A death on Waterloo bridge a body in the river near Wapping a lady robbed on Wych Street -- all common enough daily incidents in early Victorian London. But when an outrageous theft is committed at the port the clues from these seemingly unconnected crimes soon point irresistibly to a mystery deeper & murkier than the Thames itself. The rapacious Inspector Newsome has much to prove ex-police detective George Williamson faces difficult choices & the mysterious Noah Dyson is once more drawn unwillingly within the reach of the authorities. Meanwhile competing against them all there is the enigmatic figure calling himself Eldritch Batchem.. . Lives & reputations are at stake. As the investigators pursue a macabre trail into the citys darkest passages each seeks a prize more personal than mere justice. & in the race for a solution all stand to discover much more than they are prepared for.. . The Thieves Labyrinth is a dazzling Victorian entertainment -- a gripping richly atmospheric murder mystery. ...

There were worse things than being naked freezing & alone in a forest. For instance there was being naked freezing not alone & not sure of who the hell you were. Joanne Baldwin has had better days
- at least she hopes she has. After waking up on her own in a forest shes found by two rescuers she doesnt recognise at all. One supernaturally gorgeous guy might have been her lover. The other says he can control the weather.. .and so can she. Not everyone looking for Joanne has her best interests at heart & with no way of telling friend from foe Joanne is quickly lost in a fog of deception. Now she must rebuild herself one memory at a time before someone else steals her life
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A brilliant & brand new story of swords sand & sorcery from the endless imagination that brought you The Saga of Darren Shan & the Demonata. New characters -- same excitement action & terror! In a harsh unforgiving world of slavery & glorified executions one boy's humiliation leads him to embark on a perilous quest to the faraway lair of a mysterious god. It is a dark brutal nightmarish journey which few have ever survived. But to Jebel Rum the risk is worth it! to retrieve his honour! to win the hand of the girl he loves! to wield unimaginable power! & to become! THE THIN EXECUTIONER ...

One of the defining rock groups of the 20th Century Thin Lizzy began life in Dublin in 1969 when childhood friends Phil Lynott & Brian Downey were approached by two former members of Van Morrisons band Them Eric Wrixon (keyboards) & Eric Bell (guitar). Now for the first time their story is told by guitarist Scott Gorham & rock journalist Harry Doherty. The bands story is told by the people who were involved directly including former guitarists road crew management family & friends. Their origins in Dublin as a three piece with the Whiskey in the Jar single & a string of unsuccessful but highly creative albums. The move to London to chase the dream of being a major rock b&. The chaotic arrival & departures of various members including Eric Bell (who left the band mid concert) Irish guitarist Gary Moore Brian Robertson & co-author Scott Gorham. How the albums Jailbreak & Boys Are Back in Town took the band to the top of the charts just as they were to become bankrupt.

Includes:: stories of the band on the road the drink & drugs & how the years of partying drug-taking & non stop touring eventually took its toll on not only the band members but on their families. The death of front man Phil Lynott & their legacy following his death.

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This title is shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Biography Award & the 2012 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. Julia Blackburn & her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of northern Italy in 1999. She arrived as a stranger but a series of events brought her close to the old people of the village & they began to tell her their stories. Of how their village had been trapped in an archaic feudal system & owned by a local padrone who demanded his share of all they had
- even a pretty wife or daughter of the eruption of the Second World War of the conflict between the fascists & the partisans of death & fear & hunger of how they hid like foxes in the mountains. Write it down for us they said because otherwise it will all be lost. Thin Paths" is a celebration of the songlines of one place that could be many places & a celebration of the humour & determination of the human spirit."
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In 1997 Andy Cave returned from the Himalayas having climbed the stupendous north face of Changabang but losing his friend & climbing partner in the process. Traumatized by the savage ordeal he must examine his relationship with the mountains that have defined his life so far. Will he have the courage to undertake such a challenge again? Does he want to? Thin White Line" charts his struggle towards finding an answer. It is as much a journey into the mind of an extreme mountaineer as it is into the wild landscapes through which he travels. In a nail biting narrative set in Patagonia Norway & Alaska Cave tackles the severest challenges modern Alpinism can pose. Juxtaposed with the stark beauty of the environment are the colourful characters populating his stories from the adventurers around him past & present to the pioneer aviators who get him & his kind to those impossibly remote places. He vividly recreates the joy & despair of climbing building the book to a desperate finale that lays bare the fragility of our carefully constructed convictions." ...

Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through her Daughter's Heroin Addiction is an honest & intimate account of heroin addiction told by both mother & daughter. Amber is introduced to drugs & becomes addicted without her mother's knowledge. She meets a dealer who feeds her habit. Whilst living together they are raided by the police. Bailed to her mother's address with a GBP200-a-day addiction Amber doesn't think her family will accept her back when they discover the truth. When she's charged by the police with dealing class A drugs & accepting stolen goods she fears she'll go to prison. Trying to feed her habit alone Amber meets a fellow addict who offers to introduce her to prostitution. The prospect terrifies her but will her mother help her? An unflinching story that looks at drug addiction from two different sides Thin Wire will appeal to a diverse range of readers in particular fans of autobiographies & memoirs & is remiscent of Melvin Burgess' Junk. The book's concluding section offers two sets of personal guidelines; one for addicts the other for parents or partners of addicts while the in-depth harrowing real life story vividly illustrates the difficulties of overcoming addiction. In a society where 50% of teenagers experiment with drugs Amber is every mother's child. She could be yours. ...

Having black button eyes a zig-zag mouth a stitched body the Thing
- he used to be Robbies best friend. Now hes his worst enemy...
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From the Orange Prize-winning author of ' Half of a Yellow Sun' come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men & women parents & children Nigeria & the West. In 'A Private Experience' a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity & faith force her to confront the realities & fears she's been pushing away. In ' Tomorrow Is Too Far' a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death. The young mother at the centre of ' Imitation' finds her comfortable life threatened when she learns that her husband back in Lagos has moved his mistress into their home. & the title story depicts the choking loneliness of a Nigerian girl who moves to an America that turns out to be nothing like the country she expected; though falling in love brings her desires nearly within reach a death in her homeland forces her to re-examine them. Searing & profound suffused with beauty sorrow & longing this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers. ...

This book contains more weirdly creepy & unnerving tales to unsettle any reader. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century discarding ghosts & witches & instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic & malevolent universe. ...