If you dont know Chopper by now then where on earth have you been hiding? Since the movie of his life & the eight bestselling books that followed hes been shocking & amusing his fans in all corners of the globe. Now hes back with another of his intriguing blends of fact & fiction
- Pulp Faction as he calls it
- in this his ninth book. Based on his extensive experience in the underworld these hilarious tales of violence allow Chopper to draw from some of the tales hes never before shared in a series of stories thatll make you laugh & wince in equal measure. A motley crew of characters lies in these pages ready to shock you with the kind of extreme & hysterical criminal antics that only Chopper has the nerve & verve to put down on paper. Guaranteed to storm the charts & upset the public at large all over again this latest volume is a must-read for any self-respecting Chopper fan.

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Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy recently widowed is a cook & food journalist; Joanna a successful business woman never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads & they quickly form a bond. The trio decide to combine their talents to restore a crumbling pile in Cornwall & turn it into a cookery school & spa. The project brings its own conflicts both professional & personal. The novels themes touch on the sustaining power of female friendship & how a woman copes with mid life & onwards. Prues narrative voice is warm witty wise very accessible. Her characters are sympathetic & engaging: very different women but each with demons to face as she gets older & confronts a future without
- perhaps
- a man in it. Her knowledge of food & business adds detail & zest enriching an already compelling tale.

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I guess it had gone okay with Stevie Rae. I mean she had agreed to meet me tomorrow. & she hadn't tried to bite me which was a plus. Of course the whole trying-to-eat-the-street-person thing was highly disturbing.. ." Zoey's best friend Stevie Rae is undead
- in an eww! zombie! kind-of-way not in a cool vampire kind-of-way. She's struggling to retain her humanity & Zoey doesn't have a clue how to help. But she does know that anything they discover must be kept secret. Trust has become a rare commodity. Sinister forces are at work at the House of Night where the line between friend & enemy is becoming dangerously blurred.
- Not suitable for younger readers -"

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I guess it had gone okay with Stevie Rae. I mean she had agreed to meet me tomorrow. & she hadn't tried to bite me which was a plus. Of course the whole trying-to-eat-the-street-person thing was highly disturbing.. ." Zoey's best friend Stevie Rae is undead
- in an eww! zombie! kind-of-way not in a cool vampire kind-of-way. She's struggling to retain her humanity & Zoey doesn't have a clue how to help. But she does know that anything they discover must be kept secret. Trust has become a rare commodity. Sinister forces are at work at the House of Night where the line between friend & enemy is becoming dangerously blurred.
- Not suitable for younger readers -"

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When Kylie Galen left Shadow Falls she thought it was the hardest decision of her life. Heartbroken & separated from everyone she loves she finally comes to terms with her abilities & what it means to be a chameleon. But as Kylie's journey comes to a close she must return to the camp that started it all...and she must finally choose between the two boys who love her. The werewolf who broke her heart when he chose his pack over her & the half-fae who ran from their intense attraction before they ever really had a chance. For Kylie everything will finally be revealed & nothing will ever be the same. ...

Number One bestseller Sam Bourne author of The Righteous Men delivers this page-turning political conspiracy thriller that goes right to the heart of the US establishment. Bruised by years of disappointments political advisor Maggie Costello is finally working for a leader she can believe in. She along with the rest of America has put her trust in President Stephen Baker believing he can make the world a better place. But suddenly an enemy surfaces: a man called Vic Forbes reveals first one scandal about the new president & then another. He threatens a third revelation
- one that will destroy Baker entirely. When Forbes is found dead Maggie is thrown into turmoil. Could the leader she idolizes have been behind Forbes's murder? Has she been duped by his message of change & hope? Who is the real Stephen Baker? On the trail of the truth Maggie is led into the roots of a massive conspiracy that reaches back into history
- & goes right to the heart of the US establishment...

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Detectives Regan Pescoli & Selena Alvarez have been searching for the Star Crossed Killer for months never imagining Regan will be captured by the madman she's been hunting. Regan knows exactly what he's capable of
- & avoiding the same fate will take every drop of her courage & cunning. As Selena joins forces with Regan's lover Nate to dig deeper into the case & the body count rises the truth about Regan's disappearance becomes chillingly clear. Something evil is lurking in the snow-covered mountains. With time running out the only way they can save Regan will be to get inside a killer's twisted mind & unravel a shocking message that he is revealing.
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Welcome to the Shahjahan one of Calcuttas oldest & most venerable hotels. In Chowringhee" the Shahjahans new receptionist regales his audience with stories of the people who spend their days & nights within the Shahjahans grand facade. Like Bengal itself this is a place where greed seduction & death live alongside love luxury & pride. With wit warmth & ferocious energy " Chowringhee" reveals to us an entire universe. One of the great novels of contemporary Indian literature it presents a glittering vision of a lost metropolis & an homage to an old Bengal of myth & memory." ...

One of the most remarkable
- & controversial
- sporting figures in British history Chris Brasher piled unique achievement on

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Fully updated to include Sir Chris Hoy's incredible record-breaking golds at London 2012 (making him his country's greatest ever Olympian) this is the story of a sporting legend in his own words. Fully updated to include Sir Chris Hoy's incredible record-breaking golds at London 2012 (making him his country's greatest ever Olympian) this is the story of a sporting legend in his own words. This 33-year-old cycling fanatic from Murrayfield in the suburbs of Edinburgh defied the doubters who thought he would struggle when his specialist discipline the 1km time trial was dropped from the Olympics & went on to reinvent himself as a track cycling sprinter & triple Olympic gold medallist in Beijing. His return to these shores sparked unprecedented celebrations & real admiration that here was a role model who was the epitome of all things that are good in sport. What makes a champion in sport? In his autobiography Hoy returns to his roots as a child fully engaged with the BMX craze of the Eighties; when even as a seven year old his will to succeed allied to an unyielding mental strength set him apart from other youngsters of his age. A promising rower & rugby player in school it was when he joined his first local cycling club & spent most weekends of the year competing in national events from Blackpool to Bristol that the seeds of his future career were sown. With the devoted support of his family Hoy drove himself to the pinnacle of his sport at the same time as British track cycling established itself as a pioneering force on the world stage. In the wake of his unparalleled achievements at London 2012 which filled the whole country with pride there is no sporting icon better placed to demonstrate what it takes to reach the top than Chris Hoy. ...