ABSOLUTE FRIENDS is a superbly paced novel spanning fifty-six years a theatrical masterstroke of tragi-comic writing & a savage fable of our times almost of our hours. The friends of the title are Ted Mundy British soldier's son born 1947 in a shining new independent Pakistan & Sasha refugee son of an East German Lutheran pastor & his wife who have sought sanctuary in the West. The two men meet first as students in riot-torn West Berlin of the late Sixties again in the grimy looking-glass of Cold War espionage & most terribly in today's unipolar world of terror counter-terror & the war of lies. Deriving its scale from A PERFECT SPY & its passion from THE CONSTANT GARDENER le Carr?'s new novel presents us with magical writing characters to delight & a spellbinding story that enchants even as it challenges. ...

Jack Absolute is returning to Engl&. On the voyage home Jack helps in the defeat of a privateer gaining a friend in a charismatic Irishman Red Hugh Mc Clune along with a large share of the prize money & a nasty dose of cholera. Saved by Red Hugh Jack convalesces in Bath where he falls in love with the mans beautiful cousin Laetitia. But things are not as they seem tragedy strikes & Jack escapes with his life but loses something more important to him: his honour. From an assassination attempt on King George to espionage at the Jacobite Court in Rome through betrayal mutiny cavalry charges & duels Jack seeks to restore that honour
- with a consequence he could not have foreseen & a price to be paid in blood.. .
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A dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages the third part of a quintet richly illustrated by the author. The Abarat:a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-five islands
- one for each hour of the day plus an island out of time. Candy Quackenbush escaping her dull dull life from the most boring place in our world Chickentown USA finds that in the Abarat she has another existence entirely one which links her to marvels & mysteries; & even to murder... In this the third volume in Clive Barker's extraordinary fantasy for both adults & children Candy's adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more strange by the Hour. Christopher Carrion the Lord of Midnight has sent his henchmen to capture her. Why? she wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? & why is Candy beginning to feel that the world of the Abarat is familiar to her? Why can she speak words of magic she doesn't even remember learning? There is a mystery here. & Carrion along with his fiendish grandmother Mater Motley suspects that whatever Candy is she could spoil his plans to take control of the Abarat. Now Candy's companions must race against time to save her from the clutches of Carrion & she must solve the mystery of her past before the forces of Night & Day clash & Absolute Midnight descends upon the islands. A final war is about to begin. & Candy is going to need to make some choices that will change her life forever...
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A dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages the third part of a quintet appearing at two yearly intervals richly illustrated by the author. The Abarat:a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-five islands -- one for each hour of the day plus an island out of time. Candy Quackenbush escaping her dull dull life from the most boring place in our world Chickentown USA finds that in the Abarat she has another existence entirely one which links her to marvels & mysteries; & even to murder! In this the third volume in Clive Barkers extraordinary fantasy for both adults & children Candys adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more strange by the Hour. Christopher Carrion the Lord of Midnight has sent his henchmen to capture her. Why? she wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? & why is Candy beginning to feel that the world of the Abarat is familiar to her? Why can she speak words of magic she doesnt even remember learning? There is a mystery here. & Carrion along with his fiendish grandmother Mater Motley suspects that whatever Candy is she could spoil his plans to take control of the Abarat. Now Candys companions must race against time to save her from the clutches of Carrion & she must solve the mystery of her past before the forces of Night & Day clash & Absolute Midnight descends upon the islands. A final war is about to begin. & Candy is going to need to make some choices that will change her life forever! ...

Accomplished & amazing
- one of the hottest reads around DAILY MAIL Set in Washington D.C. this fascinating thriller of unparalleled
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Written by Neil Gaiman Art by Various Cover by Dave Mc Kean The third volume collecting Neil Gaimans seminal award-winning series starring the Dream King in deluxe format. ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 3 presents several key SANDMAN tales in a slipcased hardcover edition including Brief Lives " in which the Sandmans sister Delirium prevails upon her older brother to help her find their missing sibling Destruction. But their journey through the Waking World has dramatic repercussions for their family & also for the relationship between the Sandman & his wayward son Orpheus. Also included is the spectacular short story " Ramadan " a tale of a young king of ancient Baghdad & the deal he strikes with The Sandman to grant his city immortality with spectacular illustrations by P. Craig Russell (Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde The Jungle Book). Never-before-collected bonus features include pin-up pages from galleries in THE SANDMAN 50 & SANDMAN SPECIAL 1 the Desire story from VERTIGO: WINTERS EDGE 3 THE ENDLESS GALLERY 1 script & thumbnails from THE SANDMAN 50 & a section on the Endless retail products (poster statues t-shirts Little Endless & more)! Plus an introduction by artist Jill Thompson. Advance-solicited; on sale May 28
- 8.25" x 12.5"
- 616 pages FC"

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The massive multilayered city of Neopolis built shortly after World War II was designed as a home for the expanding population of science-heroes heroines & villains that had ballooned into existance in the previous decade. Bringing these powered beings together solved some problems but created others
- turning Neopolis into a pressure cooker that normal policing methods could never contain. Join rookie cop Robyn Singer alter ego Toybox " as she hits the streets for the first time along with a colorful crew of fellow officers each having the required training to deal with science-villains & super-crimes. Youll never look at powers or police work the same way again!"
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Disaster! Jess tried to hide her horror. Her mum frowned. ' What's wrong sweetheart? It's what you've always wanted!' Jess's mum has finally given in & arranged a trip to see Jess's dad. But this is so the wrong moment: Jess has just got it together with Fred & in an incredibly romantic way he has scraped money together to get them both tickets to the hottest music festival.. .but instead Jess is going on a road trip with her mum & her grandmother (and her grandfather but he doesn't quite count as he is ashes in an urn). Jess is keen to keep in touch with Fred by text while she is away but after a while he just stops responding. & her best friend Flora is now going to the exact same music festival Jess was supposed to go to! Jess can't help her paranoia about Fred working overtime. If Jess isn't careful her worries are going to completely spoil her much-wanted visit to her dad. But when she gets there it turns out that everybody has a surprise for each other. Needless to say some work out better than others.. . In this sequel Sue Limb has surpassed herself. The writing is still fresh funny & effervescent but at the same time Sue has captured the difficult prickly but above all loving relationship between a daughter & her parents. ...

Joanna Lumley is one of Britains undisputed national treasures an English actress voiceover artist & author best known for her roles in the British television series ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS portraying Edina Monsoons best friend Patsy Stone as well as parts in THE NEW AVENGERS & SAPPHIRE & STEEL. A former model & Bond girl her distinctive voice has been supplied for animated characters film narration & AOLs Youve got mail" notification in the UK. She has spoken out as a human rights activist for Survival International & the recent Gurkha Justice Campaign & is now considered a national treasure of Nepal as well as the UK because of her support. She is also an advocate for a huge number of charities. She has won two BAFTA awards but it is the sheer diversity of her life that has made her so compelling a personality
- early years in Kashmir & Malaya growing up in Kent then a photographic model before becoming an actress appearing in a huge range of roles whether it is the Nimble bread TV ad movies like ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE dramas like SENSITIVE SKIN & documentaries on the Northern Lights Bhutan & the Nile & of course as the unforgettable Patsy in ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS or as Purdy in THE NEW AVENGERS where her plummy vowels & upper-class demeanour has made her one of our most recognisable actors."
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The world of dog ownership in Britain has always attracted a good number of enthusiasts
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