Spring 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr whom he wants for his sixth wife. Archbishop Cranmer & the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies. Matthew Shardlake meanwhile is working on the case of a teenage boy who has been placed in the Bedlam insane asylum before his terrifying religious mania leads to him being burned as a heretic. When an old friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake vows to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him to Cranmer & Catherine Parr -- & to the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation. As London's Bishop Bonner prepares a purge of Protestants Shardlake together with his assistant Jack Barak & his friend Guy Malton investigate a series of horrific murders which are already bringing frenzied talk of witchcraft & demonic possession -- for what else would the Tudor mind make of a serial killer.. .? ...

Writing in an accessible & anecdotal style Tom Wright helps us to negotiate the final book of the Bible regarded by many as the hardest to underst&. He encourages us to see how the Revelation of John offers one of the clearest sharpest visions of Gods ultimate purpose for the whole of creation: the overthrow of evil & the victory of God. ...

Nine hundred thousand years ago something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam its of little more than academic interest even after the discovery of a long-hidden almost perfect Amarantin city & a colossal statue of a wingest Amarantin. For brilliant but ruthloess scientist Dan Sylveste its more than merelty intellectual curiosity
- & he will stop at nothing to get at the truth. Even if the truth costs him everything. But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason & that danger is closer & greater than even Syveste imagines.. .REVELATION SPACE: a huge magnificent space opera that ranges acrioss the known & unknown universe.. .towards the most terrifying of destinations.
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And all shall be well & all manner of things shall be well... In 1373 when she was thirty years old Julian of Norwich received a series of sixteen visions. Pondering in prayer their meaning for twenty years she gradually came to realise their full significance. Written from the heart & borne from experience Julian's REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE is inspiring reading for all who seek to live their lives in close union with God. Her reflections are steeped in the Bible contain many profound insights into contemplative prayer & are as relevant today as when they were originally written. The greatest of the female mystics & a spiritual guide for today Julian in addition holds the distinction of being the first woman to write a book in the English language. This new edition

Includes:: an introduction that sets Julian in the context of her time & a foreword by Jeremy Begbie.

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One summer can change everything... What happens when a friend breaks the one rule that should never be broken? Best friends Bella & Poppy are living the dream
- Notting Hill glamour Shoreditch lofts exclusive parties & drop-dead gorgeous men. But sometimes living life to the max catches up with you & even the strongest friendships can be pushed to the limit. Poppy Bella & their friends spend the summer having as much fun as they possibly can
- from the hedonistic escapades of Ibiza to doing Glastonbury in style. But amongst the laughter come tears betrayal & backstabbing & one devastating decision threatens to bring it all crashing down. & once the sunglasses have come off Bella is forced to question if her lifelong friendship has been broken beyond repair. The perfect escapist read Revelry will have you laughing crying & gasping with shock.

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From the outset Seumas Milnes Guardian essays on the Wests war on terror provoked angry denunciations on both sides of the Atlantic. A decade on the advocates of violent capitalism have been silenced. From class to religion Blair to Obama Palestine to Pakistan bank bailouts to the Arab uprisings the rise of China to the wave of change in Latin America Milne exposes the breakdown of the new world order
- & draws out the prospects for the emerging politics of the future. In a media culture dominated by eager apologists Milne has consistently written against the grain. This book offers a compelling perspective on the convulsions that have brought us to todays crisis
- & a powerful indictment of a global & corporate empire in decline.

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Hunky Parker is the new craze. His drooling dribbling pig face is everywhere: on T-shirts & badges & there are even horrible pig-trotter trainers & pig-swill yogurts in the shops. But it's when the Hunky TV shows air nationally that the trouble really begins. Suddenly people are going crazy for Hunky goods.. .and when the shops have sold out dangerous rioting starts. Dinah & her friends are suspicious. Is it really just a trend or is something more sinister afoot? Watching a Hunky video provides a valuable clue. Dinah & the rest of SPLAT set off in search of the real Hunky Parker. But someone is blocking them at every turn-someone who wants to keep the identity of Hunky Parker a secret.. . Someone who plans to control the entire nation! ' Gillian Cross's novels should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance among eight- to ten-year-olds. The Revenge of the Demon Headmaster has the same sort of appeal as ' Famous Five' or ' Secret Seven' novels.' Sunday Telegraph ...

Fright-master R.L. Stine invites you on an all-new all-terrifying adventure! The thrill ride begins when 12-year-old Britney Crosby encounters an old ventriloquist's dummy with a lively secret
- & a wicked plan. Just when she thinks the nightmare is over Britney receives an invitation to an amusement park where everything is not as it seems. Who
- or what
- is summoning ordinary kids to Horror Land? Britney & her friends must find out fast
- or remain trapped forever in the scariest place on Earth.



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When Joe Edmunds makes a wish on an Egyptian amulet little does he know that he has volunteered to guide & defend the undead pet inhabitants of his town! Disaster strikes when Bonsai the pug chases Pickle the cat into the street where she is flattened by a car. But the fact that Pickle has (almost) shuffled off her mortal coil isn't her biggest concern; she is worried that Bonsai will pursue her sister Pebble into an early grave too unless she & Joe teach the dog a lesson... ...

Having been ordered into therapy after getting a little too close to her previous subject former private investigator Izzy Spellman is wisely taking a break from Spellman Inc having embarked on a less controversial career as a barmaid. But when her boss Milo simultaneously cuts her bartending hours & introduces her to a friend looking for a private eye Izzy reluctantly finds herself with a new client. A suspicious husband who wants his wife tailed it would appear to be a routine case involving nothing more than that most boring of PI rituals: surveillance. But Izzy soon discovers that shes not the only person keeping a close eye on Mrs Ernie Black & with each passing hour the Case of the Wayward Wife throws up more questions than answers. ...