The seventh instalment in the biggest funniest most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe
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The seventh instalment in the biggest funniest most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe... Magic is a disease. Across the land normal people are suddenly developing wild & unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic they are unwittingly endangering their own lives & the lives of the people around them. Terrified & confused their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant & Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever. & then there's the small matter of Kitana. A normal teenage girl who along with her normal teenage friends becomes infected. Becomes powerful. Becomes corrupted. Wielding the magic of gods they're set to tear the city apart unless someone stands up against them. Looks like it's going to be another one of those days... ...

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yeah. & dead. Skulduggery Pleasant & Valkyrie Cain are back
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Just when you think you've saved the world... You will kill her?" the Torment asked. Skulduggery sagged. " Yes." He hesitated then took his gun from his jacket. "I'm sorry Valkyrie " he said softly. " Don't talk to me " Valkyrie said. " Just do what you have to do." Valkyrie parted her tunic & Skulduggery pointed the gun at the vest beneath. " Please forgive me " Skulduggery said then aimed the gun at the girl & pulled the trigger. With Serpine dead the world is safe once more. At least that's what Valkyrie & Skulduggery think until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison & dead bodies & vampires start showing up all over Irel&. With Baron Vengeous after the deadly armour of Lord Vile & pretty much everyone out to kill Valkyrie the daring detective duo face their biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home...?" ...

Third bone-breaking belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the funny" back in...um...funny series. That didn't really work did it? If you've read the previous Skulduggery books then you know what the Faceless Ones are
- & if you know what the Faceless Ones are then you can probably take a wild guess that things in this book are going to get AWFULLY sticky for our skeletal hero & his young sidekick. If you haven't read the previous Skulduggery books then what are you doing reading this? Go & read them right now so that you know what all that stuff in the previous paragraph was about. Done? Good. So now you're on tenterhooks too desperately awaiting the answers to all your questions & instead you're going to have to wait to read the book. Sorry about that."
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Simon Winchester from the introduction to Skulls: Skulls tells the story of the skull in both the human & the animal world. Skulls-human in the main but by no means exclusively-have exerted for scores of thousands of years an almost inexplicable power over the human imagination. They are symbols both of existence & of former existence; they are freighted with terror & awe... Perhaps no other biological entity retains such a grip on human psychology as does this assemblage of hollow bone... People are fascinated & captivated by skulls. They always have been & always will be." At the centre of Skulls is a stunning never-before-seen-in-any-capacity visual array of the skulls of more than 300 animals. They skulls are from the collection of Alan Dudley a British collector & owner of what is probably the largest & most complete private collection of skulls in the world. Every skull is beautifully photographed to show off it most fascinating features & to give the reader the most intimate view possible. Where possible cross-sections & additional angles are also show. Along with the imagery each skull

Includes:: a short explanatory essay taxonomy biological data skull details comparative skeletal anatomy & other pertinent information. The text is written by bestselling & international renowned author Simon Winchester & covers the story of Alan Dudly & his collection as well as the biology history & iconography of skulls throughout the world.

Includes:: 550 visually arresting photographs throughout."



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The cool skull design on this pencil case will make you stand out from the crowd whilst organising & storing your pens & stationery. This multipocket pencil case features black zip & black inner lining material main compartment with zip rear pocket & front zipped pocket with Velcro fastening flap. ...

Celebrating the 55th anniversary of The Sky at Night" this book collects questions sent in by viewers & fans answered by Sir Patrick Moore & " Sky at Night" co-presenter Dr Chris North. With sections on the solar system cosmology the bizarre & unexplained space missions the Moon & more this is an exciting journey into space for the novice astronomer & the lifelong stargazer alike." ...

Xinrans extraordinary second book takes the reader right to the hidden heart of one of the worlds most mysterious & inaccessible countries. In March 1958 a Chinese woman learns that her husband an idealistic army doctor has died whilst serving in Tibet. Determined to know what has happened to him she sets off courageously to join his regiment. To her horror instead of finding a Tibetan people welcoming their Chinese liberators she walks into a bloody conflict with the Chinese subject to terrifying attacks from Tibetan guerrillas. Before she can know her husbands fate she is taken hostage & embarks on a life-changing journey through the Tibetan countryside
- a journey that will last twenty years & lead her to a deep appreciation of Tibetan culture in all its beauty & brutality. She meets travellers who tell stories of a stranger given a Tibetan sky burial (his corpse left in the open where sacred eagles come down to take pieces up to paradise). Tragically when she finally discovers that her husband sacrificed himself to create peace between two fatally different societies she must carry her knowledge back to a China that in her absence has experienced the Cultural Revolution & changed beyond recognition...
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After a vicious plague swept through the world of Pern there are no longer enough dragons to fight off the current onslaught of Thread the deadly spore that falls like rain from the skies & devours everything organic in its path. Pern's last best chance to rebuild the decimated dragon population lies with a group of young dragonriders & their dragons left stranded on an unexplored isl&. Leadership of these dragons & riders falls to Xhinna female rider of a blue dragon who as the most experienced dragonrider in the new Weyr must earn the respect of all who follow her as not everyone is ready to accept a female wingleader. She must solve the problem of how to get sufficient numbers of dragon eggs although her newfangled ideas like letting green dragons mate & lay eggs to hatch new dragons cause uproar. All the while she must protect her people & baby dragons from the predators & worse traitors or all hope for Pern will be lost. ...