One of Dicken's great middle period novels, in which fairy tale, melodrama & realism mingle with halluncinatory power, DOMBEY & SON weaves together a number of stories which centre upon the family of the self-important merchant, Paul Dombey, & his children Paul & Florence. Supplied with the usual extraordinary cast of Dickensian grotesques, both comic & sinister, the novel also boasts a wonderful villain, in the person of Mr Carker, who tries to seduce Florence & meets his death under a train
- the first such death in literary history.
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Hard-working London merchant Paul Dombey believes the only relationships worth having are business ones. Proud & heartless, he pins all his hopes for the future of his shipping firm on his fragile son Paul. But he cruelly neglects his devoted daughter Florence, & prevents her from marrying the man she loves, believing his occupation as a clerk too lowly for his only daughter.

It is only when the firm faces ruin & Dombey

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THE PRESS CALLED IT 'THE HEIST OF THE MILLENNIUM' & 'A PLOT WORTHY OF JAMES BOND'. In 2000, a gang of villains from the South East of England hatched an audacious plan to steal the world's largest perfect diamond from the Millenium Dome in broad daylight & make their getaway by speedboat. The gang had figured out an ingenious way to breach the diamond vault but the execution was reliant on timing, brute force & a JCB digger. Had they succeeded, it would have made the spoils of the Great Train Robbery & Brinks Mat look like loose change. They came within a whisker of unimaginable wealth, but it was snatched from under them by one of the most daring police operations ever.
Here is the thrilling & dramatic full story of the robbery
- as told by the detective who foiled their plans. Experience the electrifying attacks, the jaw-dropping guile of the villains, the nerves needed for the stakeout & the final, nail-biting confrontation inside the Dome.

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Female desire, Cole decided, could never be underestimated. Whether a girl was naive, like Nurse Margaret, or a cynical sophisticate, like Melinda, if a man discovered their dark side & indulged it to satisfaction, they belonged to him thereafter. But Cole's oath
- to never feel for any woman
- is threatened the moment he is asked to mentor Lana. A girl who wields the ultimate feminine weapon
- abosolute undemanding surrender.


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Female desire, Cole decided, could never be underestimated. Whether a girl was naive, like Nurse Margaret, or a cynical sophisticate, like Melinda, if a man discovered their dark side & indulged it to satisfaction, they belonged to him thereafter. But Cole's oath
- to never feel for any woman
- is threatened the moment he is asked to mentor Lana. A girl who wields the ultimate feminine weapon
- abosolute undemanding surrender.


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Dominic is an ordinary boy with an appetite for magic & a rather extraordinary sidekick- his magical top hat, the Topper. The two of them live happily, but when Great Aunt Rowena comes to stay things begin to go awry. Rowena has plans of her own for the Topper, & she's not going to give in without a fight.
This begins a new strand of publishing for Dominic Wood, master magician & TV star. Dominic is an endearing character & his adventures with the Topper are bound to delight young readers. & there's even a magic trick to learn at the end of the book
- to keep those young magicians happy.

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A fabulous, glossy, pre-teen look, star-rated, step-by-step instructions & countless photographs of dashing Dominic make this the ultimate magic book for young enthusiasts. With tricks such as Mind Reader, Secret Vision & Floating Fruit, top tips for a polished performance & a run down of the greatest magicians in history no budding magician will be able to resist! -Dominic attracts the highest ratings of all the presenters on the CBBC links & his fanbase is growing in strength, setting up this book for magic sales this Christmas! ...

Quick, fun tricks to impress friends & family in a great new pocket-sized format
- & at a pocket-money price too! With tricks
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A fabulous, glossy, pre-teen look, star-rated, step-by-step instructions & countless photographs of dashing Dominic make this the ultimate Halloween magic book for young enthusiasts. With scary tricks such as Dead Man's Finger, Spooky Hanky, Ghostly Coin & many more, as well as top tips for a polished performance. No budding magician will be able to resist this wonderful opportunity to spook their friends! Dominic attracts the highest ratings of all the presenters on the CBBC links & his fanbase is growing in strength, setting up this book for magic sales this Christmas! ...

After meeting the mysterious & beautiful Lady Beauclair at a society ball, George Cautley, a hapless young artist adrift in the gilded world of 1770s London, paints her portrait. She, in turn, tells him the scandalous story of Tristano, a castrato singer in Handel's opera company fifty years before. But Cautley also meets the eminent painter Sir Endymion Starker that same evening & his mistress, Eleanora, who has another tragic tale to tell, one that will have George unwittingly re-enacting the fate of Tristano- ...