As Oz Vessalius & his valet Gilbert are reunited with their dear Uncle Oscar they fail to notice an alienated Alice lost in thought stumbling right into the lurking Xerxes Break. Before Alice can take heed of Breaks warning of a trap set by the Cheshire Cat
- a powerful extraordinary chain
- she & Break are spirited away to Cheshires lair where both danger & fragments of Alices past reside. With Sharons help Oz & Gil find a way to enter the sealed dimension of memories but not only do their allies await them there so too does the man from Alices earlier memory! Does he hold the key to the truth about Ozs sin?

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The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessaliuss coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. He is thrown into an eternal inescapable prison known as the Abyss from which there is no escape. There he meets a young girl named Alice who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn do they lead only to crushing despair for Oz or is there some shred of hope for him to grasp on to? ...

Formerly part of the Thorsons Health series this title has become the bible for panic attack sufferers. Were taking it out of the series & giving it an even stronger look. Panic Attacks became my bible. It explained how to face up to attacks & deal with them...I carried it around in my bag left a copy in my desk draw at work & dipped into a chapter before I went to sleep. Miraculously it seemed to do the trick. " SUNDAY TIMES STYLE SECTION. Our authoritative guide explains what panic attacks are why they happen & what every sufferer can do to empower themselves regain control & make panic a thing of the past. Containing a helpfully broad range of topics including: What to do during an attack * Whats happening during an attack * Self-help to prevent attacks from developing * Information for friends & relatives about panic attacks * Lifestyle therapies & complementary therapies. * Useful Summary box at the end of each chapter. Panic attacks is consistently straightforward informative & reassuring." ...

This book is suitable for parents teachers & caring professionals working with 6+ aged children who suffer from anxiety including children with Asperger Syndrome. Have you ever felt a sense of dread & worry creeping over you? That might be the Panicosaurus coming out to play... Sometimes the Panicosaurus tricks Mabels brain into panicking about certain challenges such as walking past a big dog on the street or when her favourite teacher is not at school. With the help of Smartosaurus who lets her know there is really nothing to be afraid of Mabel discovers different ways to manage Panicosaurus & defeat the challenges he creates for her. This fun easy-to-read & fully illustrated storybook will inspire children who experience anxiety & encourage them to banish their own Panicosauruses with help from Mabels strategies. Parents & carers will like the helpful introduction explaining anxiety in children & the list of techniques for lessening anxiety at the end of the book. ...

Pa'nop'ti'con (noun). A circular prison with cells so constructed that the prisoners can be observed at all times. [ Greek panoptos 'seen by all'] Anais Hendricks fifteen is in the back of a police car headed for the Panopticon a home for chronic young offenders. She can't remember the events that led her here but across town a policewoman lies in a coma & there is blood on Anais' school uniform. Smart funny & fierce Anais is a counter-culture outlaw a bohemian philosopher in sailor shorts & a pillbox hat. She is also a child who has been let down or worse by just about every adult she has ever met. The residents of the Panopticon form intense bonds heightened by their place on the periphery & Anais finds herself part of an ad hoc family there. Much more suspicious are the social workers especially Helen who is about to leave her job for an elephant sanctuary in India but is determined to force Anais to confront the circumstances of her birth before she goes. Looking up at the watchtower that looms over the residents Anais knows her fate: she is part of an experiment she always was it's a given a liberty
- a fact. & the experiment is closing in. In language dazzling energetic & pure The Panopticon" introduces us to a heartbreaking young heroine & an incredibly assured & outstanding new voice in fiction."
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Philip Daviess best-selling Lost London 1870-1945 has been described as a publishing phenomenon. Opening windows on a vanished past it captivated modern audiences & was described by John Carey in The Sunday Times as a haunting portal into the bygone life of the capital. Like its predecessor Panoramas of Lost London reproduces historic photographs commissioned by London County Council
- many of them in the early days of photography
- to capture individual buildings & streets that along with their entire neighbourhood were on the threshold of redevelopment. Lost Londons portrayal of whole buildings entire streets & skylines was achieved by scaling the images which often made invisible the wealth of pin-sharp detail contained within the historic photographs. Changes in scale & cropping have have brought to light an astonishing depth of detail: haunting faces from the forgotten past live again hoardings & shopfronts reveal their wares while architectural details & textures leap into focus
- reinforcing the sense of shock & awe" that Marcus Binney identified when reviewing Lost London in The Times. The result is a series of breathtaking visual revelations."


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The darkest secrets of World War II...finally revealed. The number one bestseller returns with his most explosive book to date. Europe is ablaze. America is undecided about joining the fight against Nazism. & James Zennor a brilliant troubled young Oxford don is horrified. He returns one morning from rowing to discover that his wife has disappeared with their young son leaving only a note declaring her continuing love. A frantic search through wartime England leads James across the Atlantic & to one of America's greatest universities its elite clubs & secret societies
- right to the heart of the American establishment. & in his hunt for his family James unearths one of the darkest & deadliest secrets of a world at war...
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It's one of the most dangerous & volatile countries in the world: Yemen. A Middle Eastern hotbed of corruption & insurgency & the perfect training ground for Islamic terrorists When FBI agents John Corey & Kate Mayfield are assigned to overseas posts in Sana'a Yemen's capital city they are tasked with hunting down the high-ranking Al Qaeda operative responsible for the USS Cole bombing. This man known as The Panther is wanted for terrorist acts & multiple murders & the US government is determined to bring him down no matter the cost. As latecomers to a deadly game John & Kate don't know the rules the players or the score. What they do know is that there is more to their assignment than meets the eye
- & that the hunters are about to become the hunted. In an action-packed & terrifying race to take down one of the most ruthless men alive Nelson De Mille reunites readers with his charismatic hero John Corey
- the sixth novel from the series.

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During the night of 19-20 July 1944 the I./ Pz. Rgt. 24s 76 Panthers set off in a one kilometre column with four yards between each tank. For for the veteran Panzerschutzen this would be a new & bloody battle; for the recruits this would be their baptism of fire. This book by Didier Lodieu
- one of Frances foremost specialists on the fighting in Normandy
- traces the odyssey of the 1st Battalion of Panthers of the 24th Regiment of the 116. Panzer Division just back from the East from the first engagements in July to the crossing of the Seine at the end of August; a day by day account of the terrible fighting during the hedgerow" war."

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Small children (and lots of adults!) love pants. They love talking about pants. They giggle whenever pants are mentioned. Let's face it
- pants are VERY FUNNY! PANTS is a picture book with a brilliant rhyming text by Giles Andreae & lots of hilarious pictures by Nick Sharratt. As we go through the book we meet lots of different animals people & sometimes inanimate objects each wearing a different kind of pants
- every shape pattern colour size & style that you can think of
- & lots more besides! This book will make children laugh & they will ask for it again & again. PANTS
- which ones are your favourite?



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