Fat Phil can't lose at dice, even when his friends turn nasty & he's trying his hardest; a salesman finds success comes from fortune cookie mottoes, but panics when these mottoes turn against him; &, a commuter finds himself obsessed with a plain young woman on his train, at the expense of his marriage. ...

As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert. Now living in New York, Lily is struggling to finish her graduate degree when she receives an astonishing offer. An aunt she never knew existed will pay Lily a huge sum to travel across China's Taklamakan Desert
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Former Olympic gymnast Samantha Evans & her twin sister Sabrina have chosen very different directions in life, but they are still

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Paul Dark is a MI6 double agent in May 1969 who stands alongside mourners at the funeral of Sir Colin Templeton who is the former head of the organisation, the man he knew simply as ' Chief' & the man he killed in cold blood. Paul Dark has got away with it but that precarious security is about to be shattered, launching Dark, sent to Italy, back into the heart of an international conspiracy & making him a target for both exposture & assassination. The race is on to stop a deadly plot that dates back to the early years of the Cold war... The size of this book is 19.7cm in height & 13cm wide with 324 pages. ...

Itsik Malpesh was born the son of a goose-plucking factory manager during the Russian pogroms
- his life saved on the night it
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? William Blake, the artist, writer & Romantic visionary who went largely unrecognized during his' lifetime, is now hailed as one of Britain's greatest creative geniuses. The Songs of Innocence & of Experience contain some of Blake's best-loved poems & form a stirring, poignant reflection on the range of human experience from childhood to adulthood. This edition reproduces the complete collection in the original illuminated manuscript form. The combination of text & image, sometimes tightly interwoven, is typical of Blake's remarkable, individual style, in which the artist & his creations form the bridge between poles of being, between innocence & experience. ...

Occupying a key position in the history of western art, this book allows the author to communicate with his readers as he intended. It helps the readers to experience the mystery & beauty of his poems as he first created them, discovering for themselves the intricate web of symbol & meaning that connects word & image. ...

Bringing the stories behind the nation's favourite hymns to life, this book is beautifull illustrated with full-colour photography & is sure to inform & entertain. It also shows how, in our cynical age, these songs of praise continue to touch & transform lives. ...

Return to the unique & evocative world of The Dying Earth, edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin, in this tribute anthology featuring the most distinguished fantasists of our day. Here are twenty-two br&-new adventures set in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel. A dim place, ancient beyond knowledge. The sun is feeble & red. A million cities have fallen to dust. Here live a few thousand souls, dying, as the Earth dies beneath them. Just a few short decades remain to the long history of our world. At the last, science & magic are one, & there is evil on Earth, distilled by time! Earth is dying. Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, & fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time, Jack has agreed to open this intriguing & darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. The list of twenty-two contributors eager to honour Jack Vance by writing for this anthology

Includes:: Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, Elizabeth H&, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Robert Silverberg, & George R.R. Martin himself.

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Jane has always lived in someone else's shadow. Escaping a childhood of abuse by marrying oceanographic Oliver Jones, she finds herself taking second place to his increasingly successful career. However, when her daughter Rebecca is similarity treated, Jane ...