Frey is the captain of the Ketty Jay leader of a small & highly dysfunctional band of layabouts. An inveterate womaniser & rogue he & his gang make a living on the wrong side of the law avoiding the heavily armed flying frigates of the Coalition Navy. With their trio of ragged fighter craft they run contraband rob airships & generally make a nuisance of themselves. So a hot tip on a cargo freighter loaded with valuables seems like a great prospect for an easy heist & a fast buck. Until the heist goes wrong & the freighter explodes. Suddenly Frey isnt just a nuisance anymore
- hes public enemy number one with the Coalition Navy on his tail & contractors hired to take him down. But Frey knows something they dont. That freighter was rigged to blow & Frey has been framed to take the fall. If he wants to prove it hes going to have to catch the real culprit. He must face liars & lovers dogfights & gunfights Dukes & daemons. Its going to take all his criminal talents to prove hes not the criminal they think he is.. .
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Bake the cakes our grandmothers made with these delightful traditional recipes. Take a trip down memory lane & discover recipes for delicious retro-style cakes & cookies that are perfect for a morning snack afternoon tea or an after-dinner treat. Small Cakes Buns & Bars

Includes:: tasty lemon bars rich chocolate fridge cake & pretty butterfly cakes. In the second chapter Cookies & Other Treats choose from the wonderfully named snickerdoodles to buttery melting moments & scrumptious Jam Sandwich cookies otherwise known as Jammie Dodgers. Finally youll be spoilt for choice in Large Cakes
- try decadent devils food cake moist spiced apple cake or festive Christmas yule log. With cooking tips & variations as well as interesting Did You Know? facts about the history of the cakes this is a lovely book for your own shelves or an ideal gift for a friend that captures the magic of traditional home baking.


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Retro Fonts" is a fantastic compilation of over 400 of the best retro fonts from 1830 to the end of the 20th century. The fonts are presented in the style of old type specimen books as alphabets with sample words/phrases shown opposite classic examples of the fonts in use in their historical context. Arranged chronologically into eight sections representing different stylistic eras each with an introduction discussing the typography of that era the fonts range from Art Deco Bauhaus & Swiss through to Sixties Disco & Punk. Featuring both familiar fonts & lesser known examples ripe for rediscovery this is a unique source of inspiration for all graphic designers & typographers. The accompanying CD contains 222 copyright-free fonts." ...

Retro is back
- if it ever went away
- & more & more of us are finding inspiration in the homes of the twentieth century.

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There is big & evil magic abroad upon the face of the Earth. History has been changed. The Germans have won WWII. America is a nuclear wastel&. & worst of all the breakfast menu at The Wifes Legs Cafe in Brentford is serving Bratwurst rather than the proper big boys British banger. Something is Not Right. & when the worlds all wrong & it needs setting right whore you gonna call? Hugo Rune thats who. A man who offers the world his genius & asks only in return that the world cover his expenses. & so with the aid of his faithful acolyte & companion Rizla the gurus guru also known as the hokus bloke the Lad Himself & the Retromancer* sets out to rewrite history the way it should be. Together they return to war-torn London to solve the twelve cosmic conundra based on Hugo Runes personal tarot deck each one leading them closer to a final terrifying confrontation. They must match their wits against beautiful spies advanced alien technology killer robots & death rays do battle with an ancient god & come face to face once more with Hugo Runes arch-enemy the sinister Count Otto Black all the while finding time to drink ale talk the toot & dine out in some of Londons swankiest eateries. Without ever paying the bill. ...

An atmospheric vibrant & moving tale of pain & passion at the heart of war-torn Spain from Victoria Hislop the million-copy bestselling author of THE ISL&. Beneath the majestic towers of the Alhambra Granada's cobbled streets resonate with music & secrets. Sonia Cameron knows nothing of the city's shocking past; she is here to dance. But in a quiet caf? a chance conversation & an intriguing collection of old photographs draw her into the extraordinary tale of Spain's devastating civil war. Seventy years earlier the caf? is home to the close-knit Ram?rez family. In 1936 an army coup led by Franco shatters the country's fragile peace & in the heart of Granada the family witnesses the worst atrocities of conflict. Divided by politics & tragedy everyone must take a side fighting a personal battle as Spain rips itself apart. ...

How would your wife react if you came home with the face of someone else? How would you continue to look at your own life? What would you do? Considered one of Walter de la Mare's finest occult stories this darkly thrilling tale tells the story of Lawford a dull suburban man who accidentally falls asleep on a grave & wakes up possessed by the spirit
- & face
- of somebody else. Denounced by his family & friends as an impostor Lawford's struggle to free himself of this possession leaves him a thoroughly changed man. Gripping & poignant THE RETURN encompasses domestic trauma unrequited love & philosophical reflection.

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Shari Cooper is dead the victim of a murderous attack. She is on the other side in a place of spirits. But she is given a rare offer. To return to Earth without having to be reborn. Into the body of a messed-up teenage girl
- Jean Rodriguez. A transfer of souls they call it. Shari is given a chance to be a Wanderer & to do a great service for humanity. It is an offer she gladly accepts. Then she is back in a human body. Yet she does not remember being Shari Cooper. At first she recalls nothing of the afterlife. Perhaps it is just as well. Not everybody on Earth welcomes Wanderers. Of the few who know of their existence some want them dead. & others the truly evil ones wish them much worse than that.
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Van Veeteren thought back to what his friend Mahler had said the previous evening: Doing something at the right time is more important than what you actually do.. . An unmissable hospital appointment is looming for Inspector Van Veeteren when a corpse is found rolled in a rotting carpet by a young child playing in a local beauty spot. Missing head & limbs the torso is too badly decomposed for forensic identification
- bar one crucial detail.. . Circumstantial evidence soon points to a local man a double murderer who disappeared 9 months before shortly after being released on parole; a local hero turned monster after being convicted of killing two women over a span of three decades. Recuperating after an operation Van Veeteren is nevertheless directing investigations from his hospital bed for he is convinced that only the innocence of this new victim can be the motive for his murder. But the two women have been dead for long enough for any evidence to have died with them.. . And is he a little like Inspector Morse can be on occasion simply on the wrong track completely?
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A secretarys silent passion for her boss meets the acid test on a business trip; a man & a womans mutual disdain at first sight shows how deceptive appearances can be; an insecure wife clings to the illusion of order only to discover chaos at the hands of a house-sitter who opens the wrong doors; a pair of star-crossed travellers pick up each others bags & then learn when you unlock a strangers suitcase you enter a strangers life. These & many more poignant ironic often humorous stories
- unforgettable slices of life
- show why Maeve Binchy is one of the worlds favourite storytellers.

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