Charles Strickland a conventional stockbroker abandons his wife & children for Paris & Tahiti to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family duty & honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin The Moon & Sixpence" is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions & a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius." ...

When twelve-year-old Tam is sent to work at a bear farm in the city he has never felt so alone. He hates seeing the cruel way the bears are treated but speaking up will mean losing his job. & if he can't send money home how will his family survive? When a sick cub arrives at the farm Tam secretly nurses it back to health & they develop an unbreakable bond. Tam swears to return his beloved cub to the wild but how will they ever find a way to be free? Deeply moving & powerful Moon Bear is an unforgettable story of compassion hope & bravery against overwhelming odds. ...

The top destinations in the West are within a day's drive of one another. See them all with Moon California Road Trip" as your guide. Detailed driving instructions tell you how far you'll have to drive how long it will take & which highways you'll need to follow--including information on alternate routes & the best places to stop along the way. Day-by-day itinerary suggestions tell you the best ways to spend your time: The 14-Day Best of the West Three Days in San Francisco Three Days in Los Angeles Three Days in Las Vegas One Day in Yosemite One Day in the Grand Canyon Day Trips to Wine Country & 36 easy-to-use maps keep you oriented along the way." ...

I didnt realize he was a werewolf at first. My nose isnt at its best when surrounded by axle grease & burnt oil.. . Mercedes Thompson runs a garage in the Tri-Cities. Shes a mechanic & a damn good one who spends her spare time karate training & tinkering with a VW bus that happens to belong to a vampire. Her next-door neighbour is an alpha werewolf
- literally the leader of the pack. & Mercy herself is a shapeshifter sister to coyotes. As such shes tolerated by the wolves but definitely down the pecking order. As long as she keeps her eyes down & remembers her place the pack will leave her in peace.
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Wrongly accused of a crime that he didn't commit teenager Wil Calloway is sentenced to join the Moon Chase to try to prove his innocence. On the face of it this sounds easy enough especially with the help of the huge Fellhounds of Thesk but as Wil learns more from the mysterious Lady Aelanor & her telepathic sister Tally he soon realises that proving his innocence is the least of his challenges
- staying alive is another! I really enjoyed Moon Chase. In fact I found it pretty much unputdownable. I cared about Wil; I wanted to know what happened next; you sustain a sense of both tension & wonder all the way through. Most importantly perhaps I want to read the next one!A Toby Faber author & former Managing Director of Faber & Faber"
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On Luna
- an open penal colony of the twenty-first century
- a revolution is being plotted. The conspirators are a strange assortment:

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Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germanys power Steinbecks fable The Moon Is Down" explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered & the conquerors. Occupied by enemy troops a small peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside & betrayal from within the close-knit community. As he delves into the motivations & emotions of the enemy Steinbeck uncovers profound & often unsettling truths both about war & human nature." ...

Enthralling sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen It is the Eve of Gomrath
- the night of the year when the Old Magic is aroused.
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Alan Garners exciting & atmospheric tale of magic & evil which began with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" continues with the " Moon of Gomrath". Colin & Susan are not safe from the evil Morrigan & once more find themselves back in Fundindelve with the wizard Cadellin." ...

I was my dad's vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while he lounged around drinking tea & that's how I know my Argo from my Tempo. & it's why when Dr Walid called me to the morgue to listen to a corpse I recognised the tune it was playing. Something violently supernatural had happened to the victim strong enough to leave its imprint like a wax cylinder recording. Cyrus Wilkinson part-time jazz saxophonist & full-time accountant had apparently dropped dead of a heart attack just after finishing a gig in a Soho jazz club. He wasn't the first. No one was going to let me exhume corpses to see if they were playing my tune so it was back to old-fashioned legwork starting in Soho the heart of the scene. I didn't trust the lovely Simone Cyrus' ex-lover professional jazz kitten & as inviting as a Rubens' portrait but I needed her help: there were monsters stalking Soho creatures feeding off that special gift that separates the great musician from someone who can raise a decent tune. What they take is beauty. What they leave behind is sickness failure & broken lives. & as I hunted them my investigation got tangled up in another story: a brilliant trumpet player Richard ' Lord' Grant
- my father
- who managed to destroy his own career twice. That's the thing about policing: most of the time you're doing it to maintain public order. Occasionally you're doing it for justice. & maybe once in a career you're doing it for revenge.

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