One of Frances best-selling writers at the time of the novels composition Dumas here combines what he considered to be lifes essentials
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Of course you know the Guardians of Childhood. You've known them since before you can remember: Santa The Tooth Fairy The Easter Bunny & the others. But.. .where did they come from? How did they became beloved & worthy of holidays? Embark on the first of seven very different journeys starting with the Man in the Moon's the very first of the Guardians. Join William Joyce on his latest adventure-to the Moon & discover the legends of The Guardian of Childhood. ...

Man in the Music" meticulously tracks Jacksons solo career from 1979s groundbreaking " Off the Wall" to 2001s " Invincible" to a glimpse into some of his yet-to-be-released material. With each album Vogel places the music in its social & historical context discusses its relation to Jacksons personal life reveals the singers fascinating process of artistic creation & analyses each record from its cover to its songs to its aesthetic impact & cultural legacy. Rather than focusing on the surface-level sensationalism " Man in the Music" explores & offers insight into the creative process behind Michael Jacksons work which serious Michael Jackson fans are sure to be looking for." ...

This is the chilling tale of a painting so terrifying its secrets will haunt those who see it... It is a ghost story by the author of The Woman in Black". A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Olivers old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winters night i eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don. The dark art of the Venetian scene instead of imitating life has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides & become the victim of its macabre beauty..." ...

Outside a London theatre a throng of people wait expectantly for the last performance of a popular musical. But as the doors open at last something spoils all thought of entertainment: a man in the queue is found murdered by the deadly thrust of a stiletto... ...

From Operation Desert Storm to the beginning of US incursions into Iraq Efraim Halevy was Deputy Director & then Director of Israels Mossad arguably the most developed & sometimes ruthless intelligence service in the world. MAN IN THE SHADOWS is Halevys memoir of that period from his vantage point inside the Mossad as well as a look at what lies ahead for a world transformed by Islamic terrorism. Having served as the secret envoy to Prime Ministers Rabin Shamir Netanyahu Barak & Sharon Halevy was privy to & collector of some of the most sensitive information coming out of the region. Beginning with a prologue that describes a visit he made to Jordan in 1993 Halevy looks back to Desert Storm an event he calls an epic of unfinished business & brings the reader up to the present day through 9/11 & the WMD crisis in Iraq. Informed by his extraordinary access from the beginning of his Mossad career in 1961 he writes frankly of the Israeli PMs he worked under as well as most of the other major players in the region & around the world: Yasir Arafat Saddam Hussein Hafez Assad Hosni Mubaraq Crown Prince Abdullah Muamar Qadaffi Presidents Clinton & Bush as well as former CIA director George Tenet & counter-intelligence chief James Angleton. Though Halevy looks to the past he also looks to the future & talks bluntly about how the world might achieve peace in the region & elsewhere. Much of what he has to say will surprise & shock even those readers well versed in the complexities of the region. ...

The Stig gets his kit off & reveals how he came to be Top Gears iconic racing driver & so much more
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Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book the first volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. A MAN LAY DEAD Sir Hubert Handesley's extravagant weekend house-parties are deservedly famous for his exciting Murder Game. But when the lights go up this time there is a real corpse with a real dagger in the back. All seven suspects have skilful alibis
- so Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to figure out the whodunit...ENTER A MURDERER The crime scene was the stage of the Unicorn Theatre when prop gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way to stardom using bribery instead of talent; & the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends & several relieved blackmail victims. The stage is set for one of Roderick Alleyn's most baffling cases...THE NURSING HOME MURDER A Harley Street surgeon & his attractive nurse are almost too nervous to operate. Their patient is the Home Secretary
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'I don't blame others for my problems. I stand on my own. & one day you'll see I'm going to make something of myself.' These words were eighteen-year-old Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother a woman who had abused him with shocking brutality. But even years after he was rescued his life remained a continual struggle. Dave felt rootless & awkward an outcast haunted by memories of his years as the bruised cowering ' It' locked in his mother's basement. Dave's dramatic reunion with his dying father & the shocking confrontation with his mother led to his ultimate calling: mentor to others struggling with personal hardships. From a difficult marriage to the birth of his son from an unfulfilling career to an enduring friendship Dave was finally able to break the chains of his past learning to trust to love & to live. ...

The first in a stunning new historical adventure series perfect for all fans of Sharpe. Upper Bavaria 1704. The British army ...