It's been six months since Kate Michael & Emma confronted the Dire Magnus but the trail to their long-lost family remains cold Then Michael & Emma find the man who was the last person to see them He knows about a secret map of a distant mysterious land
- maybe this is the clue that will lead them to their parents Meanwhile Kate's connection to the Book of Time grows ever stronger & when a dangerous trick traps her in the past she must find new friends to help her return home Once more the children must embark on a daring & perilous quest to find the second Book of Beginning & harness its power But will it be enough to save them all?
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The landmark work on race in America from James Baldwin whose life & words are immortalized in the Oscar-nominated film I Am Not Your Negro' We the black & the white deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation' James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963 galvanising a nation & giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters' The Fire Next Time is at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem & an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice ' Sermon ultimatum confession deposition testament & chronicle all presented in searing brilliant prose' The New York Times Book Review' Baldwin writes with great passion it reeks of truth as the ghettoes of New York & London Chicago & Manchester reek of our hypocrisy' Sunday Times' The great poet-prophet of the civil rights movement his seminal work' Guardian ...

Wake up to true evil The third gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson & Jo Nesbo ONE GIRL IS DEADAt a home for troubled girls a young girl has been brutally murdered during the night Her body is found arranged in bed with her hands covering her eyes ONE GIRL IS MISSINGVicky Bennet is the only girl unaccounted for When a bloody hammer is discovered under her pillow it appears that she was more than just a witness to the killing ONE GIRL CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN IT ALLDetective Inspector Joona Linna is called in to piece the evidence together But the case quickly descends into darker more violent territory leading him finally to a shocking confrontation with the past ...

There he was below the bridge half-naked eyes blazing He had a pair of burning torches He ran them back & forth across his skin He sipped from a bottle breathed across a torch & fire & fumes leapt from his lips The air was filled with the scent of paraffin He breathed again a great high spreading flag of fire He glared He roared like an animal That summer life had seemed perfect for Bobby Burns But now it's autumn & the winds of change are blowing hard Bobby's dad is mysteriously ill His new school is a cold & cruel place & worse nuclear war may be about to start But Bobby has a wonder-working friend called Ailsa Spink & he's found the fire-eater a devil called Mc Nulty What can they do together on Bobby's beach? Is it possible to work miracles? Will they be able to transform the world?A stunning novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig
- winner of the Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Children's Book Award David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award
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Nicola Marter was born with a gift When she touches an object she sometimes sees images; glimpses into its past & of those who have owned it before Born with this rare ability Nicola sees it as something to keep hidden But when a young woman arrives at the London gallery Nicola works at offering a wooden carving for sale & claiming it belonged to Russia's Empress Catherine Nicola faces a dilemma With no proof of its past Nicola's boss believes the carving
- known as 'the Firebird'
- is worthless But Nicola has held it & she knows that the woman who is in desperate need of money is telling the truth Compelled to help Nicola turns to a man she once left & still loves Rob Mc Morran whose own psychic gifts are far greater than her own With Rob to help delve into the past Nicola travels from Scotland to Belgium & on into Russia There in St Petersburg the once-glittering capital Nicola & Rob unearth a tale of love & sacrifice of courage & redemption
- a story which will change their lives for ever


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THE FIRST OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CHINA NOVELS FROM THE MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER THE BLACKHOUSELI YANA grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan Yan devoted to his career as a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the Cultural Revolution needs outside help if he is to break the case MARGARET CAMPBELLThe unidentified cadaver in turn provides a welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell Campbell married to her work & having left America & her broken past behind throws herself into the investigation & before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly THE FIREMAKERAn unlikely partnership develops between Li & Campbell as they follow the resulting lead A fiery & volatile chemistry ignites exposing not only their individual demons but an even greater evil
- a conspiracy that threatens their lives as well as those of millions of others
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Nobody knew where the virus came from FOX News said it had been set loose by ISIS using spores that had been invented by the Russians in the 1980s MSNBC said sources indicated it might've been created by engineers at Halliburton & stolen by culty Christian types fixated on the Book of Revelation CNN reported both sides & while every TV station debated the cause the world burnt Pregnant school nurse HARPER GRAYSON has seen lots of people burn on TV but the first person she saw burn for real was in the playground behind her school But when she realises she has become infected she is determined to find a way to survive
- at least long enough to see her child born No matter what is left of the world for them to live in With the epic scope of THE PASSAGE & the emotional impact of THE ROAD this is one woman's story of survival at the end of the world
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' Epic in every sense'
- Sunday Times The bonds & wards that hold the Great Lord of the Dark are slowly failing but still his fragile
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The Firework-Maker's Daughter is award winning children's writer Philip Pullman's brilliant & inspiring story about Lila who dreams of becoming a firework-maker just like her father ...

What Lila wants to be more than anything else in the world is a Firework-Maker! But firework-making is not just about being able to make Crackle-Dragons & Golden Sneezes There is also one special secret every Firework-Maker must make a perilous journey to face the terrifying Fire-Fiend! Not knowing that she needs special protection to survive the Fire-Fiend's flames Lila sets off alone Her friends Chulak & Hamlet
- the King's white elephant
- race after her But can they possibly reach her in time? This edition is beautifully illustrated by Peter Bailey

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