This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind a heart of gold & a tortured soul' From the day he was born Nick Traina was his mother's joy By nineteen he was dead This is Danielle Steel's powerful story of the son she lost & the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness Sharing tender painful memories Steel brings us a haunting duet between & singular young man & the mother who loved him
- & a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression Nick rocketed through life like a shooting star He spoke in full sentences at the age of one He was a brilliant charming child who never slept His gift for writing was extraordinary his musical talent promised a golden future But by the time he entered junior high he was hurtling towards disaster His mother tried desperately to get him the help he needed
- the opening salvos for what would become a ferocious battle for his life At once a loving legacy & an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness Danielle Steel's tribute to her lost son is a gift of life hope healing & understanding to us all 'I want to share the story & the pain the courage the love & what I learned in living through it My hope is that someone will be able to use what we learned & save a life with it'

...

Tracklist Safe Around The Edges Miss Out These Days Gold Diggers Hunting Men Slash The Night Run Wild Machines Avenue Crystal Clear Zenith Diamond Castle & Ambient Progress ...

It is difficult to convey the scale of rapture
- & of box-office revenue
- created last Christmas by Nicholas Wright&s dramatisation

...

Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning bind-up edition Since the first volume was published in 1995 ...

Northern Lights introduces Lyra an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science theology & magic are entwined 1144 pages Pullman Philip ...

A breathtaking epic the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy spans a multitude of worlds The opening instalment Northern Lights is set in a parallel world like yet very unlike our own Twelve-year-old Lyra whose daemon Pantalaimon is part of her very self is growing up in an ancient ritual-haunted Oxford She becomes involved in a quest to find her father & rescue her friend Roger from evil kidnappers aided by armoured bears Gyptians & a witch-queen The second instalment The Subtle Knife introduces us to Will Parry
- a young boy with a dangerous mission to fulfil When he & Lyra cross paths they decide to help each other but the world of Cittagazze is a strange & unsettling place where deadly soul-eating Spectres roam The concluding instalment The Amber Spyglass brings the saga to a thrilling close Lyra & Will are aided by friends old & new as they continue their perilous journey As childhood slips away they face further dangers
- including a terrifying voyage to the world of the dead Mixing science theology & magic to fantastic & exciting effect Pullman's gripping trilogy was an international bestseller & these thrilling full-cast dramatisations bring Philip Pullman's masterpiece to vivid life 6 CDs 7 hrs 30 mins

...

Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy in one slipcase Since the first volume was published in 1995 & has now been filmed as THE GOLDEN COMPASS the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece & has won the UK's top awards for children's literature 1360 pages Pullman Philip ...

Book 2 in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson a new contemporary fantasy series from fantasy all-star David B Coe A hardboiled magic-using private detective battles dark sorcerers in Phoenix Arizona Justis Fearsson is a weremyste He wields potent magic but every month on the full moon he loses his mind He’s also a private detective who can’t afford to take time off from his latest investigation while his sanity goes AWOL A legion of dark sorcerers has descended on Phoenix wreaking havoc in the blistering desert heat With the next moon phasing approaching Jay has to figure out what connects a billionaire financier & a vicious drug kingpin to an attempted terrorist attack a spate of ritual killings & the murder of a powerful runemyste & he has to do it fast Because these same dark sorcerers have nearly killed the woman he loves & have used their spells to torment Jay’s father Now they have Jay in their crosshairs & with his death they intend to extend their power over the entire magicking world But Jay has other plans & no intention of turning his city or those he loves over to the enemy Meet the Author David B Coe is the author of many fantasy & contemporary fantasy novels & stories He was the winner of the William L Crawford Award for best first fantasy series awarded at the International Conference on the Fantastic for Children of Amarid & The Outlanders the first two novels of the Lon Tobyn Chronicles His series Winds of the Forelands began with Rules of Ascension & continued with Seeds of Betrayal Bonds of Vengeance Shapers of Darkness & Weavers of War Coe is a founding member of the well-regarded writing blog Magical Wordsnet His contemporary fantasy series The Case Files of Justin Fearsson begins with Spell Blind from Baen Books & continues with this second volume His Father&s Eyes Coe lives with his wife Nancy Berner & their two daughters in Sewanee Tennessee ...

Book 2 in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson a new contemporary fantasy series from fantasy all-star David B Coe A hardboiled magic-using private detective battles dark sorcerers in Phoenix Arizona Justis Fearsson is a weremyste He wields potent magic but every month on the full moon he loses his mind He’s also a private detective who can’t afford to take time off from his latest investigation while his sanity goes AWOL by David B Coe ...

Yoshida is short scrawny & generally unattractive To make matters worse all the girls in his class hate him because Sato the hottest guy in school always uses hanging out with him as an excuse to turn them down Is Yoshida just a convenient excuse or is there something more? Could this odd couple even make things work?! ...