Captain Titus Oates hero of the Antarctic has been dead for nearly a century. But not in Syms head. In there he is her constant companion her soulmate her adviser. It is as if he walked out of the Polar blizzard & into her mind. In fact if it were not for Titus life might be as bleak a place as the Antarctic wilderness. When she is taken on a mystery expedition by her eccentric uncle Victor Sym cant believe her luck. Destination Antarctica-the very place shes always wanted to visit. But Victor has other plans more sinister than Sym could possibly imagine. Stranded in the most isolated part of the world with her trust in someone she comes to realize is a madman she must find a way to avoid a gruesome fate. But what should a teenage girl do? Could it be that Titus the one who perished in that very place will be the means of her survival? ...

Clive Cussler author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt" novels " Arctic Drift" & " The Treasure of Khan" & co-author Paul Kemprecos navigate a treacherous sea of sabotage & conspiracy in " White Death" the fourth novel of the action-packed "NUMA Files" series. When a confrontation between a radical environmental group & a Danish cruiser off the Faroe Islands sinks a ship trapping her crew beneath the waves Kurt Austin of NUMA is immediately called to the rescue. Investigating the collision Austin uncovers a trail of sabotage that leads to a sinister multinational corporation seeking control of the waves. When he is almost killed for his trouble Austin knows that this is one organization that will let nothing stand in its way. But with an environmental disaster underway the clock is ticking for Austin & the NUMA team... Filled with heart-stopping adventure & endless imagination " White Death" is an exceptional thriller from a writer at the height of his powers. " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept readers on the edges of their seats for four decades with his thrilling action novels. As well as the "NUMA Files" series there are also the " Oregon Files" the Dirk Pitt stories (which started it all) the Isaac Bell adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the "NUMA files" series are: " Serpent" " Blue Gold" " Fire Ice" " Lost City" " Polar Shift" " The Navigator" " Medusa" " Devils Gate" & " The Storm"." ...

An elite public school. An outsider. Rumours of a haunting... Fleeing expulsion & the death of a close friend Andrew Taylor is sent to spend his final year at the prestigious public school Harrow. It is an eccentric place a rambling ancient building filled with the sons of the rich & famous. The other pupils notice Andrew's striking resemblance to Lord Byron a former pupil of Harrow
- & then the trouble begins. Andrew senses a malevolent presence & when a classmate dies the haunting becomes all too real. When another classmate falls ill & Andrew discovers old letters hidden in a bricked-up basement he must uncover a secret history
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Woman to man is either a god or a wolf" John Websters first independent play The White Devil originally performed in 1612 centres on the beautiful Vittoria Corombona & her lover Duke Brachiano whose passionate adulterous affair unleashes the powerful revenge of their enemies. While clearly guilty of lust & murder these unsavoury characters become startlingly heroic under pressure challenging both conventional moral judgments & oppressive social forces. This revised student edition contains a lengthy new Introduction with background on the author date & sources theme critical interpretation & stage history. The Introduction discusses Websters radical experimentation with tragic modes his interest in the heroic potential of women & evaluates the handling of both in recent stage productions." ...

Bullied at school for her dyslexia & troubled by her mothers unexplained disappearance Kara seeks sanctuary sailing the oceans waves in her fathers boat. Meanwhile Felix resents his well-meaning parents for dragging him to live by the coast & misses his old friends back in London. On their first encounter Kara & Felix take an immediate dislike to each other. But when they happen to discover a dolphin calf stranded on the beach they know they must work together to save it against all odds. Realizing they have more in common than they could ever have guessed the two friends set out to find the truth behind the disappearance of Karas marine biologist mother & to protect the delicate reef in the bay of their home town from the destruction of commercial dredging. Their actions set in motion a dramatic chain of events that no one could have foreseen. & soon they must make an impossible choice. Risk their own lives or face losing everything.. . ...

Born into an aristocratic family beautiful Amy Lovell leads a whirlwind life of extravagant parties & debutante balls. But Amy curious about the world beyond the narrow confines of her class is ill-suited to a life of indulgence. Eagerly embracing a nursing career she is drawn into the radical politics of the day. As the spectre of war looms Amy's bittersweet love for the proud miner Nick Penry
- a love which defies the differences between them
- leads them to the conflict in Spain where love & pain become inseparable agonies.

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Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the young Lord Jaxom & his extraordinary white dragon Ruth. Pure white & incredibly agile Ruth possessed remarkable qualities. Not only could he communicate with the iridescent fluttering fire lizards but he could fly. Back in time to any WHEN with unfailing accuracy. Nearly everyone else on Pern thought Ruth was a runt who would never amount to anything but Jaxom knew his dragon was special. In secret they trained to fight against the burning threads from the Red Planet to fly Back in time as well as Between & finally their close & special union was to result in the most startling & breathtaking discovery of all...THE WHITE DRAGON is one of the most unforgettable episodes in Anne Mc Caffrey's world-famous Chronicles of Pern. ...

Surprisingly little known the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history. In White Eagle Red Star Norman Davies gives a full account of the War with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army
- sure of victory & pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe to water our horses on the Rhine
- was crushed by a devastating Polish attack. Since known as the miracle on the Vistula it remains one of the most decisive battles of the Western world. Drawing on both Polish & Russian sources Norman Davies illustrates the narrative with documentary material which hitherto has not been readily available & shows how the War was far more an episode in East European affairs but largely determined the course of European history for the next twenty years or more.

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Intuition is a much talked about concept with implications in business as well as daily life but virtually none of the books on the subject gives a full account of where we derive such an extraordinary power from or how as part of a sound spiritual practice we can develop it & learn to trust & use our sixth sense. The path of opening up intuitive gifts is also one of progressive initiation into the awareness of our higher & more subtle bodies right through to the celestial. Read this book to gain an understanding of the subtle bodies the chakras the Seven Rays of Unfoldment & of the spiritual path that we all walk some more consciously than others. This book by an enormously influential spiritual teacher will make that path more walkable. ...

White Fang by Jack London was published in 1906. It tells the story of White Fang part-dog & part-wolf as he fights for survival in the harsh landscapes of northwest Canada. Essential Classics is a wonderful new series that offers a quick way into a range of exciting stories. Fast-moving & accessible each story is a shortened dramatically illustrated version of the classic novel which loses none of the strength & flavour of the original. ...