What do you do when your soulmate turns out to be a thief? Steal her of course. Phoenix was raised within the Community a gang of thieves with paranormal powers under the control of a harsh master known as the Seer. The notion that there's a soulmate out there for every person with a paranormal gift is mere myth in Phoenix's world. That is until the Seer gives Phoenix the details of her next target Yves Benedict. He's more than just her next victim he is her destiny. To be together Phoenix must break away from the Community but resistance against the Seer puts them both in mortal danger. Phoenix has never trusted anyone before now it's time to trust Yves with her life. ...

What do you do when your soulmate turns out to be a thief? Steal her of course. Phoenix was raised within the Community a gang of thieves with paranormal powers under the control of a harsh master known as the Seer. The notion that theres a soulmate out there for every person with a paranormal gift is mere myth in Phoenixs world. That is until the Seer gives Phoenix the details of her next target Yves Benedict. Hes more than just her next victim he is her destiny. To be together Phoenix must break away from the Community but resistance against the Seer puts them both in mortal danger. Phoenix has never trusted anyone before now its time to trust Yves with her life ...

Now available in paperback this highly acclaimed book tells the compelling story of how one of Japan's biggest motorcycle manufacturers stole a Nazi rocket scientist's engine secrets from behind the Iron Curtain to conquer the world. In 1961 with the Cold War at its height East German motorcycle manufacturer MZ was using World War II rocket technology to win Grands Prix only for rider Ernst Degner to defect & sell the secrets to Suzuki while his wife & children were drugged & smuggled through the Berlin Wall. The following year Suzuki & Degner made history by winning the world title. Branded a traitor by the communists Degner suffered horrific injuries in a fiery racing accident & died in mysterious circumstances. ...

In the winter of mid-eighties two surfers are battling for supremacy at Waimea Bay home to the biggest waves in the world. Old-school & some say too old Ken Bradshaw commands respect with his fearlessness & fearsome temper. Mark Foo is the new kid on the block. Icon of the younger generation this photogenic Chinese-American wows the crowds with his lightning repertoire of cool moves. One perfect day at Sunset Beach Foo audaciously steals a wave from under Bradshaw's nose sparking a bitter feud that is to last for over ten years & end in tragedy. ...

Wizard Malvel's final Beast has reached the doors of King Hugo's Palace! Stealth the Ghost Panther lassoes victims with his tails & makes good people bad. To rescue his father Tom must capture the final piece of Amulet from Stealth's collar
- before all Avantia is turned to evil!
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A pictorial history of the railways around Stafford Steam Around Stafford"

Includes:: the Grand Junction

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Stronghold of the Romans & later the Vikings York was to become the powerbase of the infamous ' Railway King' George Hudson whose empire would eventually extend from the far north of England to the south & south-west. Today York is the home of the National Railway Museum where many old steam locos are on display along with diesel & electric types from Britain & abroad. Indeed the NRM provides many of the steam locos operating excursion trains to Scarborough. In Steam Around York & the East Riding the glorious days of steam traction around York & the East Riding have been recaptured; the days when the railway was an important part of the infrastructure in the area & the trains were used by thousands of passengers for holidays to local seaside resorts & beyond via the docks at Hull & Goole as well as freight goods & shipping. Through a multitude of pictures furnished with informative captions from an acknowledged expert the heyday & decline of the railways of York & the East Riding is explored in depth & the services engines & locations of this remarkable industry are recorded for posterity. ...

The rip-roaring steampunk adventure for young adults continues in this exciting new story with an environmental conscience. Tim Barnabas is a submariner from the Cuttlefish a coal-fired submarine. Clara Calland is the daughter of a scientist who carries a secret formula that threatens British Imperial power. After a daring chase across the globe they have brought the secret to Westralia. Here much of Australia is simply too hot to be habitable by day. People are nocturnal living underground & working outside at night. To cross the deserts they use burrowing machines known as steam moles." With the Cuttlefish out of action her crew take jobs on these submarine like craft. Duke Malcolm of the Imperial Security Service transports Claras rebel father to a prison in Eastern Australia hoping to bait her into attempting a rescue. Clara looks to Tim for help only to find he has fled from a racist incident into the desert. She takes a steam mole in search of him. The two head to Eastern Australia where they discover an invading force with plans to take Westralia. Forced to survive in the desert they encounter the intolerance meted out to the aboriginal people. Can they save Westralia from falling under British rule? & should they?" ...

Steampunk is the fastest growing subculture around. It imagines a world in which steam is the main locomotive power driving submersibles rockets & ships across the world. & it features Victoriana time travel & adventure all elements in this wonderful new tarot. The major archetypes are the Gods of the Machine & the four suits are Airships Engines Submersibles & Leviathans. This interaction of energies offers wisdom & direction from an alternative reality but still relevant to us today. ...

Even today over 50 years after the last scheduled service was hauled by a steam locomotive in Britain many peoples abiding image of rail travel comes from that age of steam a romantic view of big muscular locomotives belching clouds of steam & smoke hauling long snaking trains through picturesque countryside to the sound of the great chuffing from the engine the thunder of the wheels on the rails & the haunting notes of the whistle. Britains railway system is the oldest in the world & British engineers pioneered the development of the steam locomotive along with iron & steel rail. Steam became the driving force of industrial expansion in the 19th century. In this book Approx. 350 photographs from the vast archives of Mirrorpix provide a nostalgic & fascinating look back at the age of steam from its heyday of the early 20th century to its demise in the 1950s & 1960s & subsequent resurrection through the work of the many railway preservation groups. ...