Tora Bora - insurgents used it as a base from where to launch operations. Once it was a hiding place for the notorious Osama bin-Laden. Now, a new man has arrived. He brings the same message as his predecessors, the infidels must leave Afghanistan or die. But this man is different, for he promises to return the country to the worst days of the fighting. His appeal is magnetic, and men flock to join the new jihad. Especially when he claims to communicate with God.Washington is stunned, and orders a strike on the man before his bloodthirsty influence spreads like a dark plague. The CIA point man in Afghanistan, Ivan ‘The Terrible’, persuades Rafe Stoner and his sidekick Greg Blum to carry out the hit. Although they have their own problems. Blum has a brutal cop chasing his pretty young daughter for marriage. And Stoner faces violent competition for his brothel business. Competition that will stop at nothing until he is destroyed. In return for the promise of Ivan’s help, they agree to take the job. But they soon find themselves battling through a suicidal mission as they fight for every meter of ground, and there is worse to come. They face another enemy from an unexpected quarter. Yet this is no ordinary enemy. This one is unstoppable.The Warlord of Tora Bora is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan – The Warlord of Tora Bora is the latest title by the bestselling author of many SpecOps series. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles. Views: 70
Funny and provocative, prepare to fall in love with Scandal. What had she done? Branded a cheater and wild Playboy, Sebastian Collins’ glittering career as a pro-tennis player is almost over – thanks to an ex-fiancé set on revenge. His jet set lifestyle is cut short when his manager insists he salvage what’s left of his reputation. Alicia Simpson, PR Maven and daughter of a powerful and respected Earl, is brought in to salvage Sebastian’s image and restore him to glory. But Alicia has problems of her own - her past has broken her in more ways than one and she’s determined to change. Not even her new client, charming bad boy Sebastian, can hold her back. At least, until she gets to know the man beneath the media spotlight, ** Views: 67
"The perfect, girly summer read" Reviewed the Book Armed with a degree that she doesn't have a clue what to do with, Ciara Bree convinces her two best friends, Elle and Gem to spend their first summer of freedom backpacking across the globe. Now it's time to shop, sunbathe, think about boys for a change, and party hard... LA, Miami, Paris, Santorini, Ibiza, Florence and Dublin...these fabulous jet-setters are in for the summer of their lives. From crashing celebrity parties in Tinseltown to grape-squishing in Florence, Ciara globetrots her way to happiness with her friends Elle and Gem by her side. But Elle's gorgeous cousin Zack keeps showing up, and while Ciara can think of a few ways to have fun with him, she starts to realise that her summer fling isn't as uncomplicated as it should be... Views: 64
Natalie Taylor and Dean Fletcher are serial Christmas party crashers. But when they start crashing the same parties...the mittens come off and the sparks fly! As much as she loves Christmas, after her mother's death, events planner Nat can't face the jolly season anymore. So to get her festive hit she crashes everyone else's party. It's a sweet gig, until she meets her competition, tech empire millionaire, Dean, under the mistletoe...! When it comes to relationships, Dean doesn't do serious—being left at the altar will do that to a guy. So when he meets feisty Nat, the first woman in ten years to pique his interest, he's tempted to break his one-night rule...just for the holidays! Nat and Dean might get more than they bargained for in their stockings this Christmas! Views: 62
The tone of the book is comic. It would be good if people did not take offence at it and thereby reveal their inadequacy as readers. - Nirala Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', the first modern Hindi poet of India, is all of sixteen and not conversant with the Khari Boli Hindi of the litterateurs yet when his father gets him married and sends him off to his in-laws' in Dalmau to fetch his bride. There he meets a strange man called Kulli Bhaat who claims descent from a family of bards and, despite his mother-in-law's reservations about Kulli's sexuality, Nirala finds himself drawn to Kulli. Then an influenza epidemic breaks out, claiming numerous lives, and Nirala's bereavement leaves him without mooring. Adrift on the boat of time, he seeks employment in various places but finds himself unable to stay away from Dalmau for long. Kulli, in the meanwhile, has taken a Muslim wife and become a champion of the untouchables. Set in pre-Independence India, A Life Misspent is as much the account... Views: 60
