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? ...

Stormcloud has all the bad habits of an ex-rodeo pony rolled into one. He nips & bites bucks & rears kicks out & rides through the bit. Worse still he tunes in to a nervous riders worst fears. Keiras uncle Kevin has rescued Stormy from the sale barn paying rock bottom price for a worn out world weary horse that no one wants. He brings him to Black Pearl Ranch saying If you can make something of him & sell him on to a decent owner you can keep the profit." Keira jumps at the challenge
- taking Stormy back to basics re-schooling him & treating him right. Will Stormy respond? Or have years of mistreatment soured him for good?"
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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 ...

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. ...

A consummate insider as the girlfriend of Lindsey Buckingham Fleetwood Mac singer & guitarist Carol Ann Harris leads fans into the very heart of the bands storms between 1976 & 1984. From interactions between the band & other stars
- Mick Jagger Eric Clapton & Dennis Wilson
- to the chaotic animosity between band members this memoir combines the sensational account of some of the worlds most famous musicians with a thrilling love story. The parties fights drug use shenanigans & sex lives of Fleetwood Mac are presented in intimate detail & illustrated with never-before-seen photographs. With the exception of one brief interview Carol Ann Harris has never before spoken about her time with Fleetwood Mac.

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Budding meteorologists will love this new addition to the popular Beginners series providing an exciting introduction to all kinds of storms from blizzards hailstorms & thunderstorms to tornadoes & hurricanes.

Includes:: striking colour photographs of storms in action & step-by-step illustrations to engage young readers. Developed with a reading expert from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence.

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