On a remote Greek Island Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality & illusion intertwine Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human complexities. By turns disturbing thrilling & seductive The Magus" is a feast for the mind & the senses." ...

NEW EDITION Sylvie is dying. A victim of crippling allergies poisoned by the pollution & chemicals of modern life Sylvie is trapped in a hospital bed while her mother & doctors watch her life slipping away. But one of them offers her a chance. Theres an alternative community
- Stonewylde
- hidden away behind high boundary walls in a corner of Dorset. If their leader the charismatic Magus would let Sylvie visit then perhaps the clean air & green lifestyle may restore her vitality. Or at least give her some measure of peace before she dies. Its a chance & when Sylvie & her mother take it they find themselves in a haven of tranquillity & beauty. But its not all idyllic. The Magus sends a moody secretive Village boy to work in their garden as a punishment. He warns them to stay away from him
- hes rebellious & in deep trouble. But Sylvie is curious about Yul & as their forbidden friendship grows she sees that all is not quite as it seems at Stonewylde. Why was she told to keep away from Yul
- & why are she & her mother so drawn to the Magus? Is the crone on the hill really a powerful wise-woman or just a crazed old hag bent on destroying the peace with her wild prophecies? & what exactly is the magical secret at the heart of this seemingly perfect community?



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Enter the world of Septimus Heap Wizard Apprentice. Magyk is his destiny. A powerful necromancer plans to seize control of all things Magykal. He has killed the Queen & locked up the Extraordinary Wizard. Now with Darke Magyk he will create a world filled with Darke creatures. But the Necromancer made one mistake. A vital detail he has overlooked means there is a boy who can stop him
- the only problem is the boy doesnt know it yet. For the Heap family life as they know is about to change & the most fantastically fast-paced adventure of confused identities magyk & mayhem begin.
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This beautifully designed & wonderfully witty Septimus Heap compendium is a dazzling cornucopia of information on every aspect of Septimus' world & the creatures that inhabit it: from secret files journal excerpts & charm theory to the seven basic spells dispatches from the Message Rat Office history maps & much more. It is sumptuously illustrated in four-colour throughout by Mark Zug. It is the ultimate companion title for fans of Septimus Heap & an ideal gift for fans of magic Wizardology & all things fantastical. It can be read cover to cover perfect for dipping in & out of too. ...

The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to a huge range of sports & games. For 50 years they have been the first step into a new sport or game for many people children & adults alike. The series has now been relaunched in a new format with a modern design
- making the best even better. The aim has been to make the books more accessible & they are now packed with colour photos & illustrations top tips & interesting facts. Each book contains everything you need to know about the sport or game including equipment rules techniques & training tips. There's even information on how to find a club & meet new people to play the sport or game with. & having been written & endorsed by the game's professional body you can be sure that you are getting the best information available.
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The Mahabharata" is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent & is a major text of Hinduism. Its discussion of human goals (artha or purpose kama or pleasure dharma or duty & moksha or liberation) takes place in a long-standing tradition attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society & the world (the nature of the ' Self') & the workings of karma." ...

The day Queen Mary Tudor
- or Bloody Mary as shes called because she has anyone who doesnt go to church burned
- came to town

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Born in 1910 Rose Plummer grew up in an East End slum; she knew at first hand a soot-blackened world lit by candles & oil lamps where you slept in your clothes
- if you hadnt already been sewn into them for the winter
- & fought an unending battle with hunger & bed bugs. At its best life was lived on the bustling noisy streets where fish sellers jostled with hurdy-gurdy men organ grinders & street fighters where children dodged between the wheels of horse-drawn carts & where money could still be made by mudlarks & the rag & bone man. At the age of fifteen Rose left the noise & squalor of Hoxton & started work as a live-in maid at a house in the West End. Despite the poverty of her childhood nothing could have prepared her for the long hours the backbreaking work & the harshness of this new world; a world in which servants were treated as if they were less than human. It was a world in which Rose found herself working from six in the morning till nine at night in a house where the only unheated bedroom was the one she slept in. Here & in later grander houses Rose had to endure the strict hierarchy of the servants world where the maid was expected to put up with sex pests deranged employers verbal & even physical abuse. But however difficult life became Rose found something to laugh about & her remarkable spirit & gift for friendship shines through in her memories of a now-vanished world. This is upstairs downstairs as it really was.

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In 1943 Emma Smith joined the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company under their wartime scheme of employing women to replace the boaters. She set out with two friends on a big adventure: three eighteen-year-olds freed from a middle-class background precipitated into the boating fraternity. They learn how to handle a pair of seventy-two foot-long canal boats how to carry a cargo of steel north from London to Birmingham & coal from Coventry; how to splice ropes bail out bilge water keep the engine ticking over & steer through tunnels. They live off kedgeree & fried bread & jam adopt a kitten lose their bicycles laugh & quarrel & get progressively dirtier & tougher as the weeks go by. Maidens Trip" is a classic memoir of the growth to maturity of three young women in the exceptional circumstances of Britain at war." ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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