Six months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye & the Motor City Hammer in the zombie-infested mountains of the Rot & Ruin. It's also six months since Benny Imura & Nix Riley saw something in the air that changed their lives. Now after months of rigorous training with Benny's zombie-hunter brother Tom Benny & Nix are ready to leave their home forever & search for a better future. Lilah the Lost Girl & Benny's best friend Lou Chong are going with them. Sounds easy; sounds wonderful. Except that everything that can go wrong does. Before they can even leave there is a shocking zombie attack in town. & as soon as they step into the Rot & Ruin they are pursued by the living dead wild animals insane murderers & the horrors of Gamel&. Because in the great Rot & Ruin everything wants to kill you. Everything. & not everyone in Benny's small band of travellers will make it out alive. ...

On the Letherii continent the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen. The fate awaiting the Bonehunters is one no soldier can prepare for & one no mortal soul can withstand
- the foe is uncertainty & the only weapon worth wielding is stubborn courage. In war everyone loses & this brutal truth can be found in the eyes of every soldier in every world. Destinies are never simple. Truths are neither clear nor sharp. The Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen are drawing to a close in a distant place beneath indifferent skies as the last great army of the Malazan Empire seeks a final battle in the name of redemption. Final questions remain to be answered: can one's deeds be heroic when no one is there to see it? Can that which is unwitnessed forever change the world? The answers await the Bonehunters beyond the Wastelands...
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It is 1943 & Captain Mike Blackwood Royal Marine Commando is a survivor. Young toughened & tried in the hellish crucible of Burma he labours sometimes faltering beneath the weight of tradition the glorious heritage of his family & the burden of his own self-doubt. For Blackwood the horizon is not the lip of the trench seen by men of the Corps in the previous war but the ramp of a landing craft smashing down into the sea & the fire of the enemy on a Sicilian beach. Here tradition is not enough & Mike Blackwood must find within himself qualities of leadership which will inspire those Royal Marines who are once again the first to land & among the first to die. This is the fourth novel in the Blackwood saga spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family & the tradition in which they served. ...

April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby fourteen years ago. Now she's happily settled with her foster mother Marion
- but there's a part of April that's desperate to know where she really came from & who she really is. If only she could remember her real mother
- or even find her.. . An engrossing engaging & highly moving novel from the acclaimed bestseller Jacqueline Wilson.

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Our foremost military historian offers us a compelling & at times terrifying account of what it means to be a contemporary soldier. In this remarkable book Richard Holmes draws on the testimonies of the 700 soldiers of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment to capture in vivid detail the average soldiers day-to-day experience of war. Embroiled in a conflict often too dangerous for reporters to cover these soldiers -- most of them young many without any previous experience of warfare -- have kept ongoing records of the drudgery anxiety & horror involved in fighting a violent & increasingly unpopular war against a ruthless & resourceful enemy. All have risked their lives & many have died. Others have been recognised & awarded for their courage resourcefulness & gallantry -- Private Johnson Beharry recently became the first man to be awarded the Victoria Cross in twenty-three years. With these intimate & revealing glimpses of life in the modern army Richard Holmes paints a sweeping portrait of a new generation of soldiers -- grunts gallants & heroes -- & the sacrifices their decision to fight for their country entails. ...

Learn to speak Dutch fast with this practical & entertaining course for beginners Learn to speak Dutch in three short months with Hugo's world-renowned book & CD pack The Hugo in 3 Months CD Language Course: Dutch". Practise regularly using the three 70-minute CDs & accompanying book & you'll learn to understand & speak Dutch faster than you thought possible. This title lets you pick up essential grammar & build vocabulary through word lists key Dutch phrases & model sentences. It helps you develop conversation skills through exercises based on real-life scenarios so whether you are conversing with a tulip seller or asking directions to the Van Gogh museum you will feel confident in understanding & speaking the language. " Hugo in 3 Months CD Language Course: Dutch" is fun accurate & great value for your money
- learning Dutch has never been so easy!"
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Learn to speak Dutch fast with this practical & proven course for beginners. Learn to speak Dutch in three short months with Hugos world-renowned language course Hugo in 3 Months: Dutch". It helps you pick up essential grammar & build vocabulary through word lists key Dutch phrases & model sentences. It also helps you develop conversation skills through exercises based on real-life scenarios so whether you are conversing with a tulip seller or asking directions to the Van Gogh museum you will feel confident in understanding & speaking the language. " Hugo in 3 Months: Dutch" is fun accurate & great value for your money
- learning Dutch has never been so easy!"
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Duty Calls: Battle of Britain throws you deep into the heart
- & horror
- of Britain's darkest & finest hour. Pilot officer

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The Dark Age of Britain from the middle of the 4th century to the end of the 8th was a time of violence & warfare when charismatic warlords such as the fabled King Arthur could gather together armies & carve out their own kingdoms. With this new set of wargames rules players can take on the role of these warlords & command their own armies on the tabletop. Written by the author of the popular Glutter of Ravens rules set Dux Bellorum" is an element-based system where each base of figures represents 50 fighting men. Each player has a specific number of points with which to construct his force & can choose a Late Roman Romano-British Welsh Saxon Pictish Irish or Sea Raider army amongst others. The game is then played out following a set of simple fast-paced rules. A completely self-contained gaming system " Dux Bellorum" is perfect for gamers who are looking for a way into fighting Dark Age battles without investing a lot of time or money in larger rulesets." ...

For countless millennia no man or beast has ever succeeded in breaching the stone gateway into Girdlegard. Until now.. . Abandoned as a child Tungdil the blacksmith is the only dwarf in a kingdom of men. But when he is sent out into the world to deliver a message & reacquaint himself with his people the young foundling finds himself thrust into a battle for which he has not been trained. Not only his own safety but the life of every man woman & child in Girdlegard depends upon his ability to embrace his heritage. Although he has many unanswered questions Tungdil is certain of one thing: no matter where he was raised he is a true dwarf. & no one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves. ...