An extraordinary faerie tale of magic & mystery romance & danger described by Stephenie Meyer as a remarkable debut. Laurel is an ordinary fifteen-year-old high school girl. But something incredible is happening to her. She is changing. Now Laurel is about to discover that a deep & powerful magic holds the key to her destiny. ...

It wasn't a thing it was a bit of shaped sky.. . Somewhere in a place that is so far up there is no down a ship is waiting to take the nomes home
- back to wherever they came from. & one nome Masklin knows that they've got to try & contact this ship. It means going to Florida (wherever that is) then getting to the launch of a communications satellite (whatever that is). A ridiculous plan. Impossible. But Masklin doesn't know this so he tries to do it anyway. & the first step is to try & hitch a ride on a new kind of truck a truck with wings
- Concorde. The final title in the magnificent trilogy The Bromeliad.

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The Royal Air Force is synonymous with its heroic achievements in the summer of 1940 when Winston Churchills famous few
- the Hurricane
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Scarborough 1938. When Jane & Nell are brought together by a chance encounter Jane unhappy at home sees an opportunity to escape when Nell invites her to visit her family in Lowestoft. However they have no idea that their friendship will be tested through the trials of love hardship & war. Nell's friends Simon & Ewan accept Jane as one of their own & welcome her into their world. But the threat of war soon brings changes for all four of them. Simon & his ship are involved in mine sweeping Ewan joins the RAF & feeling frustrated at their helplessness Nell & Jane join the Land Army so that they can do something positive for the war effort while remaining together. But it is only when both girls fall for the same man that the strength of their friendship is truly challenged... ...

As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Things are not going well for Inspector Montalbano. His long-distance relationship with Livia is on the rocks he feels himself getting even older & hes growing tired of the violence in his job. Then the dead body of a young woman is found in an illegal dump with half her face missing. Her identity at first unknown; a tattoo of a sphinx moth on her left shoulder links her with three other girls bearing the same mark all recent Russian immigrants to Italy. Victims of an underworld sex trade these girls have been rescued from the Mafia night-club circuit by a Catholic charity organization. The problem is the other girls cant help Montalbano with his enquiries. They are all missing. As his investigations progresses it seems that not everyone wants Montalbano to discover what really lies behind the organisations charitable facade. & not only does Montalbano have a case to solve he has a demanding stomach to feed & he must save his foundering relationship with Livia.. . ...

Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany in 1939 & the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him not realizing he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: & the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm & went on to be the greatest test pilot in history flying more different aircraft types than anyone else. He is the only man alive who has flown every major (and most minor) combat aircraft of the Second World War as well as all the early jets. Speaking perfect German he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets interviewing (among others) Hermann Goering & Hanna Reitsch. He flew the suicidally dangerous Me 163 rocket plane & tested the first British jets. He would have been the first man to break the sound barrier except that the British government cancelled the programme & gave the technology to America. His naval career continues to this day as he advises on the new aircraft carrier design for the Royal Navy. A living legend among aviation enthusiasts his amazing life story deserves to be told in full -- from crashing in front of Winston Churchill to unmasking a Neo-Nazi ring in the 1950s to his terrifying flights in primitive jets & rockets. ...

One evening as he made his way to a local church social in the village hall during the 1950s a loud crack shook the ground & the night sky turned to an orange glow lighting the way for him. Shrugging his shoulders the author made his way through the village & in the distance he heard an explosion as a jet aircraft hit the ground. It was a common enough occurrence in the village of Ilton; RAF Merryfield was always losing aircraft & on a regular basis. Fifty years later & in an effort to put his indifference right the author began to investigate air crashes in & around Somerset. What he discovered appalled him at the sheer scale of it all. He now shares his findings of Somerset air crashes since 1945 with you. ...

Lu Ann Tyler is a single mother striving to escape a life of endless poverty. So when she gets a mysterious offer to be the guaranteed winner of the hundred million dollar lottery its like her prayers have been answered. But Lu Ann refuses -- & less than twenty-four hours later shes fighting for her life & on the run from a false murder charge. The offer
- & its condition that she leave the country forever
- seems her only hope. Ten years later Lu Ann secretly returns to the US to begin a new life with Matthew Riggs a man whose origins are as murky as her own. But there are those who have picked up her trail -- & it seems Matthew is the only one who can help her. But is he too closing in for the kill?

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What makes a winner? Why do some succeed both in life & in business & others fail? & why do a few individuals end up supremely powerful while many remain powerless? Are men more likely to be power junkies than women? The winner effect is a term used in biology to describe how an animal that has won a few fights against weak opponents is much more likely to win later bouts against stronger contenders. As Ian Robertson reveals it applies to humans too. Success changes the chemistry of the brain making you more focused smarter more confident & more aggressive. The effect is as strong as any drug. & the more you win the more you will go on to win. But the downside is that winning can become physically addictive. By understanding what the mental & physical changes are that take place in the brain of a winner how they happen & why they affect some people more than others Robertson answers the question of why some people attain & then handle success better than others. He explains what makes a winner
- or a loser
- & how we can use the answers to these questions to understand better the behaviour of our business colleagues employees family & friends.

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Our planet's resources are running out. The media bombards us with constant warnings of impending shortages of fossil fuels minerals arable land & water & the political Armageddon that will result as insatiable global demand far outstrips supply. But how true is this picture? In Winner Take All" Dambisa Moyo cuts through the misconceptions & noise surrounding resource scarcity with a penetrating analysis of what really is at stake. China Moyo reveals has embarked on one of the greatest commodity rushes in history. Tracing its breathtaking quest for resources
- from Africa to Latin America North America to Europe
- she examines the impact it is having on us all & its profound implications for our future."

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