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On one fateful day in Britain, fortunes change hands as a suicidal Junior Minister, an avaricious tycoon, and a seasoned criminal all play parts in a scheme that moves paper money around at a dizzying pace. Meanwhile, an ambitious young reporter for the Evening Post scrambles to crack the story. This early novel from Ken Follett, the author of On Wings of Eagles and The Key to Rebecca, plunges the reader into the worlds of crime, high finance, and journalism on the way to a masterfully plotted dramatic climax.

For 10 years Geordie Greig was among a very small group of friends who regularly met Lucian Freud for breakfast at Clarke’s restaurant on Kensington Church Street. Over tea and the morning papers, Freud would recount stories of his past and discuss art. It was, in effect, Freud’s private salon.

Gladys needed something even she didn’t understand. She married her first husband when she was 20, and her second husband only 14 months later. The second marriage lasted only two years, the third less than 16 months. Leslie Lincoln was her fifth, and Dr. Broadhurst became her sixth. But what desperate need drove her to go from marriage to marriage? Then what dark mindset moved her and her young cowboy chauffeur to commit murder?

Discovering Bigfoot is the first feature film documentary with real live interaction between a bigfoot creature, wilderness experts, PhDs, and other world-renowed experts and researchers of the Bigfoot enigma. Journey into the heart of Sasquatch Country with Todd Standing, who appeared with Survivorman's Les Stroud in Survivorman Bigfoot. Experience three incredible days in the field with Bigfoot reseachers Todd Standing and renowned expert Professor Dr. Jeff Meldrum as they encounter a real live Sasquatch.