Still recovering from the harrowing case that ended his police career Doug Michie returns to his boyhood home of Ayr on Scotland's wind-scarred west coast. He hopes to rebuild his shattered life get over the recent failure of his marriage & shed his demons but the years have changed the birthplace of the poet Robert Burns. When Doug meets his old school-day flame Lyn however he feels his past may offer the salvation of a future. But Lyn's son has been accused of murder & she begs Doug to find the truth. Soon Doug is tangled in a complicated web of corrupt politicians frightened journalists & a police force in cahoots with criminals. Only Burns' philosophical musings offer Doug some shelter as he wanders the streets of Auld Ayr battling The Storm Without. ...

During the rule of her murderous Dark Fae uncle Thistle Tricks Periwinkle found sanctuary among the wyr in New York. Her ethereal beauty & sparkling personality won the hearts of the public but after her uncles death there are those who dont want to see her ascend to the throne. Able to wield thunder & lightning wyr sentinel Tiago Black Eagle has ruled the skies for centuries. His massive build & thunderous power make him one of the wyrs best weapons. & hes sent to protect Tricks when shes almost assassinated in Chicago. Soon both Tiago & Tricks will fall prey to the stormy hunger that engulfs them
- a passion that will shake the very foundation of all the worlds.
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When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6 Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training exercises. Then armed with his own special set of secret gadgets he's off on his first mission to Cornwall where Middle-Eastern multi-billionaire Herod Sayle is producing his state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers. Sayle has offered to give one free to every school in the country
- but there's more to the gift than meets the eye.
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This is a bold & stylish reissue of the groundbreaking & hugely popular graphic adaptation of Alex Rider's very first mission. Forcibly recruited into MI6 after the mysterious death of his guardian fourteen-year-old Alex is sent to infiltrate the organization of a sinister billionaire. Within days he's gone from schoolboy to superspy
- & it looks like his first assignment may be his last... This is a slick clean stylishly crafted & coloured graphic adaptation bringing to life all the adventure thrills & spills of this bestselling story. Following the triumphant international publication of Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel" the whole graphic novel series has gained wide recognition among reviewers fans & literacy experts. Recent government initiatives encourage us to examine the reading habits of boys
- with literacy levels among children in the UK lower than ever. This is a series of books that may offer an accessible & compelling alternative for otherwise reluctant readers."

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Tim Blackburn's wife died in a ball of flame in the Channel victim of a mystery bomber. His son had died years earlier in Northern Ireland killed in a terrorist attack. & his daughter Nicole had vanished in the North Pacific after joining an outlawed organisation called Genesis dedicated to saving the planet by violence if necessary. The police think Nicole might have been involved in the death of her mother but Tim won't believe it. & he means to prove it. With nothing else to live for Tim goes in search of Nicole in his yacht Stormchild. He hopes to rescue her from the clutches of Genesis. But where would a secretive organization of ruthless environmentalists hide? & even if he does find Nicole will he be a welcome visitor? ...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the STORMIN NORMANS including why Norman knights slept with a dolly which pirate hung up his eye-patch & became a saint & why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee. With a bold accessible new look & a heap of extra-horrible bits these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Dear fans ...

Fascinating facts about big bad Bill the Conqueror & his bully-boys who battled at Hastings Terry Deary & Martin Brown s brilliant books about the nastiest periods in history have now with the help of some astounding actors been transformed into a series of audio extravaganzas. Featuring new extra material not found anywhere in the books these sound spectaculars are just as thrilling & spilling funny & fast as their printed counterparts. Horrible Histories are guaranteed to bring you history with the nasty bits left in! Everyone knows about 1066 & how William the Conqueror s men scored a bull s eye at the Battle of Hastings. Or rather a King s eye. But why did William like conquering so much? Were the Normans abnormal? Probably not King Harold & his men were just as fond of cutting off bits of people they didn t like. But that didn t help them when it came to the Battle of Hastings a fight that had more needle than the Bayeux Tapestry. You can also hear about William the Conqueror s disgusting death. But a word of warning: when you open up this audio hold your nose! History has never been so horrible! ...

A hit West End theatre production of a classic Hollywood movie transfers to Broadway in this humorous backstage novel. Judith Gold grande dame of the British theatre has brought her acclaimed stage production of All About Eve to Broadway. As ever Judith is at loggerhead with everything & everyone who doesnt live up to her exacting standards especially two of her co-stars method film actress Mindy Blue & arrogant has-been TV actor Digby Weston. Meanwhile Judiths possessions are being systematically sabotaged while her demand for theatrically ascending chandeliers is declined by producer Wesley Bartlett. At least Rupert Blake her favourite leading man is there to rely on
- & to attempt to keep the peace. Is Broadway ready for a loud-mouthed opinionated English actress with attitude & in the most American of plays?
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Reduner nomads have massacred the Quartern's Rainlords leaving its cities vulnerable to the relentless desert. Now Stormlord Shale must stretch his powers to bring rain or his people will die
- if they don't meet a Reduner knife first. However Shale can't hold out alone for much longer & those who seek to exploit him are closing in. Rainlord Kaneth has spurned these politics for war & plans to defeat the Reduner leader from his desert stronghold. But there are spies in Kaneth's camp. Terelle has been Shale's secret weapon until now covertly boosting his powers. But her Uncle's magic compels her to travel to distant Khromatis
- & if she disobeys him it will destroy her. Yet Khromatis gave the desert its first Stormlord so Terelle may find hope there as well as great danger.. .

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Centuries after Connavar's triumphant battles against the invading army of Stone gained the Rigante their freedom the clan finds itself oppressed once again. Magic that once flourished has been all but snuffed out. The Varlish king & his barons have stolen Rigante lands & robbed the people of their culture & liberty. From the Rigante's former seat of power the black-hearted Moidart rules; only in the north are the clansmen free. There in the Druagh mountains the magic still reigns strengthened by bold brilliant victories of the outlaw leader known as Ravenheart. In the south civil war has drenched the land in blood & the armies of destruction are slowly creeping north where Ravenheart waits believing the armies of hated Moidart will come led by the brutal ruler's only son Stormrider. Ravenheart & Stormrider: enemies of uncommon courage are unaware that the fate of their world lies in their hands. Both are destined to be heroes but one of them is doomed. For a secret lost in the uncharted past has returned to haunt these two warriors as they face not only the malice of powerful men but the vengeance of an ancient evil rising from the bloodshed to slake its thirst. As immense armies of darkness advance it seems as if nothing will stop them. They crush their enemies with ease until only a few thousand highlanders stand before them with no help in sight. But these are not ordinary men. They are clansmen & more than that they are Rigante. ...