Thirteen-year-old Tom Curdie the product of a Glasgow slum is on probation for theft. His teachers admit that he is clever but only one Charles Forbes sees an uncanny warmth in his reticence & in his seemingly insolent smile. So he decides to take Tom on holiday with his own family... This powerful novel explores one of Jenkins consistent & most fruitful themes
- how goodness & innocence is compromised when faced with the pressures of growing up & becoming part of society.
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Born without social instincts many people take for granted brought up in an environment that was beyond his ability to deal with & possessed with an extraordinary musical talent Mike was thrust into the spotlight at the tender age of nineteen. His first album Tubular Bells" went on to sell fifteen million copies worldwide & catapulted him into a stardom he was ill equipped to cope with. From growing up with an alcoholic mother to his feelings of alienation & struggles with depression this book takes Mike from his early years through his staggering fame his broken marriages years as a recluse & to his rebirth experience at a controversial Exegesis seminar. Mike Oldfield has been on a journey few of us could ever imagine & offers a message of hope to anybody who feels they live on the edge of society." ...

Trey thought he was an ordinary teenager. Then he meets a mysterious stranger Lucien Charron -- luminously pale oddly powerful with eyes that seem flecked with fire & skin that blisters in sunlight. Somehow Trey finds himself in a luxury London penthouse like a Bond villain's lair. It's the heart of a sinister empire built on the powers of the netherworld -- werewolves vampires sorcerers djinns. & Trey himself has a power that's roaring to break free. Is he a boy or is he a beast? ...

The next good mood I find my father in Ill get him quite discarded" With these chillingly offhand words Beatrice-Joanna the spoilt daughter of a powerful nobleman plots to get rid of the family servant who has crossed her once too often. The Changeling remains one of the most compelling tragedies from the 17th century. Exposing the vexed relationship between servants & masters setting notions of change against the revelation of psychological secrets as ways of explaining human behaviour & exploring the idea of love as a tame madness the play reveals the terrifying consequences of ungoverned sexual appetite & betrayal. Despite its seemingly domestic focus The Changeling has much to reveal about the gathering social & political tensions that were to plunge England into a destructive civil war within twenty years of its first performance. This new student edition contains a lengthy new Introduction with background on the authors date & sources theme critical interpretation & stage history. The New Mermaids plays offer: * Modernized versions of the play text edited to the highest textual standards * Fully annotated student editions with obscure words explained & critical contextual & staging insight provided on each page * Full Introductions analyzing context themes author background & stage history" ...

The year is 1453 & all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy & expelled from his monastery handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. Commanded by sealed orders Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom & travel to the very frontier of good & evil. Seventeen-year-old Isolde a Lady Abbess is trapped in a nunnery to prevent her claiming her rich inheritance. As the nuns in her care are driven mad by strange visions walking in their sleep & showing bleeding wounds Luca is sent to investigate & all the evidence points to Isolde's criminal guilt. Outside in the yard they are building a pyre to burn her for witchcraft... ...

Fourteen-year-old werewolf Trey is getting more powerful by the day. But can he control his powers
- or will they bite back? Trey
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Teenage werewolf Trey is facing the most important & dangerous mission of his life. He must journey into the dark Netherworld & rescue Alexa daughter of his vampire guardian Lucien who is being held hostage by a powerful demon lord. But strength & courage alone are not enough to succeed -- instead Trey must 'win' both their freedoms by participating in a death-match against his deadliest nemesis yet. The forces of evil are stacked against him & Trey can only be certain of one thing.. .one of them WILL die. ...

The last instalment in the chilling CHANGELING series -- in which Trey must face down the evil vampire Caliban in their most fearsome encounter yet. There will be evil spirits zombies & complete & utter devastation in London! Will werewolf Trey & his cohorts triumph or will the world be turned to darkness forever?! ...

Meet Harry Dresden Chicagos first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the everyday world is full of strange & magical things
- & most
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This is a new edition of an outstanding picture book by one of the most popular of all contemporary author/illustrators. On Thursday morning at a quarter past ten Joseph Kaye notices something odd about the kettle... Thus begins a remarkable day for Joseph a day in which everything seems to change in the most peculiar of ways. The washbasin grows feet the armchair becomes a gorilla his bicycle wheel turns into an apple... Josephs father had said when hed left that morning that everything was going to change. But what had he meant? The book explores the boys state of mind as he prepares for the return of his parents with his new baby sister. ...