This is a completely original version of the Arabian Nights Stories" by award-winning author Geraldine Mc Caughrean. In order to delay her inevitable execution Queen Shaharazad tells her murdering husband King Shahryar a wonderfully exciting story every night. The King is used to a new wife every day only to put her to death the following day but finds himself so intrigued in the magical stories Shaharazad tells he cant bring himself to kill her. Night after night she tells her wonderful stories until the King starts to realize that he wont be able to live without them..." ...

Witty poetic erotic & brutal One Thousand & One Nights are the never-ending stories told by the young Shahrazad under sentence of death to King Shahrayar. Maddened by the discovery of his wifes orgies King Shahrayar believes all women are unfaithful & vows to marry a virgin every night & kill her in the morning. To survive his newest wife Shahrazad spins a web of tales night after night leaving the King in suspense when morning comes thus prolonging her life for another day. Written in Arabic from tales gathered in India Persia & across the great Arab empire these mesmerising stories tell of the real & the supernatural love & marriage power & punishment wealth & poverty & the endless trials & uncertainties of fate. Now adapted by Hanan al-Shaykh the One Thousand & One Nights are revealed in an intoxicating new voice. ...

An epic tale of an enigmatic land
- Korea
- & one womans search for her past. Uncle Hong-do arrives in Vermont from Korea to

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A wonderful & unique look at counting & friendship. This very simple picture book is about two friends Sue & Nick who like very different things but are still best friends. They introduce us to all their favourite things from one boy called Nick & one girl called Sue to ten cakes for tea & then all the way back down to one yellow moon shining in the night sky. The artwork is stunning with each artist contributing alternate pages in their own inimitable style. The deceptively simple text is perfect for children learning to read. ...

A man is chained inside a tunnel & then dismembered & scattered along the tracks by the early morning train from Portsmouth to London. The beginning of DI Joe Faradays most gruesome case yet but is it a bizarre suicide or the cruellest of murders? Checking the list of missing persons as the police attempt to identify the body DC Winter comes across a missing man someone who stepped out of his ordered life with no hint of leaving. Hes not the man in the tunnel hes simply disappeared. The only person he can find who knew him works in the city morgue... ...

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLING BOOK THAT EVERY INVESTOR SHOULD OWN Peter Lynch is Americas number-one money manager. His mantra: Average investors can become experts in their own field & can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research. Now in a new introduction written specifically for this edition of One Up on Wall Street " Lynch gives his take on the incredible rise of Internet stocks as well as a list of twenty winning companies of high-tech 90s. That many of these winners are low-tech supports his thesis that amateur investors can continue to reap exceptional rewards from mundane easy-to-understand companies they encounter in their daily lives. Investment opportunities abound for the layperson Lynch says. By simply observing business developments & taking notice of your immediate world -- from the mall to the workplace -- you can discover potentially successful companies before professional analysts do. This jump on the experts is what produces "tenbaggers " the stocks that appreciate tenfold or more & turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer. The former star manager of Fidelitys multibillion-dollar Magellan Fund Lynch reveals how he achieved his spectacular record. Writing with John Rothchild Lynch offers easy-to-follow directions for sorting out the long shots from the no shots by reviewing a companys financial statements & by identifying which numbers "really" count. He explains how to stalk tenbaggers & lays out the guidelines for investing in cyclical turnaround & fast-growing companies. Lynch promises that if you ignore the ups & downs of the market & the endless speculation about interest rates in the long term (anywhere from five to fifteen years) your portfolio will reward you. This advice has proved to be timeless & has made " One Up on Wall Street" a number-one bestseller. & now this classic is as valuable in the new millennium as ever." ...

A frightened child approaches Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco pleading for help. Nobody believes Gaias story that a relation wants to kill her
- & neither does he. Beset by his own family troubles by his new responsibilities as Procurator of the Sacred Poultry & by the continuing search for a new partner he turns her away. Immediately he regrets it. Gaia has been selected as the new Vestal Virgin & when she disappears Falco is officially asked to investigate. Finding Gaia is then a race against time ending in Falcos most terrifying exploit yet...
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Christy Moore is in every sense Irelands folk hero. Mentor to a whole generation of Irish musicians he holds a unique place in musical history. In l 992 he broke all attendance records during 12 packed nights at the Point in Dublin. In the UK he fills concert halls around the country. In l 997 he announced that he was taking an extended break from touring & recording. It was headline news in Irel&. So was his comeback which began in l 999. Set to be an enormous best-seller his autobiography marries both songs & memories. Around 250 of his favourite lyrics are accompanied by his memories around the song itself & his life. Each entry is fresh direct honest & spontaneous
- like the most intimate diary. Through it he charts his life from drunk to sober bar-room guitar player to international singer-songwriter.
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I hired you as a novelty an attraction the most notorious woman in London... London July 1813. Once the toast of the ton Lottie Cummings is now notorious for being divorced
- & without a penny. Shunned by society the destitute beauty is forced to become a Covent Garden courtesan. Refusing to oblige her customers Lotties about to be turned out onto the streets Until a dangerous rake saves her with a scandalous offer. The illegitimate son of a Duke Ethan Ryder rose to the ranks of Napoleons most trusted cavalry officer
- until his capture landed him in England as prisoner of war. Now on parole Ethan is planning his most audacious coup yet. But he needs to create a spectacular diversion. & having infamous Lottie as his mistress will lull everyone into thinking hes busily bedding her instead of plotting deadly treason...

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When Little Hedgehogs nest is blown away in a terrible storm he wraps up warmly & sets off for Badgers house. On his way Hedgehog meets lots of animals shivering in the wind & snow. One by one he gives them his cosy mittens hat & scarf. But will Little Hedgehog make it through the storm to safety? ...