A colossal fantasy of incredible diversity & spellbinding imagination. A human cargo bound for servitude in exile.. .A pirate city hauled across the oceans.. .A hidden miracle about be revealed.. . These are the ingredients of an astonishing story. It is the story of a prisoners journey. Of the search for the island of a forgotten people for the most astonishing beast in the seas & ultimately for a fabled place
- a massive wound in reality a source of unthinkable power & danger.
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In SCAR TISSUE Anthony Kiedis charismatic & highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers recounts his remarkable life story & the history of the band itself. Raised in the Midwest he moved to LA aged eleven to live with his father Blackie purveyor of pills pot & cocaine to the Hollywood elite. After a brief child-acting career Kiedis dropped out of U.C.L.A. & plunged headfirst into the demimonde of the L.A. underground music scene. He formed the band with three schoolfriends
- & found his lifes purpose. Crisscrossing the country the Chili Peppers were musical innovators & influenced a whole generation of musicians. But theres a price to pay for both success & excess & in SCAR TISSUE Kiedis writes candidly of the overdose death of his soul mate & band mate Hillel Slovak & his own ongoing struggle with an addiction to drugs. SCAR TISSUE far transcends the typical rock biography because Anthony Kiedis is anything but a typical rock star. It is instead a compelling story of dedication & debauchery of intrigue & integrity of recklessness & redemption.
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1593. Queen Elizabeths trusted spymaster Walsingham has been dead for two years... As plague sweeps through the streets & stews of London so suspicion & mistrust sweep through the court & government. No one feels safe. Even the celebrated swordsman adventurer & philanderer Will Swyfte must watch his back. It is when his best friend & colleague the playwright Christopher Marlowe is killed in a pub brawl that Will decides he must act. The murder has all the hallmarks of an assassination. But in going in search of Kits killer he discovers that there are those in positions of power & influence who are not what they seem... Against a backcloth of growing paranoia & terror Will detects the malign machinations of Englands hidden enemy the Unseelie Court. With these devils at his back the countrys greatest spy may find that even his vaunted skills are no match for the supernatural powers arrayed against him. The choice is simple: uncover the true nature & intention of this vile conspiracy
- or face the executioners axe...
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BOOK FIVE: SHADOWS OF THE APT The war with the Wasp Empire has ended in a bitter stalemate & Collegium has nothing to show for it but wounded veterans. Cheerwell Maker finds herself crippled in ways no doctor can mend haunted by ghosts of the past that she cannot appease. The Empress Seda is regaining control over those imperial cities that refused to bow the knee to her but she draws her power from something more sinister than mere armies & war machines. Only her consort the former spymaster Thalric knows the truth & now the assassins are coming & he finds his life & his loyalties under threat once again. Out beyond the desert of the Nem the ancient city of Khanaphes awaits them both with a terrible secret entombed beneath its stones. Praise for Shadows of the Apt: ' The Shadows of the Apt series is quite distinct mainly due to the insect-kinden & Tchaikovsky's fertile imagination' Sci Fi Now ' Epic fantasy at its best. Gripping original & multi-layered storytelling from a writer bursting with lots of fascinating ideas' Walker of Worlds ...

Khepri meets the Pharaoh Prince of Egypt for the first time one morning in the shadow of the temple walls & a friendship springs up between them. When Khepri discovers a terrible trap in the Pharaohs newly-built tomb designed to kill he knows he must warn the Prince. But how? For Khepri is just a small scarab beetle who scuttles along floors among roots & into baskets of figs. How Khepri saves the Pharaohs life & receives the highest honour of all is hauntingly told & dramatically illustrated in an original tale of ancient Egypt which

Includes:: an historical end note on tomb-building & the Pharaohs.

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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As ' Scarecrow' Schofield watches his mission to eliminate a Siberian turn into a bloodbath he realises he has been tricked
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One night there was a thunderstorm. A tattered scarecrow stood in the wind & rain taking no notice.. .until a bolt of lightning struck his turnip head. The scarecrow blinked with surprise & came to life. So begins the story of the Scarecrow a courteous but pea-brained fellow with grand ideas. He meets a boy Jack who becomes his faithful servant & they set out to journey to Spring Valley together. Along the way there's no end of excitement
- battle & shipwreck brigands & tricksters
- & it's up to Jack time after time to save the day.

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At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic a battle to save all life on Earth is about to begin...THE SECRET BASE It is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Isl&. A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War it houses a weapon of terrible destructive force a weapon that has just been re-activated...AN ARMY OF MURDERERS When Dragon Island is seized by a brutal terrorist force calling itself the Army of Thieves the fate of the world suddenly hangs in the balance. But there are no crack units close enough to get to Dragon in time to stop the Army setting off the weapon. ONE SMALL TEAM Except that is for a small equipment-testing team up in the Arctic led by a Marine captain named Schofield call-sign SCARECROW. It's not a strike team; just a handful of Marines & civilians. It's not equipped to attack a fortified island held by a small army. But it will go in anyway because someone has to. THE ULTIMATE HERO IS BACK FACING THE ULTIMATE ARMY OF VILLAINS. ...