Carmilla Queen of the Night is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago's Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery they stumble on an actual corpse a man stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. The girls include daughters of some of Chicago's most powerful families: the grandfather of one Chaim Salanter is one of the world's wealthiest men; the mother of another Sophy Durango is the Illinois Democratic candidate for Senate. For V.I. Warshawski the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to a hostile media campaign against Sophy Durango? Or to Chaim Salanter's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V.I. struggles for answers she finds herself fighting enemies who are all too human. ...

When she revisited always with astonishment what had happened to her it was the deliberate breaking of her fingers that remained indelibly printed on her memory.. . Twelve hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore her traumatized three-year-old daughter is discovered twenty miles away wandering the streets of Poole. But why was Kate killed & her daughter a witness allowed to live? & why weren't they together? More curiously why had Kate willingly boarded a boat when she had a terror of drowning at sea? Police suspicion centres on both a young actor whose sailing boat is moored just yards from where the toddler is found & the murdered woman's husb&. Was he really in Liverpool the night she died? & why does their daughter scream in terror every time he tries to pick her up? ...

When Darcy Mc Call loses her beloved Aunt Molly she doesn't expect any sort of inheritance
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Sadie is fourteen years old & unhappy at school. Her dad died four years ago & she lives alone with her mum in their seaside bed & breakfast. Her mum thinks Sadie doesnt try hard enough at anything she does & her teachers think shes bone idle. As for Sadie herself
- she cant believe that shes any good at anything even though she tries so hard. Suddenly her mum becomes seriously ill & has to go into hospital. Sadies Aunt Leona is supposed to take care of the business until shes well but it doesnt quite work out that way...and before she knows it Sadie is left on her own in charge. How will she cope without her school finding out? Or her mum realising that something is wrong? Marcus the techno-geek from next door tries to help as does her clever best friend Milly but ultimately it is Sadie who is put to the test as she copes with more than she ever thought possible. Hilarious moving & poignant this is a wonderful story about a girl who overcomes all odds & achieves success in more ways than one.
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Truman Capotes dazzling New York novel Breakfast at Tiffanys" that inspired the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. What Ive found does the most good is just to get into a taxi & go to Tiffanys. It calms me down right away the quietness & the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there not with those kind men in their nice suits... Meet Holly Golightly
- a free spirited lop-sided romantic girl about town. With her tousled blond hair & upturned nose dark glasses & chic black dresses Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties & she plays hostess to millionaires & gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate dream
- to find a real life place like Tiffanys that makes her feel at home. Full of sharp wit & exuberant larger-than-life characters which vividly capture the restless madcap era of 1940s New York " Breakfast at Tiffanys" will make you fall in love perhaps for the first time with a book. "A master writer.. .makes the heart sing & the narrative fly". (" The New York Times"). " The most romantic story ever written". (Alex James " Guardian"). " One of the centurys greatest storytellers". (" Independent on Sunday"). Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925. By the age of fourteen he had already started writing short stories some of which were published. After leaving school at fifteen he worked for the New Yorker his first
- & last
- regular job. Following this Capote spent two years on a Louisiana farm where he wrote " Other Voices Other Rooms" (1948). He lived at one time or another in Greece Italy Africa & the West Indies & travelled in Russia & the Orient. Capote is the author of many highly acclaimed books including "A Tree of Night & Other Stories" (1949) " The Grass Harp" (1951) " Breakfast at Tiffanys" (1958) " In Cold Blood" (1965) which immediately became the centre of a storm of controversy on its publication " Music for Chameleons" (1980) & " Answered Prayers" (1986). Truman Capote died in 1984."



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Holly Golightly was undoubtedly the role that made Audrey Hepburn a movie icon. Dressed by Hubert de Givenchy & holding the infamous cigarette holder she played her most memorable part in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Adapted from the Truman Capote novella of the same name the inspired cast took the screenplay & fashioned it into the touching comedy of a young woman finding her way in the world. 2011 is the 50th anniversary of the release of Breakfast at Tiffany's & this lavish book pays tribute to its ongoing popularity. The only official companion to be published in association with Paramount Pictures & the Audrey Hepburn estate it

Includes:: favourite images from the film as well as unpublished behind the scenes footage from the Paramount archives stories from the set & a history of the screenplay since the hugely popular film. A celebration of a timeless classic this is the perfect book for any fan of Hepburn or 1960s film-making.

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When it comes to the most important meal of the day this is the book to end all books a delectable selection of recipes advice illustrations & miscellany. The recipes in the robust volume begin with the iconic full English
- which can mean anything as long as there are eggs bacon sausages mushrooms tomatoes black pudding bread potatoes & beans involved
- before moving confidently on to more exotic fare such as kedgeree omelette Arnold Bennett waffles American muffins porridge roast peaches channa masala from India borek from the Balkans & paes de queijo from South America. There are also useful tips like the top songs for boiling an egg to & how to store mushrooms. Interspersing the practicalities of putting a good breakfast together are essays & miscellanies from a crack team of eggsperts. Among them are H.P. Seuss Blake Pudding Poppy Tartt & Malcolm Eggs who offer their musings on such varied topics as forgotten breakfast cereals of the 1980s famous last breakfasts & Freud's famous Breakfast Dream. Whether you are a cereal purist a dedicated fan of eggs & bacon or a breakfast-aficionado with a world view The Breakfast Bible is the most important book of the day.

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The appeal of a lovingly made satisfying breakfast has never been higher. It's the best meal of the day
- & can be made at any
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In a frolic of cartoon & comic outbursts against rule & reason a miraculous weaving of science fiction memoir parable fairy tale & farce Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene. ...

Forget the Ryder Cup forget Rory Mc Ilroy forget keeping your head still & correcting your putting stance. Forget eagles & albatrosses & definitely forget holes-in-one. David Godwin has a dream the same dream held by millions of amateur golfers. Hes not aiming to break on to the pro circuit hes not aiming to break par. David Godwin is going to break 80. Or its going to break him. Written with humour & charm Breaking 80" is a book for those who recognise all too well the pleasure of a sweetly struck seven iron to within a few feet of the pin followed by the agonizing fury of a three-putt back & forth across the cup." ...