Everyone at the stables is on alert when travellers return to the area. But Piacannot help but be drawn to one traveller girl Jazz who has real pony-whispering powers. When she & her pony become runaways should Pia help Jazz -- & risk her new friendships at the stables? ...

Samuel's not allowed to enter Shadow Forest. But what's to stop the forest from coming to him? There's one thing every troll child dreads more than anything
- & that's being sent to the Betterer. The Betterer is the most evil troll in Shadow Forest who loves to punish his fellow trolls for their grubby & stupid habits in lots of horrible ways. When one troll boy escapes the forest to be with his favourite human Samuel Blink the Betterer is not very happy. Until he realizes that the most useful thing to have in his Bettering Tower would be a real life human child. So he places his Bettering Branch & Gripgrass Juice in his pockets & sets out on a quest into the human world beyond the forest to kidnap Samuel & the troll friend he's been hiding in his wardrobe.. .
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The squabbling Norse gods & goddesses of Runemarks are back! & there's a feisty new heroine on the scene: Maggie a girl the same age as Maddy but brought up a world apart
- literally in World's End the focus of the Order in which Maddy was raised. Now the Order is destroyed Chaos is filling the vacuum left behind...and is breaching the everyday world. This is a chilling prophecy from the Oracle; a conflict between two girls; & with just twelve days to stave off the Apocalypse carnage is about to be unleashed...
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Seven oclock on a Monday morning five hundred years after the end of the world & goblins had been at the cellar again... Maddy Smith was born with a rusty-coloured runemark on her hand
- a symbol of the old gods & definitely cause for suspicion. For magic is dangerous. Or so everyone thinks. But Maddy enjoys working magic. Even if it is just to control some pesky goblins. & every time her friend One-Eye
- a good-for-nowt Outlander
- comes by he teaches her more & more about the gods & the runes. Now he wants Maddy to open Red Horse Hill & descend into World Below to retrieve a relic of the old gods. Otherwise it is likely to be the End of Everything. Again... An epic romp into the heart of the old Norse tales: wild dangerous richly inventive & superbly imaginative.


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Seven o'clock on a Monday morning five hundred years after the End of the World & goblins had been at the cellar again. Maddy Smith has always been an outsider. In a world ruled by the harsh & puritanical Order she is shunned for the strange birthmark on her left h&. For this is no ordinary birthmark
- it is a runemark a sign of the old gods. In fact Maddy can do things that no-one else can things that could be called magic. But not until she meets the old traveller One-Eye an outsider like herself does she learn what power she really has & what she will be asked to do with it. In Runemarks" Joanne Harris creates a world not unlike our own
- if it had been shaped by the Vikings instead of the Romans
- & colours it with her familiar blend of rich imagery & gritty realism. A disenchanted world where the gods died long ago. Can Maddy bring them back to life?"


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In 1977 with the publication of THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER Stephen Donaldson created a true phenomenon: an epic fantasy instant bestseller that has now sold millions & millions of copies across the world. Thomas Covenant is mysteriously struck down by a disease believed eradicated; abandoned by his wife & young son he becomes a pariah. Alone despairing Covenant falls
- & is drawn into a mysterious new world where gentle people work magic & the earth itself brings healing. He is welcomed as the reincarnation of a legendary saviour but Covenant is convinced hes having delusions. At the end of the sixth book as Covenant battles to save the world he is killed
- in both worlds
- as Dr Linden Avery his horrified companion looks on. Now comes the book every fantasy reader has been waiting for. Its ten years later & Linden Avery thought she would never see the Land or Covenant her beloved again. But Lord Foul has stolen her adopted son & is unmaking the very laws of nature. & though she believes Covenant dead he keeps sending Linden messages: Find me Youre the only one who can do this & Remember that Im dead. The Land is in turmoil & Lord Foul has plans for them all.. .


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In the kingdom of Asgarnia though the Knights of Falador defend the land & protect the people they face threats that clamor from all sides. A young woman's stormy arrival launches a chain of events that endangers the very fabric of magic. The knights must solve the riddle of Kara-Meir or everything they hold close may be lost. Their one hope may lie with an untested squire named Theodore. ...

Varrock is the greatest human city in the world yet it is filled with dangerous secrets. People are being taken by an inhuman abductor. Its victims are murdered...or worse spirited away to Morytania where vampires rule. As unrest against the crown grows the King chooses to send the now-famous Kara-Meir & her friends across the holy river into Morytania the land of the dead. ...

Every day scientists learn more about how the body adapts to the stress of running-and how various body systems contribute to running performance. Leading the charge is a fresh generation of brilliant young exercise physiologists including Ross Tucker & Jonathan Dugas whose work has demolished many long-standing beliefs about running. Now Tucker & Dugas whose blog Science of Sport has already created a devoted readership join with esteemed fitness author Matt Fitzgerald to provide a captivating tour of the human body from the runners perspective. Focusing on how runners at all levels can improve their health & performance The Runners Body" offers in a friendly accessible tone the newest most surprising & most helpful scientific discoveries about every aspect of the sport
- from how best to nourish the runners body to safe & legal ways to increase oxygen delivery to the muscles. Full of surprising facts practical sidebars & graphical elements " The Runners Body" is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to become a better & healthier runner."
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If youre a runner or would like to be one The Runners Handbook" will answer all your questions. Fitness expert Bob Glover
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