By the time he was six years old, Stephen Matthews had been bombarded by the Luftwaffe & deported from occupied Guernsey, along

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Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are The Others. Possessors of supernatural powers & capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy world that exists in parallel to our own, each owes allegiance either to The Dark or The Light. Alice, a young but powerful Dark Other, attends a planning meeting with her comrades in the Day Watch. The team is on a mission to apprehend an uninitiated Other, a practicing Dark witch who has so far eluded the bureaux responsible for finding & initiating unlicensed practitioners of magic. It seems a routine operation. But when they arrive, the Night Watch team has already made the arrest. A fierce battle ensues, during which Alice almost dies. Drained of her powers, she is sent to recuperate at a youth camp near the Black Sea. There she meets Igor; the chemistry between them is instant & irresistible. But then comes a shattering realisation: Igor is a Light Mage. Suddenly Alice remembers him as one of those involved in the battle that left her crippled. Now that they know, there is no alternative to a magical duel, a battle that neither of them wants to win. ...

11:15 am, 3 September 1939. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain confirms the nation's fears by announcing that Britain is at war with Germany. Outbreak is the definitive history of the build-up to, outbreak & first few months of the Second World War. Drawing on the Imperial War Museum's extensive archives, this book features the personal stories of real men & women who lived through the startling events of that year, as well as those who were actively involved in the political negotiations & their aftermath. Featuring numerous photographs & the voices of key players, as well as contributions from well-known figures who were directly affected by the build up to war, Outbreak is a gripping record of an extraordinary year in British history. ...

A child falls into the river. A stranger jumps in to rescue him. & four lives are changed for ever... On a perfect summer's day in Paris, tourists on the river watch in shock as a small boy falls into the Seine & disappears below the surface. As his mother stands frozen, a stranger takes a breath & leaps... From the internationally bestselling author of Since I Don't Have You comes a spellbinding story of passion, heartbreak & destiny
- an unforgettable novel about mothers & daughters, husbands & wives, & the extraordinary ways that life & love intersect.
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The definitive guide to the characters of the DC Multiverse & a vital addition to every comic book fan's bookshelf.



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The second book in the acclaimed Morganville Vampires series, The Dead Girls Dance by Rachel Caine picks up the story of Claire Danvers & her vampire-fighting friends. The Dead Girls Dance continues where Glass Houses left off, with our genius heroine Claire still at college in vampire-infested Morganville. This latest visit to the Morganville Vampires series, The Dead Girls Dance, sees Claire & her group of outcast friends & room mates take the fight to the bad guys. They are not that keen, however, when Shane's dad shows up accompanied by his band of motorcycle-riding, vampire-killing friends, causing mayhem & putting everyone, including Claire herself, in danger. Caine has an amazing ability to cram the events of a couple of days into a whole novel, making for an action-packed & fast-moving roller coaster of an experience. The Dead Girls Dance is a real page turner that you just won't want to put down. ...

On a wild October night, the body of a young woman is found in a remote country churchyard. She's wearing nothing but a thin, white dress. There are no marks of violence & no obvious cause of death.

Who is the victim? Why is she here?

But another young woman went missing from the area a few years back, & DC Fiona Griffiths soon suspects a crime even more chilling than she first imagined.

Will she unlock the secrets of the dead house? Or will she become its next victim?

This paperback book has 458 pages & measures: 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.7cm







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The third book in the CAHILLS VS. VESPERS series, the follow up to the worldwide bestseller THE 39 CLUES. The Vespers have crossed a line. Amy & Dan were devastated when the Vespers kidnapped seven Cahills around the world, holding them hostage until Amy & Dan delivered an impossible ransom. But at least the hostages were Cahills
- members of the world's most powerful family, trained to face all odds. Now the Vespers have gone too far. They've kidnapped Atticus, an innocent 11 year old boy & Dan's only friend. Now Dan & Amy are in the struggle of their lives. Because if they can't outwit the Vespers, the unthinkable will happen.. . Atticus will die.
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We last saw Henry Smart, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawl into the Utah desert to die
- only to be
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As ex-mercenary Leo Tillman & ambitious cop Heather Kennedy investigate a series of baffling deaths, the trail leads them to the Dead Sea Scrolls
- & the deadly gospel hidden within them. But soon Tillman & Kennedy are running for their lives from a band of sinister assassins who weep tears of blood & believe themselves descended from Judas. These 'fallen angels' will stop at nothing to protect the world-changing secret of the Scrolls... the secret of how Christ really died.
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