The official companion to all three seasons. The Great War has ended but Downton Abbey is far from peaceful...A changing world has brought new challenges & new guests. Inside the walls of the Great House there is more intrigue rivalry & romance than ever. The Chronicles of Downton Abbey take you deep into the lives of the Crawleys their servants lovers friends & guests. So wander the crowded servants' quarters & peek into luxurious bed chambers. Go beneath the surface & experience every aspect of their lives
- from daily routines dressing tables & treasure chests to their most secret hopes & fears. This lavish book explores the lives of every important member of the Downton estate. Focusing on each character individually it examines their motivations their actions & the inspirations behind them. An evocative source of story & background it will take you even deeper into the secret beating heart of the house.
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DEADWEATHER a sweaty little pirate-infested island is home to EGG thirteen years old & prey to a pair of cruel & stupid older siblings. But when Egg's family disappears in a freak accident he finds himself living on SUNRISE island with the glamorous Pembroke family & their feisty daughter Millicent. Finally life seems perfect. Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff. Suddenly Egg is lost in a world of cutthroat pirates & powerful villains. Only Millicent
- & a one-handed possibly deranged cabin boy
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This inspired collection of short stories is based on the original illustrations of Chris Van Allburg in his esteemed & mysterious The Mysteries of Harris Burdick" & features many remarkable best-selling authors in the worlds of both adult & children's literature: Sherman Alexie M.T. Anderson Kate Di Camillo Cory Doctorow Jules Feiffer Stephen King Tabitha King Lois Lowry Gregory Maguire Walter Dean Myers Linda Sue Park Louis Sachar Jon Scieszka Lemony Snicket & Chris Van Allsburg himself. Van Allsburg's Harris Burdick illustrations have evoked such wonderment & imagination since Harris Burdick's original publication in 1984; many have speculated or have woven their own stories to go with his images. More than ever the illustrations send off their eerie call for text & continue to compel & pick at the reader's brain for a backstory
- a threaded tale behind the image. In this book we've collected some of the best storytellers to spin them."
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They say the king's gone mad!" Blinded by grief & rage Conan the King has let matters of state fall by the wayside as he mourns the apparent death of his son & heir Conn. The barbarian king's erratic behavior & the void of leadership is troubling but where some see a kingdom on the brink of chaos others see an opportunity to seize the moment & pull the reins of power from the preoccupied monarch's hands. Dead hands that is!" ...

The Chronicles of Narnia have enchanted millions of readers over the last fifty years & the magical events described in C.S. Lewis's immortal prose have left many a lasting memory for adults & children alike. All seven Chronicles are bound together in this new paperback edition (rebranded with Harper Collins logo). The Chronicles of Narnia have enchanted millions of readers over the last fifty years & the magical events described in C.S. Lewis's immortal prose have left many a lasting memory. For here is a world where a witch decrees eternal winter; where there are more talking animals than people; & where battles are fought by Centaurs Giants & Fauns. ...

Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay & do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead. Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn somewhere to embody good once more.. . This is fantasy for all fans of Steven Erikson Joe Abercrombie & David Gemmell. Available for the first time in a UK edition. Contains the first three Black Company novels: THE BLACK COMPANY SHADOWS LINGER & THE WHITE ROSE With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy
- something a lot of people didnt notice & maybe still dont. He brought the story down to a human level dispensing with the cliche archetypes of princes kings & evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff is like reading Vietnam fiction on Peyote STEVEN ERIKSON
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At what time was Guy Fawkes discovered underneath the Palace of Westminster with thirty-six barrels of gunpowder? What time of day did Big Ben strike New Year in 1963? When was Captain Bligh ordered off the Bounty? At what time was Einsteins Theory of Relativity proved & when did Titanic sink? All these questions & 400 more are answered in Chronologia: 24 Hours of History" a new book with a unique twist on how history is presented. Its the popular history book where events are arranged not in order of place theme or date
- but by the time of day they took place. " Chronologia" has 24 chapters one for each hour of the day with each chapter including the battles assassinations crimes deaths & disasters & everything else that makes up our vivid & unique history all presented by the hour & minute they took place."
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This is the only Bible that means that you can study Scripture in the order of events as they happened. The Chronological Study Bible" presents the text of the New King James Version in chronological order
- the order in which the events actually happened
- with notes articles & full-color graphics that connect the reader to the history & culture of Bible times. It is the only study Bible arranged in chronological order. Features include: the entire NKJV text with translators notes arranged in chronological order for absorbing & effective Bible study; full-color illustrations of places artifacts & cultural phenomena that give the reader a dramatic you are there experience; fascinating articles that connect the Bible text to world history & culture; Daily Life Notes that explain how people lived in Bible times; Time Panels & Charts that show the flow of Bible history; & In-text & full-page color maps of the biblical world."

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The disturbing post-apocalyptic novel The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham author of " The Day of the Triffids" & " The Kraken Wakes" & dramatised on BBC Radio 4. David Strorms father doesnt approve of Angus Mortons unusually large horses calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that his own son & his sons cousin Rosalind & their friends have their own secret abberation which would label them as mutants. But as David & Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders. Soon they face a choice: wait for eventual discovery or flee to the terrifying & mutable Badlands..." The Chrysalids" is a post-nuclear apocalypse story of genetic mutation in a devastated world & explores the lengths the intolerant will go to keep themselves pure. " Perfect timing astringent humour.. .one of the few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence". (" Spectator"). " Remains fresh & disturbing in an entirely unexpected way". (" Guardian"). John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903 the son of a barrister. He tried a number of careers including farming law commercial art & advertising & started writing short stories intended for sale in 1925. From 1930 to 1939 he wrote short stories of various kinds under different names almost exclusively for American publications while also writing detective novels. During the war he was in the Civil Service & then the Army. In 1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA & decided to try a modified form of science fiction a form he called logical fantasy. As John Wyndham he wrote " The Day of the Triffids" " The Kraken Wakes" " The Chrysalids" " The Midwich Cuckoos" (filmed as " Village of the Damned") " The Seeds of Time" " Trouble with Lichen" " The Outward Urge" " Consider Her Ways & Others" " Web" & " Chocky". John Wyndham died in March 1969." ...

A powerful post-apocalyptic allegory of persecution & intolerance the Penguin Modern Classics" edition of John Wyndhams science fiction masterpiece " The Day of the Triffids" contains an introduction by M. John Harrison. Nuclear war has devastated the world bringing with it a host of genetic mutations. In the bleak primitive society that has emerged from its ruins any sign of deviation no matter how small is ruthlessly rooted out & destroyed. David lives in fear of discovery for he is part of a secret group of children who are able to communicate with each other by transferring thought-shapes into each others minds. As they grow older they feel increasingly isolated. Then one of them marries a norm with terrifying consequences. John Wyndham (1903-1969) the son of a barrister tried a number of careers including farming law commercial art & advertising before writing short stories intended for sale in 1925. After serving in the Civil Service & the Army during the Second World War he decided to try writing a modified form of Science Fiction which he called logical fantasy. Among his most famous books are " The Day of the Triffids" (1951) " The Kraken Wakes" (1953) " The Chrysalids" (1955) " The Midwich Cuckoos" (1957 filmed twice as " Village of the Damned") " Trouble with Lichen" (1960) & " Chocky" (1968). If you enjoyed " The Chrysalids" you might like Arthur Millers " The Crucible" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " One of those few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence". (" Spectator")." ...