Found adrift far from Consortium space pilot Dakota Merrick & Lucas Corso are taken prisoner by the alien Bandati. There Dakota discovers that humanity's knowledge of the galaxy is frighteningly inaccurate. The Shoal has apparently been fighting a frontier war with a rival species the Emissaries for thousands of years. As yet the latter seem unaware of their FTL technology's full destructive capabilities. But the Bandati now have this information & they will use it for profit. Dakota realises to her shock that the Shoal may therefore hold the Galaxy's best chance for peace. Forging an alliance with Trader a Shoal-member she's determined to prevent the Bandati's deadly knowledge from reaching the Emissaries. Yet despite her efforts a nova war now seems inevitable -- a war that will destroy millions of inhabited worlds. ...

In the spring of 1938 Elise Landau arrives at Tyneford the great house on the bay. A bright young thing from Vienna forced to become a parlour-maid she knows nothing about England except that she won't like it. As servants polish silver & serve drinks on the lawn Elise wears her mother's pearls beneath her uniform & causes outrage by dancing with a boy called Kit. But war is coming & the world is changing. & Elise must change with it. At Tyneford she learns that you can be more than one person. & that you can love more than once. ...

On New Year's Eve Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a crazed man with a deadly warning: They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days! Pursued by helicopters hunted across rooftops Cal knows it's time to leave the country & solve the final part of the Ormond Riddle. But when he encounters an alarmingly familiar face his recurring nightmare takes a jolt into reality. & it appears that the answer lies with a dying man.. . ...

Sonea knows the other novices in the Magicians' Guild all come from powerful families but she also knows she can turn to Rothen & Dannyl for help when she needs it. That is until someone starts spreading malicious rumours about her
- & Akkarin the High Lord steps in. Prompted by the Guild Ambassador Lord Dannyl leaves for the Elyne court. His first order from Administrator Lorlen is to resume in secret High Lord Akkarin's long-abandoned research into ancient magical knowledge. Not knowing the true reason for his journey Dannyl is soon facing unexpected dangers. Meanwhile Sonea has almost forgotten the High Lord's dark secret but keeping the truth hidden may be a grave mistake.
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Now" is the third shocking funny & heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzmans " Second World War" series. Sometimes facing the past is the bravest act of all... Once I didnt know about my grandfather Felixs scary childhood. Then I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda. Now I understand why Felix does the things he does. At least hes got me. My name is Zelda too. This is our story. Now is the third in a series of childrens novels about Felix a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust from Australian author Morris Gleitzman
- author of " Bumface" & " Two Weeks with the Queen". The other books in the series " Once Then & After" are also available from Puffin."
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Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling & influential of First World War poets. Now All Roads Lead to France" is an account of his final five years centred on his extraordinary friendship with Robert Frost & Thomas fatal decision to fight in the war. The book also evokes an astonishingly creative moment in English literature when London was a battleground for new ambitious kinds of writing. A generation that included W. B. Yeats Ezra Pound Robert Frost & Rupert Brooke were making it new
- vehemently & pugnaciously. These larger-than-life characters surround a central figure tormented by his work & his marriage. But as his friendship with Frost blossomed Thomas wrote poem after poem & his emotional affliction began to lift. In 1914 the two friends formed the ideas that would produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth century. But the War put an ocean between them: Frost returned to the safety of New England while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken
- & those not taken
- that are at the heart of this remarkable book which culminates in Thomas tragic death on Easter Monday 1917."


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The perfect love.. . Jessica & Ian were a golden couple
- young glamorous successful. & deeply in love. Until one afternoons casual
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Two years ago Bernie Nolan was given the initial all-clear after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Over the moon Bernie set about rebuilding her life & making plans for the future. Then in the summer of 2012 she was in her bedroom getting dressed when she found a lump just above her breast. Terrified she immediately made a hospital appointment where she was given the devastating news that the cancer had returned. It had spread to her brain lungs liver & bones & was incurable. Bernie's first thought was of her daughter. Erin had just turned thirteen & was approaching a time when young girls need their mums more than ever. In true Bernie spirit she vowed not to let the cancer stop her from being ' Mum'. Bernie always said that her family was her greatest achievement & she wanted to be the best wife & mother she could be in the time she had left. In this book Bernie shares her struggle to become a mother
- the miscarriage she suffered & the heartbreaking stillbirth of her daughter Kate & the joyous arrival of her beautiful daughter Erin. Bernie loved seeing this book published & was thrilled when it became a number 1 bestseller. It meant a great deal to her that so many people wanted to read her story. This is a memoir brimming with happy memories & although Bernie tragically lost her battle on the 4th July 2013 she lives on in the hearts of the nation & in the pages of this book. Moving & wonderfully warm-hearted this is a powerful story of a remarkable life & a mother's brave fight against a vicious disease.
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COULD YOU BETRAY ALL YOU'VE EVER KNOWN FOR THE LIFE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED? Donovan Creed was once an assassin for the CIA. Now he's a freelance killer who works for anyone who can pay
- & double crosses anyone who can't. Creed's about to spend some ill-gotten gains on a luxurious Florida vacation with the gorgeous Rachel & he's looking forward to a holiday from trouble. But when you've just stolen billions of dollars from two of the world's most lethal criminals trouble has a habit of catching up with you wherever you are...
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Spenser knows somethings amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guys aggressive yet wary in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordans abnormal behaviour Spenser agrees. A jobs a job after all. Not surprisingly Spenser catches Jordan with another man tells Dennis what hes found out & considers the case closed. But a couple of days later all hell breaks loose & three people are dead... ...