Nanda Gray the daughter of a Catholic convert is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted resilient & eager to please she accepts this closed world where with all the enthusiasm of the outsider her desires & passions become only those the school permits. Her only deviation from total obedience is the passionate friendships she makes. Convent life is perfectly captured
- the smell of beeswax & incense; the petty cruelties of the nuns; the eccentricities of Nanda's school friends.
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Vampire Academy" is a dark & dangerous series by Richelle Mead. It's winter break at St Vladimir's & a massive Strigoi vampire attack has put the school on high alert. This year's trip away from the academy to the wintery peaks of Idaho has suddenly become mandatory. But Rose's troubles seem to follow her wherever she goes
- dealing with the pain of knowing that her relationship with her tutor Dimitri can never be things get even more complicated when one her closest friends admits his feelings for her. The glittering winter landscape may create the illusion of safety but Rose
- & her heart
- are in more danger than she ever could have imagined... Richelle Mead the " New York Times" bestselling author of the " Vampire Academy" series lives in Seattle in the USA. " The Vampire Academy" series: " Vampire Academy"; " Frostbite"; " Shadow Kiss"; " Blood Promise"; " Last Sacrifice" & don't miss the brand new spin-off series " Bloodlines"..."


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After years of struggle Elena Michaels
- journalist investigator werewolf
- has finally come to terms with her strange fate

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This is a literary fantasy about war racial identity & first love. Frost has left her homeland to travel to the neighbouring country of Ruan in the hope of finding a deity she believes will rid her of a curse: at the sight of her own blood a berserker rage in the form of a wolf overtakes her & kills everyone within reach. On her journey Frost meets Luca & Arian two members of the Ruan military force sworn to protect the country's borders from neighbouring rebel fighters. Over the coming months under Luca's guidance Frost learns to overcome the Wolf within. She also begins to fall in love with Luca
- while Arian falls for her. This title is for fans of Tamora Pierce Maggie Stiefvater & Cassandra Clare. It is a companion title to Daughter of the Flames". It tackles themes such as racial tension prejudice war personal identity & first love. It is a refreshing & provocative real-world take on the fantasy genre: in this world there is no magic & the setting is more akin to Northern India or Tibet than the usual Tolkien-inspired pseudo-Europe. Zoe Marriott's first novel " The Swan Kingdom" was chosen as a USBBY Outstanding International Book. Her third book " Shadows on the Moon" won the prestigious Sasakawa Prize."
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The Pen Finishing Rod Set us a unique innovation for experienced anglers as well as budding novices. The 8 inch Pen transforms into a 40 inch fishing rod. It can easily be put in your car glove box in a suitcase as well as a jacket pocket. Supplied in an attractive carry case & with fishing tackle to make fishing easy whilst out & about. ...

It starts with the phone call late at night. The mysterious boy says he is dying. Dusty doesnt want to get involved
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1956 Freddy & Polly are used to helping their father with his experiments. So they don't mind being put into cryonic suspension
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Frozen Planet" is the exciting successor to the ground-breaking " Planet Earth" & " Blue Planet" series & has been created by the same award-winning team. Most of us will never travel to these great wildernesses & even for those lucky enough to have gone this portrait of our polar regions will surprise & astound. Take a journey to the last truly great wilderness regions. From the Great Melt in Spring to the 24-hour summer the beginning of the Big Freeze & long dark winter this epic series will follow the dramatic landscapes & the emotional life stories of the animals that live there. Following the stories of the polar bear & wolf in the North Pole & the adelie penguin & killer whale in the South Pole we see how they survive these extremes how they feed mate & rear their young. Using the latest hi-tech cameras the series will reveal animal behaviour as weve never seen before
- the long tender mating ritual of the polar bears the vast penguin colonies the Arctics most impressive hunter the wolf as well as eider ducks gentle seals & sociable ravens. But the real star of this series is the ice & " Frozen Planet" will tell its story from its formation to its movement & its beauty. & of course what the future holds for it. This is the last chance to explore our Frozen Planet before it changes forever."
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' The question that haunts us all. Just what is it that drives someone to kill?' In Ravenbank a remote community in the Lake District Hallowe'en is particularly chilling. It is a time for telling the story of the Faceless Woman a young housemaid brutally murdered in a nearby lane her corpse discovered with a makeshift shroud frozen to her battered face. & five years ago the tale became even more unsettling when another woman was murdered in exactly the same grisly manner. Daniel Kind a specialist in the history of murder becomes fascinated by the old cases & begins to wonder whether the obvious suspects really did commit the crimes. While Daniel attends a Hallowe'en party in Ravenbank death returns for a third time to the beautiful but eerily isolated spot. Once more the victim is a woman
- & once more her damaged face is shrouded from view. The latest horrifying murder presents DCI Hannah Scarlett head of the Cold Case Review Team with the toughest challenge of her career. Is the case linked to the two earlier killings
- & if so how? Hannah & Daniel join forces in an attempt to solve the puzzling mystery. But in doing so both may be forced to confront ghosts from their own pasts.. .

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This title teaches new & experienced craftsmen how to do what they love without breaking the bank. It

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