Rear Admiral Michelle Henke was commanding one of the ships in a force led by Honor Harrington in an all-out space battle The odds were against the Star Kingdom forces & they had to run But Michelle’s ship was crippled & had to be destroyed to prevent superior Manticoran technology from falling into Havenite hands & she & her surviving crew were taken prisoner Much to her surprise she was repatriated to Manticore carrying a request for a summit conference between the leaders of the two sides which might end the war But a condition of her return was that she gave her parole not to fight against the forces of the Republic of Haven until she had been officially exchanged for a Havenite prisoner of war so she was given a command far away from the war’s battle lines What she didn’t realize was that she would find herself on a collision course not with a hostile government but with the interstellar syndicate of criminals known as Manpower & Manpower had its own plans for eliminating Manticore as a possible threat to its lucrative slave trade deadly plans which remain hidden in the shadows About the Author David Weber is the science fiction phenomenon of the decade His popular Honor Harrington novels are New York Times best sellers & can’t come out fast enough for his devoted readers ADD SENTENCE ABOUT OFF A REEF He has also begun a top-selling epic SF adventure series in collaboration with John Ringo with four novels so far March Upcountry March to the Sea March to the Stars & We Few His Wind Rider’s Oath another New York Times best seller continues his popular Bahzell fantasy adventure series ...

' The Dresden Files is my favourite series ever' Patrick Rothfuss author of The Name of the Wind Meet Harry Dresden Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PITurns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange & magical things
- & most of them don't play well with humans That's where Harry comes in Harry's business as a private investigator has been quiet lately
- so when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic he's seeing dollar signs But where there's black magic there's a black mage behind it & now that mage knows Harry's name Magic
- it can get a guy killed The first case file of Harry Dresden private investigator & wizard Storm Front is the first novel in the Sunday Times bestselling Dresden Files series perfect for fans of Supernatural & urban fantasy fiction by authors such as Benedict Jacka & Ben Aaronovitch' Butcher's storytelling is satisfying on a level that's bone-deep' io 9' One of the most reliable post-Buffy supernatural thriller series on offer' Time Out' Dresden has a vitality that few urban fantasy heroes can match'SFXThe Dresden Files novels begin with STORM FRONT & continues with FOOL MOON GRAVE PERIL SUMMER KNIGHT DEATH MASKS BLOOD RITES DEAD BEAT PROVEN GUILTY WHITE NIGHT SMALL FAVOUR TURN COAT CHANGES GHOST STORY COLD DAYS & SKIN GAMEFor more of Harry Dresden's adventures check out the Dresden Files short story collections SIDE JOBS & BRIEF CASES


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Arm yourself for the greatest conflict of modern times! STORM
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Everyone's puppy is a legend right? Myth becomes reality in the unlikeliest of places in this fast-paced & funny adventure from Claire Fayers author of The Accidental Pirates series 256 pages Fayers Claire (Author) ...

Just as Freakonomics brought economics to life so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our daily lives & makes it fascinating Our world is full of patterns If you pour milk into your tea & give it a stir you'll see a swirl a spiral of two fluids before the two liquids mix completely The same pattern is found elsewhere too Look down on the Earth from space & you'll find similar swirls in the clouds made where warm air & cold air waltz In Storm in a Teacup Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in Each chapter begins with something small
- popcorn coffee stains & refrigerator magnets
- & uses it to explain some of the most important science & technology of our time This is physics as the toolbox of science
- a toolbox we need in order to make sense of what is around us & arrive at decisions about the future from medical advances to solving our future energy needs It is also physics as the toy box of science physics as fun as never before


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Rc amphibious tracked vehicle storm Monster is capable both on land & in water Wit hthe push of a button watch as storm Monster transforms from super powerful RC car to RC boat Strong Rubber Tracks operate both On Land & In Water Morphs Easily from Land to Water Operation Waterproofed Super Precise 24GHZ Control Requires 2x AA Batteries (Not Included) Not suitable for children under 8 years ...

' Out of the hideously scarred soil of Flanders rose black splintered trunks of trees' In one of the greatest war memoirs ever written an ordinary German soldier recalls the horror & bloodlust of combat on the Western Front with brutal unflinching candour & stark simplicity Ten new titles in the colourful small-format portable new Pocket Penguins series ...

Presenting the desperate conflict of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel is translated by Michael Hofmann in Penguin Modern Classics' As though walking through a deep dream I saw steel helmets approaching through the craters They seemed to sprout from the fire-harrowed soil like some iron harvest'A memoir of astonishing power savagery & ashen lyricism Storm of Steel depicts Ernst Junger's experience of combat on the front line
- leading raiding parties defending trenches against murderous British incursions & simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart One of the greatest books to emerge from the catastrophe of the First World War it illuminates like no other book not only the horrors but also the fascination of a war that made men keep fighting for four long years Ernst Junger (1895-1998) the son of a wealthy chemist ran away from home to join the Foreign Legion His father dragged him back but he returned to military service when he joined the German army on the outbreak of the First World War Storm of Steel (Stahlgewittern) was Junger's first book published in 1920 Greatly admired by the Nazis Junger remained at a distance from the regime with books such as his allegorical work On the Marble Cliffs (1939) functioning as a covert criticism of Nazi ideology & methods If you enjoyed Storm of Steel you might like Edward Blunden's Undertones of War also available in Penguin Modern Classics' To read this extraordinary book is to gain a unique insight into the compelling nature of organized industrialized violence' Niall Ferguson author of War of the World' Hofmann's interpretation is superb' The Times' Unique in the literature of this or any other war is its brilliantly vivid conjuration of the immediacy & intensity of battle' Telegraph' Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not a classic account of war' Evening Standard
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GI Joe has been a part of the toy scene since back in 1964 when the original 12 soldier figures emerged It&s come a long way since then going through a relaunch in 1982 which generated many of the characters we are familiar with today It also generated the earliest animation episodes which have gone through many story lines since then & are a staple of TV today The each GI Joe POP! vinyl figure stands around 9cm tall Packed in an illustrated window box ...

A centaur a selkie a fairy & a phoenix -- Helen has unusual friends & in this incredible quest they face some even stranger opponents from mermaids to angry killer whales Helen must help Rona the selkie to win the most important contest of the ocean world & stop the deep sea powers from going to war But who is trying to sabotage the competition & why? Can Helen & the fabled beasts find the real villain & prevent the most devastating storm the world has ever seen? The third thrilling instalment of the bestselling Fabled Beast Chronicles an exciting four-book adventure series starring creatures from myth & legend introduces new fabled beasts from the wild north of Scotland ...