This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land as well as a girls pangs of first love & independence. ...

Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs & flowers precisely the problem that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. Surely she tells herself it has nothing to do with the fact that she is directly descended from Alice Liddell the real life inspiration for Alices Adventures In Wonderl&. But when her mother takes a turn for the worse & the whispers grow too strong to bear Alyssa learns that shes not mad but she must find the origins of a secret family curse. A series of clues leads her through a cracked mirror into the real Wonderland a place far darker & more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There she must decide whom to trust: Jeb her gorgeous best friend & secret crush or the sexy-but-suspicious Morpheus her guide through Wonderland who may have dark motives all of his own. A high-concept romantic YA with huge potential. ...

The story begins on the Welsh Marches where Tancred has been given land by his new lord Robert Malet in return for his services in the battle for York. Now a lord in his own right he has knights of his own to command & a manor to call home. But all is far from peaceful. The Welsh are joining forces with the English against the Normans & when skirmishes turn into a full scale battle at Shrewsbury Tancred is betrayed by a rival border lord & taken prisoner by the Welsh. Meanwhile the woman he loves is taken hostage by enemy English forces & the Vikings invade the east coast. Never has Tancred faced a more impossible situation. ...

Splat the Cat makes waves at the pool in this hilarious new picture book
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A Gothic tale of suspense & submission set in the Yorkshire Dales A visit to Heddlestone a remote village in the Yorkshire moors changes librarian Kate Carters life forever. The place has an eerie yet erotic charge & when Kate is later offered a job in its puppet museum she leaves London & her boyfriend to take up the post. Jake the strange & beautiful curator & puppeteer draws her into his secluded sensual world & before long shes sharing his bed & discovering a new & frightening side of love & lust. But Heddlestone is a village with secrets & Kate is haunted by a surreal holiday memory of a cool handsome man dominating a woman dressed like a crazy ballerina. The man is Eddie Jakes brother & when Kate is seduced by him & his reckless Ukrainian wife she becomes involved in a second dark relationship. Split between the two men Kate moves closer to the truth of Heddlestone sensing danger but not knowing if the greatest threat comes from ghosts or reality. ...

Tamara Sim a ruthlessly ambitious young journalist is thrilled when she is sent to interview veteran war correspondent Honor Tait. Finally
- a chance for Tamara to prove that theres more to her than forged expenses claims & the whats in/whats out column she churns out for her tabloid. But Honor isnt an easy subject; cold & evasive to the point of rudeness its almost as if she has something to hide. & when Tamara starts to do some digging (not all of it strictly legal) she makes a discovery which has devastating consequences for them both... In The Spoiler the former literary editor of the Financial Times & the Guardian offers a first hand glimpse into the world of British journalism.
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In Spoilt Rotten social commentator Theodore Dalrymple (Our Culture or What is Left of It 2009) grinds his axe at our sentimentality-centric culture where feelings have become the yardstick of everything we do: safe driving education taking of responsibility (none) sentimentality (everywhere). In this forensic polemic of maudlin popular culture from X-factor to Super Nannies Dalrymple wields his scalpel at all our modern sacred cows. Children will be speechless for once parents will hang their heads in shame! ...

Spoken from the Front" is the story of the Afghan Campaign told for the first time in the words of the servicemen & women who have been fighting there. With unprecedented access to soldiers of all ranks as well as pilots reservists engineers medics Royal Military police mechanics cooks & other military personnel Andy Mc Nab has assembled a portrait of modern conflict like never before. This is the full experience of our troops on the ground & in the air. The horrors cruelties drudgery excitement & banter of these soldiers' lives combine to form a chronological narrative of all the major events in Helmand during the British Army's time there. From their action-packed dramatic moving & often humorous testimonies in interviews diaries letters & emails written to family friends & loved ones emerges a 360-degree picture of guerrilla warfare up close & extremely personal. It is as close to the real thing as you can get." ...

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