The twelfth Discworld novel -- It seemed an easy job... After all how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesnt marry a prince? But for the witches Granny Weatherwax Nanny Ogg & Magrat Garlick travelling to the distant city of Genua things are never that simple. Servant girls have to marry the prince. Thats what life is all about. You cant fight a Happy Ending. At least -- up until now. ...

Things have to come to an end see. That's how it works when you turn the world into stories. You should never have done that. You shouldn't treat people like they was characters like they was things. But if you do then you've got to know where the story ends.' That's the problem when you let real life get in the way of a good story. You shouldn't let it happen. Especially when a good story involves three witches including a fairy godmother travelling to a faraway land to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince. It looks as though a happy ending may be averted before catastrophe strikes. But unfortunately the forces of good are up against a Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse... ...

Things have to come to an end see. Thats how it works when you turn the world into stories. You should never have done that. You shouldnt treat people like they was characters like they was things. But if you do then youve got to know where the story ends. It seemed an easy job... After all how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesnt marry a prince? Quite hard actually even for the witches Granny Weatherwax Nanny Ogg & Magrat Garlick. Thats the problem with real life
- it tends to get in the way of a good story & a good story is hard to resist. Servant girls have to marry the prince. Thats what life is all about. You cant fight a Happy Ending especially when it comes with glass slippers & a Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it cant refuse. At least
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* The third & much anticipated final instalment in the highly-praised Witches at War! series * Hilarious fun for children aged 8+ & brilliant for parents & children to read together * stunning illustrations throughout As youll recall the previous book in the series ended with a shocking revelation. Now Sam & her mentor the incompetent & rude but strangely likeable Esmelia Sniff have been separated & evil is beginning to dominate the world. Its the longest coldest winter since records began & the newspapers are reporting sightings of strange & evil creatures making their way towards the Bleak Fortress. Inside the fortress Sam is a prisoner to Diabolicas evil plans while her friend the potion expert Helza Poppin is trapped in the dungeon & scheduled for torture. Things aint looking good. Approx. 35 000 words/ Age range: 8+ Follow Esmelia Sniff on Twitter:@esmeliasniff & on Facebook Other titles in the Witches at War! series include The Wickedest Witch (9781843651314) & The White Wand (9781843651345). ...

Its a case of espionage skullduggery & serious unpleasantness. & its also Geralds first official government assignment. Hes hunting down a deadly saboteur & time is quickly running out. Old enemies & new combine forces to thwart him. Once again innocent lives are on the line. He needs his friends. He cant do this alone. But Princess Melissande & Reg have troubles of their own. With the help of Monk Markhams brilliant beautiful sister theyve opened a one-stop-shop witching locum agency where magical problems are solved for a price. Problem is the girls are struggling to keep the business afloat. Things are looking grim for Witches Incorporated
- & thats before they accidentally cross paths with Geralds saboteur. Suddenly everybodys lives are on the line & Gerald realises too late that theres a reason government agents arent supposed to have friends.. .
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With peace reigning in the Magic Kingdom at last Ben Holiday is finally free to lie back & enjoy the finer things in life
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By the spring of 1645 civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon Engl&. Disease was rife apocalyptic omens appeared in the skies & idolators detected in every shire. In a remote corner of Essex two obscure gentlemen began interrogating women suspected of witchcraft triggering the most brutal witch-hunt in English history. Witchfinders is a spellbinding study of how Matthew Hopkins the Witchfinder General & John Stearne extended their campaign across East Anglia driven by godly zeal. Exploiting the anxiety & lawlessness of the times & cheered on by ordinary folk they extracted confessions of satanic pacts resulting in scores of executions. ...

On the veranda of a great New Orleans house now faded a mute & fragile woman sits rocking. & the witching hour begins... Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling & the creation of legend Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches
- a family given to poetry & incest to murder & philosophy a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful dangerous & seductive being. A hypnotic novel of witchcraft & the occult across four centuries by the spellbinding bestselling author of The Vampire Chronicles.
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A troubled peace with France means that in the harbours & estuaries around England the royal fleet has been left to rot. Even a frigate captain as famous as Richard Bolitho is forced to swallow his pride & visit the Admiralty daily to plead for a ship. As the clouds of war begin to rise once more over the Channel he has no choice but to accept an appointment to the Nore. With his small flotilla of three topsail cutters Bolitho sets out to search the coast for seamen who have fled the harsh discipline of His Majesty's Navy for the more tempting rewards of smuggling. But the ' Brotherhood' he comes up against are brutal & dangerous with a secret sinister trade in human misery. Treason is never far distant & murder commonplace. So when a King's ransom is in peril & Bolitho is ordered to proceed 'with all despatch' to recover it he will need all the loyalty & courage of his three gallant cutters if he is to fulfil his mission. ...

On a crystal clear Mediterranean day Briony Mc Allister sits playing with her four-year-old daughter Katie while she waits for her mother Valerie to join them. Valerie has recently moved to a picturesque town in southern Spain to finally leave behind her turbulent past & find a peace that has always eluded her. Briony has no idea that in a few moments' time her relationship with her mother will change irrevocably. As Katie plays Briony pulls from her bag an old photo album found in a box in her mother's new home. As she begins to study the faded photos a letter falls to the ground. It is addressed to her. My Darling Briony it begins. As Briony reads the words with mounting shock realisation dawns. Her mother lied to her about what happened with her beloved grandmother Tessa all those years ago
- & denied Briony that most precious of relationships the type of relationship Valerie now enjoys with Katie. The lives of three generations of women are set to change forever as the past is revisited & the truth unfolds through the undelivered letters Tessa wrote to Briony over the years. Secrets lies betrayals & sacrifices
- the complex bonds between mothers daughters & granddaughters are intricately explored as Patricia Scanlan takes us into the hearts & homes of a family at war.

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