Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life
- condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed
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At night when we are feeling tired & ready for bed owls are just waking up. But one curious little owl decides to stay awake all day instead of all night & discovers a world bursting with color! Yet when the night-time comes around again the stars above her head are still the most beautiful of all. ...

The 1 WPF Book--Now Updated for WPF 4! Full
Colour: Code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio! Thorough authoritative
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What do you do when you come face to face with your living nightmare? The gripping new novel from the author of A Dance of Ghosts." PI John Craine -- still struggling to cope with the weight of his past -- is forced to finally confront it in his most personal & frightening case yet. PI John Craine is hired to investigate the brutal murder of a Somali youth called Jamaal Tan. The police are treating the murder as just another gang-related crime but Tan's aunt believes there's more to it than that & she claims the police are trying to cover up her nephew's death. While investigating the case Craine learns of the sudden death of his friend & mentor Leon Mercer. At first it appears to be a tragic accident but Craine soon finds himself entangled in two deeply suspicious investigations. & before long he comes face to face with a man he hoped never to see again." ...

A Christmas fling or has Janie found the real thing? Thirty-something hairdresser Janie Johnson's single status is a constant source of gossip for her friends & clients. So after too many nights in with her cat a blind date disaster & news that her ex is getting married Janie realises it's time to do something dramatic with her life. It's time for an adventure! Leaving winter behind Janie takes the plunge & books an exotic trip to Africa. Her friends think she's mad & Janie thinks they may very well be right.. .but then she falls head over heels for her tour guide
- & fully fledged Maasai Warrior
- Dominic. But can Janie now face spending a snowy Christmas back home without him? Packed with unforgettable characters romance & laughter Wrapped Up In You is your very own perfect Christmas Carole!

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In the depths of the Maine woods the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies & no such plane has ever been reported missing but men both good & evil have been seeking it for a long long time. What the wreckage conceals is more important than money: it is power. Hidden in the plane is a list of names a record of those who have struck a deal with the Devil. Now a battle is about to commence between those who want the list to remain secret & those who believe that it represents a crucial weapon in the struggle against the forces of darkness. The race to secure the prize draws in private detective Charlie Parker a man who knows more than most about the nature of the terrible evil that seeks to impose itself on the world & who fears that his own name may be on the list. It lures others too: a beautiful scarred woman with a taste for killing; a silent child who remembers his own death; & the serial killer known as the Collector who sees in the list new lambs for his slaughter. But as the rival forces descend upon this northern state the woods prepare to meet them for the forest depths hide other secrets. Someone has survived the crash. Some thing has survived the crash. & it is waiting.. . ...

In the depths of the Maine woods the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies. No such plane has ever been reported missing but men both good & evil have been seeking it for a long long time. Hidden in the plane is a list of names a record of those who have struck a deal with the Devil. Now a battle is about to commence between those who want the list to remain secret & those who believe that it represents a crucial weapon in the struggle against the forces of darkness. The race to secure the prize draws in private detective Charlie Parker a man who knows more than most about the nature of the terrible evil that seeks to impose itself on the world & who fears that his own name may be on the list. It lures others too. But as the rival forces descend upon this northern state the woods prepare to meet them for the forest depths hide other secrets. Someone has survived the crash. Some thing has survived the crash. & it is waiting.. . ...

After months spent in the service of the Chaos god Slaanesh the ruling classes of the Contqual sub-sector have finally brought true damnation upon their people
- innumerable hordes of foul & lascivious daemons swarm from a tear in the fabric of reality to embrace their mortal pawns & drive them on to ever more depraved acts of worship. It falls to the merciless Space Marines of the Iron Hands Chapter to cleanse these worlds of the warps unholy taint & it is upon the surface of Shardenus that the fate of a billion lost souls will be decided.
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Twists & turns abound in the final installment of the Spiderwick Chronicles. Bruised & battered Jared Simon & Mallory return home to find their house completely ransacked & discover that Mulgarath has made off with their mother & Spiderwicks Guide. Its up to the Grace kids with only the help of Thimbletack Hogsqueal & Byron to defeat the evil Mulgarath & his goblin army. But first they have to rescue Arthur Spiderwick from Lorengorm & the elves! ...

From the depths of Space a new foe rises to do battle with mankind: the British Space Empire is threatened by the lemming-people of Yull ruthless enemies who attack without mercy fear or any concept of self preservation. At the call of their war god the Yull have turned on the Empire hell bent on conquest & destruction in their rush towards the cliffs of destiny. When the Yullian army is forced to retreat at the battle of the River Tam the disgraced Colonel Vock swears revenge on the clan of Suruk the Slayer Isambard Smiths homicidal alien friend. Now Smith & his crew must defend the Empire & civilise the stuffing out of a horde of bloodthirsty lemming-men
- which would be easy were it not for a sinister robotics company a Ghast general with a fondness for genetic engineering & an ancient brotherhood of Morris Dancers
- who may yet hold the key to victory.

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