Lady Henrietta Maclellan longs for the romantic swirl of a London season. But as a rusticating country maiden she has always kept her sensuous nature firmly under wraps
- until she meets Simon Darby. Simon makes her want to whisper promises late at night exchange kisses on a balcony & receive illicit love notes. So Henrietta lets her imagination soar & writes a letter.. .a very steamy love letter that somehow becomes shockingly public. Everyone supposes that he has written the letter to her but the truth hardly matters in the face of the scandal to come if they don't marry at once. But nothing has quite prepared Henrietta for the pure sensuality of Simon who has vowed he will never turn himself into a fool over a woman. So while debutantes swoon as he disdainfully strides past the lovely ladies of the ton he ignores them all.. .until Henrietta. Could it be possible that he has been the foolish one all along?
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The events of Pietro Russells life are told in 26 chapters. From A-Z each chapter is set in a different place & reveals a fragment of his story. As his memories flicker back & forth through time in his search for a resolution to the conflicts of his life his story gradually unfolds... ...

violetta & Feste have come to London to rescue the holy relics taken from the church in Illyria by the evil Malvolio. Their journey has been long & their adventures many but it is not until they meet the playwright William Shakespeare that they get to tell the entire story from beginning to end! But where will this remarkable tale ultimately lead violetta & her companion? & will they manage to save themselves & the relics from the very evil intentions of Malvolio. ...

Return to the world of the Farseers... Robin Hobb's best loved characters Fitz The Fool & Nighteyes the wolf face new adventures & trials in the first book of The Tawny Man trilogy. When Assassin's Quest closed Fitz was living in self-imposed exile. Wracked with pain he had chosen to discard the magical gifts that had seen him survive the wonders & torments of navigating the legendary city of the Elderlings & of raising a dragon. Now in this the first of a new trilogy we are returned to the world of the Six Duchies & the lives of those who managed to survive the events of the first Assassin trilogy. Fifteen years have passed & events are about to sweep Fitz out of his quiet backwater life & into the main political current again. Persecution of the Witted has become rampant throughout the Six Duchies despite Queen Kettricken's effort to damp it. The Witted themselves have begun to strike back. So when 15 year old Prince Dutiful disappears is it only because he is nervous about his betrothal ceremony to an Outislander princess or has he been taken hostage by the Witted? Worse is he perhaps another ' Piebald Prince' a Farseer tainted by Wit magic? As the desperate situation worsens Kettricken has no choice but to summon Fitz to Buckkeep for who better to track the young prince down than another gifted with the Wit together with his bonded companion the wolf Nighteyes? ...

The triumphant conclusion to our three thrilling fantasy series from the author of the bestselling Farseer & Liveship traders trilogies. The moving end to the tale of the Farseers in which kingdoms must stand or fall on the beat of a dragon's wings or a Fool's heart. A small & sadly untried coterie -- the old assassin Chade the serving-boy Thick Prince Dutiful & his reluctant Skillmaster Fitz -- sail towards the distant island of Aslevjal. There they must fulfil the Narcheska's challenge to her betrothed: to lay the head of the dragon Icefyre whom legends tell is buried there deep beneath the ice upon her hearth. Only with the completion of this quest can the marriage proceed & the resulting alliance signal an end to war between the two kingdoms. It is not a happy ship: tensions between the folk of the Six Duchies & their traditional enemies the Outislanders lie just beneath the surface. Thick is constantly ill & his random but powerful Skilling has taken on a dark & menacing tone while Chade's fascination with the Skill is growing to the point of obsession. Having ensured that his beloved friend the Fool is safely left behind in Buckkeep Fitz is guilt-stricken; but he is determined to keep his fate at bay since prophecy foretells the Fool's death if he ever sets foot on the isle of the black dragon. But as their ship draws in towards Aslevjal a lone figure awaits them! ...

From the author of international bestseller The Black Swan" Nassim Nicholas Taleb's " Fooled by Randomness" is the bestselling account of the hidden role of chance in life & the markets. Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill & strategy
- or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business & the world. It is all about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal & professional experiences. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the markets
- we hear an entrepreneur has 'vision' or a trader is 'talented' but all too often their performance is down to chance rather than skill. It is only because we fail to understand probability that we continue to believe events are non-random finding reasons where none exist. A " Financial Times" book of the year this irreverent bestseller has shattered the illusions of people around the world by teaching them how to recognize randomness. Now it can do the same for you. " One of the smartest books of all time". (" Fortune"). " An iconoclastic tour de force.. .nothing escapes his Exocets". (" Evening Standard"). " Brilliant". (John Kay). " Excellent & thought-provoking.. .an entertaining book". (" Financial Times"). " Wall Street's principal dissident". (Malcolm Gladwell). Nassim Nicholas Taleb (b.1960) has devoted his life to immersing himself in probelmce s of luck uncertainty probability & knowledge. His books " The Black Swan" & " Fooled by Randomness" have been published in thirty-one languages & " Fooled by Randomness" was selected by " Fortune" magazine as one of ' The Smartest Books of All Time'."

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A Ph D candidate in physics at Columbia University Alex Stone is also part of the underground magic circuit an exclusive community whose members convene regularly in pizza parlours & coffee shops to swap tips & develop new illusions. Determined to take his lifelong hobby to the professional level Stone embarks on a personal quest to reach the pinnacle of this bizarre world & become a master magician. But he has some learning to do. In Fooling Houdini" we journey through a strange & colourful subculture of obsessive brilliant & dysfunctional geniuses
- blind card sharps street-hustlers & Las Vegas showmen
- learning the principles & history of some of the greatest tricks ever performed. Seeking answers to broader questions about decision making the limits of perception & the nature of deception Stone helps us understand what happens as we attempt to distinguish reality from illusion & discovers the link between magic & psychology physics & even crime. From back-street scams to laboratories to the Magic Olympics " Fooling Houdini" reveals the mysterious world of magic as never before."

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Alex Stone part of the underground magic circuit is determined to take his lifelong hobby to the professional level to reach the pinnacle of this bizarre world & become a master magician. Combining his passion for magic with his studies in Physics Stone takes us on a journey through a strange & colourful subculture of brilliant characters
- a blind card sharp street-hustlers Las Vegas showmen & world-leading scientists
- as he seeks answers to the questions about the limits of perception & the psychology of deception & decision-making. By pulling back the curtain Stone reveals the principles & history of some of the greatest tricks ever performed.

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This title comes from the international bestseller of The Godfather". A story of big-time gamblers in a feverish world where law & organised crime are one & the same... From New York to Las Vegas Merlyn & his brother Artie obey their own code of honour in the ferment of contemporary America
- a world of greed lust violence & betrayal where the power of corruption & the corruption of power are nowhere better explored."
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Wet foot. Dry foot. Low foot. High foot. Early readers will enjoy marching in time to the beat of many many feet with Dr. Seuss' fun exploration of opposites. With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranking among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller with nearly half a million books sold worldwide. This delightful book forms part of the third stage in Harper Collins' major Dr. Seuss rebrand programme. With the relaunch of six more titles in January 2004 such all-time favourites as The Lorax The Foot Book & Yertle the Turtle now boast bright new covers that incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels: Blue Back Books are for parents to share with young children Green Back Books are for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books are for older more fluent readers to enjoy. The Foot Book belongs to the Blue Back Book range. ...