As the number of serial killers worldwide has risen steadily
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Pig 3 Pig Duck Cow & all the Sheeps are far away from their Farm & beloved Vegetarian Farmers More fun parps slops & unbelievable adventure from this much-loved set of characters Complete with illustrations throughout & printed in a unique diary format ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Wes Craven directs this cult horror Bill Pullman plays a young anthropologist who is sent to Haiti by an American pharmaceutical company to find the drug used by voodoo priests to revive the dead Although initially sceptical he becomes tangled in the web of an alien culture involving blood rites snakes tarantulas scorpions zombie brides & torture ...

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal Winner of the American Library Association Morris Award for best debut YA A Buzzfeed Best of 2016 book Goodreads Choice Awards finalist A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2016 Publishers Weekly Best of 2016 Dill's father is in jail for an unspeakable crime Shunned by the neighbours in their small religious Tennessee town Dill & his mother try to make ends meet Dill's only respite from poverty & prejudice are his two friends Lydia & Travis Travis is an oddball finding sanctuary from his violent father in his obsession with an epic fantasy saga Lydia is fast-talking & fiercely creative pinning her hopes on her achingly cool fashion blog Dill fears his heart will break when she escapes to a better life in New York Dill wants to get through his final year of high school in one piece But there's a dark secret at the heart of his family a serpent poisoning his blood filling him with despair Dill must confront this legacy of madness & desperation before it tears him apart ...

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal Winner of the American Library Association Morris Award for best debut YAWinner of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction A Buzzfeed Best of 2016 book Goodreads Choice Awards finalist A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2016 Publishers Weekly Best of 2016 Dill is a misfit in his small religious Tennessee town His dad is in prison for a shocking crime & his mom is struggling to make ends meet The only things getting Dill through senior year are his guitar & his fellow outcasts Travis & Lydia Travis is an oddball who finds comfort from his violent home life in an epic fantasy book series & Lydia is like no one else fast-talking creative & fiercely protective Dill fears his heart will break when she escapes to a better life elsewhere What Dill needs now is some bravery to tell Lydia how he feels to go somewhere with his music
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AD 633 Beobrand is a young man with a shadowy past As an outsider in the kingdom of Bernicia he is compelled to join his brother Octa as a warrior in the household of King Edwin He must learn to fight with sword & shield to defend the war-ravaged kingdoms of Northumbria In a period of great upheaval for Dark Age Britain all he finds is death & war Men & women strive to seize control of their destinies in a time of despair & the land is rife with danger as warlords vie for supremacy & dominion Amongst the blood & the betrayals Beobrand learns of his brother's near-certain murder Inexperienced but ruthless Beobrand must form his own allegiances & learn to fight as a warrior with sword & shield Driven by a desire for vengeance & a relentless pursuit of his enemies he faces challenges which transform him from a boy to a man who stands strong in the clamour & gore of the shieldwall As he closes in on his kin's slayer can Beobrand mete out the retribution he craves without sacrificing his honour or even his soul? ...

The Kane Chronicles The Serpent's Shadow is the final thrilling instalment in award-winning author & Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles trilogy Is their inherited magic enough to battle against the most powerful mythical forces that Egypt's gods have to throw at them? CARTER & SADIE KANE descendants of the magical House of Life are in pretty big trouble Despite their bravest efforts Apophis the giant snake of Chaos is still threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness Now the Kanes must do something no magician has ever managed
- defeat Apophis himself No pressure there then Battling against the forces of Chaos their only hope is an ancient spell
- but the magic has been lost for a millennia Will they find the serpent's shadow or will they be led to their deaths in the depths of the Underworld? Rick Riordan has now sold an incredible 55 million copies of his books worldwide Praise for The Kane Chronicles The Serpent's Shadow' Storytelling that will get readers hooked'
- Philip Ardagh The Guardian ' Witty & inspired Gripping touching & deliciously satirical'
- Times Rick Riordan is the award-winning writer of the Percy Jackson series The Kane Chronicles & the Heroes of Olympus series He lives in San Antonio Texas with his wife & two sons Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006 & made into a blockbuster film starring Sean Bean Pierce Brosnan & Uma Thurman in 2010 The series has gone on to become a chart-topping success Check out The Kane Chronicles website at wwwkanechroniclescouk for games puzzles author interviews & much more



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CARTER & SADIE KANE descendants of the magical House of Life are in pretty big trouble Despite their bravest efforts Apophis the giant snake of Chaos is still threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness Now the Kanes must do something no magician has ever managed
- defeat Apophis himself No pressure there then Battling against the forces of Chaos their only hope is an ancient spell
- but the magic has been lost for a millennia Will they find the serpent's shadow or will they be led to their deaths in the depths of the Underworld?

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Two Full-Length Novels of Space Adventure Once a Hero Esmay Suiza wasn’t a member of a great Navy family like the Serranos She’d had to make her way on grit alone which meant it wasn’t likely she’d make admiral but all she wanted was to be part of the Fleet But then she ended up a raging space battle & was the only one who could stop a superior office turned traitor She had never wanted to be a hero but fate had other ideas Rules of Engagement Brun Meager is a young woman from a rich & powerful family which had a lot to do with why Esmay Suiza didn’t get along with her not to mention both having an amorous interest in Barin Serrano When Brun was abducted by a repressive religious militia movement that makes the 21st century Taliban look like a bunch of Unitarians Esmay was suspected of having connived in the capture to eliminate a rival To clear herself it looked like Esmay would have to locate & rescue Brun Time to be a hero again About the Author New York Times best-selling author & former Marine Elizabeth Moon has written many novels including the Paksenarrion fantasy trilogy (available from Baen as The Deed of Paksenarrion & also as separate books) the Heris Serrano space adventure series (the first three novels of which have been combined as Heris Serrano) & Remnant Population which was a Hugo Award finalist For Del Rey she has written Command Decision Engaging the Enemy Marque & Reprisal Trading in Danger & the Nebula Award winner The Speed of Dark After earning a degree in history from Rice University Moon went on to obtain a degree in biology from the University of Texas Austin She lives in Florence Texas with her husband & son ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Adapted from Robin Maugham&s short story 1963 drama The Servant marked the first of three collaborations between director Joseph Losey & celebrated playwright Harold Pinter Experienced manservant Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) starts working for foppish aristocrat Tony (James Fox) in his smart new townhouse Much to the annoyance of Tony&s girlfriend (Wendy Craig) Barrett slowly initiates himself into the house & begins to manipulate his master Nominated for five BAFTA&s & winning three including best actor for Dirk Bogarde The Servant is notable for its ambitious technique & its willingness to engage with what were at the time issues never before seen in British cinema Actors Dirk Bogarde Sarah Miles Wendy Craig James Fox Catherine Lacey Richard Vernon Ann Firbank Doris Knox Patrick Magee Jill Melford Alun Owen Harold Pinter Derek Tansley Brian Phelan & Hazel Terry Director Joseph Losey Certificate 15 years & over Year 1963 Languages English ...