Acclaimed New York Times" Bestselling author Charlaine Harris the writer of " The Sookie Stackhouse series" has joined the Dynamite Entertainment family with the first book of her hit " Harper Connelly series" " Grave Sight". For the past five years readers have been thrilled by the " Harper Connelly series" which follows a woman who has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people. She can sense the final location of a person whos passed & share their very last moment. The way Harper sees it shes providing a service to the dead while bringing some closure to the living
- but shes used to most people treating her like a blood-sucking leech. Traveling with her step-brother Tolliver as manager & sometime-bodyguard shes become an expert at getting in getting paid & getting out fast. Because for the living its always urgent
- even if the dead can wait forever. At the age of 15 Harper Connelly was struck by lightning an event that gave her the ability to find the dead & see how they died. Since then Harpers scratched out a living selling her services to anyone with a checkbook. Its not the best life but it beats the alternative
- at least until Harper & her brother Tolliver roll into Sarne Arkansas & find themselves embroiled in a murder mystery!"


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Harper Connelly finds dead people for a living but not everyone appreciates her special gift. In the stunning conclusion to ...

Ex-agent Cotton Malone wants to know what really happened to his father officially lost at sea when his submarine went down in the north Atlantic in 1971. But when he uses his government contacts to obtain the submarines sealed file he finds he is not the only person looking for answers. Malone is in the line of fire when he is attacked in an attempt to take the file. He is pitched into a lethal power struggle between Dorothea Lindauer & Christl Falk twin sisters whose twisted ambition takes sibling rivalry to new levels. Malone & the twins embark on a dangerous adventure involving Nazi explorations in Antarctica US government conspiracies & a series of cryptic historical clues built into the legend of Charlemagne. Forced to choose a side when neither can win Malone is determined to uncover the truth behind his fathers death
- but will he be able to escape his own?
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This is the definitive account of one of the most extraordinary stories of our time. Gyles Brandreth acclaimed biographer of the Queen & Prince Philip" presents a unique portrait of their son Charles Prince of Wales & of the one non-negotiable love of his life Camilla Shand now Duchess of Cornwall. What are Charles & Camilla really like? What is their heritage? What has made them the way they are? This is both a revealing portrait of two unusual individuals & a family saga like no other told with unrivalled authority & insight
- & humour
- by a best-selling writer who has met all the key characters in the drama: Charles Camilla Diana their children their families & their friends."

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Charles Darwins voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story & a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order the letters he wrote & received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwins adventures as he prepares for his travels lands on his first tropical island watches an earthquake level a city & learns how to catch ostriches from a running horse. We witness slavery political revolution & epidemic disease & share the otherworldly experience of landing on the Galapagos Islands & collecting specimens. His letters are counterpoised by replies from family & friends that record a comfortable intimate world back in Engl&. Original watercolours by the ships artist Conrad Martens vividly bring to life Darwins descriptions of his travels. ...

The extraordinary life & genius of Charles Dickens is brought alive for primary-age children by the author-illustrator team behind the bestselling What Mr Darwin Saw. Published to celebrate the bi-centenary of Dickens birth this beautifully & entertainingly illustrated 48 page picture book vividly dramatises his life beginning with his birth in Portsmouth & early childhood near the docks in Chatham & follows the young Charles through the hardship of working in a blacking factory at the age of 10 to his years at school & his early career as a reporter. Key incidents that inspired the later novels are described & his marriage family life dramatic readings & tours of the USA are included. What emerges is touching portrait of a writer with amazing observational skills a social conscience & a strong sense of drama. Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom specialise in fun lively non-fiction picture books. They share the illustrations between them & mix up words & pictures in inventive & delightful ways. They have won many awards including the Smarties Silver Award & the English Association Award. As well ast What Mr Darwin Saw their recent successes include Tail-End Charlie & Taff in the WAAF. ...

Charles Dickens" is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin. Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist the father of ten children a tireless walker & traveller a supporter of liberal social causes but most of all a great novelist
- the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the Artful Dodger Mr Pickwick Pip David Copperfield Little Nell Lady Dedlock & many more. At the age of twelve he was sent to work in a blacking factory by his affectionate but feckless parents. From these unpromising beginnings he rose to scale all the social & literary heights entirely through his own efforts. When he died the world mourned & he was buried
- against his wishes
- in Westminster Abbey. Yet the brilliance concealed a divided character: a republican he disliked America; sentimental about the family in his writings he took up passionately with a young actress; usually generous he cut off his impecunious children. From the award-winning author of " Samuel Pepys" " Charles Dickens: A Life" paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. If you loved " Great Expectations" " Oliver Twist" & "A Christmas Carol" this book is invaluable reading. " By far the most humane & imaginatively sympathetic account yet for the general reader". (Amanda Craig " New Statesman"). Claire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies including: " The Life & Death of Mary Wollstonecraft"; " Shelley & His World"; " Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life"; " The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan & Charles Dickens"; " Mrs Jordan's Profession"; " Jane Austen: A Life"; " Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self"; " Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man" & most recently " Charles Dickens: A Life". A former literary editor of the " New Statesman" & the " Sunday Times" she is married to the playwright & novelist Michael Frayn."


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Charles Dickens" is the definitive illustrated guide to the man & his works. It follows Dickens from early childhood including his time spent as a child labourer & looks at how he became the greatest celebrity of his age
- & how he still remains recognized as one of Englands greatest celebrities even in the twenty-first century. The book also takes an intimate look at what he was like as a husband a father a friend & an employer; at his longing to be an actor at his travels across North America his year spent living in Italy & his great love of France. Alongside Dickens himself readers will meet his fascinating family & his astonishing circle of friends
- & will discover when & how life & real-life personalities were imitated in Dickens art. The cast of characters in " Charles Dickens" embraces an incredible array of famous
- & occasionally infamous
- Victorians."



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Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist the father of ten children a tireless walker & traveller a supporter of liberal social causes but most of all a great novelist
- the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the Artful Dodger Mr Pickwick Pip David Copperfield Little Nell Lady Dedlock & many more. At the age of twelve he was sent to work in a blacking factory by his affectionate but feckless parents. From these unpromising beginnings he rose to scale all the social & literary heights entirely through his own efforts. When he died the world mourned & he was buried
- against his wishes
- in Westminster Abbey. Yet the brilliance concealed a divided character: a republican he disliked America; sentimental about the family in his writings he took up passionately with a young actress; usually generous he cut off his impecunious children. Claire Tomalin author of Whitbread Book of the Year Samuel Pepys" paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. " Charles Dickens: A Life" is the examination of Dickens we deserve."


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Charles Dickens is not only the author of some of the best-loved stories in the English language but also the creator of some of its most memorable characters. Meet them all between the pages of this splendid book which retells in lively comicstrip style five of Dickens most popular stories: Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & "A Christmas Carol"." ...