A novel for all ages about a young girl losing her sight inspired by the author's own life story For fans of Wonder The Little Prince & The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly Mafalda is a nine-year-old girl who knows one thing some time in the next six months her sight will fail completely 208 pages Peretti Paola ...

The first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie series The award-winning Number One bestseller & Queen of crime fiction Val Mc Dermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller The past is behind them but what's still to come will tear them apart Some things just won't let go The past for instance That night in the cemetery The girl's body in the snow On a freezing Fife morning four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow Rosie has been raped stabbed & left for dead in an ancient Pictish cemetery & the only suspects are the four young men now stained with her blood Twenty-five years later the police mount a cold case' review of Rosie's unsolved murder & the four are still suspects But when two of them die in suspicious circumstances it seems that someone is pursuing their own brand of justice For the remaining two there is only one way to avoid becoming the next victim
- find out who really killed Rosie all those years ago
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The Distant Hours by Kate Morton author of the bestselling The House of Riverton is a heart-breaking story of love & loss with a devastating secret at its heart Edie Burchill & her mother have never been close but when a long lost letter arrives with the return address of Milderhurst Castle Kent printed on its envelope Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret Evacuated from London as a thirteen year old girl Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe & taken to live at Millderhurst Castle with the Blythe family Fifty years later Edie too is drawn to Milderhurst & the eccentric Sisters Blythe Old ladies now the three still live together the twins nursing Juniper whose abandonment by her fiance in 1941 plunged her into madness Inside the decaying castle Edie begins to unravel her mother's past But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst Castle & Edie is about to learn more than she expected The truth of what happened in the distant hours has been waiting a long time for someone to find it ...

Tracklist A few Miles more Last to leave Talking to myself What the Night does The Fire Wake up & kiss me goodbye Nowhere The Connection's dropped again Tell them I'm not here The End of the Pier Last to leave (18-string version) Nothing lasts Skin Too late to change (acoustic) Girl of the Year (acoustic) Wise (acoustic)A few Miles more Last to leave Talking to myself What the Night does The Fire Wake up & kiss me goodbye Nowhere The Connection's dropped again Tell them I'm not here The End of the Pier ...

Artists The Districts Label Fat Possum Format Vinyl 12 Album Running Time Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 4th & Roebling 2 Peaches 3 Chlorine 4 Hounds 5 Sing the Song 6 Suburban Smell 7 Bold 8 Heavy Begs 9 Young Blood 10 6am ...

The Diver's Tale is an unvarnished account of real British diving based on the author's 40 year experience Amusing frequently embarrassing often unpleasant & occasionally tragic the book plunges into the world of the real British diver! 164 pages Lyon Nick ...

In Vendela Vida's taut & mesmerizing novel of ideas a woman travels to Casablanca Morocco on mysterious business While checking into her hotel the woman is robbed of her wallet & passport
- all of her money & identification Though the police investigate the woman senses an undercurrent of complicity between the hotel staff & the authorities
- she knows she'll never recover her possessions Stripped of her identity she feels burdened by the crime yet strangely liberated by her sudden freedom to be anyone she chooses A chance encounter with a movie producer leads to a job posing as a st&-in for a well-known film star The star reels her in deeper though & soon she's inhabiting the actress's skin off set too
- going deeper into the Casablancan night & further from herself & so continues a strange & breathtaking journey full of unexpected turns an adventure in which the woman finds herself moving further & further away from the person she once was Told with vibrant lush detail & a wicked sense of humour The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty is part literary mystery part psychological thriller
- an unforgettable novel that explores free will power & a woman's right to choose not her past perhaps not her present but certainly her future This is Vendela Vida's most assured & ambitious novel yet



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Divergent In a world divided by factions based on virtues Tris learns she's Divergent & won't fit in When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents Tris & the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late Insurgent Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons & continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side Allegiant After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago to finally discover the shocking truth of the world around them Actors Shailene Woodley Theo James Kate Winslet Miles Teller Directors Neil Burger Robert Schwentke Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 3 ...

The second edition of The Diversity of Fishes represents a major revision of the world's most widely adopted ichthyology textbook Expanded & updated the second edition is illustrated throughout with striking color photographs depicting the spectacular evolutionary adaptations of the most ecologically & taxonomically diverse vertebrate group The text incorporates the latest advances in the biology of fishes covering taxonomy anatomy physiology biogeography ecology & behavior A new chapter on genetics & molecular ecology of fishes has been added & conservation is emphasized throughout Hundreds of new & redrawn illustrations augment readable text & every chapter has been revised to reflect the discoveries & greater understanding achieved during the past decade Written by a team of internationally-recognized authorities the first edition of The Diversity of Fishes was received with enthusiasm & praise & incorporated into ichthyology & fish biology classes around the globe at both undergraduate & postgraduate levels The second edition is a substantial update of an already classic reference & text Companion resources site This book is accompanied by a resources site wwwwileycomgohelfman The site is being constantly updated by the author team & provides Related videos selected by the authors Updates to the book since publication Instructor resources A chance to send in feedback ...

Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight & delightful imagery
- Richard Dawkins In this book
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