flight?

Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire, adopted son of Julius Caesar, friend and later foe of Mark Antony, patron of Horace and Virgil. Frank and forceful, this putative autobiography tells his story from the assassination of Caesar, through his military, political and personal struggles to his final days as Emperor in everything but name.

Stało się! W pamiętnym starciu nad wodospadem Reichenbach przepadli� Sherlock Holmes i jego arcywr�g, profesor James Moriarty. Policjanci ze� Scotland Yardu opłakują największego z detektyw�w, a przestępcza brać Londynu tęskni za swym hersztem - zwłaszcza że na horyzoncie pojawia� się nowa, brutalna siła zza oceanu, gotowa przejąć kontrolę nad p�łświatkiem: gang Clarence`a Devereux. Śledczy Frederick Chase z Agencji Detektywistycznej Pinkertona, kt�ry podąża jego tropem, znajduje sprzymierzeńca w osobie inspektora Athelneya Jonesa, gorliwego naśladowcy samego Holmesa. Wkr�tce jednak zaczną ginąć ludzie, a gra pozor�w, w kt�rą uwikłają się� bohaterowie, doprowadzi ich do zaskakującego finału.

Geologist Jamie Waterman is a last-minute replacement on the first international Mars landing team. He endures training rigors, personality conflicts, political intrigues, and over 100 million kilometers travel in space. The crew battle an alien landscape and earthbound bureaucrats. Heading toward a chasm over 10 times the Arizona Grand Canyon, they make a shocking find.