Mr. Canis dear friend & defender of the Grimm family is put on trial for past crimes which considering that hes really the Big Bad Wolf are legion. A kangaroo court of Everafters led by unpredictable & often insane Judge Mad Hatter is determined to find Canis guilty. Its up to the Grimms to find evidence to save their friend. In a predicament that places her at odds with the rest of her family Sabrina starts to wonder whether the Wolf should be saved
- or stopped. Meanwhile the search for the cure for her parents endless sleep continues taking the girls to truly exotic locations. Readers will enjoy this gripping courtroom drama which turns the classic story of the Big Bad Wolf completely on its head.
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In this final volume Sabrina Daphne & the rest of the Grim ms & their friends must face off against the Master to decide the fate of Ferryport landing & the world. When Mirror fails to escape the barrier using Granny Re Idas body he turns to his plan B: Killing all the Grimms. In the meantime Sabrina has gathered the other magic mirrors as advisors for how to deal with their mortal enemy. They advise her to join forces with the Scarlet Hand against Mirror in exchange offering all the citizens of Ferryport Landing their freedom. This final chapter is the end of the road for several loved characters but this conclusion is sure to satisfy devoted fans of the series. ...

Orphaned sisters Sabrina & Daphne are sent to live with their mysterious grandmother Relda Grimm who lives in a town in rural New York State that experiences an extraordinary number of unexplained & unusual crimes. As it turns out the two girls are the descendants of the Brothers Grimm whose famous book of fairy tales is actually a history book. Snow White the Three Little Pigs & countless other fairy-tale folk are all neighbours of Granny Grimm in a secret community of Everafters. Its the Grimm familys legacy to keep the Everafters in line & Sabrina & Daphne are the familys newest detectives. In this second book the girls start school. Daphne is lucky enough to get Snow White for a teacher but poor Sabrina is stuck with mean Mr. Grumpner & a class of mildly psychotic sixth graders. When Mr. Grumpner is murdered the sisters Grimm must discover which Everafter is responsible. But Sabrinas distrust of all Everafters may get in the way of solving the case. ...

The sisters Grimm come face to face with their parents' kidnappers & are stunned when one of them turns out to be the world's most famous fairy-tale character (hint she wears red) & the other an unstoppable killing-machine known as the Jabberwocky. Without the presumed-dead Mr. Canis (aka The Big Bad Wolf) fighting at their side the girls have little hope that they'll ever be reunited with their mother & father. That is until their long-lost Uncle Jake returns home with stories of a weapon that can kill the Jabberwocky but one so powerful that it had to be shattered into many pieces. Now the girls must find the pieces so the deadly weapon can be reforged. But to get the deed done they'll have to go head-to-head with the Wizard of Oz the (not so) Little Mermaid & even the horrible witch Baba Yaga. To complicate matters Sabrina begins to struggle with an addiction to magic & finds herself unravelling a real-life family mystery the origins of which have caused suffering for generations of Grimm's. ...

Orphaned sisters Sabrina & Daphne are sent to live with their mysterious grandmother Relda Grimm who lives in a town in rural New York State that experiences an extraordinary number of unexplained & unusual crimes. As it turns out the two girls are the descendants of the Brothers Grimm whose famous book of fairy tales is actually a history book. Snow White the Three Little Pigs & countless other fairy-tale folk are all neighbours of Granny Grimm in a secret community of Everafters. It's the Grimm family's legacy to keep the Everafters in line & Sabrina & Daphne are the family's newest detectives. In this first book in the series the girls are pitted against a giant who has been rampaging through town. But who set the giant loose in the first place? Was it Mayor Charming formerly Prince Charming who has plans to get his kingdom back? The Three Not-So-Little Pigs? Or a giant-killer named Jack currently working at a Big & Tall store? ...

Since 2005 Michael Buckleys bestselling Sisters Grimm" series has delighted fans with the story of the Grimm family & the sisters at its centre: Sabrina & Daphne. Theres only one book left in the series " Book Nine" coming in spring 2011 & this comprehensive " Ultimate Guide" provides the perfect refresher for fans looking to brush up before the dramatic final instalment & the perfect introduction for new readers. Featuring chapters on heroes villains the magical treasury & much more including the greatest pranks of the irrepressible " Puck" this artfully designed guide supplements & enhances the series fans know & love." ...

The first American heiresses took Britain by storm in 1816 two generations before the great late Victorian beauties. The four Caton sisters were descended from the first settlers in Maryland & brought up in Baltimore by their grandfather Charles Carroll one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. These Catholic Southern belleswere expected to 'marry a Plantation'. But they were independent fascinated by politics clever with money romantic in mood. Arriving in Britain Marianne Louisa & Bess were swept into the set of the Duke of Wellington who loved Marianne until his death. In London the three sisters forged their own destinies in the face of intense prejudice against both Americans & Catholics. (Meanwhile Marianne's sister-in-law Betseyhad married Napoleon's younger brother Joseph to the Emperor's fury & found herself abandoned in Paris.) While Emily stayed at home marrying a Scots-Canadian entrepreneur & running the Baltimore households the widowed Marianne shocked the world by marrying the Wellington's wayward elder brother the Duke of Wellesley Lord Lieutenant of Ireland & appearing as a ' Catholic Yankee' among the Protestant Anglo-Irish. Louisa eventually became Duchess of Leeds & a friend of Queen Victoria while the sphere in which Bess shone was the stockmarket as queen of speculators. Based on intimate unpublished letters Sisters of Fortune is a glorious book. Everything is here -childbirth & coronets gossip & politics the call of faith
- & above all the power of wealth. This is a brilliant portrait of love between sisters & of Anglo-American relations through this period. But it is also a most unusual story of money of the power it gave these women particularly over the men in their lives & how it shaped social & even international relations round them.
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Sisters of Sinai" tells an extraordinary tale of nineteenth century exploration; how two Scottish sisters made one of the most important ancient manuscript finds of the age. Hidden in a cupboard beneath the monastic library at St Catherines in the Sinai desert the twins discovered what looked like a palimpsest: one text written over another. It was Agnes who recognized the obscured text for what it was
- one of the earliest copies of the Gospels written in ancient Syriac. Once they had overcome the stubborn reluctance of Cambridge scholars to authenticate the find & had lead an expedition of quarrelsome academics back to Sinai to copy it Agnes & Margaret
- in middle years & neither with any university qualifications
- embarked on a life of demanding scholarship & bold travel. In this enthralling book Janet Soskice takes the reader on an astonishing journey from the Ayreshire of the sisters childhood to the lost treasure trove of the Cairo genizah. We trace the footsteps of the intrepid pair as they voyage to Egypt Sinai & beyond Murrays guide book in hand coping with camels unscrupulous dragomen & unpredictable welcomes. We enter the excitement & mystery of the Gospel origins at a time when Christianity was under attack in Europe. Crucially this is the story of two remarkable women who as widows were undeterred in their spirit of adventure & who overcame insuperable odds to become world class scholars with a place in history."


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The dramatic untold story of the Grey sisters heirs to the Tudor throne. Lady Jane Grey is an iconic figure in English history. Misremembered as the ' Nine Days Queen' she has been mythologized as a child-woman destroyed on the altar of political expediency. Behind the legend however was an opinionated & often rebellious adolescent who died a passionate leader not merely a victim. Growing up in Jane's shadow her sisters Katherine & Mary would have to tread carefully to survive. The dramatic lives of the younger Grey sisters remain little known but under English law they were the heirs
- & rivals
- to the Tudor monarchs Mary & Elizabeth I. The beautiful Katherine ignored Jane's dying request that she remain faithful to her beliefs changing her religion to retain Queen Mary's favour only to then risk life & freedom in a secret marriage that threatened Queen Elizabeth's throne. While Elizabeth's closest adviser fought to save Katherine her younger sister Mary remained at court as the queen's Maid of Honour. Too plain to be considered significant it seemed that Lady Mary Grey at least would escape the burden of her royal blood. But then she too fell in love & incurred the queen's fury. Exploding the many myths of Lady Jane's life & casting fresh light onto Elizabeth's reign acclaimed historian Leanda de Lisle brings the tumultuous world of the Grey sisters to life at a time when a royal marriage could gain you a kingdom or cost you everything.

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Television & sport is the ultimate marriage of convenience. The two circled each other warily for a while
- sport anxious the sofa-bound
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