Published by Bantam (edition Bantam trade paperback edition/ June 2003), 2003
ISBN 10: 0553381466 ISBN 13: 9780553381467
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported Bantam trade paperback edition/ June 2003.
Published by Bantam Books 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 1863253483 ISBN 13: 9781863253482
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Good. Dalia was a young, beautiful, Arabian Muslim living with her family in Amman, Jordan. This text gives a harrowing account by a Jordanian woman of the honour-killing of her lifelong friend at the hands of her own father, after she fell in love with a young Catholic man. 211 pages.
Published by Bantam Books 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 1863253947 ISBN 13: 9781863253949
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Good. 246 pages.
Published by Bantam 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 0553814990 ISBN 13: 9780553814996
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Good. In the West African country of Upper Guinea civil war is brewing. Thousands have already died but it's one small and particularly savage killing that captures the media's attention - that of British aid worker Miranda Williams.Young, beautiful, selfless, Miranda is portrayed as both martyr and icon, but for disenchanted war correspondent-turned-film-maker Peter Lucas, her death conjures up uneasy ghosts from the past. The Corporation want him to return to Upper Guinea to make a documentary about the dead girl. It should be a straightforward job: go in, shoot, and get out. Fast. However Lucas's ambitious assistant producer has other ideas. Determined to make her mark amid the jostling egos of the television world, she wants to answer the questions that appear to hang over the girl's death.Suddenly, the conflict intensifies and Lucas and his crew find themselves holed up in the shell-scarred hotel that's become both sanctuary and ops centre for the psychotics, lunatics and adrenaline junkies who make up the world's media. And as they go about their business, manipulating human suffering into the stories they feel the world wants to see, they seem oblivious to a madness growing in their midst . . . Explosive, intelligent and utterly compelling, DOG DAYS is a thrilling, disturbing journey into the darkest recesses of the human soul and marks the dbut of a remarkable new literary talent. 352 pages.
Published by Bantam Books 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 1863253483 ISBN 13: 9781863253482
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Good. Dalia was a young, beautiful, Arabian Muslim living with her family in Amman, Jordan. This text gives a harrowing account by a Jordanian woman of the honour-killing of her lifelong friend at the hands of her own father, after she fell in love with a young Catholic man. 211 pages.
Published by Bantam 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 0553814168 ISBN 13: 9780553814163
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Near Mint. In the latter half of the 13th century, Christian Europe again sought to prise the Holy Land out of the grasp of the Infidel. Tens of thousands took up the Cross - some for the greater glory of God, others for baser motives: lust for power, for riches, for revenge.THE CRUSADER tells the story of the seventh and last Crusade, as experienced by a young Spanish nobleman, Francisco de Montcada. He is the hero of this novel, but his tale is told by his former friend and a fellow acolyte, a venal and moderately trustworthy Cistercian monk named Brother Lucas. For Francisco has returned from the Levant a broken and seemingly possessed man. The Inquisition decree that his tortured soul be exorcized and the task falls to Brother Lucas. Eschewing the Inquisition's more usual methods, the monk sits with the silent, emaciated knight in his cell and talks to him. Slowly, tentatively, Francisco begins to recount his story - a tale of how an honourable man took up the Cross and found not the glory and redemption for which he'd yearned but instead unimaginable cruelty, barbarism and bloodshed. Set against a thrillingly authentic historical backdrop, this stirring novel of religious fervour and human passions, of greed and betrayal, and love and war, brings a tumultuous era brilliantly to life. 432 pages.
Published by Bantam 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 0553585681 ISBN 13: 9780553585681
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Very Good. In a deadly game of skill and deception.A master thief is just the first wild card?The priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibited?and the show?s director, Morgan West, can?t ignore her growing uneasiness. She?s certain she hasn?t seen the last of the infamous cat burglar Quinn. But she never expected him to turn up at her apartment one dark night in desperate need of her help?help she can?t refuse. The mysterious master thief is playing a dangerous game, and it?s a game that just might get him killed.With Morgan?s help, Quinn sets a trap intended to catch someone far more elusive?and more deadly?than a thief. But an unseen threat shadows him in the fog-shrouded San Francisco night, an unknown adversary more cunning than any he has yet encountered. Now, just when the stakes are higher than even Quinn can imagine, no one can be trusted?and everything?s at risk. 336 pages.
Published by Bantam Books 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 1863254145 ISBN 13: 9781863254144
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Good. After a late night Tai Bo fitness commercial warns him that his life will be over after 40, Peter Moore decides to pursue a boyhood dream sparked by watching old black and white movies of Sophia Loren riding motor scooters - to putt-putt around Italy on a 1960s Vespa, living la dolce vita.Of course, it couldn't be just any Vespa. With his 40th birthday approaching, Peter wanted a bike as old as he was and in the same condition - a little rough around the edges, but still going okay. And it had to have saddle seats. And a temperamental electrical system. And a little too much chrome. Basically the sort of motor scooter you'd see a young Marcello Mastroianni riding wearing a sharp suit and a pair of Ray Bans. From picnicking in the Italian alps to attempting to gate-crash Frances Mayes's villa and re-enacting 'Roman Holiday', VROOM WITH A VIEW is as much a romance as a travel adventure. Not only does Peter sweep the woman of his dreams off her feet, he falls in love with a side of Italy others rarely see, along with Sophia of course . 302 pages.
Published by Bantam Books 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 186325417X ISBN 13: 9781863254175
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Near Mint. Steeped in a mothers love for her children and driven by a wifes devotion to the memory of her late husband, THE PROMISE traces an Iraqi womans desperate seven-year journey to freedom in Australia. Guzin Najim always knew she was lucky. The adored eldest daughter of a well-respected General in the Iraqi Army, Guzin had a rare confidence that came from being raised by a progressive father who encouraged his daughter to strive for excellence in the same way he would have encouraged a son. And when she met and fell in love with the shy but determined Raad Said while studying at Baghdad University, she knew they had a long, bright future together. He was the love of her life. She meant everything to him and more. After university, Raad quickly followed in his fathers footsteps, working for the Iraqi government Foreign Ministry as a diplomat. For Raad and Guzin life was the heady world of the international diplomatic circuit and, with their two children, they lived a happy and full life. But things changed when Saddam Hussein's regime came to power. They were recalled to Iraq and when Raad was given a job in Saddam's Information Ministry, he became distant and withdrawn. Late one night, when Ra'ad made Guzin promise to take their children out of Iraq at any cost and never return, she knew something was seriously wrong. At the time, she didnt question him. Now she wishes she had. They were the last words he ever spoke. In THE PROMISE, Guzin Najim relives the horror of her beloved husband Raads murder at the hands of the Iraqi government, and the terror of three years living under house arrest in Baghdad, knowing that her every move was being watched and that her childrens lives were in constant danger. After their harrowing escape from Baghdad to Jordan where, supposedly safe, they continued to be terrorised by Iraqi officials for another three years. When the UN finally granted her refugee status Guzin was given the choice of Canada, America or Australia. Her choice was simple. Raad had always dreamed of the beautiful harbour city of Sydney. And when Guzin stepped off the plane in Australia for the first time, she knew that risking everything had been worth ither children were safe and the promise she had made to her husband would be honoured. 294 pages.