The nightmare begins... Vampire Blood trilogy comprising: Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant & Tunnels of Blood. Join Darren Shan's descent into the darkness. CIRQUE DU FREAK Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It's the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. After he sees the amazing performing spider, Madam Octa, Darren is determined to steal her. But his daring theft goes horribly wrong. The spider bites Steve & Darren has to sell his soul to an evil vampire to get the antidote. THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT Darren joins the vampire, Mr Crepsley, as his assistant & they return to the Cirque Du Freak. There, Darren makes friends with the snake-boy, Evra Von (who knows what Darren is) & a local boy, Sam, & RV, an eco-warrior & animal lover (who do not). Darren begins to enjoy his life among the Cirque performers as the youngest half-vampire in existence, but he defiantly refuses to drink human blood
- the whole idea sickens him
- & he tries desperately to cling on to the part of him which is human. TUNNELS OF BLOOD When Mr Crepsley is called upon by the Vampire Generals, Darren & the snake-boy, Evra Von, leave the Cirque Du Freak & travel with him to the city. Whilst there, Darren meets Debbie & his life as a Vampire's Assistant fades into the background
- until corpes are found. Corpses drained of blood... Suspicious of Mr Crepsley's secretive bahaviour, Darren & Evra shadow him across the city & confront a creature of the night who may be the end of them all...


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The nightmare continues... Vampire Rites trilogy comprising: Vampire Mountain, Trials of Death & The Vampire Prince. Join Darren Shan's descent into the darkness. VAMPIRE MOUNTAIN Darren Shan & Mr Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. But will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren's human side, or turn him further towards the darkness? TRIALS OF DEATH The Trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampires is with you. Darren Shan must pass five fearsome Trials to prove himself to the vampire clan
- or face the stakes in the Hall of Death. THE VAMPIRE PRINCE Can Darren reverse the odds & outwit a Vampire Prince, or is this the end of thousands of years of vampire rule...?
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The Saga of Darren Shan. Follow on one boy's terrifying journey from human, to half-vampire to vampire prince. 

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Darren Shan is back where it all started
- telling the life story of the vampire Larten Crepsley. 

Spanning centuries

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Dex works as a gardener for Dr Jefferson at his home on Hexam Place in Pimlico: an exclusive street inhabited by the rich, & serviced by the not so rich. The hired help, a motley assortment of au pairs, drivers & cleaners, decide to form the St Zita Society (Zita was the patron saint of domestic servants) as an excuse to meet at the pub & air their grievances. When Dex is invited to one of these meetings, the others find that he is a strange man, ill at ease with human beings...and then they discover he has recently been released from a hospital for the criminally insane, where he was incarcerated for attempting to kill his mother. Dex's most meaningful relationship seems to be with his mobile phone service provider, Peach, & he interprets the text messages he receives from the company as a reassuring sign that there is some kind of god who will protect him. & give him instructions about ridding the world of evil spirits... ...

This is the definitive cook's collection, with over 200 mouthwatering salad recipes from around the world. Over 800 colour photographs illustrate the recipes, with step-by-step pictures to guarantee perfect results every time, & a beautiful photograph of each finished dish. It

Includes:: all the international classics & favourites, such as Greek Salad, Waldorf Salad, Tricolour Salad, & Salad Nicoise. This fantastic book shows just how much more there is to a salad than a handful of lettuce leaves & a few tomatoes. Here there is a salad for every season & every occasion, from a simple, tangy Carrot & Orange Salad to the extravagant San Francisco Salad or Tuna Carpaccio. An invaluable introduction provides a visual encyclopedia of all the basic salad ingredients together with an expert text describing their culinary properties & uses & how to prepare them. From warm salads to fruit salads, from an appetizer or side salad to an extravagant main course for entertaining, this outstanding book will provide you with a single-stop kitchen handbook, ideas book & practical cookbook
- it contains everything you need to create the perfect salad experience.


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Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home is taken away & they lose their

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Equipped with a practical & stylish design, the Salter 17L Versa Fryer is a perfect way to prepare healthier fried foods using little to no oil. The Versa Fryer combines 3 types of cooking power: using halogen, convection & infrared to cook up to 3 times faster using less energy. You can also bake, roast, grill & steam using the different built-in temperature & time settings. The bowl is removable for a easy clean & the sturdy plastic handle/stand keeps your hands & kitchen safe. Accessories include:- high rack, low rack, lid st&, tongs, 2 mesh trays, 5L extender ring & oil sprayer ...

Books Detective Novels Everyone's in danger. Anyone could be next. An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But she's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to celebrate her estranged brother's recent engagement, she has no choice but to accept. Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge. Though it's beautiful, something about the hotel, recently converted from an abandoned sanatorium, makes her nervous
- as does her brother, Isaac. & when they wake the following morning to discover his fiancee Laure has vanished without a trace, Elin's unease grows. With the storm cutting off access to & from the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic. But no-one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing. & she's the only one who could have warned them just how much danger they're all in...   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780552179409 •†Author:   Sarah Pearse  •†Publisher:   Transworld Publishers Ltd •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 448 •†Dimensions:† 19.4 x 12.6 x 3.6 cm
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A bullet in the right place can change the world...

Rebecca da Silva, former crack sniper in the British Special

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