The 7th stirring instalment of the urban fantasy-thriller series starring Rachel Morgan. A pacey & addictive novel of sexy bounty-hunting witches cunning demons & vicious vampires. The demon Algaliarept although banished back into the everafter has infected others of his kind with his interest in a witch who can channel demon magic. Rachel soon finds herself with not one but three hellions on her tail; & one of them is even crazier & more dangerous than all the fairy assassins weres & vampires on the planet. ...

Skilgannon the Damned had vanished from the pages of history. Following the terrible triumph at Perapolis the General had taken the legendary Swords of Night & Day & ridden from the lands of Naashan. No-one knew where he had gone & the assassins sent by the Witch Queen could find no trace of his passing. Three years later as a mob intent on murder gathers outside a distant monastery they are faced by a single unarmed priest. In a few terrifying seconds their world is changed for ever & word spreads across the lands of the East. Skilgannon is back. Now he must travel across a perilous demon-haunted realm seeking a mysterious temple & the ageless goddess who rules it. With assassins on his trail & an army of murderous foes ahead the Damned sets off on a quest to bring the dead to life. But he does not travel alone. The man beside him is Druss the Legend. In a world torn by war White Wolf is a page-turning tale of love betrayal & treachery which examines the nature of heroism & friendship & the narrow lines that divide good from evil redemption from damnation. ...

When George & Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England George instantly takes to their new life but Sabine feels isolated heat-fatigued & ill at ease with the racial segregation & the imminent dawning of a new era. Her only solace is her growing fixation with Eric Williams the charismatic leader of Trinidads new national party to whom she pours out all her hopes & fears for the future in letters that she never brings herself to send. As the years progress George & Sabines marriage endures for better or worse. When George discovers Sabines cache of letters he realises just how many secrets shes kept from him
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- over the decades. & he is seized by an urgent desperate need to prove his love for her with tragic consequences...

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Young Killian Melville is arguably the most brilliant architect of the age; passionate about his art he is liked by everyone. So when he visits Sir Oliver Rathbone in need of a lawyer to represent him over his alleged breach of promise to marry the daughter of his patron Rathbone agrees despite his misgvings. The case is not an easy one. Zillah is beautiful & even-tempered heiress to a fortune & a good friend. What more could any man want? & why would Melville risk losing the professional reputation he has worked all his life to build? Frustrated by his clients refusal to divulge any further information & convined he is keeping something from him Rathbone his own professional integrity at stake decides to ask his close friend Hester Latterly for an objective opinion about the case. She meanwhile has contacted William Monk to investigate a mysterious family matter from twenty years ago. Little do they realise that the three of them are about to tackle the most baffling & complex case with which they have ever been faced... ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

The Royal School of Needlework (RSN) teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard & is well respected all over the world. It not only upholds the traditions of English embroidery that go back many hundreds of years but is constantly taking embroidery forward in new & innovative ways. This series of Essential Stitch Guides has been produced in close collaboration with the RSN with the aim of providing a set of definitive works on traditional embroidery techniques. All of the authors were chosen by the RSN & all are graduate apprentices of the Royal School. Whitework begins with the history of this wide-ranging type of embroidery then explains the materials needed & the issues of designing & ordering your work for stitching in white on white fabric. The Stitches section covers pulled thread core surface decorative & drawn thread stitches as well as eyelets & cutwork. Two beautiful whitework pieces are then analysed to show how all the stitches & techniques were used & a traditional piece is reworked with a contemporary twist. Finally the further techniques of using layers net darning & trailing are shown. Step by step photography full instructions & diagrams make this a clear & user-friendly guide to whitework & Lizzy's skills & talent make it an inspirational book. ...

Whitley Bay & Seaton Sluice are two towns on the North East coast with fascinating histories. They are now both popular with tourists but started life in different ways. Whitley Bay was developed as a tourist resort in the last century whereas Seaton Sluice was built in the 1700s as an industrial centre around a busy port. Over the last hundred years they have both witnessed dramatic change including the loss of some prominent landmarks. Using mainly colour postcards from North Tyneside Librarys local collection author & local historian Ken Hutchinson gives us a glimpse at how life in the settlements has changed over the last century. Ken hopes the book will bring back happy memories to some remind others of the lost buildings & structures & introduce those unfamiliar with the areas to two attractive seaside towns linked by a spectacular coastline. ...

6 Of The Best: Whitney Houston comprises the sheet music to six of her greatest hits including I Will Always Love You & The Greatest Love Of All all arranged for piano voice & guitar. 6 Of The Best simply does what it says
- 6 of the best hits from leading artists available in a new & competitively priced format.
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Rachel & Kirsty are visiting Kirstys grandmother by the sea for their spring break. One morning they spot a very sparkly shell on the beach & it whisks them away to Fairyland! Its the occasion of the yearly Ocean Gala where Shannon the Ocean Fairy plays her Magical Golden Conch Shell to ensure that the seas & oceans remain peaceful & ordered for the year ahead. But Jack Frost is there to ruin things for everyone! His pesky goblins break the Magical Golden Conch Shell into seven pieces as they try to steal it & the pieces are whisked away into the oceans of the human world. Queen Titania uses her magic to send seven magical sea creatures to guard the pieces of the shell but the Ocean Fairies & Rachel & Kirsty must get the pieces back before chaos takes over the oceans! Can they outwit Jack Frost & his goblins & make the oceans a safe & happy place for everyone once again...? In this book Rachel & Kirsty must help Whitney search for her beloved whale & track down the sixth piece of the shell before the pesky goblins get it! ...

A collection of poems from a tenderly observant" poet who writes about what all of us can underst&. The title poem describes the poet's journey by train from Hull to London using the tones & rhythms of ordinary speech & focusing on the urban landscape of the industrial north." ...