The histories behind the fairy tale characters in New York Times best-selling author Bill Willingham's series FABLES are uncovered here in the FABLES Encyclopedia Exhaustively researched by author Jess Nevins these annotations fill in details hailing down from ancient myth & forgotten civilizations of the timeless figures that compose the world of Fabletown including Snow White Bigby Wolf Boy Blue & many more This new compendium is a must-have addition to any FABLES afficianado's library as well as any fan of modern folk lore & fairy tales ...

From the bestselling author of The Elegant Universe Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos takes us on an irresistible & revelatory journey through the biggest of the big questions What is reality? Could we exist without space & time? Can we travel to the past? What are the limits of the universe? Brian Greene has made the mysteries of space & time accessible to millions with his acclaimed writings & award-winning TV series Now he reveals a world more beautiful & bizarre than we could have imagined where 'dark matter' reigns space warps & wiggles through eleven

Dimensions minute particles dance fizz & teleport across vast distances everything is made from vibrating strings & like an ant on a lily-pad we may be floating on a sliver of spacetime Revealing new layers of reality that lie just beneath the surface of our everyday lives this grand tour of the universe will make you look at the world in a completely new way 'A must-read' Sunday Times ' Greene takes us to the limits of space & time' Guardian ' Sends the reader's imagination hurtling through the universe on an astonishing ride' The New York Times Brian Greene is well known to many fans as a populariser of theoretical physics He is the author of the bestselling books about string theory The Elegant Universe which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction The Fabric of the Cosmos & The Hidden Reality Educated at Harvard & Oxford he has taught at both Harvard & Cornell & has been Professor of Physics & Mathematics at Columbia University since 1996

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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 The Gentleman of Swing & The World&s Greatest Saxophonist play themselves in this extraordinary musical film biography of Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey A superb visual record of the Dorsey Brothers & their music the film is packed with some of the brothers most celebrated musical numbers including Marie Green Eyes Never Say Never & The Object of My Affections ...

The Revell Disney&s Cars The Fabulous Lightning Mc Queen Junior Kit from the plastic models range aimed at children aged 4 & up is perfect for the youngest of modellers Revell Junior Kits do not require paint or glue to complete as they come pre-coloured & they fit together simply with plastic screws & clips ...

A fantastic new gift edition in the " Usborne Young Reading" series this is a title to treasure published in foiled hardback with a ribbon marker This entertaining title tells the fascinating story of fashion
- from cavemen's coats to the catwalk couture of the modern age Beautifully & vividly illustrated this book is full of fabulous fashion detail bringing the costumes alive through every fold sequin & pearl " Usborne's Young Reading" series was developed in conjunction with experts from the University of Surrey & is designed to encourage independent reading Each title has clear engaging text & is accompanied by original illustrations
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These bald facts horrific as they are do not begin to scratch the surface of the truth about Robert Black a Scottish-born serial killer who undoubtedly committed further murders for which he was never tried both in this country & on the Continent In this ground-breaking account Robert Giles who has spent years tracing the killer's movements & sifting through all the evidence including transcripts of the trials convincingly argues that Black was an habitual serial killer over many years & quite certainly responsible for more than the four child murders for which he was convicted Co-written with Chris Clark a former police intelligence officer whose tireless work into the Yorkshire Ripper produced convincing new evidence of other murders that went unnoticed or unrecorded The Face of Evil shows once & for all that Robert Black was a serial killer whose crimes went far beyond what is generally believed In doing so it paints a portrait of human cruelty at its worst ...

A gifted clairvoyant A shocking vision A deadly killer Dean Koontz writes a spine-chilling novel in The Face of Fear
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James Cameron admired Martha Gellhorn above all other war-reporters 'because she combined a cold eye with a warm heart' The Chicago Times described her writing as 'wide ranging & provocative a blend of cool lyricism & fiery emotion alternately prickly & welcoming funny & stern' But make your own judgements & in the process find yourself plunged straight back into Madrid during the Spanish Civil War feel the frozen ground of the Finno Russian war the continent-wide Japanese invasion of China the massacres in Java the murderously naive intervention in Vietnam & the USA's dirty little wars in Central America You will also experience the process of the Second World War by the seat of your pants It is a tough way to learn history but also one created in bite-sized chunks that inspire just as often as they shock ...

An evocative & candid memoir that charts the key moments in the life of Britain's most successful bookseller 336 pages Waterstone Sir Tim (Author) ...

Third bone-breaking belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the funny back in um funny series That didn't really work did it? If you've read the previous Skulduggery books then you know what the Faceless Ones are
- & if you know what the Faceless Ones are then you can probably take a wild guess that things in this book are going to get AWFULLY sticky for our skeletal hero & his young sidekick If you haven't read the previous Skulduggery books then what are you doing reading this? Go & read them right now so that you know what all that stuff in the previous paragraph was about Done? Good So now you're on tenterhooks too desperately awaiting the answers to all your questions & instead you're going to have to wait to read the book Sorry about that
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