In the village of Burracombe nothing stays secret for long & behind the peaceful rural charm there's always a scandal to uncover a newcomer to the village to set tongues wagging a happy occasion to celebrate or friends to help their neighbours through the tough times. It's December 1953 & for Stella Simmons recovering from a car-crash the winter wedding that she & her sweetheart had planned seems impossible. Elsewhere in the village Jackie Tozer is dreaming of America & Hilary Napier who thought the war had robbed her of her chance of happiness has to ask herself if she could ever imagine leaving her life at the big house for the sake of love & adventure. The darkest time of the year finds everyone asking questions with no easy answer. As snow falls softly on the village Burracombe proves once again that there's always a surprise just around the corner. ...

' It's snowing in Bali.' Among Bali's drug dealers it's code that the paradise island is full of cocaine. For the men who run the country's drug empires it's time to get rich & party hard. Snowing in Bali is the story of the drug trafficking & dealing scene that's made Bali one of the world's most important destinations in the global distribution of narcotics. Kathryn Bonella bestselling author of Hotel K has been given extraordinary access into the lives of some of the biggest players in Bali's drug world. She charts their rise to incredible wealth & power & their drugfuelled lifestyles: filled with orgies outrageous extravagance & surfing. From the highs of multi-million dollar deals to the desperate lows of death row in an Indonesian high security jail Snowing in Bali is a unique uncensored insight into a hidden world. ...

SOON THE FIRST SNOW WILL COME. A young boy wakes to find his mother missing. Their house is empty but outside in the garden he sees his mother's favourite scarf
- wrapped around the neck of a snowman. & THEN HE WILL APPEAR AGAIN. As Harry Hole & his team begin their investigation they discover that an alarming number of wives & mothers have gone missing over the years. & WHEN THE SNOW IS GONE... When a second woman disappears it seems that Harry's worst suspicions are confirmed: for the first time in his career Harry finds himself confronted with a serial killer operating on his home turf...HE WILL HAVE TAKEN SOMEONE ELSE.
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One winter's night a snowman comes to life & an unforgettable adventure begins. Raymond Briggs' favourite classic is a true piece of Christmas magic
- narrated entirely through pictures it captures the wonder & innocence of childhood & is now recognised throughout the world.
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This is the classic board book edition of the now famous Christmas tale. James builds a snowman in the garden & wakes up in the night to find that it has come to life. He shows the Snowman his house & in return the Snowman takes him on a magical journey. 2012 celebrates 30 years of the animated film of The Snowman with a brand new half-hour animation. Introducing new characters alongside the old including an adorable snow puppy it is planned for broadcast on Channel 4 on Christmas day. ...

Lauren's pony Twilight turns into a beautiful unicorn when she says the magic words & together they have some amazing adventures. They really are the best of friends but now Twilight has a secret that he simply cannot share not even with Lauren because it would mean leaving her forever. Twilight has been chosen by the Elders to return to Arcadia to watch over other young unicorns & help them develop their magic. It's a huge honour but Twilight can't bear the thought of leaving Lauren. Lauren notices that Twilight is very quiet & is sure that something is seriously wrong when Twilight's magic powers begin to fail. Finally after a daring rescue the Elders decide that Lauren & Twilight make a very special team & that Twilight should stay after all. & Lauren & Twilight promise that they won't keep secrets from each other ever again. ...

This is the perfect stocking filler for Thomas fans! The Island of Sodor is covered in a thick blanket of snow & the engines have been told to be careful & not to go over any big hills. Gordon doesnt listen hes sure that hell be strong enough to steam over every hill he comes to. But it isnt long before Gordon finds out that snow is much more dangerous than it looks. ...

This title is presents a fabulously festive Magic Puppy" Christmas special. Robyn is feeling horrible. Its Christmas & shes stuck on a family cruise with very bad sea-sickness. But when Storm a fluffy white labrador puppy magically appears Robyn decides to leave all her troubles at sea. She & Storm soon meet Krista from Lapland & a truly magical Christmas adventure begins..." ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant & innocent countryside but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many many bodies
- & an ancient crime more terrible than murder. He is out of his jurisdiction out of his depth out of bacon sandwiches occasionally snookered & out of his mind. But never out of guile. Where there is a crime there must be a finding there must be a chase & there must be a punishment. They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. But not quite all... Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction
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