Some of comic's most celebrated creators including Mike Allred Jill Thompson Terry Moore Shannon Wheeler Whilce Portacio Peter David Ben Templesmith Nick Spencer & over 40 more turn familiar fairy tales on their ear! This critically acclaimed super-star anthology will thrill old & young alike Now for the first time in an oversized trade paperback edition! ...

The second Will Trent novel from the No 1 Bestseller When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon she walks into a nightmare A broken window a bloody footprint on the stairs & most devastating of all the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing a man standing over her with a bloody knife The struggle which follows changes Abigail's life forever When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl's life in danger the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team
- paired with detective Faith Mitchell a woman who resents him from their first meeting But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer Will & Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta's wealthiest most privileged communities
- before it's too late

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Perched on an outcrop of black rock this fearsome red dragon leans forward one leg extended behind them as if ready to take flight Their mouth is open in a terrifying roar & their tattered red wings are raised in a threat display their tail brushing the ground below them Around the outcrop blue crystals grow up from the ground in clusters A magnificent addition to any coffee table this draconic display is a fantastic gift for any fantasy lover ...

The crew of The Ransom is hired by a Corp contact to salvage the remains of a living Nephilim Warship which recently floated out of the Monopoly Asteroid Belt But ancient warships are not to be trifled with & this one isn&t dead
- merely hibernating! Let Sleeping Gods Lie is a Fragged Empire adventure suitable for characters with 3-5 Resources
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The galaxy is becoming less mysterious every day Corporation scientists are unravelling the secrets of the worlds while the Palantor unlock incredible new technologies It has become rare to encounter something that science simply cannot explain
- yet the Twi-Far have The Faren strange beings of pure energy make up one half of the Twi-Far pairing but no one really knows where they came from or what they are doing here When the Twi-Far research vessel “ The Flame” unexpectedly veers off course & heads directly for pirate territory the scientist Elidrav fears the worst It will take a swift & cunning team to track down “ The Flame” & bring it back before the pirates snatch it away But what exactly were the scientists aboard “ The Flame” researching & why did it so suddenly change course? Solving these mysteries will put the PCs face-to-face with deadly secrets fierce pirates & innumerable twists & turns Will the PCs prevail or will their actions put the entire Twi-Far race at risk?
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Tracklist A1 Ready To Go Bass Guitar
- Adam Whittles Drums
- James Crump Keyboards Backing Vocals
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A lively inside account of Putin's years of rule & the impending crisis that threatens his tsar-like regime From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia & the former Soviet republics conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin's friends foes & colleagues government officials business tycoons mobsters & ordinary Russian citizens Fragile Empire is the fruit of Judah's thorough research a probing assessment of Putin's rise to power & what it has meant for Russia & her people Despite a propaganda program intent on maintaining the cliche of stability Putin's regime was suddenly confronted in December 2011 by a highly public protest movement that told a different side of the story Judah argues that Putinism has brought economic growth to Russia but also weaker institutions & this contradiction leads to instability The author explores both Putin's successes & his failed promises taking into account the impact of a new middle class & a new generation the Internet social activism & globalization on the president's impending leadership crisis Can Russia avoid the crisis of Putinism? Judah offers original & up-to-the-minute answers ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE THE SUNDAY TIMES NO2 BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT’S AWARD 2017 An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons recalling some of the most remarkable & poignant cases he’s worked on Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder A slip of the hand & life ebbs away The balance between life & death is so delicate & the heart surgeon walks that rope between the two In the operating room there is no time for doubt It is flesh blood rib-retractors & pumping the vital organ with your bare hand to squeeze the life back into it An off-day can have dire consequences – this job has a steep learning curve & the cost is measured in human life Cardiac surgery is not for the faint of heart Professor Stephen Westaby took chances & pushed the boundaries of heart surgery He saved hundreds of lives over the course of a thirty-five year career & now in his astounding memoir Westaby details some of his most remarkable & poignant cases – such as the baby who had suffered multiple heart attacks by six months old a woman who lived the nightmare of locked-in syndrome & a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years A powerful important & incredibly moving book Fragile Lives offers an exceptional insight into the exhilarating & sometimes tragic world of heart surgery & how it feels to hold someone’s life in your hands ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES NO2 BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT’S AWARD 2017 An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons recalling some of the most remarkable & poignant cases he’s worked on Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder A slip of the hand & life ebbs away The balance between life & death is so delicate & the heart surgeon walks that rope between the two In the operating room there is no time for doubt It is flesh blood rib-retractors & pumping the vital organ with your bare hand to squeeze the life back into it An off-day can have dire consequences – this job has a steep learning curve & the cost is measured in human life Cardiac surgery is not for the faint of heart Professor Stephen Westaby took chances & pushed the boundaries of heart surgery He saved hundreds of lives over the course of a thirty-five year career & now in his astounding memoir Westaby details some of his most remarkable & poignant cases – such as the baby who had suffered multiple heart attacks by six months old a woman who lived the nightmare of locked-in syndrome & a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years A powerful important & incredibly moving book Fragile Lives offers an exceptional insight into the exhilarating & sometimes tragic world of heart surgery & how it feels to hold someone’s life in your hands ...

Neil Gaiman's extraordinary Fragile Things from the bestselling author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane & American Gods reveals one of the world's most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers & harnesses the Gothic power of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber to the storytelling genius of Stephen King ' The collections also boasts lush prose & a winning faith in the enchantment of stories' Kirkus Reviews The distinctive genius of Neil Gaiman has been championed by writers as diverse as Norman Mailer & Stephen King With THE SANDMAN Neil Gaiman created one of the most sophisticated intelligent & influential graphic novel series of our time Now Gaiman has produced FRAGILE THINGS his second collection of short fiction These stories will dazzle your senses haunt your imagination & move you to the very depths of your soul ...