The leaping chalk horse carved into an English hillside in the Bronze Age stands witness to centuries of human endeavour To Stella it represents home
- sanctuary from the adrenalin-fuelled highs & corresponding lows of her career as a singer Stella is tough & talented adored by every man in every audience but a loser in love Spencer Mc Coll is an American ex-fighter pilot making a last sentimental journey from Wyoming to the England of his mother's childhood & the white horse to pay tribute to the past Harry Latimer sets off to the Crimea as a captain in the Hussars with a heart burdened by his undeclared love for his sister-in-law Rachel The grim reality of the battlefield provides a bitter contrast to Harry's memories of the tranquillity of home Stella Spencer Harry
- each marches to the tune of a different drama Their stories are separated by many miles & generations but profoundly connected in ways they can never fully understand

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This unique book quite bowled me over both intellectually & as a gorgeous literary feast Bernard Suits not only makes philosophy enjoyable as it should be but does so without any compromise of real profundity -- Simon Blackburn Cambridge University ...

Tracklist St Stephen Bertha Wharf Rat Jack Straw Truckin' Sugar Magnolia Morning Dew Brown-Eyed Women The Music Never Stopped Estimated Prophet ...

Sunny skies sleep waterand a sinister corpse Flavia is enjoying the summer spending her days punting along the river with her reluctant family Languishing in boredom she drags a slack hand in the water & catches her fingers in the open mouth of a drowned corpse Brought to shore the dead man is found to be dressed in blue silk with ribbons at the knee & wearing a single red ballet slipper Flavia needs to put her super-sleuthing skills to the test to investigate the murder of three gossips in the local church & to keep her sisters out of danger But what could possibly connect the son of an executed killer a far too canny police constable a travelling circus & the publican's mysteriously talented wife? Praise for the historical Flavia de Luce mysteries' The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite' Mail on Sunday'A cross between Dodie Smith's I Capture The Castle & the Addams familydelightfully entertaining' Guardian Fans of M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin Frances Brody & Alexander Mc Call Smith will enjoy the Flavia de Luce mysteries 1 Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 2 The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag 3 A Red Herring Without Mustard 4 I Am Half Sick of Shadows 5 Speaking From Among the Bones 6 The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches 7 As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust 8 Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd 9 The Grave's a Fine & Private Place If you're looking for a cosy crime series to keep you hooked then look no further than the Flavia de Luce mysteries Each Flavia de Luce mystery can be read as a standalone or in series order ...

Who&s up for an apocalypse? The powerful cult known as the Black Temple wants to unleash ancient dark gods on mankind dooming us all The only thing that stands in their way are the Gravediggers Union Cole Haley & Ortiz At the centre of the Black Temple’s plan is Cole&s estranged daughter Morgan destined to free the dark gods Now the Gravediggers are in a race against time to rescue a mysterious alien monkey before the Black Temple can destroy it freeing the dark gods Before it&s over father & daughter will argue the merits of our species the secret history of the world will be revealed & the Gravediggers will make a last stand against the Black Temple’s undead horde for the fate of mankind Writer Wes Craig (DEADLY CLASS) & artist Toby Cypress (RETCON) bring their weird horror series to its apocalyptic conclusion! Collects GRAVEDIGGERS UNION 6-9 ...

When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family who would have thought it would find safety & security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts ghouls & spectres Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him
- after all he is the last remaining member of the family A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters featuring every second year of Bod's life from babyhood to adolescence Will Bod survive to be a man?
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An irresistibly-brilliant graphic novel adaptation of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman adapted by award-winning illustrator P Craig Russell This is the first of two volumes Nobody Owens known as Bod is a normal boy He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard being raised by ghosts with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead There are dangers & adventures for Bod in the graveyard But it's in the land of the living that the real danger lurks for it is there that the man Jack lives & he has already killed Bod's family Each chapter is illustrated by a different artist with contributions from P Craig Russell Kevin Nowlan Tony Harris & Scott Hamptom Galen Showman Jill Thompson & Stephen B Scott ...

An irresistibly brilliant graphic novel adaptation of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman adapted by award-winning illustrator P Craig Russell This is the second of two volumes Nobody Owens known as Bod is a normal boy He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard being raised by ghosts with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead There are dangers & adventures for Bod in the graveyard But it's in the land of the living that the real danger lurks for it is there that the man Jack lives & he has already killed Bod's family ...

WINNER of the 2010 Cilip Carnegie Medal the Newbery Medal & the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize 2009 & shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award Stunningly illustrated by Chris Riddell who brings the ghouls ghosts & hero wonderfully to life in this fantastic ghost adventure story laced with menace & humour ...

The first of two classic police thrillers featuring detective Nick Miller set in London's seedy underworld Ben Garvald is out of prison After nine years in prison he's coming back to the old neighbourhood Back to his remarried ex-wife Back for revenge That's what the cops think But Detective Sergeant Nick Miller isn't worried His highly unorthodox methods are perfectly suited for the graveyard shift
- the midnight hours when the driven & desperate come out to play Tonight Nick Miller's toughest opponent will be Ben Garvald And only one of them will live to see the dawn
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