The Sunday Times Bestseller England's Forgotten Queens A cracking historical novel'
- Good Housekeeping A dangerous word perhaps
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' Epic in every sense'
- Sunday Times The Stone of Tear invulnerable fortress of legend has fallen The Children of the Dragon have
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Following on from the bestselling The Seven Sisters & The Storm Sister The Shadow Sister is the third book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series loosely based on the mythology of the Seven Sisters star cluster Star D' Apliese is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father
- the elusive billionaire named Pa Salt by his six daughters all adopted by him from the four corners of the world He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage but Star
- the most enigmatic of the sisters
- is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister Ce Ce In desperation she decides to follow the first clue she has been left which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London & the start of a whole new world A hundred years earlier headstrong & independent Flora Mac Nichol vows she will never marry She is happy & secure in her home in the Lake District living close to her idol Beatrix Potter when machinations outside of her control lead her to London & the home of one of Edwardian society's most notorious players Alice Keppel Flora is pulled between passionate love & duty to her family but finds herself a pawn in a game
- the rules of which are only known to others until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey she too goes on a voyage of discovery finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister & opening herself up to the possibility of love



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The weed of crime which once grew madly in the rich soil of the Great Depression is now withering on the streets of New York A new factory has sprung up among the shuttered sweatshops sweeping the city&s most notorious criminals & desperate lowlifes into its employ When The Shadow&s loyal operative Jericho Druke infiltrates the works he finds it run by a fascist technocratic madman bent on fomenting the racial tensions that threaten to shatter the United States The Shadow & his team must destroy this Factory of Death before its lethal product poisons a nation ...

No new knowledge is required or acquired Ray No transcendental experience or higher consciousness needs to be achieved When the recognition of what you are is seen nothing at all happens Why would it? You simply find yourself as you already are After many years spent searching for the secret to peace happiness & unconditional freedom a chance encounter on the ghats of the sacred River Ganges heralds the end of Ray Brooks' s spiritual journey Interspersed between humorous & uplifting stories of life in Rishikesh India are nine thought-provoking conversations between Ray & an unassuming yet extraordinary Anglo-Indian man Ray' s long-held spiritual beliefs are exposed & challenged allowing him to see that his quest for wholeness has been a futile path just like a shadow that seeks the sun This book offers no promises or systems of belief Instead it clearly points to something that is ever-present yet completely overlooked the ordinariness & beauty of our natural state of being & it is only after we acknowledge that simple yet profound truth that our spiritual search will be complete ...

The Shadow has always known what evil lurks in the hearts of men until now! When his mystic powers fail the original masked crime-fighter travels the globe alongside his sidekick WWI ace pilot Miles Crofton on a bloody search for answers From Nepal where the Shadow's efforts to reconnect with his spiritual masters leads to a confrontation with opium smugglers they travel to the frontlines of the Spanish Civil War in pursuit of arms dealers & a would-be dictator Who is the maniacal El Rey who plots to rise from the debris of war as his battle-ravaged nation's supreme ruler? & how will the Shadow dispense justice when he discovers that a former flame is El Rey's brutal enforcer the Black Sparrow? Hard-boiled crime novelist Victor Gischler raises the definitive pulp hero to new heights of crime noir glory! Collects the complete six-issue comic book storyline from The Shadow 7-12 Bonus material

Includes:: an extensive cover gallery featuring an all-star assembly of Eisner Award-winning artists such as Alex Ross Francesco Francavilla John Cassaday & Darwyn Cooke plus Tim Bradstreet Michael Golden Jack Herbert & Sean Chen

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The Shadow the mysterious crime-fighter who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men is on the hunt for a serial murderer in the darkened streets of New York At each crime scene eyewitnesses have spotted the spectral figure of a woman in white But what is the connection between these killings & the shining blade-wielding woman known only as The Light? The Shadow must unravel the mystery before the killer strikes again! ...

Without the aid of his agents The Shadow attends to a globetrotting solo-mission that takes him from the concrete canyons of New York City to the snowy wastes of Siberia to the peaks of the Himalayas to the steaming jungles of Guatemala The goal to at last learn the secrets behind the girasol! Then when The Shadow returns to Manhattan he finds the authorities are baffled by a rash of unexplainable deaths in Chinatown But when the recently deceased begin to rise from their graves & plague the living it is clear they are out of their league Thankfully The Shadow is on hand & ready to stand against the Zombie Queen of Chinatown! Collects issues 19-25 ...

The Shadow has enjoyed nearly a century of enduring popularity as the first & greatest hero from the golden age of pulp magazines Here for the first time is unveiled the origin story of how the Master of Men returned to America following his many adventures abroad in the aftermath of World War I How did Lamont Cranston launch his legendary crusade against crime assemble his vast network of covert operatives & meet his lover & companion Margo Lane?A treat for longtime Shadow fans & a perfect introduction to the character for a whole new generation of readers Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow Knows! Collects the complete ten-issue storyline (1-10) from The Shadow Year One including a pin-up gallery of over 50 comic book covers (by top-tier artistic talent including Alex Ross Matt Wagner Jason Alexander Howard Chaykin & more) plus the complete script to the first chapter ...

The World&s Greatest Mystery The World&s Greatest Detective They can barely stand each other so how will they possibly deal with the World&s Greatest Evil? What legacy can two of the world&s most enduring icons of justice leave once they discover an ancient evil has been living inside the world they protect for centuries Can Batman & the Shadow save the world without destroying it in the process? Writer Steve Orlando (Batman The Shadow Justice League of America) & artist by Giovanni Timpano (The Shadow Transformers) unite to tell an instantly classic tale of noir mortality & generational heroes & villains ...