Fantastic story based loosely on Jack & the Beanstalk but physically involving reader in narrative & adventure. Can you get through the book without waking up the enormous scary giant? What will you do if he wakes up? Why shut the book of course! ...

Mandy Southan takes the art of Shibori in which fabric is bound clamped or stitched before dyeing & goes beyond the traditional blue & white to create fabrics in a fabulous array of colours patterns & textures. Clear step by step photographs & instructions demonstrate how to use acid dyes & cold water reactive dyes & techniques such as steam fixing discharging on silk space dyeing & much more. Mandy then demonstrates how shibori techniques such as binding hand painting capping stitching folding & clamping pole winding & pole wrapping can be used to create truly wonderful dyed fabrics. ...

The year is 1016 & England burns while the Viking armies blockade the great city of London. King Ethelred lies dying & the England he knew dies with him; the warring kingdoms of Mercia Wessex & Northymbria tremble on the brink of great change. One man lives to bear witness to the upheaval: Godwin barely out of boyhood & destined to become one of his country's great warriors. When Ethelred's son Edmund takes the throne determined to succeed where his father failed he plucks Godwin from domestic peace to be right-hand man in his loyal shield wall. Godwin must traverse the meadows wintry forests & fogbound marshes of Saxon England raising armies of monks ploughmen & shepherds against the Viking invader. With epic courage & ferocity Godwin & Edmund repel the butchering Danes in three great battles. But an old enemy the treacherous Earl Eadric dogs Godwin's footsteps & as the final battle approaches around the valiant English the trap begins to close. ...

There were two things everyone knew about Miranda Vaile before she'd even arrived at our school. The first was that she had no parents
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Born after The Shift a little-understood event that enabled the younger generations to communicate with the dead sixteen year-old Aura can see ghosts. These violet-hued spirits are constantly talking to her following her wanting her to help them make amends for their untimely deaths. Aura finds this all rather annoying ~ until her boyfriend Logan died & began to haunt her. Aura wants to be there for Logan to support him as a friend but while Logan struggles to come to terms with being a ghost she finds herself increasingly drawn to her very-alive & very-cute friend Zachary. & as the lines between ghost & shade & friendship & love begin to blur Aura realises that time is running out & if she is to unlock the mysteries of the Shift then she must choose between Logan & Zachary. But when both boys hold a piece of your heart how do you choose? ...

When 16-year old loser Scott Tyler meets the beautiful & mysterious Aubrey Jones he learns hes not so average after all. Hes a Shifter. & that means he has the power to undo any decision hes ever made. At first he thinks the power to shift is pretty cool. But as his world starts to unravel around him he realises that each time he uses his power it has consequences; terrible unforeseen consequences. Shifting is going to get him killed. In a world where everything can change with a thought Scott has to decide where he stands... ...

This is the much anticipated prequel to bestseller Wool that takes us back to the beginnings of the silo. The full novel which brings together First Second & Third Shift. The next Hunger Games". (The Sunday Times). " An epic feat of imagination. You will live in this world". (Justin Cronin). In a future less than fifty years away the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return. A path that will lead to destruction; a path that will take us below ground. The history of the silo is about to be written. Our future is about to begin." ...

When the Maude Idris docks at the Pool of London laden with ebony spices & first-grade tusks of ivory collected from her voyage to Zanzibar Clement Louvain leaves four armed seamen on board to guard the precious cargo. But as soon as the relief for the night watch arrives ready for duty in the morning he finds the ivory gone & one of the seamen dead. Hindered by his ignorance of the river & its customs & ashamed of the fact that he so badly requires the huge fees that Louvain is prepared to pay William Monk nevertheless begins his investigation into the theft & murder. Meanwhile Hester's work at the refuge at Portpool Lane is encountering acute financial difficulties. Sick prostitutes are arriving daily & the medicines needed to help them are running out. When a man arrives promising to pay a huge amount of money for the care of one particular woman Hester is astonished to meet him. He is none other than Clement Louvain. So who is the woman he is so generously helping? & why is he offering such a substantial sum? Will Monk discover what Louvain is hiding before it is too late? ...

This is a collection of eight darkly humorous short stories
- surrealistic political fables ghost stories tales of failed & perverse
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The small & friendly Shih Tzu is a breed of Chinese origin. The dogs beautiful long hair requires frequent grooming. Written especially to introduce inexperienced & prospective pet owners to the pleasures & duties of pet care Barrons Complete Pet Owners Manuals" also make fine guides to pet care for older children. These heavily illustrated books are filled with helpful information on purchasing housing feeding health care
- & where applicable grooming & training pets. Each book is individually written by an expert
- a trainer breeder veterinarian or other animal specialist."

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