It seems that (un)life is going pretty well for Zoey Redbird. Shes settled in at the House of Night finishing school & is coming to terms with the vast powers the vampyre goddess Nyx has given her. She even has a boyfriend.. .or two. Best of all Zoey finally feels she has found somewhere she belongs. Then the unthinkable happens. Human teenagers are being killed & all the evidence points to the vampires at Zoeys school. While danger stalks the humans from Zoeys past life she begins to realise that the very powers that made her so unique might also threaten those she loves. Then when she needs her new friends the most death strikes the House of Night. Zoey finds herself facing a betrayal that could break her heart & jeopardise the very fabric of her world.
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It seems that (un)life is going pretty well for Zoey Redbird. She's settled in at the House of Night finishing school & is coming to terms with the vast powers the vampyre goddess Nyx has given her. She even has a boyfriend.. .or two. Best of all Zoey finally feels she has found somewhere she belongs. Then the unthinkable happens. Human teenagers are being killed & all the evidence points to the vampires at Zoey's school. While danger stalks the humans from Zoey's past life she begins to realise that the very powers that made her so unique might also threaten those she loves. Then when she needs her new friends the most death strikes the House of Night. Zoey finds herself facing a betrayal that could break her heart & jeopardise the very fabric of her world.
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When Sydney Chaplin left D.C. nine years ago for college she vowed never to return. But when her sister is found brutally murdered she finds herself drawn once again into the shadowy web of her wealthy powerful family. Joined by Washington detectives Jack Cassian & Darius Train & driven by her need to know the truth about her sisters death Sydney will risk everything
- her life & her familys future
- to find the answers. From the gritty streets & crack dens of the Districts inner city to the smart country clubs & gilded offices of the nations political elite Sydney Cassian & Train must slip deep into a labyrinth of money power & deceit to uncover a decades-old conspiracy that could rock the nation.

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Rosie was a beautiful young actress when she fell in love with Johnny Mullins the notorious London gangster. But their married life was far from what she had hoped it would be & was marred by drug abuse & violence. After Johnny was arrested & sentenced to eighteen years it became clear that their relationship was doomed to fail. Now years later & for the first time life is finally looking up for Rosie Mullins. She has confronted her jealous husband & told him that she wants out her acting career has taken off & she has fallen into a new relationship with a top TV executive. But all too quickly she finds that Johnnys influence extends far beyond the prison walls that contain him. To make matters worse his intensely loyal twin brother Mad Dog Eddie is proving to be every bit as dangerous as her husb&. ...

Based in Stepney this book is set on a rough & ready council estate in the heart of London's East End. A story that starts in 1975 ends in 2005 it tells the trials & tribulations of the Hutton family. Maureen
- the gutsy mum separated from her alcoholic husband she scrimps & saves for years to bring up her children & instil life's good values in them. She tries her utmost but with only moderate success. Tommy the eldest son does ten years for murder. On his release he promises to go straight. The trouble is that the underworld beckons & he struggles to keep his promise. Susan the daughter unpopular & spiteful as a child she finally makes her family proud when she gets pregnant & moves in with her boyfriend. But what has she forgotten to tell him? James the youngest son. Does mummy's blue-eyed boy stay on the straight & narrow? Or does he get stuck into a life of crime just like his elder brother? Ethel
- gran & mother-in-law. A wise old owl granny could sense disaster looming all along. What a tragedy that no one would listen to her. & finally Maria the girl next door & the love of James' life. Will they? Won't they? Who knows
- because Maria holds the biggest secret of them all. Or does she?


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A LESS THAN PERFECT PRINCESS... Princess Theodora of Constantinople is to marry Duke Nikolaos General-in-Chief of the army a man chosen for her by the Emperor. An imperial princess must always do her duty: be beautiful obedient & pure. But Theodora spent ten years in exile in a barbarian l&. There once she might have forgotten protocol. Forgotten enough to have given birth to a baby in secret. As her wedding night approaches Theodora finds she wants to share her bed with the Duke except she knows shes on the verge of revealing her biggest sin... Palace Brides Beauties of Byzantium
- claimed by warriors!
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Bette Davis & Joan Crawford: two of the deadliest arch-rivals of all time. Born in the same year (though Davis swore ' Crawford is five years older than me if she's a day') the two fought bitterly throughout their long & brilliant Hollywood careers. Joan became a star first which always irked her rival who suggested her success had come via the casting couch. ' It sure as hell beats the hard cold floor' was Crawford's scathing response. According to Davis Crawford was not only a nymphomaniac but also 'vain jealous & about as stable & trustworthy as a basket of snakes'. Crawford in turn accused Davis of stealing her glory & planning to destroy her. The two rivals fought over as many men as they did parts
- when Bette fell in love with her co-star in DANGEROUS Franchot Tone Joan stepped in & married him. The women worked together only once in the classic thriller WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? in which their violent hatred of each other as rival sisters was no act.
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In interviews ranging from 1958 to 1987 Bette Davis talks about visiting England; her career as a star; the film studios attempts to change her name & image & the Hollywood film system. BBC Archive Voices: shining a light on the icons of our time. BBC Archive Voices features interviews with some of the key figures from the fields of entertainment sport politics & literature
- many of which havent been heard since their original transmission. This is a unique window into the past & is a chance for us to hear those who contributed to the richness of our cultural heritage. With access to the entire archive of BBC Radio & television we can now witness some of the most lively entertaining & informative encounters in BBC broadcasting. Due to the age & nature of this archive material the sound quality may vary.
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Begos biography of the Divine Miss M covers the singer & actresss life from her early years in Hawaii where she was born to her current standing among the entertainment elite. Midlers career as a brassy & bawdy nightclub act moved up a rung when her cover of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy entered the Top Ten in 1972. By 1979 she had earned an Oscar nomination & a Grammy for her contributions to the film The Rose. Since then she has won over audiences with her performances in Down & Out in Beverly Hills Ruthless People Beaches & The First Wives Club & earned a second Oscar nomination for For the Boys. As a singer shes scored successes with From a Distance & the number one single Wind Beneath My Wings. Fans of this all-around entertainer who continues to appear in films & record music will find that Bette Midler is the authoritative resource on the stars life. ...

The struggle to perform well is universal but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions & best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. His vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq to a polio outbreak in India & to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections examines the influence of money on modern medicine & recounts the astoundingly contentious history of h&-washing. Finally he gives a brutally honest insight into life as a practising surgeon. Unflinching but compassionate Gawande's investigation into medical professionals & their progression from good to great provides a detailed blueprint for success that can be used by everyone. ...