Tanner a young boy living in the land of Avantia has been chosen by a magnificent Beast
- the young phoenix Firepos
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Some people would give their all to live another year. To live another hundred some would destroy everything Telomeres tiny proteins at the end of your DNA define your life span. Telomeres shorten as your cells divide their length counts down your span on this earth. Sometime soon someone will discover how to repair Telomeres how to turn the clock back of the human body. When they do they will become immortal like the Hydra. Yet what would the purpose of living forever when such a medicine would fill the world with infinity of clamouring humanity? Surrounded by a 100 billion people fighting amongst the ruins of an ecologically exhausted planet what would be the point of immortality? Jim Evans retired super-rich trader only wants to do good. He wants to fund research that will save lives. Professor Christopher Cardini has medical technology that will change the world. Through cell therapy he can even rejuvenate the dying. Yet there is something even Jims money cant buy: protection from a brilliant but twisted mind. ...

These are three new additions to the best-selling First Hundred Words Language" series. These books are an excellent way to encourage language learning for beginners. Each book contains an online pronunciation guide through the Usborne Quicklinks website. With 100 everyday words combined with pictures this is a valuable vocabulary building tool for young children." ...

The highly popular First Books" series which brings together favourite prayers hymns carols & poetry along with the beautiful illustrations by Brenda Meredith Seymour & Tasha Tudor has been in print for over thirty years. They will make perfect gifts for children aged 2-4 & are ideal for adults & children to read together. The other titles by Brenda Meredith Seymour published by the Lutterworth Press: " First ABC" " First Nursery Rhymes" & " First Poems"." ...

This is clear & simple explanations of everything children & parents need to know to understand maths at Key Stage 1. Lively illustrations together with hundreds of useful examples will inspire children to grasp the basics setting them on course for a lifetime of maths confidence & success. There are links to carefully selected websites with online maths puzzles games & resources designed to reinforce the key points. ...

The SBS was first into battle a month before the SAS in the Falklands War & again in the Gulf War yet hitherto it is the SAS that has had by far the higher profile. The SBS draws its manpower solely from the Marine Commando Units & the Royal Marines are the oldest & most battle-honoured regiment in the world. FIRST INTO ACTION is the first Special Boat Services memoir written from the inside. It tells how Duncan Falconer trained with the Royal Marines in Deal before being recruited into the SBS at Poole in Dorset. The regimen of ruthless training is graphically described & the book also

Includes:: revelatory accounts of SBS operations in Ulster Bosnia & the Gulf War & of the intense rivalry between the SASs individualist mentality & the more team-based marine ethos of the SBS. Duncan Falconers grippingly detailed memoir is sure to command the attention of anyone interested in the Special Forces & how they operate.

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After the terrible misuse of magic during the First War of the Races the Druids at Paranor devoted themselves to the study of the old sciences. But dark forces were on the move from the Northlands & it was left to Bremen & those few who supported him in his work with the arcane arts to stand against the enemys seemingly-invincible Troll army. For at the heart of the evil tide was an archmage & former Druid named Brona... Using the special skills he had acquired through his own study of Magic Bremen was able to penetrate the huge camp of the Troll army & learn many of its secrets. & he immediately understood that if the peoples of the Four Lands were to escape eternal subjugation they would need to unite. But even when united they would need a weapon something so powerful that the evil magic of Brona the Warlock Lord would fail before its might... ...

He tangled loving fingers in her beautiful hair & fixed her eyes with his most penetrating gaze. Amelia Ashton is a woman with ambition. A singer-songwriter determined to make it to the top of the music business she finds her plans going awry as one record producer after another falls for her long red hair rather than her sweet music. When an invitation to her mother's fifth wedding in Las Vegas arrives Amelia decides to take a break while she does her daughterly duty but a chance meeting with an old friend makes for a surprisingly exciting trip. & when Amelia returns to London she is more than ready to sort out her affairs both musical & otherwise.. . Readers of Fifty Shades of Grey will consume this intensely romantic & sensual story of true love. Previously published as Musical Affairs. ...

By the time Eunice Gayson played James Bonds girlfriend Sylvia Trench in Dr No" & " From Russia With Love" she had already become one of the first reality TV stars. Her leading men included Sean Connery & Roger Moore & at the height of her fame she co-starred in a record-breaking run of " The Sound of Music." But when her second marriage fell apart & the roles dried up she was arrested for shoplifting. This is the inside story on some of the best-loved films ever made & how the original Bond girl came back from the depths of despair." ...

How do you hold on to a love that is slowly slipping away from you? Can you let go of the past when you know what is in the future? & how do you cope when you know that every kiss is a countdown to goodbye? This is the story of a love affair of Ryan & Molly & how they fell in love & were torn apart. The first time Molly kissed Ryan she knew they'd be together forever. Six years & thousands of kisses later she's married to the man she loves. But today when Ryan kisses her Molly realises how many of them she wasted because the future holds something which neither of them could have ever predicted... ...