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Gregor And The Prophecy Of Bane
Gregor swears he will never go back into the strange underland beneath new york city. but, unfortunately, he is destined to be a key player in another prophecy, this one about an ominous white rat called the bane. gregor’s quest reunites him with his bat, ares, and the rebellious princess luxa. they descend into the dangerous waterway in search of the bane. if gregor does not fulfil the prophecy, his life – and the underland – will never be the same. – back cover.
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Quicksilver
Wolfie, tala and zi’ib were born on the same day on opposite sides of the world. they are brought together by astonishing coincidence – or so it seems. but only they can fulfil an ancient prophecy – and find a treasure of incalculable power. can the mysterious energies that flow through the earth’s prehistoric leylines be controlling their lives? and will they discover the chilling truth of who they really are?
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Northern Lights
The book behind the bbc series ‘his dark materials’ – now with a tv tie-in cover lyra belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of jordan college, oxford. the destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. ..
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The Bride Stripped Bare
For fans of fifty shades of grey – the international bestseller – an explosive novel of sex, secrecy and escape. a woman finds her voice and leaves behind a book of lessons. it is the story of her secret self. on honeymoon, in the heat and shadows of sultry marrakech, a conventional young wife makes a shocking discovery. although confused by her husband’s betrayal, she finds it gives her the freedom to explore her deepest desires and rediscover the true self she has kept hidden from view so long. but her new life is clouded by complication and the raw desire that threatens to overwhelm her. she finds herself torn between need for her husband and her yearning for something more. the bride stripped bare is the story of a woman whose powerful awakening is erotic as it is dangerous.
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The Shadow Of Tyr
Ligea gayed has been lied to once too often. now she has turned against her former employer, the secretive brotherhood of the tyrans empire, and must evade favonius and his jackals while also recruiting others to fight with her. yet, despite her best efforts, a rebellion is hard to come by. except within her own family, of course. ligea’s son, arrant, is prey to feelings of inadequacy, and is angry about his mother’s relationship with a man who is not his father. unable to accept what is happening to him, he becomes susceptible to the blandishments of his mother’s enemies. worse still, in the middle of a war he is a magoroth unable to control or use his power in a constructive way. in seeking to punish ligea for her relationship with brand, arrant and those around him might well lose everything . . .
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The Subtle Knife
The continuing story of lyra, cast from one world to another. now she has found will and together in her quest to find her friend
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Ordinary People
La 4e de couv. indique : “two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning. melissa has a new baby and doesn’t want to let it change her. damian has lost his father and intends not to let it get to him. michael is still in love with melissa but can’t quite get close enough to her to stay faithful. stephanie just wants to live a normal, happy life on the commuter belt with damian and their three children but his bereavement is getting in the way.”
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The Christmas Postcards
In a chocolate-box cotswolds village, a marriage is at breaking point when a surprising connection is made, in this unmissable christmas story from the sunday times bestselling author karen swan.
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Various Pets Alive And Dead
Set half in doncaster, half in london, this is a very funny riff on modern values, featuring hamsters, cockroaches, poodles, a chicken and multiplying rabbits, told by marina lewycka in her unique and brilliant combination of irony, farce and wit.
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All I Want For Christmas
The unmissable cosy and escapist festive story from the sunday times bestselling author karen swan.
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How The Light Gets In
In this acutely observed and darkly humorous tale of adolescence, a gifted but unhappy 16-year-old australian girl trades poverty for suburban suffocation when she takes part in an exchange program in the u. s.
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11.22.63 : A Novel
On november 22, 1963, three shots rang out in dallas, president kennedy died, and the world changed. what if you could change it back? the author’s new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the jfk assassination. in this novel that is a tribute to a simpler era, he sweeps readers back in time to another moment, a real life moment, when everything went wrong: the jfk assassination. and he introduces readers to a character who has the power to change the course of history. jake epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school english teacher in lisbon falls, maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the ged program.
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Let Me Lie
‘another one-more-chapter, stay-up-late sensation’ lee child ‘a work of genius’ joanna cannon ‘no one writes a twist like clare mackintosh’ paula hawkins ————————————– the police say it was suicide. anna says it was murder. they’re both wrong. one year ago, caroline johnson chose to end her life brutally: a shocking suicide planned to match that of her husband just months before. their daughter, anna, has struggled to come to terms with their loss ever since. now with a young baby of her own, anna misses her mother more than ever and starts to ask questions about her parents’ deaths. but by digging up the past, is she putting her future in danger? sometimes it’s safer to let things lie . . . discover the sensational, gripping new page-turner and number one sunday times bestseller from clare mackintosh, award-winning author of breakout bestsellers i see you and i let you go
