Thinner
- the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek. Thinner
- the word

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Thinner
- the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek. Billy Halleck prosperous
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Nostradamus foretold of three Antichrists: Napoleon Hitler & the One Still to Come... In the mountains of Moldova a ruthless tyrant is hailed as the Second Coming of Christ. In the gypsy camps of Romania a womans unborn child could change the course of the world. In a polluted sinkhole in Mexico four siblings pledge themselves to vengeance. Only Adam Sabir guardian of the lost prophecies of Nostradamus knows what will happen when these destinies collide... ...

The Sanctuary Sparrow: Sudden drama strikes the Benadictine monastery at Shrewsbury when a young man pursued by a lynching mob claims sanctuary just in time to save his life. Cadfael senses the young man's innocence & sets out to solve yet another tangle of human passions where love plays its inevitable part. The Devil's Novice: The Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a disturbing presence. Meek & bidable by day his sleep is rent with nightmares so violent as to earn him the nickname of Devil's Novice. Can Meriet be involved in the nearby disappearance of a superior prelate? As events take a sinister turn it falls to Brother Cadfael to detect the truth behind the young man's predicament. Dead Man's Ransom: In the battle of Lincoln the sherrif of Shropshire is captured & the King himself taken prisoner by his enemies. Nothing more natural than that an exchange of prisoners should take place. But before this can be completed one captive is murdered. & to Brother Cadfael who notices the evidence of unnatural death falls the task of gathering enough clues to prove it. ...

This title profiles the personal challenges that TCKs experience from feelings of rootlessness & unresolved grief to struggles with maturity & identity. Highlighting dramatic changes brought about by instant communication & new mobility patterns the new edition shows how the TCK experience is becoming increasingly common & valuable. The authors also expand the coverage to include cross-cultural kids children of bi-racial or bi-cultural parents immigrants & international adoptees
- all of this bringing hidden diversity to our world & challenging our old notions of identity & home.
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School life has never been so splendid as in these br&-new editions of the classic Blyton series St Clare's". Full of dilemmas & school pranks this best-selling series is guaranteed to keep young readers looking forward to each & every term at St Clare's. The holidays are over & twins Pat & Isabel O' Sullivan are dying to get back to school. The big question on everybody's lips is who will be head girl? There are plenty of candidates to choose from...A terrible accident shows the true leaders & reveals the cheats & cowards too." ...

A perplexed girl thinks she might have killed someone! Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third who came to Poirot for help disappeared convinced she was a murderer. Now there were rumours of revolvers flick-knives & blood stains. But without hard evidence it would take all Poirots tenacity to establish whether the third girl was guilty innocent or insane! ...

Charley Davidson sees dead people. As grim reaper extraordinaire it's her job to convince them to 'go into the light'. But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder) Charlie dons her Private Investigator hat to solve the crime. ...

With the Keystone Pipeline dominating the news & America's addiction to oil showing no signs of waning it is more urgent than ever that wereconsider our energy needs in light of economic reality. In this New York Times bestseller Jeremy Rifkin explores how Internet technology & renewable energy are merging to create a powerful new engine of economic growth wherein hundreds of millions of people will produce their own green energy in their homes offices & factories & share it with each other in an 'energy Internet.' This process willusher in a fundamental reordering of human relationships from hierarchical to lateral that will impact the way we conduct commerce govern society educate our children & engage in civic life. The Third Industrial Revolution is an insider's account of the next great economic era including a look into the personalities & players
- heads of state global CEOs social entrepreneurs & NGOs
- who are pioneering its implementation around the world.

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The number one bestselling memoir of one of New Labours three founding architects now with a revealing new chapter updating this paperback edition. Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story -- of a life played out in the backroom & then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented three terms in government. Much of the book is devoted to the defining political relationships of Peter Mandelsons life -- with Tony Blair & Gordon Brown. Charting what he terms the soap-opera years of the Labour government his book continues to ruffle feathers with an updated preface bringing the story up to the tempestuous present. ...