The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow" is the final thrilling instalment in award-winning author & Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan's " Kane Chronicles" trilogy. Is their inherited magic enough to battle against the most powerful mythical forces that Egypt's gods have to throw at them? Carter & Sadie Kane descendants of the magical House of Life are in pretty big trouble. Despite their bravest efforts Apophis the giant snake of Chaos is still threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Now the Kanes must do something no magician has ever managed
- defeat Apophis himself. No pressure there then. Battling against the forces of Chaos their only hope is an ancient spell
- but the magic has been lost for a millennia. Will they find the serpent's shadow or will they be led to their deaths in the depths of the Underworld? Praise for " The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow": " Storytelling that will get readers hooked". (Philip Ardagh " The Guardian"). " Witty & inspired. Gripping touching & deliciously satirical". (" Times"). Rick Riordan is the award-winning writer of the Percy Jackson series " The Kane Chronicles" & the " Heroes of Olympus" series. He lives in San Antonio Texas with his wife & two sons. Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006 & made into a blockbuster film starring Sean Bean Pierce Brosnan & Uma Thurman in 2010. The series has gone on to become a chart-topping success."

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The Throne of Fire: the second book in Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles. Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world Carter Kane & his sister Sadie have been in big trouble. As descendants of the magical House of Life they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy
- Apophis the giant snake of chaos
- is rising. If Carter & Sadie don't destroy him the world will end in five days' time. & in order to battle the forces of chaos they must revive the sun god Ra
- a feat no magician has ever achieved. Because first they must search the world for the three sections of the Book of Ra then they have to learn how to chant its spells... Can the Kanes destroy Apophis before he swallows the sun & plunges the earth into darkness.. .forever? Praise for the Percy Jackson series: Witty & inspired. Gripping touching & deliciously satirical... This is most likely to succeed Rowling. Puffin is on to a winner". (Amanda Craig The Times). " Puns jokes & subtle wit alongside a gripping storyline". (Telegraph). " Perfectly paced with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats". (New York Times). Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. He lives in San Antonio Texas with his wife & two sons. Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006. The Percy Jackson series: The Lightning Thief; The Sea of Monsters; The Battle of the Labyrinth; The Titan's Curse; The Last Olympian Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero; The Son of Neptune; The Mark of Athena The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid; The Throne of Fire; & The Serpent's Shadow."


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When Blasted was first produced at the Royal Court in 1995 it was hailed jointly as a masterpiece & a disgusting piece of filth (Daily Mail). Subsequently that play & the others that followed have been produced all over the world. This anthology

Includes:: Kanes never-before-published Channel 4 screenplay Skin. Kane wrote simply & starkly about the world she saw around her...a mature & vividly theatrical response to the pain of living." Guardian"

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The Critique of Pure Reason is Kants acknowledged masterpiece in which he tackles the question of how we can possibly have knowledge that does not rest on experience (a priori knowledge). The first half of the Critique advances a constructive theory of human cognition & defends the possibility of human knowledge against the skeptical empiricism of Hume. These sections of the Critique are difficult for beginners & for advanced students alike. While there exist many scholarly works discussing the Critique on an advanced level this book is explicitly designed to be read alongside the text by first-time readers of Kant. Dicker makes Kants views & arguments as accessible as possible without oversimplifying them & synthesizes the views of contemporary scholars. Kants Theory of Knowledge will be useful to both undergraduate & graduate students struggling with this notoriously difficult yet deeply influential thinker. ...

As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless & passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? The search reveals the divisions which rack the brothers yet paradoxically unite them. Around the writhings of this one dysfunctional family Dostoevsky weaves a dense network of social psychological & philosophical relationships. At the same time he shows
- from the opening 'scandal' scene in the monastery to a personal appearance by an eccentric Devil
- that his dramatic skills have lost nothing of their edge. The Karamazov Brothers completed a few months before Dostoevsky's death in 1881 remains for many the high point of his genius as novelist & chronicler of the modern malaise. It cast a long shadow over D. H. Lawrence Thomas Mann Albert Camus & other giants of twentieth-century European literature.

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In the practice of karate throughout the world & all levels there is one sure constant
- the Kata. These formal sequences of karate
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Linking the time when karate was a strictly Okinawan art of self-defense shrouded in the deepest secrecy & the present day when it has become a martial art practiced throughout the world is Gichin Funakoshi the Father of Karate-do." Out of modesty he was reluctant to write this autobiography & did not do so until he was nearly ninety years of age. Trained in the Confucian classics he was a schoolteacher early in life but after decades of study under the foremost masters he gave up his livelihood to devote the rest of his life to the propagation of the Way of Karate. Under his guidance techniques & nomenclature were refined & modernized the spiritual essence was brought to the fore & karate evolved into a true martial art. Various forms of empty-hand techniques have been practiced in Okinawa for centuries but due to the lack of historical records fancy often masquerades as fact. In telling of his own famous teachers-and not only of their mastery of technique but of the way they acted in critical situations-the author reveals what true karate is. The stories he tells about himself are no less instructive: his determination to continue the art after having started it to improve his health; his perseverance in the face of difficulties even of poverty; his strict observance of the way of life of the samurai; & the spirit of self-reliance that he carried into an old age kept healthy by his practice of Karate-do." ...

Headliners of four hit reality television shows & staple cover girls of weekly celebrity magazines Kourtney Kim & Khloe Kardashian live large & glamorous lives. But to see how they really live & relate as sisters fans clamoured to read Kardashian Konfidential" making it an instant bestseller. The book is their sisterhood autobiography full of fun facts about their childhoods (guess who was the ugly duckling?) their beauty & style secrets & the lessons on life love & business they learned from their parents. " Kardashian Konfidential" is as fun & fashionable as the girls themselves & a perfect buy-one-for-me-buy-three-for-friends fan's book. A new chapter written just for this edition focuses on their business acumen: their success at building a brand & maintaining it & at making a living out of what they love & believe in. This chapter is a What Color is Your Parachute? for young style-conscious modern women & men. They exemplify these skills with their own products (fragrances skin care jewellry shoes swim suits clothing & more) & those they choose to endorse." ...

This second edition of Mc Lellans comprehensive selection of Marxs writings

Includes:: carefully selected extracts

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This is a voyage through the strange yet mesmerising mind of cult author Karl Pilkington now in paperback. By his own admission Karl Pilkington left formal education behind with only an E in History to his name & not much else. Ever since his thirst for knowledge has nagged. With this in mind Karl has embarked on a tour of discovery to make up for the lost years of learning & to find out more stuff. Karlology" is the result. So what exactly has Karl Pilkington learned so far? This is a man it should be noted who thinks owning 1 777 acres of the moon is a good idea & believes that the human testicles should be relocated to the earlobes. Maybe hes right. Perhaps his unique brand of wisdom & insight is what the world has been waiting for? Judge for yourself: observe enjoy & become a Karlologist. Illuminated by Karl Pilkingtons own cartoons with extra wisdom from Ricky Gervais Russell Brand David Baddiel Noel Fielding & others." ...