Sit back relax & allow Hans Christian Asbosen to tell you fantastical stories of far-away lands. Once upon a time there were... Hansel & Courtney & their trail of Wotsits Jack & the Weedstalk Snow White & the Seven Dads & Bling-erella. Not quite as traditional as first glance might suggest these hilarious reworkings of traditional classics are a wonderfully acerbic look at todays society. The Asbo Fairy Tales" are fantastically packaged to resemble a traditional book of fairy stories with great comic illustrations of the unique characters. Theres " Little Red Riding Hoodie" the " Crack Piper of Camden" mistakenly enlisted to rid London of its rats & " Sleep-In Beauty" who is cursed with an addiction to fairydust. " The ASBO Fairy Tales" will be the essential Christmas gift for 2008." ...

Wendy Everly can barely remember what it was like to feel like a normal girl. She'd wished for her life to be different but everything is so much more complicated than she'd expected. & she certainly hadn't dreamt she'd be getting married at eighteen to a man she didn't love
- all for the sake of duty. As the big day approaches Wendy can't stop thinking about two different men
- & neither of them are her husb&-to-be. Finn
- quiet strong & determined to do what's right & Loki
- dark & seductive a sworn enemy who once saved her life. With all-out war just days away Wendy needs to act quickly if she is to save her friends & family. But while her loyalties & duties are to her people deeper passions are leading her elsewhere. & as her worlds collide Wendy must sacrifice everything she loves to save them. But will it be enough? ' Generated an excitement not felt in the industry since Stephenie Meyer or perhaps even J. K. Rowling' New York Times 'A fast-paced romance.. .addictive' Guardian on Switched ' Drew me in & kept me hooked...cracking pace' Sunday Express on Switched



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By popular demand Doreen Virtue has created a beautiful deck of cards based on her best-selling book Archangels & Ascended Masters". The deck

Includes:: gorgeous paintings of 44 male & female cross-cultural deities such as Ganesha Merlin Saint-Germain Apollo Pallas Athena White Buffalo Calf Woman Jesus Moses Yogananda Green Man & Kuthumi. The enclosed guidebook gives expanded explanations of each card's meaning & a brief history of each ascended master. As with each of Doreen's oracle-card decks the messages for each card are positive accurate & life-affirming."

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' This is the story of how on 29 May 1953 two men both endowed with outstanding stamina & skill reached the top of Everest & came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. ' Yet this will not be the whole story for the ascent of Everest was not the work of one day nor even of those few anxious unforgettable weeks in which we prepared & climbed this summer. It is in fact a tale of sustained & tenacious endeavour by many over a long period of time... We of the 1953 Everest Expedition are proud to share the glory with our predecessors.' Sir John Hunt ...

Ash is James Herbert's most controversial novel to date & will make you wonder what is fact & what is fiction. They were miscreants with black souls roaming the corridors & passageways. Infamous people thought long-deceased. Hiding & nurturing their evil in a basement full of secrets so shocking they would shake the world if they were ever revealed. David Ash ghost hunter & parapychologist arrives at Comraich Castle -- a desolate ancient place with a dark heart -- to investigate a series of disturbing events. An incorporeal power has been ignited by a long-ago curse fed & now unleashed by the evil of those who once inhabited this supposed sanctuary -- & by some who still do. Yet their hour of retribution is at hand.. . ...

Ash is James Herbert's most controversial novel to date & will make you wonder what is fact & what is fiction. They were miscreants with black souls roaming the corridors & passageways. Infamous people thought long-deceased. Hiding & nurturing their evil in a basement full of secrets so shocking they would shake the world if they were ever revealed. David Ash ghost hunter & parapychologist arrives at Comraich Castle -- a desolate ancient place with a dark heart -- to investigate a series of disturbing events. An incorporeal power has been ignited by a long-ago curse fed & now unleashed by the evil of those who once inhabited this supposed sanctuary -- & by some who still do. Yet their hour of retribution is at hand.. . ...

In the world of ASH fairies are an older race of people who walk the line between life & death reality & magic. As orphaned Ash grows up a servant in her stepmother's home she begans to realise that her beloved mother Elinor was very much in tune with these underworld folk & that she herself has the power to see them too. Against the sheer misery of her stepmother's cruelty greed & ambition in preparing her two charmless daughters for presentation at court & hopefully Royal or aristocratic marriage Ash befriends one of these fairies-a mysterious handsome man-who grants her wishes & restores hope to Ash's existence even though she knows there will be a price to pay. But most important of all she also meets Kaisa a huntress employed by the king & it is Kaisa who truly awakens Ash's desires for both love & self-respect... Ash escapes a life with her grim & self-serving stepmother & finds her beloved one...ASH is a fairy tale about possibility & recognizing the opportunities for change. From the deepest grief comes the chance for transformation. ...

With her mother dead & her father away the Ash Girl lives huddled deep in the protection of the ashes with her stepmother & two stepsisters. When an invitation to the Ball addressed to all the daughters of the house arrives from Prince Amir Ashie can't believe that she can go too. ...

Breathtaking action adventure for 8 to 12-year-olds. Ash Mistry reluctant hero faces ancient demons...and comes into an astonishing magical inheritance. Varanasi: holy city of the Ganges. In this land of ancient temples incense & snake charmers... Where the monsters & heroes of the past come to life... One slightly geeky boy from our time...IS GOING TO KICK SOME DEMON ASS. Ash Mistry hates India. Which is a problem since his uncle has brought him & his annoying younger sister Lucky there to take up a dream job with the mysterious Lord Savage. But Ash immediately suspects something is very wrong with the eccentric millionaire. Soon Ash finds himself in a desperate battle to stop Savages masterplan
- the opening of the Iron Gates that have kept Ravana the demon king at bay for four millennia...
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