Fifth book of the thrilling fantasy adventure series THE SEVENTH TOWER from international bestselling author Garth Nix. The Dark World is in danger for the Veil is vulnerable & war is coming. On one side are Tal & the Underfolk rebels. On another Milla & the Icecarls are preparing an assault on the Castle. But on a third side is the most sinister force of all. A force of evil that has only now chosen to reveal itself & so powerful that it could unleash the ultimate destruction! ...

Ever since her days as a reporter on the front line in Iraq Kate Adie has earned her reputation as one of the most intrepid women of her day. Throughout her career she has regularly reported from the worlds most dangerous war zones
- often placing her own life at serious risk. It has given her a curiosity about the people who are attracted to danger. Why when so many are fearful of anything beyond their daily routine are others drawn towards situations or professions which put them in regular peril of their lives? It has proved a fascinating quest that has taken her to the four corners of the globe in pursuit of an answer. She has met those who choose a career in danger like stuntpeople landmine exploders & even a snake man who
- aged 96
- has been bitten countless times by poisonous snakes to find venom for vaccines. She has questioned those whose actions put them in danger like Sir Richard Leakey whose determination to speak out in Kenya nearly cost him his life as well as criminals & prostitutes who risk all for money. & of course there are those who
- through no choice of their own
- have been put in danger such as Saddam Husseins food taster
- not his career of choice. With Kates insight wit & gift for illumination this is a compelling read.





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The Lytton family past is full of secrets & only Lady Celia knows them all. Theres her daughter Adeles difficult dark past; the dreadful cruelty of a truth her son Kit had to confront; even the shadows of Celias own life & that of Barty Miller the child she rescued from the slums in babyhood who now owns more than half of the Lytton publishing house. Some secrets are more dangerous than others some shared with Celias family some entirely her own. & all absolutely safe in her keeping. Until something threatens to reveal them all... ...

Only four men commanded Nazi extermination (as opposed to concentration) camps. Franz Stangl was one of the. Gitta Serenys investigation of this mans mind & of the influences which shaped him has become a classic. Stangl commanded Treblinka & was found guilty of co-responsibility for the slaughter there of at least 900 000 people. Sereny after weeks of talk with him & months of further research shows us this man as he saw himself & as he was seen by many others including his wife. To horrify is not Serenys aim though horror is inevitable. She is seeking an answer to the question which beggars reason: How were human beings turned into instruments of such overwhelming evil? ...

Haunting captivating & totally extraordinary. Into That Forest" will have the same impact as " Life of Pi" " How I Live Now" & " The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas". This is the story of two girls lost in the Tasmanian bush saved & raised by two Tasmanian tigers. Our story starts with an old woman acutely aware of her own Imminent death looking back on a lifetime ago when death stared her in the face once before. As we hear the story of these two young girls we marvel as to how they could have survived in the wild for four years. & then we must confront the painful question: how do you return to civilization when something like this has happened? " Into That Forest" reads like a true story
- its in turn wonderful truly moving & shocking. Youll never forget it."
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Still unsolved still baffling still claiming new victims
- Here are the untold stories. A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping
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Harry Barnett is a middle-aged failure. Leading a shabby existence in the shadow of a past disgrace he is reduced to caretaking a friends villa on the island of Rhodes & working in a bar to earn his keep. Then a guest at the villa
- a young woman he had instantly & innocently warmed to
- disappears on a mountain peak. Under suspicion of her murder Harry stumbles on a set of photographs taken in the weeks before her disappearance. Obsessed by the mystery that has changed his life & determined to clear his name he begins to trace back the movements & encounters that led to the moment when she vanished into the blue. The trail leads him back to England to a world he thought he had left for ever
- & a past he has tried desperately to forget.


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Catherine has been enjoying the single life for long enough to know a good catch when she sees one. Gorgeous charismatic spontaneous
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As lovely as one of the precious gems at her parents' jewellery store Amber Taylor is shy & introspective
- qualities misread by
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An atmospheric exploration of a child's anxiety by the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Medal Winner. One night a boy is woken by a terrible sound. A storm is breaking lightning flashing across the sky. In the morning Dad is gone & Mum doesn't seem to know when he'll be back. The next day Mum asks her son to take a cake to his sick grandma. Don't go into the forest " she warns. " Go the long way round." But for the first time the boy chooses to take the path into the forest where he meets a variety of fairy tale characters & discovers the fate of his father." ...