The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy The Cousins War brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort a shadowy ...

The second book in Philippa's stunning new series The Cousins War brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort a shadowy & ...

In Red Rabbit" Tom Clancy gives Jack Ryan fans an insight into his greatest hero's first years fighting terrorism. Jack Ryan. The early CIA days... When young Jack Ryan joins the CIA as an analyst he is thrust into a world of political intrigue & conspiracy. Stationed in England he quickly finds himself debriefing a Soviet defector with an extraordinary story to tell: senior Russian officials are plotting to assassinate Pope John Paul II. The CIA novice must forget his inexperience & rely on all his wits to firstly discover the details of the plot
- & then prevent its execution. For it is not just the Pope's life that is at stake but also the stability of the Western World. " Red Rabbit" is the thrilling eighth novel featuring Jack Ryan following " The Sum of All Fears" & " Debt of Honour". Published after " Executive Orders" the novel charts Jack Ryan's earliest mission for the CIA & is the stunning prequel to " The Hunt For Red October". Praise for Tom Clancy: " Truly riveting a dazzling read". (" Sunday Express"). "A brilliantly constructed thriller". (" Daily Mail"). Thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. His first novel " The Hunt for Red October' catapulted on to the " New York Times" bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it 'the perfect yarn'. Since then Clancy has established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism & authenticity intricate plotting & razor-sharp suspense."
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Determined to find the treasure of notorious pirate Red Rackham Tintin & Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the shipwreck of the Unicorn. Following the clues & making use of an ingenious shark-shaped submarine Tintin is ready for an ocean adventure... ...

The world's most famous travelling reporter sets out in search of Red Rackham's treasure. Determined to find the treasure of the notorious pirate Red Rackham Tintin & Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the shipwreck of the Unicorn. With the help of an ingenious shark-shaped submarine Tintin follows the clues deep down on this ocean adventure. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. ...

31st August 1997 Rose Wilson is fourteen but looks sixteen. Pimped out by her 'boyfriend' & let down by a person she thought she loved she has seen more of the darkness in life than someone twice her age. On the night of Princess Diana's death
- a night everyone will remember
- Rose snaps & commits two terrible crimes. Her life seems effectively over. But then a defence lawyer takes pity & sets out to do what he can to save her regardless of the consequences. Now DI Alex Morrow is a witness in the case of Michael Brown
- a vicious nasty arms dealer more brutal & damaged than most of the criminals she meets. During the trial while he is held in custody Brown's fingerprints are found at the scene of a murder in the Red Road flats. It was impossible that he could have been there & it's a mystery that Morrow just can't let go. Meanwhile a privileged Scottish lawyer sits in a castle on Mull waiting for an assassin to kill him. He has sold out his own father something that will bring the wrath of the powerful down upon him.


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Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST Art by RAMON BACHS & ART THIBERT Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL A new Batman watches over Gotham City
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This book offers a unique look at colours & friendship now available in paperback. This very simple text is about two friends Sue & Nick who like different colours but are still good friends. 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. ...

When Henry VI becomes king it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country. Richard Duke of York is convinced that he would make a better king & has more right to the crown & he will stop at nothing to claim it. But Margaret of Anjou Henrys new French wife is a formidable woman who is just as determined to keep Henry on the throne. Most powerful of all is the Earl of Warwick the kingmaker & with his support of Richard of York the War of the Roses begins. When Henry VI lapses into madness & eventually meets his mysterious end in the Wakefield Tower Margaret directs all of her ambition towards her young son. Passionate & impulsive she begins scheming for him & in doing so dashes headlong into disaster... ...

From First love to Farewells this book contains the full gamut of emotions inspired by poetrys most popular subject: love. Meet the romantics & the unromantics the obsessed & the fainthearted the tragic & the comic in all their lyrical glory. Antonia Fraser has made a touching canny & diverse selection of poems from the fifteenth century to the present day from ballads to sonnets to modern verse. Included alongside well-known masters like Burns Sir Walter Scott & Robert Louis Stevenson are contemporary poets such as Kathleen Jamie John Burnside & Carol Ann Duffy illuminating the ways of the heart in all its forms. ...