In this landmark series literary"ations legend Fred Metcalf builds on the success of his bestselling series of"ations books for Penguin to produce classic far-ranging volumes of humorous"es on just about every subject you will ever need. This amazing new series is a must-have for every bookshelf. ...

Turned into a vampire against her will Merit found her way into the dark circle of Chicagos vampire underground where she learned there was more to supernaturals than met the eye & more supernaturals than the public ever imagined. & not all the secrets she learned were for sharing
- among humans or inhumans. Now Merit is on the hunt charging across the stark American Midwest tailing a rogue supernatural intent on stealing an ancient artefact that could unleash catastrophic evil on the world. But Merit is also the prey. An enemy of Chicagoland is hunting her & hell stop at nothing to get the book for himself. No mercy allowed. No rules apply. No lives spared. The race is on.
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Ive been fighting it all night. Im going to lose.. . Nature wins out. It always does. Elena Michaels didnt know that her lover Clay was a werewolf until he bit her changing her life forever. Betrayed & furious she cannot accept her transformation & wants nothing to do with her Pack
- a charismatic group of fellow werewolves who say they want to help. When a series of brutal murders threatens the Pack
- & Clay
- Elena is forced to make an impossible choice. Abandon the only people who truly understand her new nature or help them to save the lover who ruined her life & who still wants her back at any cost.


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Blind dates can be bad but Sarah Dearlys date is a true contender for worst ever. His neck nibbling didnt just leave a bruise; it turns her into a vampire -- & the newest target for a pack of zealot vampire hunters. With her date now their latest victim Sarah runs for her immortal life -- straight into Thierry de Bennicoeur a master vampire who is just a wee bit suicidal. Thierry cant resist a damsel in distress & agrees to teach Sarah how to live the vampire life if shell help him end his own. But as it turns out Sarah may be his best reason for living. ...

Now that the threat to the vampires of Morganville has been defeated the gravest danger to the human residents is the enemy within.. . For years the human & vampire residents of Morganville have managed to coexist in peace. But thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug the vampires of Morganville have now been freed of their usual constraints. With the vampires indulging their every whim the town's human population is determined to hold on to their lives by taking up arms. College student Claire Danvers with ties to both humans & vampires isn't about to take sides. To make matters worse a television show comes to Morganville searching for ghosts just as vampire & human politics collide. Now Claire & her friends have to figure out how to keep the peace without ending up on the nightly news.. .or worse. ...

In July 2007 Zimbabwe's worsening economy saw inflation skyrocket to 7 634 per cent deepening the already chronic food shortages in a country where only one in five of the adult population is in employment. Months later on 20 November 2007 Ian Smith the former Prime Minister of Rhodesia died leaving behind him a lifetime of resistance to black majority rule & the dangers that he believed it would bring to his country. Ian Smith was a man with the ability to excite powerful emotions in all who heard his name. To those who still revere his memory he was a hero a mighty leader a man whose formidable integrity led him into head-to-head confrontation with the Labour Government of Britain in the 1960s. To others he was & remains a demon a reactionary whose intransigence long delayed majority rule in an important corner of Africa. The last decades of the twentieth century & the first years of the new millennium have seen Zimbabwe spiral into a chaos of violence & towards the brink of economic collapse prompting many to reappraise Smith's role & the prescience of his actions. In this revealing & important historical document Ian Smith charts the rise & fall of a once-great nation. He tells the remarkable story behind the signing of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence as well as the excesses of power that Mugabe has used to create the virtual dictatorship which exists in Zimbabwe today. ...

This is not a political book but simple a somewhat impressionistic study of the moods & atmospheres of Cyprus during the troubled years 1953-6." So wrote Lawrence Durrell in the preface to Bitter Lemons. Durrell who lived abroad for much of his life brilliantly captures the romance beauty excitement & sadness of the island & the lives of the people of Bellapaix where he bought a house. In a compelling & atmospheric account beautifully suited to the Spoken Word medium Durrell charts affectionately the romances & relationships of the many characters he befriended there. " Bitter Lemons of Cyprus" is both an evocative & memorable picture of village life & a social & historical document of a lost community. Written during the gradual uprising of the Greek Cypriots who wanted union with Greece Durrell observes the people's struggles on an intimate & personal level. Sadly some fifty years later the Cypriot situation remains unresolved. The reader Andrew Sachs is one of Britain's best-loved actors famous for playing the role of Manuel in Fawlty Towers." ...

Consuelo is sixteen heavily pregnant & married to an unemployed gangster. The last thing she needs is a negligent doctor. When she is rushed into the Friendship private hospital the staff are reluctant to treat her. Fortunately she has Vic Warshawski family friend & ex-lawyer with her. But Consuelo & her baby are the tragic victims of a system so corrupt that it pays her husband to keep quiet. Anyone who can discover anything about the unorthodox dealings of the Friendship is in danger. & Vic's investigations are just about to begin.. . ...

The year is 1939. Raybould Marsh & other members of British Intelligence have gathered to watch a damaged reel of film in a darkened room. It appears to show German troops walking through walls bursting into flames & hurling tanks into the air from afar. If the British are to believe their eyes a twisted Nazi scientist has been endowing German troops with unnatural unstoppable powers. & Raybould will be forced to resort to dark methods to hold the impending invasion at bay. But dealing with the occult exacts a price. & that price must be paid in blood. Ian Tregillis Bitter Seeds is a chilling masterpiece
- a tale of a twentieth century like our own & also profoundly different.
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Glasgow's melting. The temperature is rising & so is the murder rate. Douglas Brodie ex-policeman ex-soldier & now newest reporter on the Glasgow Gazette has no shortage of material for his crime column. But even Brodie balks at his latest subject: a rapist who has been tarred & feathered by a balaclava-clad group. Brodie soon discovers a link between this horrific act & a series of brutal beatings. As violence spreads & the body count rises Brodie & advocate Samantha Campbell are entangled in a web of deception & savagery. Brodie is swamped with stories for the Gazette. But how long before he & Sam become the headline?"" ...