Raised in a family of demon hunters Blair Murphy has her own personal demons to fight
- the father who trained then abandoned her
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Alice Munros territory is the farms & semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario. In these dazzling stories she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence the joys & pains of love & the despair & guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. & in sensitively exploring the lives of ordinary men & women she makes us aware of the universal nature of their fears sorrows & aspirations. ...

As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Inspector Montalbano is awake at dawn sitting on his porch when his attention is caught by a seagull which falls from the sky performing a strange dance before lying down to die. Montalbano is perplexed by what he has witnessed & the scene hangs over him like an omen. About to depart for a holiday with his girlfriend Livia Montalbano makes a quick trip to the police station to tie up loose ends. But when his dear colleague Fazio is discovered missing -- & it transpires that the policeman has been involved in his own secret investigations -- Montalbano instead launches a desperate search for his lost friend as time begins to run out.. . Navigating a shadowy maze of smuggling blackmail & the darkest murder & moving from the docks of Vigata to its deep dry wells where the mafia hide their terrible crimes Inspector Montalbano must have his wits about him to unravel this tangled mystery. ...

A QUESTION OF UPBRINGING. A BUYERS MARKET. THE ACCEPTANCE WORLD. Anthony Powells brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters & is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century Engl&. It is unrivalled for its scope its humour & the enormous pleasure it has given to generations. These first three novels in the sequence follow Nicholas Jenkins Kenneth Widmerpool & others as they negotiate the intellectual cultural & social hurdles which stand between them & the Acceptance World. ...

Anthony Powells brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters & is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century Engl&. It is unrivalled for its scope its humour & the enormous pleasure it has given to generations. Volume 2 contains the second three novels in the sequence: At Lady Mollys; Casanovas Chinese Restaurant; The Kindly Ones ...

Dancing is not only wonderful for fitness & toning but the combination of cardiovascular exercise & music triggers the release of endorphins so you enjoy yourself at the same time. Dance to the Musicals takes all that virtuous pleasure & multiplies it a hundredfold by setting 10 dance routines to some of the best most toe-tapping show-tune hits ever
- from The Time of My Life & We Will Rock You to Mamma Mia & Night Fever. All the routines are illustrated with clear easy-to-follow instructions & come with step-by-step photography that takes you through every movement enabling you to master the dances effortlessly. Accompanied by a free DVD that showcases 4 of the routines You Cant Stop the Beat We Go Together Fame & Go Go Joseph
- fitness has never been such fun.

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When Nell Channing arrives on Three Sisters Island she believes that she's finally found refuge from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago. But even in this quiet peaceful place Nell never feels entirely at ease. Careful to conceal her true identity she takes a job as a cook at the local bookstore cafe
- & begins to explore her feelings for the island sheriff Zack Todd. Just as Nell starts to wonder if she'll ever be able to break free of her fear she realises that the island suffers under a terrible curse
- one that can only be broken by the descendants of the Three Sisters the witches who settled the island back in 1692. & now with the help of two other strong gifted women
- & with the nightmares of the past haunting her every step
- she must find the power to save her home her love & herself.. .



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It all started with a silly prank a play & a dance
- a love so enduring so indestructible that it would survive against all odds.
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HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE & FIRE the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is the fifth volume in the series. A beautifully presented slipcased edition of A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the east Daenerys last scion of House Targaryen her dragons grown to terrifying maturity rules as queen of a city built on dust & death beset by enemies. Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Daenerys & her dragons. Among them the dwarf Tyrion Lannister who has escaped King's Landing with a price on his head wrongfully condemned to death for the murder of his nephew King Joffrey. But not before killing his hated father Lord Tywin. To the north lies the great Wall of ice & stone
- a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch but he has enemies both in the Watch & beyond the Wall where the wildling armies are massing for an assault. On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting played out by a grand cast of outlaws & priests soldiers & skinchangers nobles & slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all...
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HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE & FIRE the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: DREAMS & DUST is the FIRST part of the fifth volume in the series. In the aftermath of a colossal battle new threats are emerging from every direction. Tyrion Lannister having killed his father & wrongfully accused of killing his nephew King Joffrey has escaped from King's Landing with a price on his head. To the north lies the great Wall of ice & stone
- a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. But Jon has enemies both inside & beyond the Wall. & in the east Daenerys Targaryen struggles to hold a city built on dreams & dust.
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