Humans seem hardwired to react to giant pandas with a sigh & a smile. They are cute cuddly & playful. They are also wild animals though & this book introduces kids to pandas & their environments both in zoos & in the wild. This high-interest educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic accompanied by texts written by experienced skilled childrens book authors. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. ...

The eagerly anticipated sequel to the international bestseller DELIRIUM one of the most addictive books of last year. Unflinching heartbreaking & totally addictive this novel will push your emotions to the limit. Lena's been to the very edge. She's questioned love & the life-changing & agonising choices that come with it. She's made her decision. But can she survive the consequences? PANDEMONIUM is the explosive sequel to the critically acclaimed & bestselling DELIRIUM. ...

In a cafe in modern-day Paris in the aftermath of a fresh kill the fearless & beautiful Pandora begins to tell her tale of treachery vengeance & love stretching across two millennia. As a young mortal in Imperial Rome in the time of Caesar Augustus Pandora was first introduced to the blood-tainted cult of Isis. Later in exile in Antioch she was drawn even further into the dark ancient rites. Now looking back across the centuries Pandora decides to return once more to New Orleans to find the love of her early life Marius & to see once again the Vampire Lestat... ...

No picture ever came more beautiful than Raphael's Pandora". Discovered by a dashing young lieutenant Raymond Kelvedon in a Normandy Chateau in 1944 she had cast her spell over his family
- all artists & dealers
- for fifty years. Hanging in a turret of their lovely Cotswold house Pandora witnessed Raymond's tempestuous wife Galena both entertaining a string of lovers & giving birth to her four children: Jupiter Alizarin Jonathan & superbrat Sienna. Then an exquisite stranger rolls up claiming to be a long-lost daughter of the family setting the three Belvedon brothers at each other's throats. Accompanying her is her fatally glamorous boyfriend whose very different agenda

Includes:: an unhealthy interest in the Raphael. During a fireworks party the painting is stolen. The hunt to retrieve it takes the reader on a thrilling journey to Vienna Geneva Paris New York & London. After a nail-biting court case & a record-smashing Old Masters sale at Sotheby's passionate love triumphs & Pandora is restored to her rightful home."



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The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessaliuss coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. He is thrown into an eternal inescapable prison known as the Abyss from which there is no escape. There he meets a young girl named Alice who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn do they lead only to crushing despair for Oz or is there some shred of hope for him to grasp on to? ...

Heir to an aristocratic family Oz Vessalius is a carefree teen. That is until his fifteenth birthday. His entire world changes at his coming of age ceremony when dark forces rise to punish Oz for the sins of a past life. Incarcerated in a prison known as the Abyss Ozs life & perhaps his sanity are saved by a black rabbit called Alice. As Oz plunges deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole he must unravel the mysteries surrounding him before falling into the clutches of the shadowy cabal called Pandora! ...

Having found his way back from Abyss Oz together with Alice & Raven go to investigate the mansion where Ozs coming-of-age ceremony was held. What they find there will surprise you! Heir to an aristocratic family Oz Vessalius is a carefree teen. That is until his fifteenth birthday. His entire world changes at his coming of age ceremony when dark forces rise to punish Oz for the sins of a past life. Incarcerated in a prison known as the Abyss Ozs life & perhaps his sanity are saved by a black rabbit called Alice. As Oz plunges deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole he must unravel the mysteries surrounding him before falling into the clutches of the shadowy cabal called Pandora ...

As Oz Vessalius & his valet Gilbert are reunited with their dear Uncle Oscar they fail to notice an alienated Alice lost in thought stumbling right into the lurking Xerxes Break. Before Alice can take heed of Breaks warning of a trap set by the Cheshire Cat
- a powerful extraordinary chain
- she & Break are spirited away to Cheshires lair where both danger & fragments of Alices past reside. With Sharons help Oz & Gil find a way to enter the sealed dimension of memories but not only do their allies await them there so too does the man from Alices earlier memory! Does he hold the key to the truth about Ozs sin?

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The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessaliuss coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. He is thrown into an eternal inescapable prison known as the Abyss from which there is no escape. There he meets a young girl named Alice who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn do they lead only to crushing despair for Oz or is there some shred of hope for him to grasp on to? ...

Formerly part of the Thorsons Health series this title has become the bible for panic attack sufferers. Were taking it out of the series & giving it an even stronger look. Panic Attacks became my bible. It explained how to face up to attacks & deal with them...I carried it around in my bag left a copy in my desk draw at work & dipped into a chapter before I went to sleep. Miraculously it seemed to do the trick. " SUNDAY TIMES STYLE SECTION. Our authoritative guide explains what panic attacks are why they happen & what every sufferer can do to empower themselves regain control & make panic a thing of the past. Containing a helpfully broad range of topics including: What to do during an attack * Whats happening during an attack * Self-help to prevent attacks from developing * Information for friends & relatives about panic attacks * Lifestyle therapies & complementary therapies. * Useful Summary box at the end of each chapter. Panic attacks is consistently straightforward informative & reassuring." ...