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These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgeralds death. Encompassing the very best of F. Scott Fitzgeralds short fiction this collection spans his career from the early stories of the glittering Jazz Age through the lost hopes of the thirties to the last twilight decade of his life. It brings together his most famous stories including The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad & hilarious stories of Hollywood hack Pat Hobby; & " The Lost Decade" written in Fitzgeralds last years." ...

Struck by a bolt of lightning & doused in chemicals Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the fastest man alive. Tapping into the energy field called The Speed Force he applies a tenacious sense of justice to protect an serve the world as The Flash! The Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series as part of the DC Comics--The New 52 event with the writer/artist team of Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato. The Flash knows he cant be everywhere at once but he has seemingly met his match when he faces DC Comic hottest new Super Villain Mob Rule who really can be everywhere at once! As Mob Rule wages a campaign of crime across Central City including an electromagnetic blast that plunges the city into darkness The Flash learns the the only way he can capture Mob Rule & save Central City is to learn how to make his brain function even faster than before--but as much as it helps him it also comes with a steep price. This volume collects issues 1-8 of the monthly series. ...

FLASH! Illuminated by lightning a lifeless human hand seems to reach from a barrel of asphalt beside the Charlotte racetrack. Even for forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan never easily shocked it is a disturbing sight. & now she is under pressure to find answers before thousands arrive for the years big race. But before she can carry out a proper examination the FBI mysteriously confiscate & destroy the body. Its a dead end. Until Wayne Gamble a young engineer alerts Tempe to the disappearance of his sister & her boyfriend from Charlotte twelve years earlier & she determines to uncover what really happened to them. When a few days later Gambles body is found crushed under the wheels of a race car Tempe realises the situation is truly sinister. & that even her own life could be in terrible danger... ...

Ready to take your Flash skills to the next level? Learn how to use Adobe Flash CS4 to create innovative interactive experiences! Flash CS4 All-In-One For Dummies shows you how to create professional cool projects step by step from start to finish. Whether youre working on your first Flash project or youre a veteran Flash animator ready to get into more advanced applications Flash CS4 All-In-One For Dummies walks you through Flashs new tricks & explains how to use them. Youll get the skinny on new features including inverse kinematics motion tweening & Motion Editor. Youll also find out how to: Work with panels Take advantage of an Action Script Create & plan your first project Follow the ins & outs of Flash graphics Navigate your way around the swatches panel Get your video on the Web using You Tube Utilize Flash audio & video Develop with the Flash timeline To help you quickly find what you need Flash CS4 All-In-One For Dummies is divided into eight minibooks: Introducing Flash Creating Graphics Animating Graphics Adding Action Script 3.0 Magic Working with Flash Audio Working with Flash Video Getting Interactive Finalizing a Flash Project Flash CS4 All-In-One For Dummies will help make your experience animating in Flash much easier! ...

Bens on a trip to London to meet his mum. But an accident at the Thames Barrier combined with a tidal surge & a dramatic thunderstorm
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A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume II of the Flashman Papers When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli & Lord George Bentinck he was making an unconscious choice about his own future -- would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there for that matter very much difference? Once again Flashmans charm cowardice treachery lechery & fleetness of foot see the lovable rogue triumph by the skin of his chattering teeth. ...

Suddenly everyone in the world loses consciousness for two minutes. Planes fall from the sky there are millions of car crashes millions die. & when everyone comes round they have had a glimpse of their life in the future. When it awakes the world must live with the knowledge of what is to come. Some saw themselves in new relationships some saw exciting new technologies some saw the stuff of nightmares. Some young & old alike saw nothing at all.. .A desperate search to find out what has happened begins. Does the mosaic of visions offer a clue? What did you see? Now the basis for the Channel 5 hit series FLASHFORWARD ...

This is an exciting addition to the Thomas Story Time" range. Its time to polish those buffers as Thomas & his friends are going to be in a book! When a photographer arrives on the island of Sodor to take pictures of the engines everyone gets excited. Thomas is determined to be in as many pictures as possible no matter who gets in his way! But will his enthusiasm mean he doesnt get in the book at all?" ...

AMERICA 2036: A WASTELAND IN RUIN. Terrorism & ultra-violence plague a once powerful society whose only escape is to numb itself on flashback: a euphoric yet cripplingly addictive regression drug. Ex-cop & addict Nick Bottom has seen flashback take his badge his reputation & the love of his son. Alone & in despair he has hit rock bottom. Nick is about to receive a proposition. Billionaire magnate Hiroshi Nakamura needs his services & in particular his memories. ...