Tony Freeman rescued Mersiha when she was fighting for her life in war-torn Yugoslavia. Now she is his adopted daughter the perfect all-American girl & the past is another country. Or so it seems. But Mersiha has been trained to kill. & when she discovers that Freeman's company is subject to a sinister takeover bid she decides to help. Whatever the risks. The consequences of her actions are lethal for Mersiha has unearthed a conspiracy of terrifying proportions.. . ...

With just two exceptions these 88 poems in the form of a narrative are addressed to Sylvia Plath the American poet to whom Ted Hughes was married. They were written over a period of more than 25 years the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Intimate & candid they cover the whole period of their relationship from the first meeting to the aftermath of Plath's death but are largely concerned with the psychological drama that led to the writing of her finest poems & to her death. ...

Its late spring of 1990 & a love affair is flourishing: between Ivor Tesham a thirty-three year old rising star of Margaret Thatchers Conservative government & Hebe Furnal a stunning North London housewife stuck in a dull marriage. What excitement Hebe lacks at home however is amply compensated for by the well-bred & intensely attractive Tesham
- an ardent womanizer & ambitious politican. On the eve of her twenty-eighth birthday Tesham decides to give Hebe a present to remember: something far more memorable than say the costly string of pearls hes already lavished upon her. Involving a fashionable new practice known as adventure sex a man arranges for his unsuspecting but otherwise willing girlfriend to be snatched from the street bound & gagged & delivered to him at a mutually agreed venue.. . Set amidst an age of IRA bombings the first Gulf War & sleazy politics The Birthday Present" is the gripping story of a fall from grace & of a man who carries within him all the hypocrisy greed & self-obsession of a troubled era."
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Alfie cant wait to turn seven like his friend Tim but something strange is happening. When on his birthday under the light of the full moon he sprouts fur grows fangs & develops a wolfish appetite its clear hes doing more than turning seven
- hes turning into a WEREWOLF! But its not all bad
- now Alfies great at gym has the guts to stand up to the school bully & is invited to parties. Maybe being a werewolf isnt so bad after all?

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The Number One bestselling crime thriller from the award-winning Stuart Mac Bride. A bloody brilliant & brutal story of murder kidnap & revenge. Detective Constable Ash Henderson has a dark secret... Five years ago his daughter Rebecca went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthday. A year later the first card arrived: home-made with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front
- Rebecca strapped to a chair gagged & terrified. Every year another card: each one worse than the last. The tabloids call him The Birthday Boy. Hes been snatching girls for twelve years always in the run-up to their thirteenth birthday sending the families his home-made cards showing their daughters being slowly tortured to death. But Ash hasnt told anyone about Rebeccas birthday cards
- they all think shes just run away from home
- because if anyone finds out hell be taken off the investigation. & hes sacrificed too much to give up before his daughters killer gets what he deserves...


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When Conrad Harrison impulse-buys a big old house in Wisconsin his wife Jo doesn't share his enthusiasm reluctant at the idea of leaving their LA life
- so Conrad is left to set up their new home as she ties up loose ends at work. But Conrad's new purchase is not all that it seems. Soon Conrad is hearing the ghostly wailing of a baby in the night seeing blood on the floor & being haunted by a woman who looks exactly like Jo. With his wife away Conrad becomes obsessed by the pregnant girl next door Nadia who claims to be a victim of the evil in the house. The crying leads him to a bricked-up body & the mystery of the Birthing House unravels pulling in Jo Nadia & leading Conrad to a nightmarish conclusion...
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IN THE ENCLAVE YOUR SCARS SET YOU APART & the newly born will change the future. In the future in a world baked dry by the harsh sun there are those who live inside the walled Enclave & those like sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone who live outside. Following in her mothers footsteps Gaia has become a midwife delivering babies in the world outside the wall & handing a"a over to be advanced" into the privileged society of the Enclave. Gaia has always believed this is her duty until the night her mother & father are arrested by the very people they so loyally serve. Now Gaia is forced to question everything she has been taught but her choice is simple: enter the world of the Enclave to rescue her parents or die trying. A stunning adventure brought to life by a memorable heroine this dystopian debut will have readers racing all the way to the dramatic finish." ...

Miranda is the iced biscuit queen. Mary Berry Miranda Gore Browne was a finalist in the hugely successful Great British Bake-Off series. She was a popular contestant throughout but it was her beautifully decorated delicious signature biscuits that won the hearts of the audience & wowed the judges. In BISCUIT Miranda presents the ultimate biscuit bible: a cookbook packed with more than 100 biscuit recipes. Ranging from classic favourites such as Bourbons jammy dodgers & Viennese whirls to delicate pistachio macaroons lemon drizzle biscuits & savoury nibbles these are recipes that celebrate the joy & simple pleasure of sitting down to a bickie & shows how easy it is to enjoy a homebaked version. Miranda will also be revealing all her tips for how to decorate wrap & box your biscuits to turn them into the perfect gift. Beautifully packaged with a stunning design & full-colour photography throughout this is set to be a must for every bakers shelf. Move over cupcakes & whoopies its time to celebrate one of lifes greatest British pleasures
- the biscuit!
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This work presents a delicious new treat from the brilliant Mini Grey creator of Egg Drop" & " The Pea & the Princess". When Horace bakes a biscuit in the shape of a bear little does he know that his edible treat is going to turn into Biscuit Bear! For in the middle of the night when all is quiet that is exactly what happens & Biscuit Bear decides that it is time he made some friends of his own. So with flour sugar & butter he does just that. In fact he makes a whole circus of friends & the fun begins." ...

When Horace bakes a biscuit in the shape of a bear little does he know that his edible treat is going to turn into Biscuit Bear! For in the middle of the night when all is quiet that is exactly what happens & Biscuit Bear decides that it is time he made some friends of his own. So with flour sugar & butter he does just that. In fact he makes a whole circus of friends & the fun begins. ...