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Mary Margaret Hamilton
was educated in Scotland.
She was born there too.
These may not have been
the best possible
options, but they were
the only ones on offer at
the time. Although her
father did his best, her
knowledge of life is
perhaps a little
incomplete. Margaret
knows the best way to
look at the moon, how to
wake on time and how to
breathe fire. Now she
must learn how to live.
A. L. Kennedy's
absorbing, moving and
gently political first
novel dissects the
intricate difficulties of
human relationships,
from Margaret's
passionate attachment to
her father and her more
problematic involvement
with Colin, her lover,
to the wider social
relations between pupil
and teacher, employer
and employee, individual
and state.
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I looked up at Phoenix. I
think he loved me once.
'You don't have to do
this, ' I whispered.
Since Violet Eden
discovered she was
Grigori - part angel,
part human - her world
has been shaken to its
core. No longer sure who
to trust, Violet soon
realises that everyone is
hiding something. Even
her soulmate, Lincoln.
Only one thing is
certain: dark angel
Phoenix has a hold over
her more dangerous than
ever... In the race to
win the battle against
the darkness, Violet's
own powers will be pushed
to the extreme. And the
ultimate betrayal will be
revealed...
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I felt myself slipping
away, losing myself to
the senses. 'Kiss me, ' I
whispered. Violet Eden
has only ever wanted to
be with Lincoln. But when
he reveals a secret so
powerful it could tear
them apart, her world
spins out of control.
Then she meets Phoenix.
Intense and beautiful,
Violet is helplessly
drawn to him... Caught up
in a battle between light
and dark - where angels
seek vengeance and humans
are warriors - Violet
must decide how much
she's willing to
sacrifice. And who she
can love...
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Meet Carrie Bradshaw
before sex and the
City!? The Carrie Diaries
is the coming-of-age
story of one of the most
iconic characters of our
generation. Before Sex
and the City, Carrie
Bradshaw was a small town
girl who knew she wanted
more. She's ready for
real life to start, but
first she must navigate
her senior year of high
school. Up until now,
Carrie and her friends
have been inseparable.
Then Sebastian Kydd comes
into the picture, and a
friend's betrayal makes
her question everything.
With an unforgettable
cast of characters, The
Carrie Diaries is the
story of how a regular
girl learns to think for
herself, and evolves
into a sharp, insightful
writer. Readers will
learn about her family
background, how she
found her writing voice,
and the indelible
impression her early
friendships and
relationships left on
her. Through adventures
both audacious and
poignant, we'll see what
brings Carrie to her
beloved New York City,
where her new life
begins.
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There's always something
going on in Ally's World!
Ally's looking forward to
a week off school on the
geography field trip. But
no sooner have she and
her mates arrived, than
a gang of moronic girls
from another school set
out to cause trouble fr
them. What on earth have
they done to deserve
that...?
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Zoey needs a break after
some serious excitement.
Sadly, the House of
Night school for vampyres
doesn't feature breaks on
its curriculum - even for
a High Priestess in
training and her gang.
Plus juggling three guys
is no stress reliever,
especially when one is a
sexy Warrior so into
protecting Zoey that he's
sensing her emotions.
Wider stresses lurk too,
and the dark force in
Tulsa's tunnels is
spreading. Could Stevie
Rae be responsible for
more than a group of
misfit fledglings? And
Aphrodite's visions warn
Zoey to stay away from
the immortal Kalona and
his dark allure - but
they also show that only
Zoey can stop him. She's
not exactly keen to meet
up, but if Zoey don't go
to Kalona he'll exact a
fiery vengeance on those
closest to her. She just
has to find the courage
to do what's necessary,
or everything that's
important to her will be
destroyed. - Not suitable
for younger readers -
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Details: RAE'S BACK! But
now it's 1990. The Berlin
wall is down and the
Happy Mondays are up,
really up, but the new
decade's brought new
mortifications for Rae
Earl and she's MADDER and
FATTER than ever. About
to enter the most
important year of her
life - her actual bloody
A Level year - everyone
expects her to
concentrate on schoolwork
but how can she when
Haddock's backside is
still a national treasure
and revision at home is
just NOT HAPPENING! It's
hell outside the house
too, if hell was in
Stamford, Lincolnshire,
and punishment for sins
was a fiery eternity of
awkwardness. In My Madder
Fatter Diary, Rae
reveals her real-life
teenage diary once again,
transporting us to a
Britain instantly
recognisable to those who
remember Bryan Adams at
the top of the charts and
anybody who's been
eighteen and agonisingly
embarrassed by
EVERYTHING. It's
wet-your-knickers
hilarious. It's
blub-your-eyes-out sad.
It's the touching,
romantic, MAD, FAT
story of what happened
next. Ideal for: Fans of
'my mad fat diary' and
for those who enjoy the
TV series. This paperback
book has 368 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 12.7 x
2.5cm
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Emma's just arrived in
Los Angeles, a million
miles away from all her
friends, and any chance
of a boyfriend. Unless
you count geeky Oscar -
which she doesn't. Not at
first, anyway. Teen
heartthrob Alex might
have potential too. If
she can get him away from
the prying eyes of the
paparazzi, that is. Two
boys, unlimited
sunshine, and a new life
amongst the stars. Maybe
LA's not that bad, after
all.
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Details: Alisa has spent
the past five thousand
years as a vampire,
living alone and fighting
for survival. In her
loneliness, Alisa cannot
resist bringing Teri - a
descendant of her human
family - into her life.
But Alisa is surrounded
by death and destruction,
and just by knowing
Alisa, Teri's life is at
risk. Alisa's guilt grows
when she becomes involved
in a dangerous
conspiracy. A top-secret
group knows Alisa's
secret and will stop at
nothing to use her powers
for their cause. As Alisa
desperately tries to
protect herself and Teri
from the unknown enemy,
she discovers a force
more powerful and more
lethal than anything she
has ever seen. Alisa
doesn't know who to
trust, who to challenge,
or who she will
become.... Ideal for:
Fans of teen horror
fiction books and those
who enjoy the 'Last
Vampire' book series.
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465 and measures: 19.7 x
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The year is 1952, and E.
F. Bloodworth has
returned to his home - a
forgotten corner of
Tennessee - after twenty
years of roaming to find
the three sons he
abandoned are grown and
angry: Warren is a
womanizing alcoholic,
Boyd is obsessed with
hunting down his wife's
lover, and Brady puts
hexes on his enemies from
his mother's porch. Only
Fleming, the old man's
grandson, can see beyond
all the hatred and strife
and through the love of
Raven Lee, a beauty from
another town, he finds
the courage to reject his
family's curse.
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The smartly painted
exterior of the City
Community Faith School
hides a disturbing
secret. Behind its walls,
one thousand girls are
forced to labour in the
city's laundry,
separated from their
families and deprived of
their freedom. One of
these girls is Little
Fearless, a courageous
spirit who never gives up
hope that one day they
will be rescued. Unafraid
of the punishment she
will face, Little
Fearless escapes the
institute to tell her
story to the world. But
why does nobody believe
she's telling the truth?
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They say that the cure
for love will make me
happy and safe forever.
And I've always believed
them. Until now. Now
everything has changed.
Now, I'd rather be
infected with love for
the tiniest sliver of a
second than live a
hundred years suffocated
by a lie. There was a
time when love was the
most important thing in
the world. People would
go to the end of the
earth to find it. They
would tell lies for it.
Even kill for it. Then,
at last, they found the
cure.
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The story of Scarlett and
Rosie March, two
highly-skilled sisters
who have been hunting
Fenris (werewolves) - who
prey on teen girls -
since Scarlett lost her
eye years ago while
defending Rosie in an
attack. Scarlett lives to
destroy the Fenris, and
she and Rosie lure them
in with red cloaks (a
colour the wolves can't
resist), though Rosie
hunts more out of debt to
her sister than drive.
But things seem to be
changing. The wolves are
getting stronger and
harder to fight, and
there has been a rash of
news reports about
countless teenage girls
being brutally murdered
in the city. Scarlett and
Rosie soon discover the
truth: wolves are banding
together in search of a
Potential Fenris - a man
tainted by the pack but
not yet fully changed.
Desperate to find the
Potential to use him as
bait for a massive
werewolf extermination,
the sisters move to the
city with Silas, a young
woodsman and long time
family friend who is
deadly with an axe.
Meanwhile, Rosie finds
herself drawn to Silas
and the bond they share
not only drives the
sisters apart, but could
destroy all they've
worked for.
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A gorgeous collector's
set of this addictive and
hypnotic trilogy
exploring the
all-consuming romance
between two star-crossed
loers: a yellow-eyed wolf
boy and a human girl. For
years, Grace has watched
the wolves in the woods.
Especially the
yellow-eyed beast whose
chilling presence she
can't seem to live
without. Every winter she
watches him, but every
summer, he disappears...
Sam leads two lives. In
winter, he stays in the
frozen woods, with the
protection of the pack.
In summer, he has a few
precious months to be
human, until the cold
makes him shift back
again. When Grace and Sam
finally meet, they
realize they can't bear
to be apart. But can they
find a way to stay
together as the stakes
grow higher and death
comes closing in?
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When Ember left her home
to enter a mysterious
order of Knights, an
order that protects our
world from the next, she
thought she was finding
her true home. A family,
a purpose and, most
surprising of all, love.
But that was before. Now,
the order is on the edge
of destruction - driven
apart by someone they
trusted the most. With
hope fading, Ember
attempts a desperate
escape. But she faces
relentless pursuit by
supernatural horrors that
act on the commands of a
mysterious evil. What she
discovers in the shadows
will shatter their world
and bring a divide that
will reverberate down the
generations...
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In idyllic Rosewood,
four very pretty girls
just can't help but be
bad. Hanna will stop at
nothing to be Rosewood's
queen bee. Spencer's
digging up her family
secrets. Emily can't stop
thinking about her new
boyfriend. And Aria
approves a little too
strongly of her mom's
taste in men. Now that
Ali's killer is finally
behind bars, the girls
think they're safe. But
those who forget the past
are doomed to repeat it.
And they should know by
now that I'm always
watching.
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Fans of The Twilight Saga
will be enthralled by the
riveting story of Bree
Tanner, a character
introduced in Eclipse,
and the darker side of
the newborn vampire world
she inhabits. In another
irresistible combination
of danger, mystery and
romance, Stephenie Meyer
tells the devastating
story of Bree and the
newborn army as they
prepare to close in on
Bella Swan and the
Cullens, following their
encounter to its
unforgettable conclusion.
'I'm as surprised as
anyone about this
novella, ' said Stephenie
Meyer. 'When I began
working on it in 2005,
it was simply an exercise
to help me examine the
other side of Eclipse,
which I was editing at
the time. I thought it
might end up as a short
story that I could
include on my website.
Then, when work started
on The Twilight Saga: The
Official Guide, I
thought the Guide would
be a good fit for my Bree
story. However, the
story grew longer than I
anticipated, until it
was too long to fit into
the Guide.
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If you think all vampires
are brooding, angst and
hair gel, this murder
mystery, high school
romantic comedy will make
you think
again...Newly-turned
vampire Kira has earned a
reputation for breaking
rules. So when a student
is murdered at her high
school, all fingers
point to Kira. In order
to prove her innocence
she has to show them that
there's another vampire
in town. She's pretty
sure it's one of three
new guys who've moved in
recently. Dating three
cute boys may be fun,
but which one is the
murdering vampire? And
what if he's the boy
she's falling for...?
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Details: Otto and Raven
are desperate to rescue
their friends from the
clutches of Anastasia
Furan, head of the evil
Disciples organisation.
First they must track
down the location of the
Glasshouse, the prison
where Furan trains
children to become
ruthless assassins. But
Otto is also being
hunted. The three months
that Otto has spent
following his 'expulsion'
from H.I.V.E. have given
the Artemis Section - an
elite division of the
American intelligence
services that specialises
in capturing the toughest
targets and reports only
to the President - an
opportunity to locate
him. Deadlock - the
eighth book in the
breathtaking H.I.V.E.
series - continues the
high-octane adventures of
the supremely talented
criminal team, with
central characters forced
to question everything
that Nero has taught them
and to confront the
consequences of life as a
villain, set against the
backdrop of a daring
high-tech prison break
where nothing is quite as
it seems. Ideal for: Fans
of young adult and action
fiction books and for
those who enjoy the
'HIVE' novels. This
paperback has 291 pages
and measures: 19.7 x 12.8
x 2cm
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Details: Shari just
stepped onto the balcony
for some fresh air, she
didn't mean to fall.
Whilst her friends assume
it was suicide, she
knows otherwise, and now
her restless spirit must
find the real killer by
any means possible.
She'll need the help of
those she left behind and
the only way to reach
them now is via the ouija
board, but someone or
something else seems to
want to communicate with
her friends too with
horrifying intent. Shari
is forced down the one
pathway left open to
her...to enter their
dreams. Ideal for: Fans
of teen horror fiction
books. A unique mix of
fantasy and 'who dunnit'
with a good bit of
romance. This paperback
book has 469 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x
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January 1961, and the
beaten, stabbed and
strangled body of a
nineteen year old Pearl
Gambol is discovered,
after a dance the
previous night at the
Newry Orange Hall.
Returning from London to
investigate the case,
Detective Eddie McCrink
soon suspects that their
may be people wielding
influence over affairs,
and that the accused,
the enigmatic Robert
McGladdery, may struggle
to get a fair hearing.
Presiding over the case
is Lord Justice Curran,
a man who nine years
previously had found his
own family in the news,
following the murder of
his nineteen year old
daughter, Patricia. In a
spectacular return to the
territory of his
acclaimed, Booker
longlisted "The Blue
Tango, Eoin McNamee's
new novel explores and
dissects this notorious
murder case which led to
the final hanging on
Northern Irish soil.
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Choose: A quick
death...or a slow
poison... About to be
executed for murder,
Yelena is offered an
extraordinary reprieve.
She'll eat the best
meals, have rooms in the
palace - and risk
assassination by anyone
trying to kill the
Commander of Ixia. And so
Yelena chooses to become
a food taster. But the
chief of security,
leaving nothing to
chance, deliberately
feeds her Butterfly's
Dust - and only by
appearing for her daily
antidote will she delay
an agonising death from
the poison. As Yelena
tries to escape her new
dilemma, disasters keep
mounting. Rebels plot to
seize Ixia and Yelena
develops magical powers
she can't control. Her
life is threatened again
and choices must be made.
But this time the
outcomes aren't so clear.
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Details: Bound together
by the devastating
consequences of a
terrorist attack on a
London market, teenagers
Charlotte (Charlie) and
Nat appear at first to
have much in common. But,
as Charlie gets closer
to Nat and his family,
she begins to wonder if
perhaps he knows more
about the attack than he
has let on. Split Second
is an action-packed
thriller that shifts
between the perspectives
of its two main
characters as their
courage and their
loyalties are tested to
the limit. Ideal for: For
young adults who enjoy
reading mystery fiction
books. This paperback
book has 357 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 13 x
2.5cm
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Details: A phenomenally
popular vampire romance
sequence - now showing on
ITV2 - from the best
selling author of Night
World, L. J. Smith.
Elena Gilbert is alive -
again. When Elena
sacrificed herself to
save the two vampire
brothers who love her she
was consigned to a fate
beyond death. Until a
powerful supernatural
force pulled her back.
Now Elena is not just
human. She has powers.
What's more, her blood
pulses with a unique
force that makes her
irresistible to any
vampire. Both brothers
still want Elena to be
theirs, but something
bigger and more powerful
than all of them may want
her more... Ideal for:
Fans of the TV show 'The
Vampire Diaries' and for
those who enjoy teen
horror/vampire fiction
books. A phenomenally
popular vampire sequence.
This paperback book has
471 pages and measures:
19.7 x 12.8 x 3.2cm
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Clary and the
Shadowhunters struggle to
piece together their
shattered world after a
betrayal by one of their
own leaves them
reeling.Jace is now a
servant of evil, bound
by all eternity to
Sebastian. Only a small
band of Shadowhunters
believe he can be saved.
To do this, they must
defy Clave. And they must
act without Clary. For
Clary is playing a
dangerous game utterly
alone. The price of
losing is not just her
own life, but Jaces
soul.Clary is willing to
do anything for Jace,
but can she still trust
him? Or is he truly lost?
What price is too high to
pay, even for
love?"The Mortal
Instruments series is a
story world I love to
live in. Beautiful."
-Stephanie Meyer, author
of Twilight
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Details: The vampire love
triangle that spawned
hundreds of thousands of
fans-and inspired a major
new dramatisation shown
on ITV2 -concludes in
this powerful final
volume of The Vampire
Diaries. In Midnight,
golden girl Elena Gilbert
is back from the Dark
Dimension, having
successfully freed her
vampire boyfriend Stefan
Salvatore from
imprisonment. Saving
Stefan had an unlikely
consequence: his vampire
brother Damon Salvatore
has become a mortal.
While the trio reels from
this latest twist, they
must still deal with the
demons that have taken
over Elena's hometown,
Fell's Church. As in
every L.J. Smith novel,
no matter how dark the
night, there is always a
happy ending. MIDNIGHT
takes Elena, Stefan,
and Damon to their
darkest moments yet...
Danger, romance, and
paranormal mystery will
keep readers fascinated
with this captivating
finale to the New York
Times bestselling series.
Ideal for: Fans of the TV
show 'The Vampire
Diaries' and for those
who enjoy teen
horror/vampire fiction
books. A phenomenally
popular vampire sequence.
This paperback book has
458 pages and measures:
19.7 x 12.8 x 3.1cm
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Ruth Galloway's expertise
is called upon when
builders, demolishing an
old house in Norwich,
uncover the bones of a
child - minus the skull -
beneath a doorway. Is it
some ritual sacrifice or
just plain
straightforward murder?
DCI Harry Nelson
investigates. The house
was once a children's
home. Nelson traces the
Catholic priest who used
to run the place. He
tells him that two
children did go missing
forty years before - a
boy and a girl. They were
never found. When carbon
dating proves that the
child's bones predate the
home and relate to a time
when the house was
privately owned, Ruth is
drawn ever more deeply
into the case. But as
spring turns into summer
it becomes clear that
someone is trying hard to
put her off the scent by
frightening her to
death...
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Zara collects phobias the
way other high school
girls collect Facebook
friends. It's little
wonder, since she's had
a fairly rough life. Her
father left when she was
a baby, her stepfather
just died and her
mother's almost given up
- in fact, she's sent
her to live with her
grandmother in cold and
sleepy Maine to 'keep
Zara safe'. Zara doesn't
think she's in danger;
she thinks her mother
just can't cope. Zara's
wrong. The man she sees
everywhere - the tall,
creepy guy who points at
her from the side of the
road - is not a figment
of her imagination. He's
a pixie. But not the
cute, sweet kind with
little wings. Maine's got
a whole assortment of
unbelievable creatures.
And they seem to need
something - something
from Zara...
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Tony used to be a winner:
five consecutive Top Ten
hits, a haircut that was
imitated by every Top of
the Pops fan, and a coke
habit that was little
short of legendary. Of
course this was back in
the 80s, when Tony was
part of pop duo A Boy and
His Diva, singers of the
synth-pop classic 'Lovers
and Losers'. In 1984 they
were the biggest band in
Britain. That is before
Katrina, the other half
of the duo, had her
heart broken and the
friendship was destroyed.
Now in his forties,
missing his fame and his
hairline, Tony has
signed up for a new
reality TV show called
The Clink. This could be
the ideal opportunity to
relaunch the band and
revive his comatose
career. There's just one
problem: Tony and Katrina
haven't spoken in years.
Meanwhile, Katrina is
busy arranging a funeral
for a cherished friend,
and coping with his
estranged mother. When
Tony knocks on her door,
his arrival reopens old
wounds and raises some
very uncomfortable
questions. Paul Burston's
third novel is a wise,
witty and evocative novel
about the decade of
excess, and its many
legacies - New Romantics,
gender benders,
electro-pop and AIDS.
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Details: Dancing with
someone is an act of
trust. Elegant and
intimate; you're close
enough to kiss, close
enough to feel your
partner's heartbeat. But
for Vanessa, dance is
deadly - and she must be
very careful who she
trusts... Vanessa Adler
attends an elite ballet
school - the same one her
older sister, Margaret,
attended before she
disappeared. Vanessa
feels she can never live
up to her sister's
shining reputation. But
Vanessa, with her
glorious red hair and
fair skin, has a kind of
power when she dances -
she loses herself in the
music, breathes
different air, and the
world around her turns to
flames... Soon she
attracts the attention of
three men: gorgeous Zep,
mysterious Justin, and
the great, enigmatic
choreographer Josef
Zhalkovsky. When Josef
asks Vanessa to dance the
lead in the Firebird,
she has little idea of
the danger that lies
ahead - and the burning
forces about to be
unleashed... Ideal for:
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fiction books. A
seductive and highly
dramatic thriller. This
paperback has 369 pages
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x 2.5cm
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The book begins with a
chase through the streets
of Calcutta in May 1916.
Lieutenant Peake pauses
for breath outside the
ruins of the Jheeter's
Gate station knowing that
he only has a few hours
to live. Inside his
overcoat he is sheltering
two newborn babies -
twins, a boy and a girl.
Pursued by his would-be
assassins, Peake runs at
full tilt to the house of
Aryami Bose, to whom he
entrusts the children. In
1932 we meet the boy,
Ben, and his group of
friends the night before
they are due to leave St
Patricks orphanage. They
have formed a secret
club, The Chowbar
Society, that meets each
week at midnight in the
old ruin they have
christened The Midnight
Palace. Their final
meeting is due that
evening but then Aryami
Bose turns up at the
orphanage with Sheere,
Ben's sister, and tells
them the story of the
parents they never knew.
Their father was an
engineer and writer who
died in tragic
circumstances at the
inauguration of Jheeter's
Gate station. But as the
novel unfolds, there is
more to this story than
meets the eye and they
are lured by a shadowy
figure from the past into
a final showdown in the
ruins.
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Details:The eagerly
anticipated sequel to the
international bestseller
and critically acclaimed
DELIRIUM, one of the
most addictive books of
last year. Unflinching,
heartbreaking and totally
addictive, this novel
will push your emotions
to the limit. Lenas been
to the very edge. Shes
questioned love and the
life-changing and
agonising choices that
come with it. Shes made
her decision. But can she
survive the consequences?
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In Rosewood, where the
air smells like apples
and Chanel No. 5,
nothing is as it seems.
Five best friends once
shared everything - even
their deepest, darkest
secrets. Back then for
Aria, Spencer, Hanna,
and Emily it was a dream
come true... until
Alison, the most
beautiful of them all,
suddenly vanished. Now
someone named A has
turned their charmed
lives into a living
nightmare. With A's
threats turning dangerous
and Ali's killer still on
the loose, the girls
must uncover the truth,
but will it bring an end
to the horror... or is
this just the beginning?
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Set at the time of the
Russian Revolution, the
end of a centuries old
dynasty, the rise of the
Bolsheviks sent
shockwaves around the
world. This is the story
of one man who was there.
It's real history - about
the riches and excesses,
the glory of the Russian
nobility, Nicholas and
Alexandra, their
hemophiliac son, Alexei,
notorious Rasputin,
Lenin and Trotsky who
ruled from palaces where
the Czars had once danced
till dawn. The man was
real too, his name was
Arthur Ransome. He was a
writer, accused of being
a spy, perhaps even a
double agent, and he
left his wife and beloved
daughter and fell in love
with Russia and a Russian
woman, Evgenia.
Fictionalising history
and blending it with real
life, part i is told as
a fairy tale. Wise and
foolish kings,
princesses,
enchantresses (characters
more suited to fairy tale
than reality), wishes
and magic, Russia with
its vast cold plains and
mighty cities, its
riches and poverty, all
play a part in the
downfall of the Czars and
rise of the new order.
Part ii is about betrayal
- Ransome the spy, bleak
and threatening. Part iii
is a love story, a fairy
tale, ending - of
Ransome's love for his
daughter, Tabitha, and
for Evgenia.
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So. Were you glad, deep
down? Were you glad to be
rid of her? Your perfect
sister? Were you secretly
glad when she was
killed?Following a
horrific tragedy that
leaves her once perfect
family devastated,
Katherine Patterson moves
to a new city, starts at
a new school, and looks
forward to a new life of
quiet anonymity. But when
Katherine meets the
gregarious and beautiful
Alice Parrie her
resolution to live a
solitary life becomes
difficult. Katherine is
unable to resist the
flattering attention that
Alice pays her and is so
charmed by Alices
contagious enthusiasm
that the two girls soon
become firm friends.
Alices joie de vivre is
transformative; it helps
Katherine forget her
painful past and slowly,
tentatively, Katherine
allows herself to start
enjoying life again. But
being friends with Alice
is complicated - and as
Katherine gets to know
her better she discovers
that although Alice can
be charming and generous
she can also be selfish
and egocentric.
Sometimes, even, Alice
is cruel. And when
Katherine starts to
wonder if Alice is really
the kind of person she
wants as a friend, she
discovers something else
about Alice - she doesnt
like being cast off.
Shocking and utterly
absorbing, Rebecca James
strong narrative will
grip readers from the
very first
page."Beautiful
Malice" has become a
publishing phenomenon,
sparking numerous
auctions worldwide,
selling to 27 countries,
and launching a
previously unknown writer
into the centre of the
international book
market.
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After siphoning her own
blood magic in the
showdown at Hubal, Opal
Cowan has lost her
powers. She can no longer
create glass magic. More,
shes immune to the
effects of magic. Opal is
now an outsider looking
in, spying through the
glass on those with the
powers she once had,
powers that make a
difference in the world.
Until spying through the
glass becomes her new
power. Suddenly, the
beautiful pieces she
makes flash in the
presence of magic. And
then she discovers that
someone has st olen some
of her blood?and that
finding it might let her
regain her powers. Or
learn if theyre lost
forever.
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Andi lives in New York
and is dealing with the
emotional turmoil of her
younger brother's
accidental death. Alex
lives in Paris and is a
companion to the dauphin,
the young son of
Marie-Antoinette and
Louis XVI, during the
violent days of the
French Revolution. When
Andi is sent to Paris to
get her out of the
trouble she's so easily
enveloped by in New York,
their two stories
collide, and Andi finds
a way to reconcile
herself not only to her
past but also to her
future. This is a
heart-wrenchingly
beautiful, evocative
portrait of lives torn
apart by grief and mended
by love.
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Sean O'Reilly's debut
novel is a journey into
the dark pysche of Niall,
a young man on the run
from the past and denying
himself a future.
Arriving in Derry, years
after he left for a
wandering life - from
city to city in Europe,
from woman to woman -
Niall finds that little
has changed. The streets
are still blighted by
sectarian violence and
the pubs in the city
still cater for the lost
and lonely in this grey
and unforgiving world.
Just as his memories,
fears or desires threaten
to consume him, Niall
enters into a dangerous
relationship with Lorna,
a committed socialist
with a dark side of her
own. Haunted by a past
that only gradually gives
up its secrets and
insensate through a
cocktail of booze and
drugs, Niall lives his
life to extremes,
testing the limits of
those around him and
pushing himself ever
closer to destruction.
Love and Sleep confirms
O'Reilly's reputation as
a writer of rare lyrical
power and urgency.
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Boy Nobody is the
perennial new kid in
school, the one few
notice and nobody thinks
much about. He shows up
in a new high school, in
a new town, under a new
name, makes few friends
and doesn't stay long.
Just long enough for
someone in his new
friend's family to die --
of "natural causes."
Mission accomplished,
Boy Nobody disappears,
and moves on to the next
target. When Boy Nobody
was just eleven, he
discovered his own
parents had died of
not-so-natural causes. He
soon found himself under
the control of The
Program, a shadowy
government organization
that uses brainwashed
kids as counter-espionage
operatives. But
somewhere, deep inside
Boy Nobody, is somebody:
the boy he once was, the
boy who wants normal
things (like a real home,
his parents back), a
boy who wants out. And he
just might want those
things badly enough to
sabotage The Program's
next mission.
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Details: A phenomenally
popular vampire romance
sequence - now showing on
ITV2 - from the best
selling author of Night
World, L. J. Smith. The
Fury: Faced with an
ancient evil, Stefan and
Damon must stop their
feuding and join forces
with Elena to confront
it. But in so doing,
they are unwittingly
sealing her fate.. . The
Reunion: Elena summons
the vampire trio once
more to unite and
challenge their fate.
Together they will be
called to face the most
terrifying evil Fell's
Church has ever known.
Ideal for: Fans of the TV
show 'The Vampire
Diaries' and for those
who enjoy teen
horror/vampire fiction
books. A phenomenally
popular vampire sequence.
This paperback book has
422 pages and measures:
19.7 x 12.8 x 2.8cm
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In the next part of Neal
Shusterman's gripping and
thought-provoking
futuristic thriller,
Connor, Lev and Risa
continue to uncover
shocking secrets about
the process of
'Unwinding' and the
company, Proactive
Citizenry, which created
Cam, a teen made
completely from parts
taken from 'unwound'
teens. There are plans to
mass produce rewound
teens like Cam for
military purposes, and
below the surface of that
potential horror lies a
sinister layer of
intrigue? Proactive
Citizenry has been
suppressing technology
that could make unwinding
completely unnecessary.
Will Connor, Lev and
Risa ever be able to
break free from the fear
of Unwinding?
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Set against the backdrop
of the French Revolution
and its impact on British
politics, this
action-driven novel shows
once again that Celia
Rees is one of our very
best writers for teenage
readers. Wild and
beautiful, spoilt and
wilful, Sovay finds that
her cosseted life in
rural England has not
prepared her for life as
a highway robber, for
defending the honor of
her family or for trying
to save herself from
corruption and evil. As
Sovay becomes more and
more embroiled in
adventures she could
scarcely have imagined,
a story of dark intrigue,
thwarted passions and
sinister intentions is
revealed to her. Will she
be able to survive, and
if she does so, at what
cost?
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The second book in the
brilliant, moving and
uplifting new series
about one girls
adventures in the
afterlife, from the
bestselling author of The
Immortals series. Having
solved the matter of the
Radiant Boy, Riley,
Buttercup, and Bodhi are
enjoying a little
time-off. But then Riley
encounters a young ghost
named Rebecca. Despite
Rebeccas sweet
appearance, Riley soon
learns shes not at
all what she seems. As
the daughter of a former
plantation owner,
Rebecca is furious about
being murdered during the
slave revolt of 1733. Her
uncontrollable anger is
keeping other ghosts,
who also died in the
revolt, trapped in a
shimmering bubble. And
when Bodhi and Buttercup
inadvertently fall into
Rebecca's trap, Riley is
the only one who can save
them. A suspenseful and
heart-warming novel about
the great hereafter.
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Sara wants two things: to
get into her first-choice
university and to find
true love. Tobey also
wants two things: to win
Battle of the Bands and
to make Sara fall in love
with him. Told in
alternating points of
view, Sara and Tobey's
real connection will have
everyone rooting from
them from the minute they
meet!
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Details: A truly
beautiful book about the
summer that changed one
girl's life, as her mum
leaves home, travellers
set up camp in the
family's field, her
older brother goes off
the rails, and she falls
in love for the very
first time. Opening with
a funeral, Iris is
mourning the boy in the
casket - but who is it?
Sam, her tearaway
brother, or Trick, her
tentative boyfriend? Over
one long hot summer, we
find out just how their
three lives were turned
upside-down. Ideal for:
Fans of contemporary
fiction books. This
paperback book has 282
pages and measures: 20 x
13 x 2cm
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Gripping, atmospheric
and sexy, this is
British horror at its
best. Kathy Bilic is
adopted. Until now,
she's had only a vague
memory of her real
family. But terrifying
dreams and visions of her
sister Amber are waking
her in the night. When
Amber starts giving her
messages, Kathy gets a
sickening sense that her
sister is in danger -
from a deadly, inhuman
source. Kathy hits London
to find her sister - but
when she arrives at her
aunt's house in Highgate,
she is actively
dissuaded from pursuing
the mystery. Undeterred,
Kathy's trail leads her
through a bloody murder
in the British Museum to
a charged meeting with
the mysterious,
hypnoptic Antwain and a
final confronation with
her sinister father.
Before long, Kathy
uncovers the full horror
of her heritage and her
sister's fate at the
hands of the Vampire of
Highgate.
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A year ago, David Eliot
would have been happy to
escape from his weird
school and its ghoulish
teachers. Now he's
fighting for it's
survival. Someone is
trying to get their hands
on the Unholy Grail, the
source of all power, and
unless David can stop
them, Groosham Grange
will be history.
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For the first time in his
life, Jacob Reckless is
afraid. For years he's
stolen across to another
world. A dark enchanted
place he's loved for its
treasure, secrets and
dangers. Until now. Will,
his younger brother,
has followed him with
terrible consequences:
The boy will turn to
beast; the girl he loves
will break her heart and
chaos will rule forever,
unless Jacob can spin a
fairytale to save them
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It's Cheesemas at
Mouseton Abbey. And at
Cheesemas, the Mouseton
family pass around their
most precious treasure -
the Great Big Cheesy
Diamond - and everyone
gets to make a wish. But
this year there's a
problem. The house is
clean, the feast is
being prepared, but the
Great Big Cheesy Diamond
is missing! Join Lord
Mouseton and his servants
as they search for the
missing diamond. Will
Cheesemas be ruined? Will
anyone get their wish? Or
will they find the Cheesy
Diamond in time?
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Through a mirror is a
dangerous world. For
years, Jacob Reckless
has enjoyed its secrets
and treasures, but not
any more. His younger
brother has followed him.
Now dark magic will turn
the boy to beast and
destroy everything Jacob
holds most dear.
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The Mortal War is over,
and sixteen-year-old
Clary Fray is back home
in New York, excited
about all the
possibilities before her.
Shes training to become a
Shadowhunter and - most
importantly of all - she
can finally call Jace her
boyfriend. But nothing
comes without a
price.Someone is
murdering the
Shadowhunters who used to
be in Valentines Circle,
provoking tensions
between Downworlders and
Shadowhunters that could
lead to a second, bloody
war. And when Jace begins
to pull away from her
without explaining why,
Clary is forced to delve
into the heart of a
mystery whose solution
reveals her worst
nightmare: she herself
has set in motion a
terrible chain of events
that could lead to her
losing everything she
loves. Even Jace.
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What invisible drama
plays, what passes to
and fro in the columns of
air above them, none
knows, but the disciples
think: perhaps the time
is arrived at last. Aged,
blind and perilously
frail, John the Apostle
has walked ten thousand
miles to tell of love. In
a hundred years he has
lived to witness sights
and scenes that now cloud
his mind. Of his
followers, there are few
remaining, banished with
him to an island where
they wait as storm clouds
whip the island with
rain. They wait for the
world to free them from
exile. They wait for
signs that seem like they
will never come. But
eventually a sign does
come and together the
disciples leave the
island. They embark on a
journey that will change
their lives forever: a
journey filled with
purpose and fear which
will test their belief -
in love and in each other
- to breaking point, and
John must face his
biggest battle yet. John
depicts the inner life of
a man of faith and doubt
with extraordinary poetic
vision. Romantic, wild
and passionate, this is
the story of what it
might be to love for a
lifetime.
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Details: She won t rest
until she s sent every
walking corpse back to
its grave. Forever. Had
anyone told Alice Bell
that her entire life
would change course
between one heartbeat and
the next, she would have
laughed. From blissful to
tragic, innocent to
ruined? Please. But that
s all it took. One
heartbeat. A blink, a
breath, a second, and
everything she knew and
loved was gone. Her
father was right. The
monsters are real. To
avenge her family, Ali
must learn to fight the
undead. To survive, she
must learn to trust the
baddest of the bad boys,
Cole Holland. But Cole
has secrets of his own,
and if she isn t careful,
those secrets might just
prove to be more
dangerous than the
zombies. Ideal for: Fans
of fantasy and horror
fiction books and for
fans of novels by Gena
Showalter and 'The White
Rabbit Chronicles
series'. This paperback
book has 404 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 12.5 x
3cm
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After his unexpected
journey into the land of
the fey, Ethan Chase
just wants to get back to
his normal life with his
girlfriend Kenzie. But
when your sister is one
of the most powerful
faeries in the Never
never, normal' simply
isn't an option. Ethan's
nephew, Keirran, is
missing and on the verge
of doing something
unthinkable in the name
of saving his own love.
Something that will
fracture the human and
faery worlds forever.
Now, as Ethan's and
Keirran's fates entwine
and Keirran slips further
into darkness, Ethan's
next choice will decide
the fate of them all.
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There's always something
going on in Ally's World!
Ally's had a crush on
Alfie ever since she can
remember. Not only is he
drop-dead yum, but he's
singlehandly turned her
sister Roan into a local
celeb! Shame that her
moment in the spotlight
seems to be causing more
trouble than it's
worth...
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In THE INITIATION and THE
CAPTIVE Part 1, Cassie
is forced to move from
sunny California to
gloomy New England, she
is horribly homesick
until she forms a bond
with a group of
teenagers. This clique
rules the school - no one
dare cross them - but
Cassie feels a strange
kinship with them, and
when she is initiated
into their 'secret
circle' she is both
terrified and thrilled to
be part of a coven of
witches that have
controlled New Salem for
hundreds of years.. But
then Cassie falls in
love. Now she has a tough
decision to make: does
she walk away, or does
she step over to the dark
side?
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'What is he? A friend,
or an enemy'? 'He is a
murderer'. Will has just
killed a man. He's on the
run. His escape will take
him far beyond his own
world, to the eerie
disquiet of a deserted
city and to a girl,
Lyra. Her fate is
strangely linked to his
own, and together they
must find the most
powerful weapon in all
the word.
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A strange novel for
strange young people.
Young Samuel Johnson and
his dachshund Boswell are
trying to show initiative
by trick-or-treating a
full three days before
Hallowe'en. Which is how
they come to witness
strange goings-on at 666
Crowley Avenue. The
Abernathys don't mean any
harm by their flirtation
with Satanism. But it
just happens to coincide
with a malfunction in the
Large Hadron Collider
that creates a gap in the
universe. A gap in which
there is a pair of
enormous gates. The gates
to Hell. And there are
some pretty terrifying
beings just itching to
get out.. .Can Samuel
persuade anyone to take
this seriously? Can he
harness the power of
science to save the world
as we know it?
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Brooklyn teens Lucy,
Cecilia and Agnes find
themselves in the
emergency room at
Perpetual Help Hospital
at the lowest point in
their lives. Lucy, the
superficial party girl;
Cecilia, a drop out rock
chick; and Agnes, a
hopeless romantic. All
rebels running from their
lives and themselves,
plagued by broken hearts
and broken dreams. Enter
Sebastian: mysterious,
compelling, seductive.
He brings the girls
together and seems to
provide each of them with
what they long for.. .
and they begin to heal.
But Sebastian is on the
run - and soon the girls
are hunted too.. . A
dark, contemporary rock
'n' roll retelling of
three famous female
martyrs - Agnes, Cecilia
and Lucy - and their
transformation from
street deliquents to soul
models.
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A strange novel for
strange young people.
Young Samuel Johnson and
his dachshund Boswell are
trying to show initiative
by trick-or-treating a
full three days before
Hallowe'en. Which is how
they come to witness
strange goings-on at 666
Crowley Avenue. The
Abernathys don't mean any
harm by their flirtation
with Satanism. But it
just happens to coincide
with a malfunction in the
Large Hadron Collider
that creates a gap in the
universe. A gap in which
there is a pair of
enormous gates. The gates
to Hell. And there are
some pretty terrifying
beings just itching to
get out... Can Samuel
persuade anyone to take
this seriously? Can he
harness the power of
science to save the world
as we know it?
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Afghanistan. In the heat
and dust, young British
army medic Elinor Nielson
watches an Afghan girl
walk into a hail of
bullets. But when she
runs to help, Ellie
finds her gone. Who is
she? And what's happened
to her? What Ellie
discovers makes her
question everything she
believes in - even her
feelings for the American
lieutenant who takes her
side.
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Sally Lockhart is
twenty-two, and running
her own financial
consultancy - a
thoroughly modern woman
in a world of pompous men
- but she's about to be
thrown headlong into a
vicious web of murder,
mystery and pure evil.
When a client's lost
investment appears
suspicious, Sally
investigates. Soon she is
ensnared in a whirl of
high-society danger and
deceit, which can lead
her in only one direction
- to the terrifying
secret of the Shadow in
the North. Philip
Pullman's ever-popular,
action-packed Victorian
melodramas are rejacketed
for the bicentenary of
Charles Dickens in 2012.
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It felt like my heart
might explode. In that
moment, I loved him more
than ever. Violet Eden is
about to make the most
important decision of her
life - but being
half-human, half-angel
doesn't make it any
easier. How will she
choose between the life
of her best friend and
saving humanity? And how
does she balance a
soul-crushing need for
her Grigori partner,
Lincoln, and the desire
to keep him safe at all
costs? As the battle
between light and dark
intensifies, Violet will
only have one chance to
make the right choice...
Ideal for: Fans of
fantasy fiction books and
the Angel Romance series.
This paperback book has
409 pages and measures:
19.7 x 12.7 x 2.7cm
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Zara and Nick are
soul-mates - they're
meant to be together for
ever. But that's not
quite how things have
worked out. For starters,
Nick is dead, and has
been taken to Valhalla,
a mystical resting place
for warriors. If they can
find the way there, Zara
and her friends will try
to get him back. But even
if they do, Zara has
turned pixie - and now
she's Astley's queen!
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Will has just killed a
man. He's on the run. His
escape will take him far
beyond his own world, to
the eerie disquiet of a
deserted city, and to a
girl, Lyra. Her fate is
strangely linked to his
own, and together they
must find the most
powerful weapon in all
the worlds...
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Details: Zombies stalk
the night. Forget blood
and brains. These
monsters hunger for human
souls. Sadly, they ve
got mine... Alice Bell
has lost so much. Family.
Friends. A home. She
thought she had nothing
else to give. She was
wrong. After a new zombie
attack, strange things
begin to happen to her.
Mirrors come to life,
and the whispers of the
dead assault her ears.
But the worst? A terrible
darkness blooms inside
her, urging her to do
very wicked things. She s
never needed her team of
zombie slayers more, but
ultra bad-boy Cole
Holland, the leader and
her boyfriend, suddenly
withdraws from her...
from everyone. Now, with
her best friend Kat at
her side, Ali must kill
the zombies, uncover
Cole s secret and learn
to fight the darkness.
But the clock is
ticking...and if she
fails at a single task,
they re all doomed. Ideal
for: Fans of fantasy and
horror fiction books and
for fans of novels by
Gena Showalter and 'The
White Rabbit Chronicles
series'. This paperback
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The thrilling climax to
one of the most eagerly
awaited series since The
Hunger Games and
Twilight. I've started
dreaming of Portland
again. Like a monster
from one of the ghost
stories we used to tell
as kids, the past has
been finding its way in.
It bubbles up through the
cracks when I'm not
paying attention, and
pulls at me with greedy
fingers. This is what
they warned me about for
all those years: the
heavy weight in my chest,
the nightmare-fragments
that follow me even in
waking life. I warned
you, Aunt Carol says in
my head. We told you,
Rachel says...
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John stands in the storm.
He has no fear of any
kind. He has outlived all
manner of pain and been
near enough to death to
kiss its face and walk
away. He has lived for a
purpose and believes he
knows what it is. Aged as
dust, blind and
perilously frail, John
has walked ten thousand
miles, more, to tell of
love. He was from the
beginning and will be at
the end: he has lived to
witness in a hundred
years sights and scenes
that cloud his mind. Of
his disciples, there are
few remaining, banished
with him to the island of
Patmos where they wait.
They wait as storm clouds
whip the island with
rain. They wait for the
world to free them from
exile. They wait for
signs that never come.
Their belief starts to
turn into agonising doubt
as they are ravaged by
bewilderment and
impatience. Frustration
and bitterness rage
inside Matthias, forcing
him to turn his back on
his friends, his leader,
and his belief. As the
disciples' loyalty
disintegrates into
betrayal, Papias remains
at John's side, tending
to his old master with a
constancy that is
undiminished to the end
of his life. Always, the
shadow of grief follows
them, for the love that
has given their lives
meaning was not shared by
the rest of the world.
Niall Williams' new novel
is a prodigious feat of
imagination written with
poetic vision, and an
unforgettable validation
of courage and faith.
Romantic, wild and
passionate, John is the
story of what it might be
to love for a lifetime.
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The city of Aramanth has
become a kinder place,
but in becoming kinder it
has also become weaker,
making it the perfect
target for the ruthless
soldiers of the Mastery.
After a swift and brutal
battle that leaves the
city burned and the Manth
people destined for
slavery, Kestrel fi nds
herself alone, angry and
bitterly sworn to wreak
her own revenge. But
first she must fi nd her
beloved brother Bowman,
and he in turn must find
a way of understanding
the secrets of the
mysterious Singer people.
Only then can the pair
begin to strike out
against the Mastery and
begin a voyage that will
bring the Manth people
back to their former
stature.
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The fourth book in the
New York Times
bestselling series The
Secrets of the Nicholas
Flamel--The Necromancer.
San Francisco: After
fleeing to Ojai, then
Paris, and escaping to
London, Josh and Sophie
Newman are finally home.
And after everything
they've seen and learned
in the past week,
they're both more
confused than ever about
their future. Neither of
them has mastered the
magics they'll need to
protect themselves from
the Dark Elders, they've
lost Scatty, and they're
still being pursued by
Dr. John Dee. Most
disturbing of all,
however, is that now
they must ask themselves,
can they trust Nicholas
Flamel? Can they trust
anyone? Alcatraz: Dr. Dee
underestimated Perenelle
Flamel's power. Alcatraz
could not hold her,
Nereus was no match for
her, and she was able to
align herself with the
most unlikely of allies.
But she wasn't the only
one being held on the
island. Behind the
prison's bars and
protective sigils were a
menagerie of monsters-an
army for Dee to use in
the final battle. And now
Machiavelli has come to
Alcatraz to loose those
monsters on San
Francisco. Perenelle
might be powerful, but
each day she weakens,
and even with Nicholas
back at her side, a
battle of this size could
be too much for her.
Nicholas and Perenelle
must fight to protect the
city, but the effort
will probably kill them
both. London: Having been
unable to regain the two
final pages of the Codex,
Dee has failed his Elder
and is now an outlaw-and
the new prey of all the
creatures formerly sent
to hunt down Flamel. But
Dee has a plan. With the
Codex and the creatures
on Alcatraz, he can
control the world. All he
needs is the help of the
Archons. But for his plan
to work, he must raise
the Mother of the Gods
from the dead. For that,
he'll have to train a
necromancer. And the
twins of legend will make
the perfect pupils...
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Barry Trotter is pretty
disreputable and
unpleasant. Imagine what
he was like as a
teenager. Here's the
beginning of the whole
sorry tale. Did Barry and
Ermine do it? (Their
homwork, that is.) How
exactly did Lon end up
with a hole in his head
that whistles when the
wind blows? Was Lord
Valumart always that
crass? And where did that
ridiculous German accent
come from? As funny and
twisted as the first two
books, BARRY TROTTER AND
THE DEAD HORSE is also as
affectionate towards JK
Rowling's originals. This
has lead to the books
gaining a devoted
following amongst fans of
Harry Potter as well as
being a welcome antidote
for the over-egging
(eeuwww) of the boy
wizard. A process that
we're not a part of at
all. Oh no. Not even a
tiny bit.
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In early 2006, Chuck
Ramkissoon is found dead
at the bottom of a New
York canal. In London, a
Dutch banker named Hans
van den Broek hears the
news, and remembers his
unlikely friendship with
Chuck and the off-kilter
New York in which it
flourished: the New York
of 9/11, the powercut
and the Iraq war. Those
years were difficult for
Hans - his English wife
Rachel left with their
son after the attack, as
if that event revealed
the cracks and silences
in their marriage, and
he spent two strange
years in New York's
Chelsea Hotel, passing
stranger evenings with
the eccentric residents.
Lost in a country he'd
regarded as his new home,
Hans sought comfort in a
most alien place - the
thriving but almost
invisible world of New
York cricket, in which
immigrants from Asia and
the West Indies play a
beautiful, mystifying
game on the city's most
marginal parks. It was
during these games that
Hans befriends Chuck
Ramkissoon, who dreamed
of establishing the
city's first proper
cricket field. Over the
course of a summer, Hans
grew to share Chuck's
dream and Chuck's sense
of American possibility -
until he began to glimpse
the darker meaning of his
new friend's activities
and ambitions.
'Netherland' is a novel
of belonging and not
belonging, and the
uneasy state in between.
It is a novel of a
marriage foundering and
recuperating, and of the
shallows and depths of
male friendship. With it,
Joseph O'Neill has taken
the anxieties and
uncertainties of our new
century and fashioned a
work of extraordinary
beauty and brilliance.
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Once it seemed being
immortal was a gift to
Ever Bloom - now it's a
curse. And she's a danger
to herself. Ever has been
dabbling in Magyck -
seeking to explore her
own powers, hoping to
find a future for her
relationship with Damen.
But she's not in control
- in fact, the magyck
has bound her eternally
to her immortal enemy,
Roman. Whenever he's
near, she feels his
heartbeat, his breath,
his blood racing in her
veins. Ever is in deep -
and the one person who
might be able to help her
must never find out what
she's done.
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Details: This collection
of poetry invites the
reader in to the mind of
a child. It features
Winnie-the-Pooh, in a
verse exploring the
tribulations of stoutness
for a philosophical teddy
bear. Ideal for: Children
of all ages. Handy volume
to have on standby for
reading to young
children. This paperback
book has 99 pages and
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A cool and elegant debut
novel, a satire on our
fascination with the
media and the private
lives of the powerful,
and a story of obsessive
infatuation. Gaby Harvey
is a young historian
engaged in research at St
Dunstan's College. She is
also the niece of Sir
Edward Hamilton Harvey,
a media baron with
international interests
ranging from film and
television to newspapers.
His latest venture is a
controversial new
privatised media faculty
at the ancient and
traditional university
where Gaby lives quietly,
away from her uncle's
world. Why is Sir Edward
so determined to make
this investment, and why
isn't the new
Professorship open to St
Dunstan's finest? The
answer to both questions
could be contained in the
dashing person of the new
appointee, the handsome
and arrogant Piers
Gaveston, who appears to
have his eye on higher
goals than the
university. Aloof,
narcissistic and
concerned solely with his
own rising star,
Gaveston embarks on a
programme of iconoclasm
which outrages his new
colleagues and
antagonizes Gaby who,
against her better
judgment, is hopelessly
attracted to him. In
spite of warnings from
those who seem to know
him better than she does,
Gaby finds herself drawn
into an obsessive
relationship with
Gaveston. But what is the
source of his interest in
her? And what is his
secret?
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The perfect night - or
the perfect nightmare?
It's Saturday night it's
the school dance five
friends have been waiting
for. Five girls are
worrying about what to
wear, planning who to
dance with the dreaming
of romance and love. But
will tonight be the night
when dreams come true,
or will it turn into a
nightmare?
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Together Patch and Nora
have overcome the secrets
riddled in Patch's dark
past, bridged two
irreconcilable worlds and
faced heart-wrenching
tests of betrayal,
loyalty and trust...and
all for a love that will
transcend the boundary
between heaven and earth.
Armed with nothing but
their absolute faith in
one another, Patch and
Nora enter a desperate
fight to stop a villain
who holds the power to
shatter everything
they've worked for - and
their love - forever.
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Once upon a time there
was a girl who was
special. This is not her
story. Unless you count
the part where I killed
her. Sixteen-year-old
Alison has been sectioned
in a mental institute for
teens, having murdered
the most perfect and
popular girl at school.
But the case is a
mystery: no body has been
found, and Alison's
condition is proving
difficult to diagnose.
Alison herself can't
explain what happened:
one minute she was
fighting with Tori - the
next she disintegrated.
Into nothing. But that's
impossible. Right?
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The stunning sequel to
Silverhorse. As an
apprentice bredinari,
hot-tempered Kat is
finally within touching
distance of fulfilling
her dream- to tame and
ride her own hellhorse
and carry secret messages
across the land. Bet then
she reads a letter she
shouldn't have seen...
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Spencer, Aria, Emily,
Hanna and their best
friend Alison were the
most popular girls at
Rosewood Day School.
Alison was the group's
ringleader, the one who
knew all their darkest
secrets. So when Alison
vanished one night,
Spencer, Aria, Emily,
and Hanna's grief was
tinged with relief. But
when Ali's body was later
discovered in her own
backyard, the girls were
forced to unearth some
ugly memories of their
old friend, too. Is
there more to Alison's
death than anyone
realises? Now someone
named A, someone who
seems to know everything,
is pointing the finger
for Ali's murder at one
of them. And A is poised
to ruin their perfect
little lives for ever.
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The noise between Patch
and Nora has gone.
They've overcome the
secrets riddled in
Patch's dark past,
bridged two
irreconcilable worlds and
faced heart-wrenching
tests of betrayal,
loyalty and trust...and
all for a love that will
transcend the boundary
between heaven and earth.
Armed with nothing but
their absolute faith in
one another, Patch and
Nora enter a desperate
fight to stop a villain
who holds the power to
shatter everything
they've worked for - and
their love - forever.
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A Game of Magic Student
magician Opal Cowan's
newfound ability to steal
others' powers makes her
too powerful. Trapped
under house arrest, Opal
dares to defy her
imprisonment, searching
for Ulrick, the man she
thinks she loves. Thinks
because she is sure
another man - now her
prisoner - has switched
souls with Ulrick. In
hostile territory,
without proof or allies,
Opal isn't sure whom to
trust. She doesn't know
the real Ulrick's
whereabouts and can't
forget Kade, the
handsome Stormdancer who
doesn't want to let her
get too close. And now
everyone is after Opal's
special powers for their
own deadly gain...
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Details: Violet Eden's
world is in chaos. When
all hell breaks loose -
literally - her Grigori
power is humanity's only
hope. But she's not
nearly ready for what's
coming... The dark angel
Phoenix is still messing
with her head, not to
mention her heart. And
her undeniable attraction
to Lincoln has become
downright dangerous. As
Hell unleashes its worst,
Violet must save the
people she cares
about...and the world as
she knows it. Ideal for:
Fans of fantasy fiction
books and also fans Angel
Romance series. This
paperback has 451 pages
and measures: 19.7 x 12.7
x 2.9cm
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Fourteen kids stranded
inside a superstore.
Inside they have
everything they could
ever need. There's junk
food and clothes,
computer games and books,
drugs and alcohol.. .
and without adult
supervision they can do
whatever they want.
Sounds like fun? But
outside the world is
being ripped apart by
violent storms and
chemicals leaking into
the atmosphere that,
depending on blood type,
leave victims paranoid,
violent or dead. The kids
must remain inside,
forced to create their
own community, unsure if
they'll ever be able to
leave. Can they stop the
world they've created
inside from
self-destructing too?
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Details: I'd known it
before we saw the fire
trucks and the smoke. I'd
known all hell had broken
loose at the House of
Night the moment it had
been proven beyond all
doubt that Neferet was on
the side of Darkness.
Only now I had a terrible
feeling that outing
Neferet would serve more
to free her than to force
her to pay the
consequences for her lies
and betrayals. At last,
Zoey has what she wanted:
the truth is out.
Neferet's evil has been
exposed, and the High
Council is no longer on
her side - but she's far
from done wreaking havoc
in the vampyre world.
With the seeds of
distrust sown and
Darkness breeding chaos
at the House of Night,
everyone must band
together - but that's
proving to be more
difficult than ever
before. The twins are
barely speaking and the
House of Night's former
enemy, Kalona, has now
become their warrior,
pushing their trust to
the limits. To top it all
off, Zoey is pretty darn
sure she might be losing
her mind - she saw
something when she looked
at Neferet's minion,
Aurox, through the Seer
Stone that she can hardly
explain to herself, let
alone her friends. Zoey
knows that following her
instincts might be just
what they need to defeat
evil... but if she's
wrong, it could cause
the destruction of those
closest to her. With the
tension at a breaking
point and friendships on
the line, can the nerd
herd come together to
stop the spread of
Darkness before it's too
late? Ideal for: Fans of
fantasy fiction books and
any who enjoys reading
books involving vampires.
Also for those who enjoy
the A House of Night
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WORLDS KEPT THEM APART.
DESTINY BROUGHT THEM
TOGETHER. Aria has lived
her whole life in the
protected dome of
Reverie. Her entire world
confined to its spaces,
she's never thought to
dream of what lies beyond
its doors. So when her
mother goes missing,
Aria knows her chances of
surviving in the outer
wasteland long enough to
find her are slim. Then
Aria meets an outsider
named Perry. He's
searching for someone
too. He's also wild - a
savage - but might be the
only person who can keep
her alive. And if they
can survive, they are
each other's best hope
for finding answers.
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