1067. In the desolate wastes of Greenl&, a band of hunters discover a strangely-shaped meteor which has fallen from the sky. At first, the mysterious 'sky-stone' seems to bring good luck, healing a lame boy & guaranteeing a good catch of furs. But violence & murder soon follow in fortune's wake as the villagers fight & struggle among themselves to get control of the precious stone. Over the next six hundred years, the Sky-Stone falls into the hands of crusading knights, the wicked Sheriff of Devon, a group of radical young kabalists, the dying King Henry III & a band of travelling players. Each time, the stone brings treachery, discord & violent death to those who seek to possess it. ...

1067. In the desolate wastes of Greenl&, a band of hunters stumble across a strangely-shaped stone which has fallen from the sky. At first, the mysterious 'sky-stone' seems to bring good luck. But the villagers are soon cursed with violence & murder as they fight to gain control of the precious object. Over the next six hundred years, the Sky-Stone will fall into the hands of crusading knights, a wicked manor-lord of Devon, a group of radical young kabalists, the dying King Henry III & a band of travelling players. But treachery, discord & violent death follow for all who seek to possess it. ...

FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT OF SCOTT MARIANI'S NEW NOVEL, THE ARMADA LEGACY In the seventh bestselling Ben Hope conspiracy thriller, the action shoots back in time to the days of Jesus Christ
- & a buried secret that has staggering implications for the world as we know it... Returning to the UK to try to sort out his stormy personal life, Ben runs into two old friends. Simeon & Michaela were once his fellow students at Oxford
- now they are The Reverend & Mrs Arundel. Ben senses that Simeon is deeply troubled & frightened, but before the truth can emerge about his secretive research project concerning a mysterious, ancient 'sacred sword', both he & Michaela are killed out in a devastating road crash. Convinced that his friends' deaths were no accident, Ben is propelled on a global quest from the UK to France, the Holy Land & America to unlock the enigma of the sacred sword. At every step, he is pursued by ruthless agents of the sinister organisation that will stop at nothing to acquire it. In the course of his investigations, Ben will discover an incredible secret, not just about the history of Christianity but about his own past.. .

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The Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged ten, having been abused, victimised & rejected by her family. Donna had been in foster care with her two young brothers for three weeks when she is abruptly moved to Cathy's. When Donna arrives she is silent, withdrawn & walks with her shoulders hunched forward & her head down. Donna is clearly a very haunted child & refuses to interact with Cathy's children Adrian & Paula. After patience & encouragement from Cathy, Donna slowly starts to talk & tells Cathy that she blames herself for her & her brothers being placed in care. The social services were aware that Donna & her brothers had been neglected by their alcoholic mother, but no one realised the extent of the abuse they were forced to suffer. The truth of the physical torment she was put through slowly emerges, & as Donna grows to trust Cathy she tells her how her mother used to make her wash herself with wire wool so that she could get rid of her skin colour as her mother was so ashamed that Donna was mixed race. The psychological wounds caused by the bullying she received also start to resurface when Donna starts reenacting the ways she was treated at home by hitting & bullying Paula, so much so that Cathy can't let Donna out of her sight. As the pressure begins to mount on Cathy to help this child, things start to get worse & Donna begins behaving in erratic ways, trashing her bedroom & being regularly abusive towards Cathy's children. Cathy begins to wonder if she can find a way to help this child or if Donna's scars run too deep. ...

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 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... ...

The Saints Miscellany is essential reading for any Southampton fan.

Packed full of Saints facts, stats, trivia & anecdotes,

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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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