Grace is fascinated by the wolves in the woods behind her house; one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. Every winter she watches him but every summer he disappears. Sam leads two lives. In winter he stays in the frozen woods with the protection of the pack. In summer he has a few precious months to be human.. .until the cold makes him shift back again. When Grace & Sam finally meet they realize they can't bear to be apart. But as winter nears Sam must fight to stay human
- or risk losing himself & Grace for ever.
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A serial killer is turning New Orleans into his personal playground. The victims are killed in pairs
- no connection no apparent
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When she swore off love he was the last man she imagined would steal her heart. If driving a tow truck through the seediest part of town with a gun beside her means putting a roof over her sons head then single mother Samantha is going to be the best repossession woman on the books. But when she hooks her truck up to a flashy BMW the last thing she expects is to find a beaten bloody man in the trunk
- or to be catapulted into a terrifying fight to survive. Daniel knows the drug runners who kidnapped him from protective custody will stop at nothing to see him dead. With his life on the line his only option is to take his pretty saviour hostage & force her to help him. Sam & her four-year-old son are in too deep. With ruthless killers on their trail she must reluctantly trust this handsome menacing stranger. & as Sam relinquishes control she feels an unmistakable desire. But what is the price of falling for a man who operates on the edge of danger
- her heart her life.. .or both?

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A gorgeous collector's set of this addictive & hypnotic trilogy exploring the all-consuming romance between two star-crossed lovers: a yellow-eyed wolf boy & a human girl. For years Grace has watched the wolves in the woods. Especially the yellow-eyed beast whose chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Every winter she watches him but every summer he disappears... Sam leads two lives. In winter he stays in the frozen woods with the protection of the pack. In summer he has a few precious months to be human until the cold makes him shift back again. When Grace & Sam finally meet they realize they can't bear to be apart. But can they find a way to stay together as the stakes grow higher & death comes closing in? ...

A school of whales a pod of dolphins: these are some of the aquatic collective nouns you may already know. But have you heard of a congregation of crocodiles or a battery of barracudas? Then turn the pages of this book to discover a collection of lesser-known & sometimes more fanciful ones... ...

From the bestselling author of No Logo" Naomi Klein's " The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" cracks open the secret history of our era to look at how from a privileged few are making millions from worldwide devastation. Around the world in Britain the United States Asia & the Middle East there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed & catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. Exposing these global profiteers Naomi Klein discovered information & connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world
- & how this domination has been achieved. Raking in billions out of the tsunami plundering Russia exploiting Iraq
- this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed. " Packed with thinking dynamite.. .a book to be read everywhere". (John Berger). " If you only read one non-fiction book this year make it this one". (" Metro Books of the Year"). " There are a few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books". (John Gray " Guardian"). "A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo". (" Independent"). Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist author & filmmaker. Her first book was the international bestseller " No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies" called 'a movement bible' by " The New York Times". " The Shock Doctrine" has been translated into more than twenty languages."

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'I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name's Simon. I think you're going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he'll be dead. & he was never the same after that.' There are books you can't stop reading which keep you up all night. There are books which let us into the hidden parts of life & make them vividly real. There are books which because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen linger in your mind for days. The Shock of the Fall is all of these books. The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illness. It is a brave & groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction. ...

This authoritative lively book based on the BBC Time-Life" television series provides a comprehensive survey of the birth & development of modern art & an updated discussion of the European & American art movements in the 70s & 80s including minimalist & public art 70s American painting German Neo-Expressionism art by women & environmental art. " The Future that Was " the final chapter is completely rewritten & updated. 75 per cent of the 275 illustrations in the revised edition are in 4-color." ...

A mysterious plague in the Antarctic. A diamond empire run by an evil genius. A devastating new technology that threatens to annihilate millions. Tasman Sea 1856. A British clipper ship bound for Australia's penal colony is crushed in a raging typhoon. A few pitiful survivors wash up on a deserted isl&. Among them are Betsy Fletcher & Jess Dorsett who discover an immense supply of exquisite diamonds... Seymour Island Antarctica 2000. Dirk Pitt rescues Maeve Fletcher a descendant of Betsy & Jess after an unknouwn cataclysm kills thousands of marine animals & nearly two hundred people aboard a cruise ship. Pitt traces the carnage to the global diamond operations of Maeve's father Arthur Dorsett & her callous sisters. From a chilling escape at a high-security Canadian mine to a tiny boat adrift on lonely shark-infested seas the ingenious Pitt is racing to thwart Dorsett's ruthless plans
- before an unthinkable disaster claims millions of innocent lives.
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Bad news.. .for anyone who thought Carrie Fisher had finally stopped talking about herself. This time the electro-convulsive shock therapy shes been undergoing is threatening to wipe out (whats left of) her memory. But get ready for a shock of your own. Not only doesnt she mind paying the second electric bill she loves the high-voltage treatments. But before she can truly commit herself to it shed better get some of those more nagging memories of hers on paper. Its been a roller coaster of a few years for Carrie since her Tony- & Emmy-nominated one-woman Broadway show & New York Times bestselling book Wishful Drinking. She not only lost her beloved father but also her once-upon-a-very-brief-time stepmother Elizabeth Tayloras well as over forty pounds of unwanted flesh all the while staying sober & sane-ish. & she wants to tell you dear reader all about it. She wants you to someday be able to remind her how Elizabeth Taylor settles a score how she & Michael Jackson became friends or how she ended up sparring with Ted Kennedy on a dinner date. & she especially wants to preserve her memories of Eddie Fisher. Yes of course Shockaholic is laugh-out-loud funny acerbic & witty as hell. But it also reveals a new side of Carrie Fisher that may even bring a pleasant shock your way: it is contemplative vulnerable & ultimately quite tender. ...