Magic to a sailor is harnessing the wind
- getting something for nothing
- the surprise of a gust the boon of a side-wind &

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In one vicious night Kirby Brown's world is torn apart. Her best friend is dead
- killed by a madman who is now after Kirby
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In ten years of working for the Damask Circle shapeshifter Katherine Tanner has never come across anything like this child-murdering monster. Although she doesn't want to confront it the Circle gives her little choice. The last thing she needs is interference from a cop who doesn't know what he's up against. Ethan Morgan's niece is missing & he's determined to bring her back alive & catch the monster behind these kidnappings. He will use anyone to achieve his aims
- even a woman who claims to be a witch. Forced to join forces Ethan & Kat struggle to uncover clues that will lead them to the monster's lair. Yet time is ticking away & the monster rarely keeps victims alive for more than seven days. Four of those days have already passed. But it soon becomes clear that the greatest threat to Kat might not come from the forces of darkness but from the man she is beginning to love.
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Sixteen teenagers taken from their homes. Eleven bodies recovered each completely drained of blood. Some believe vampires are responsible. Jon Barnett knows its something far worse & while in Taurin Bay to stop the killers he quickly becomes enmeshed in a web of black magic. He needs help but fate gives him only one choice. Madeline Smith has retreated to an isolated farmhouse afraid of the abilities she cannot control
- abilities that have killed. But when a 'ghost' brings a warning of danger & her nephew goes missing Maddie has to leave her haven & learn to control the abilities she fears. As Maddie & Jon's search for the teenagers becomes a race against time the greatest danger to them both could be the feelings they refuse to acknowledge.
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Big generous-hearted Benny & the elfin Eve Malone have been best friends throughout their childhoods in sleepy Knockglen. When they both go to study in Dublin they meet a circle of friends that

Includes:: handsome Jack Foley & the selfish but beautiful Nan Mahon whose ambition will drag them all into trouble. As Knockglen is surprised into new life the two girls Benny & Eve discover that among the many distractions of growing up true friendship is the greatest gift of all.

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After nearly 20 years of SAS operations including a never before published role in the infamous Bravo Two Zero patrol Bob retired from the military to work as an advisor on the international commercial security circuit. Certain his most dangerous days were behind him Bob settled into a sedate life looking after VIPs. Then 9/11 happened. Bob found himself back in war zones on assignments far more perilous than anything he had encountered in the SAS: from ferrying journalists across firing lines in The West Bank & Gaza to travelling to the heart of Osama bin Laden's Afghan lair. As part of a two-man team Bob searched for ITN Correspondent Terry Lloyd's missing crew in Basra Iraq while in Afghanistan he was forced to spend the night as the only Westerner in Khost -- with a $25 000 bounty on his head. As the War on Terror escalated Bob contended with increasingly sophisticated insurgents. But the most disturbing development he witnessed was much closer to home: The Circuit's rise from a niche business staffed by top veterans into an unregulated billion dollar industry that too often places profits above lives. This is a pulse-racing & at times shocking testament to what is really happening on the ground in the major trouble spots of the world. ...

More knitters than ever are using circular needles & enjoying the convenience ease & efficiency of knitting in the round. Circular Knitting Workshop" teaches every aspect of circular knitting & it empowers knitters of all levels to discover the satisfaction of knitting in the round. Circular knitting has many benefits including making it easier to follow charts (with the right-side of the work always facing the knitter) & eliminating the need for seams. Margaret Radcliffe author of " The Knitting Answer Book" is a master teacher. She presents Fair Isle twined helix tubular & other classic techniques in detailed step-by-step photographic sequences. Thirty-five demonstration projects let readers try out each new technique on a mini-version of a sock hat bag mitten sweater or vest before applying it to a larger project. Radcliffe also shows readers how to convert patterns written for straight needles to circular." ...

Diminutive brilliant & choleric William Harvey had a huge impact on anatomy & modern biology. Arguably the greatest Englishman in the history of science after Newton & Darwin Harveys obsessive quest to understand the movement of the blood overturned beliefs held by anatomists & physicians since Roman times. His circulation theory was as controversial in its day as Copernicus idea that the earth revolved around the sun. Set in the beating heart of late Renaissance London Thomas Wrights vivid & visceral biography shows how Harvey drew inspiration not only from his dissections & vivisections but also from the world around him: from Englands bustling trade networks to technological developments of the time. It features a dramatic cast of historical characters including Francis Bacon Englands Lord Chancellor & a recalcitrant patient of Harveys; John Donne a poet & preacher fascinated with anatomy & the human heart; & King Charles I Harveys beloved patron & witness to many of his experiments. Harveys circulation theory in turn permeated & altered the culture & language of its time influencing poets & economists. To the dismay of the arch-Royalist Harvey it also encouraged radical political ideas
- & just as cherished anatomical orthodoxies could be toppled so was the King during the Civil War. In more ways than one Harveys idea was truly revolutionary yet astonishingly it gained currency in his lifetime. Circulation charts the remarkable rise of a yeomans son to the position of Kings physician offers a fresh interpretation of his ideas & above all celebrates a brilliant mind that epitomized a rich moment in Englands intellectual history.
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During its heyday the American circus was the largest show-biz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s traveling American circuses performed for audiences of up to 14 000 per show & crisscrossed the country on 20 000 miles of railroad in one season alone. The spectacle of death-defying daredevils & strapping super-heroes gripped the American imagination outshining theater comedy & minstrel shows of the day & ultimately paving the way for film & television. The circus offered young Americans the dream of adventure & reinvention. This book brings to life the grit & glamour of the circus phenomenon. Images include photographic gems by early circus photographers Frederick Whitman Glasier & Edward Kelty many of the earliest color photographs ever taken of the circus from the 1940s & 1950s iconic circus photographs by Mathew Brady or Cornell Capa & little-known circus images by Stanley Kubrick & Charles & Ray Eames. For the first time contemporary readers can experience the legend of the American circus in all its glory. ...

These four books published in the Soviet Union between 1925 & 1927 were a collaboration between poet Samuil Marshak (1887-1964) & painter Vladimir Lebedev (1891
- 1967). Based on the idea that a children's book is an important cultural object in its own right they linked painting poetry & typography & created the timeless precursor to the modern children's picture book. In four brand new translations The Circus & Other Stories

Includes:: four of Marshak's tales: ' The Circus' ' Ice Cream' ' Yesterday & Today' & ' How the Plane Made a Plane' all illustrated by Lebedev.


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