The child narrator of A Different Dog can't speak
- we assume it is from a disability or a reaction to a trauma in his past He
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In January 1927
- & still recovering from the harrowing circumstances surrounding her disappearance a month earlier
- Agatha

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An uptight middle-aged repressed woman turns into a sex addict after getting hit on the head & she then falls into an underground subculture of sex addicts in suburban Baltimore ...

Soon to be a major TV series THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Discovery of Witches is the first in the must-have must-read ALL SOULS trilogy It begins with absence & desire It begins with blood & fear It begins with a discovery of witches Fall under the spell of Diana & Matthew in the stunning first volume of the No 1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy A world of witches daemons & vampires A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past & the key to their future Diana & Matthew
- the forbidden love at the heart of it When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she's kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches creative destructive daemons & long-lived vampires Sensing the significance of Diana's discovery the creatures gather in Oxford among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont a vampire genticist Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew & in a shadowy world of half-truths & old enmities ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript & their feelings for each other deepen so the fragile balance of peace unravels Five reasons to read A Discovery of Witches & the All Souls Trilogy ' Rich thrilling A captivating & romantic ripping yarn' E L James' Intelligent & off-the-wall irrestistible to Twilight fans' Sunday Times'I could lose myself in here & never want to come out Utterly enchanting on every level' Manda Scott' Exciting amounts of spells kisses & battles & is recounted with enchanting page-turning panache' Marie Claire'A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy' Daily Mail
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The fourteenth century was a time of fabled crusades & chivalry glittering cathedrals & grand castles It was also a time of ferocity & spiritual agony a world of chaos & the plague Here Barbara Tuchman masterfully reveals the two contradictory images of the age examining the great rhythms of history & the grain & texture of domestic life as it was lived what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money taxes & war dominated the lives of serf noble & clergy alike Granting her subjects their loyalties treacheries & guilty passions Tuchman recreates the lives of proud cardinals university scholars grocers & clerks saints & mystics lawyers & mercenaries & above all knights The result is an astonishing reflection of medieval Europe a historical tour de force ...

A small team of champions band together to protect young Liana from the Hierarchy a corrupt otherworld government determined to destroy her Unknown to the Hierarchy Seren their enshrined Avatar a powerful psionic & religious leader secretly aids Liana & plots a coup to overthrow his masters ...

The first new edition of the A Distant Soil series since 1987 240-pages of story & art completely restored & remastered with new cover art & all new interior design A teen brother & sister Jason & Liana are confined to a mental hospital where they are the subject of secret government experiments They escape their prison only to be pursued by supernatural forces strange alien people & creatures with unique powers Separated & kidnapped by two different factions of warring worlds they learn they are the children of a race of powerful & ageless psychic beings The brother & sister are then used by both factions of these alien forces to unknowingly battle against one another Combining the sci-fi space opera of Star Wars the grand romance of Twilight & the visual opulence of Final Fantasy the A Distant Soil saga finds Liana forced to ascend to the throne of the alien world Her unique power makes her a living weapon of mass destruction the first line of defense for the corrupt alien government ...

1794 The Mediterranean is proving dangerous waters for John Pearce & his Pelicans Having left is lover Emily who is also the wife of his mortal enemy Ralph Barclay in the Tuscan port of Leghorn Pearce is detained in Naples When he unknowingly delivers a letter promoting the shady & incompetent Admiral Hotham Pearce finds himself entangled in a political plot that soon puts those closest to him at peril When reunited with Emily John Pearce faces a losing battle to keep her reputation intact Although his Pelicans aid in the endeavour Emily sees no future for her with Pearce & leaves while he is conveying private letters for Horatio Nelson to the British Ambassador Sir William Hamilton Learning of Emily's departure Pearce sets off in pursuit & has to take on the superior force of Barbary Corsairs who have targeted the merchant ship Emily is travelling on the Sandown Castle Outgunned by a barbaric opponent John Pearce's chances of survival
- as well as those of Emily & Pearce's crew
- re dubious & even if they can win this fierce battle another threat looms on the horizon as Pearce is not the only one chasing Emily; Ralph Barclay has learned of his wife's desertion & is on his way to recapture her

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A Sunday Times top ten bestseller perfect for fans of THE NIGHT MANAGER from the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year & the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday) A NEW COLD WAR IS LOOMINGFormer MI6 officer Thomas Kell thought he was done with spying Until the Russian agent he blames for the death of his girlfriend is spotted at a Red Sea resort
- in dangerous company ONE SPY WANTS REVENGETaking the law into his own hands Kell embarks on a mission to recruit his rival Only to find himself in a high-stakes game of cat & mouse in which it becomes increasingly difficult to know who is playing whom THIS TIME IT'S PERSONALAs the mission reaches boiling point rumours of a terrorist attack suggest a massacre on Britain soil is imminent Kell is faced with an impossible choice Loyalty to MI6
- or to his own conscience?

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BOOK FOUR OF THE RAJ QUARTETThe British Raj in India is in its final days But the fall of the Empire is both the end of one era & the beginning of another For the Hindus & Muslims the political reality signals inevitable post-war recriminations & future territorial wrangles For Guy Perron Field Sergeant & historian these last days are a time to reflect on the legacy the British has left behind in India & for the British families still residing in India decisions about their future must be made & final goodbyes must be said all against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent periods of social change the world has ever seen ...