An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road & into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination & allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. ...

After inspiring a Tony-award winning hit musical & selling over 2 million copies worldwide, enter the world of Wicked by Gregory Maguire & experience a wonderful world of imagination & allegory. Dorothy's triumph over the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was only one side of the story. But what of her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Long before Dorothy is spirited away to the world of Oz, a girl named Elphaba is born with emerald-green skin, who will one day grow up to become the infamous witch. Elphaba is smart, pricklyand most of all misunderstood, challenging all our preconcieved ideas about the nature of good & evil. Then revisit Oz in the sequel to Wicked, Son of a Witch, taking place after Dorothy has clicked her heels together & headed home to live happily ever after. A happy ending for everyone but Liir. Bruised & comatose & revived by a silent novice at the cloister of Saint Glinda. What dark force has left Liir in this condition? Is he really the Wicked Witch's son? He has her broom & her cape
- but what of her powers? In an Oz that is under new management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up? Two magical books bringing together a vivid world for the whole family to enjoy in this masterful retelling from Gregory Maguire.
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The book sets the scene for debating the key challenges facing current & future generations, & sets possible agendas for how leaders, & potential leaders, can solve challenges through the wise application of multi-tiered multi-channel, multi-organizational intervention lead in a highly developed, enlightened, & selfless way. ...

Did you know there are zombie bugs that not only eat other bugs but also inhabit & control their bodies?

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A man controlled by his desires... Infamous for his wild, sensual needs, Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, is searching for a savage killer in St. Giles, London's most notorious slum. Widowed Temperance Dews knows St. Giles like the back of her hand
- she's spent a lifetime caring for its inhabitants at the foundling home her family established. Now that home is at risk... A woman haunted by her past... Caire makes a simple offer
- in return for Temperance's help navigating the perilous alleys of St. Giles, he will introduce her to London's high society so that she can find a benefactor for the home. But Temperance may not be the innocent she seems, & what begins as cold calculation soon falls prey to a passion that neither can control
- one that may well destroy them both. A bargain neither could refuse.


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This is the third & final book in the stunning series of exclusive manga stories from Melissa Marr, set in the same seductive ...

Eighteen-year-old Anne has always been jealous of her attractive & successful older sister, Haley. Feeling second best is something she has grown used to. But when a handsome young man rejects her advances & takes a shine to Haley instead, it is one humiliation too many. Seething with envy, Anne decides to take revenge the only way she knows how
- by using her young body & sexual charms to destroy Haley's relationship. Before long behaving wickedly becomes an obsession & Anne relishes the rewards her promiscuous behaviour brings her. Prepared to go to any extreme to trump her sister, Anne makes plans to seduce Haley's future husband on the night before the wedding. The size of this book is 17.7cm in height & 10.8cm wide with 249 pages Show More Show Less
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Whispers... rumours... & none of them true, but Connal Delaney cannot escape or explain. If all of County Kildare thinks of him as a scoundrel & seducer, there is nothing the handsome horse trainer can do but endure his loneliness. Then Connal's hard-won peace is shattered by the unexpected arrival of Bethany Doyle. ...

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glinting red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a climbing plant that strangles; & a leaf that triggered a war.

Bestselling author Amy Stewart takes on two hundred of Mother Natures most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate & otherwise offend.

Menacing botanical illustrations render a ghastly portrait of evildoers that may be lurking in your back (or front) garden.

Drawing on history, medicine, science & legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, enlighten & alarm even the most intrepid gardeners & nature lovers.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781604691276
• Author: Amy Stewart
• Publisher: Timber Press
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 233
• Dimensions: 18.5 x 14.5 x 2.5cm













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Read by Richard Ferrone. Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work & all too close to home, in the superlative thriller by the number-one New York Times-bestselling author. The Republicans are coming to St. Paul for their convention. Throwing a big party is supposed to be fun, but crashing the party are a few hard cases the police would rather stayed away. Chief among them is a crew of professional stick-up men who've spotted several lucrative opportunities, ranging from political moneymen with briefcases full of cash to that convention hotel with the weakness in its security system. All that's headache enough for Lucas Davenport
- but what's about to hit him is even worse. A while back, a stray bullet put a pimp & petty thief into a wheelchair, & ever since, the man has been nursing his grudge into a full head of psychotic steam. He blames Davenport for the bullet, but it's no fun just shooting him. That wouldn't be painful enough. Not when Davenport has a pretty 14 year old adopted daughter whom he can target instead. & then there's the young man with the 50-caliber sniper rifle & the right-wing crazy background, roaming through a city filled with the most powerful politicians on earth...
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