The first book in the Darkwar series from world-wide bestselling author of Magician Raymond E. Feist. The Conclave of Shadows the undercover organisation charged with the protection of Midkemia have problems: the evil magician Leso Varen is still at large & thousands of portals to a parallel dimension inhabited by the cruel & fiendish Dasati have been discovered in Novindus. Leso Varen a powerful & malign magician with the power to possess & transport himself from body to body & his Nighthawk assassins are plotting chaos & annihilation in the royal house of Kesh. The Nameless One is awakening & needs Varen to help him re-emerge completely & tip the balance of good & evil in the world plunging Midkemia into darkness & ruin. But when the Conclave attempt to warn the Emperor it becomes clear that many of the truebloods
- nobles related by birth to the Emperor
- are already Varen's slaves both willing & unwitting & the Conclave are forced into a race against time to save Great Kesh before evil engulfs the l&. ' Flight of the Night Hawks' begins a brand new series from the master of fantasy set on a grand scale; revisiting the exotic political-intrigue of Great Kesh (touched upon in the classic Riftwar books) & carrying the reader into a dark underworld of crime & black magic.

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The young stranger came to town just past twelve noon. Within an hour the idiot had been assaulted hands bloodied & broken; Deputy Travis suffered a major stroke at the wheel of his patrol car; & Babe Laurie was found murdered. The young stranger who had preceded all of these events was sitting in a jail cell... That stranger is Kathy Mallory. Having left her detectives badge back in New York she has made her way to Dayborn a small town in the wetlands of Louisiana. There seventeen years earlier an unspeakably brutal act had changed her life forever. Now she is back to take a very personal revenge... ...

When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father hes looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he & his friend Tom discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints it takes them to another world.. .a world of dinosaurs. The boys return to the land of the dinosaurs & set off to explore around the beach & the lagoon. They spot a Quetzalcoatus the biggest of the Pterosaurs flying high above them & the boys decide to find its nest. Suddenly a baby Quetzalcoatus falls off the high cliff next to them then another then another! Theyre not hurt just learning to fly. Jamie & Toms dino friend Wanna goes to play with the babies but when their mother swoops down to collect them she takes Wanna away too! How are the boys ever going to rescue their little friend? Will he be food for the Quetzalcoatus? Or will the mother decide to push him off the top of the cliff? ...

Welcome to the Cretaceous! It's full of the coolest creatures that ever walked the Earth! & Jamie & Tom have found a secret gateway that will take them there for adventures whenever they want. Today the boys & their wannanosaurus pal Wanna are on the hunt for a quetzalcoatlus
- one of the biggest flying reptiles ever. It's not long before they spot the creatures gliding through the air & as one swoops down the boys are amazed at how huge it is. But when it picks up Wanna & flies away with him it's time for the boys to launch a rescue mission & find their little friend. This is the fourth book in the hugely popular Dinosaur Cove series which has now sold over a million copies. This new edition

Includes:: a set of Cretaceous collector cards.


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In this compelling sequel to Final Flights aviation archaeologist Ian Mc Lachlan has reconstructed the dramatic last flights of Second World War airmen including the first Fortress to fall in combat from the USAAFs 447th Bomber Group; the final flight of an intruder Mosquito pursuing a German night fighter; the courage of a Lancaster pilot responsible for six lives aboard a burning aircraft; the story of a Spitfires last flight & its heroic Belgian pilot. Exciting stories are also recounted of those whose misdirected courage saw them serve under the swastika. In reconstructing long-forgotten wartime events often from buried wreckage eyewitness accounts & contemporary documentation aviation archaeologists can bring recognition to the individual flyers involved & shed new light on the air war over Britain & Europe during the Second World War. Even the discovery of small fragments can be significant. They provide evidence or prompt new research revealing stories that offer a uniquely human dimension & reveal the hopes fears aspirations & pleasures of the aircrew involved. Ian Mc Lachlan & other aviation archaeologists have now done them justice. ...

Discover the inside view of the amazing human body with the help of fantastic fold-out flaps. Organized in three sections: What happens to your food? How do your senses work? & How are babies made? this book covers the fascinating working of our bodies in detail but with easy-to-follow & understand text & bold colourful illustrations for young children. ...

There's a simple way of thinking acting & doing that once learned will make sure you get the very best out of everything. This book challenges you to get curious about how you interpret & handle every situation. It liberates you from the beliefs that have been holding you back & gives you powerfully simple ways to switch your thinking & change your actions so that you can get the very best from whatever life sends your way. With the new revised edition of this bestselling book you'll discover how to make sure you never have a 'bad day' ever again. ...

Zoom up through the protective layers of the atmosphere from the surface to outer space following the Earth as it makes its yearly journey around the Sun. Discover the inner workings of our planet & why volcanoes erupt & the earth sometimes quakes. Find animals in the forests & in the sea & wonder at the amazing variety of life on our planet. ...

Whales & dolphins swim through the flaps of this book -- watch dolphins jaw-clapping a blue whales blowhole spouting & spinner dolphins leaping. The questions uncover essential & extraordinary facts about feeding communication & much more & provide a great first knowledge of these fascinating sea mammals. ...

Ever felt like your office colleagues might actually be zombies? Call Zombie Busters Extermination! The Zombie Apocalypse has been good to Sarah & David. Their marriage is better than ever. They communicate well share responsibilities & theyve also started a business. Zombie Busters
- for all your zombie extermination needs. There are lots of zombies & that means lots of customers... Except one of them doesnt want the zombies dead he wants them alive & ready for experimentation. Mad scientists make for difficult clients & this time Sarah & David might have bitten off more than they can chew.
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