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  • Now under suspicion, Acland is forced to confront the issues behind his desperate existence before it’s too late: Has he always been the duplicitous chameleon that his ex-fiancée accuses him of being?

    The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters: Book summary 2010

  • But this arrangement “unfortunately,” as Mr. Milnes said, excluded from these gatherings the more serious members, such as Acland and Gladstone.

    The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

  • "unfortunately," as Mr. Milnes said, excluded from these gatherings the more serious members, such as Acland and Gladstone.

    The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

  • Though previously well adjusted and known as an extrovert, Acland now withdraws into himself.

    The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters: Book summary 2010

  • There, alone and unmonitored, he sinks into a quagmire of guilt and paranoiauntil an outburst of irrational, vicious anger brings him to the attention of the local police: they are investigating three recent murders, all of them apparently motivated by the kind of extreme rage that Acland has exhibited.

    The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters: Book summary 2010

  • Revenue from New Hope's New Acland and West Moreton mines fell 11% in the year to July 31 to A$662.4 million from A$745.0 million.

    Miner New Hope Is Open to a Sale David Fickling 2011

  • Acland said we weren’t to get too close, in case it’s measles.

    Excerpt: Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin 2010

  • I strolled on Acland Street, renowned as the place for tea and cakes, or lattes and chai, or wine.

    Lea Lane: Only Have a Week? A Deluxe Quickie to Oz Lea Lane 2011

  • The children's authors and illustrators Judith Kerr and Jan Pienkowski are locals, as well as the poet Roger McGough and novelists Simon Acland and David Dickinson.

    Independent bookshops in London 2011

  • When British lieutenant Charles Acland returns home from Iraq, his serious head injuries are the outward manifestation of a profound inner change: he may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or it may be, as his psychiatrist suggests, “the prolonged destruction of a personality.

    The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters: Book summary 2010

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