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The elephant had drifted away from where she had been feeding and was now leaning against an old thorn tree,...
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 Every day now he flies over the forest, heading for the mine, where he begins his search. He hates starting there and...
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 PROLOGUE
He stands silently in the moonlight against the wall of the
temple, the small bundle held...
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 6A. Seriously? I look at the boarding pass in my
hand, its large type announcing my seat assignment, and wonder...
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Chapter One
The sheets are drenched. Again. Andi takes a long time to wake
up, drifting in and...
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 One night we went to take in the fishing lines. We had left it pretty late and in the darkness they felt strangely...
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 Henry’s earliest memory was from when he was four years old. Whether it was a pure memory or a compilation of...
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When we reached the camp my first priority was to settle the cubs. Showing me to a specially constructed three...
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 WARNING: Bared to You will keep you up all night.
He possessed me and obsessed me...
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 A Complex Situation
From the Case Notes of Doctor Jerbal
Argon, Psych Brotherhood
1. ARTEMIS Fowl, once...
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Maggie Brennan half walked, half ran along Deptford
Church Street. She was talking on the...
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 Forgive me. I’ve . . . missed the point.
Jen’s lips twitch as if to release a fresh torrent of words. None...
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 Africa’s third liberation
By 2012, not only were all countries free from colonialism, but most had also...
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 If I’m being totally honest I had fantasized about Phil dying. Only in a mild, half- baked, Thursday morning in...
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 Northern Yemen, near the Saudi border August 1967
Tariq al-Khalif hid his face behind a cloth of soft...
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 The world of sport and high performance is becoming more and more competitive and the age of champions and world class...
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 Your career is not a hobby. It’s non-negotiable really: you need to succeed in your career. You have to pay for...
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Appalling. That is the term used to describe health conditions in the informal settlements surrounding certain South...
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 The path I followed wound to and from the water, just as Mother had told it. The rocks were tall and the spray from the...
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 Early evening and Shapkaitz was hooting outside. Barry grabbed his hat off the hook above the waiting chair and strode...
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