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New Moon
I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. ‘shoot,’ i muttered when the paper sliced my finger. a single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. it all happened very quickly then. ‘no!’ edward roared … dazed and disorientated, i looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm – and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. for bella swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: edward cullen. but being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than bella ever could have imagined. edward has already rescued bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning …
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Insurgent
The thrillingly dark sequel to new york times bestseller, divergent – a major motion picture franchise. one choice can transform you – or it can destroy you. tris prior’s initiation day should have been marked by victorious celebrations with her chosen faction; instead it ended with unspeakable horrors. now unrest surges in the factions around her as conflict between their ideologies grows. war seems inevitable; and in times of war sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge and choices will become ever more irrevocable. tris has already paid a terrible price for survival and is wracked by haunting grief and guilt. but radical new discoveries and shifting relationships mean that she must fully embrace her divergence – even though she cannot know what might be lost in doing so. new york times bestselling author veronica roth’s much-anticipated second book of the dystopian divergent trilogy is another intoxicating thrill-ride, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreak, romance and powerful insights about human nature.
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Vampire Diaries 5
Elena is in danger from a malevolent creature that is infiltrating the town of fell’s church.
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Black Beauty
“now i say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody’s business to interfere when they see it.” transcending time and place, anna sewell’s moving classic has inspired kindness, tolerance and hope since it was first published in 1877. now one of the bestselling children’s books of all time, and with themes that are possibly more relevant today than ever before, the story of black beauty continues to captivate children, lingering in their minds well into adulthood.
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Dear John
Is duty enough reason to live a lie? when john meets savannah, he realises he is ready to make some changes. always the angry rebel at school, he has enlisted in the army, not knowing what else to do with his life. now he’s ready to turn over a new leaf for the woman who has captured his heart. what neither realises is that the events of 9/11 will change everything. john is prompted to re-enlist and fulfil what he feels is his duty to his country. but the lovers are young and their separation is long. can they survive the distance?
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The Wind Singer
In aramanth, exams are everything. when kestrel rebels, her family are sentenced to the harshest punishment. to save them, kestrel learns the secret of the wind singer and she sets out to discover the true source of the evil that grips aramanth
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Mad Girl
The number 1 sunday times bestseller and richard & judy book club 2017 pick a new sunday times bestseller from bryony gordon, telegraph columnist and author of the bestselling the wrong knickers. for readers who enjoyed matt haig’s reasons to stay alive and ruby wax’s sane new world, mad girl is a shocking, funny, unpredictable, heart-wrenching, raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness. ‘i loved it. a brilliant fast and funny and frank look at something that absolutely needs to be talked about in this way’ matt haig bryony gordon has ocd. it’s the snake in her brain that has told her ever since she was a teenager that her world is about to come crashing down: that her family might die if she doesn’t repeat a phrase 5 times, or that she might have murdered someone and forgotten about it. it’s caused alopecia, bulimia, and drug dependency. and bryony is sick of it. keeping silent about her illness has given it a cachet it simply does not deserve, so here she shares her story with trademark wit and dazzling honesty. a hugely successful columnist for the telegraph, a bestselling author, and a happily married mother of an adorable daughter, bryony has managed to laugh and live well while simultaneously grappling with her illness. now it’s time for her to speak out. writing with her characteristic warmth and dark humour, bryony explores her relationship with her ocd and depression as only she can. mad girl is a shocking, funny, unpredictable, heart-wrenching, raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness.
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Complete Family Health Guide New Medicine
The only balanced and comprehensive guide to the best health treatments for you and your family. at-a-glance health plans detail every condition and explain how to safely and effectively combine conventional and complementary treatments for the best results. written by a team of experts providing clear, reliable advice and supported by the latest clinical research, new medicine is the definitive guide for modern family care.
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Every Day
Every day i am someone else. i am myself – i know i am myself – but i am also someone else. it has always been like this. each morning, a wakes up in a different body. there’s never any warning about who it will be, but a is used to that. never get too attached. avoid being noticed. do not interfere. and that’s fine – until a wakes up in the body of justin and meets justin’s girlfriend, rhiannon. from that moment, the rules by which a has been living no longer apply. because finally a has found someone he wants to be with – every day . . . a stunningly original novel that will make you view the world from a different perspective
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The Truth About Melody Browne
A house on fire. a nine-year-old girl. memories gone … now in her early thirties, melody browne lives an ordinary life with her seventeen-year-old son. but she feels like something is missing. her sense of belonging. and then fragments of her past start to come back. at first her memories mean nothing to her but slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. but with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. and melody beings to wonder whether she will ever uncover the secrets of her past …
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The Doll Factory
Londen, 1850. on a crowded street, the dollmaker iris whittle meets the artist louis frost. louis is a pre-raphaelite painter who yearns to have his work displayed in the royal academy, and he is desperate for iris to be his model. iris agrees, on the condition that he teaches her to paint. dreaming of freedom, iris throws herself into this new life of art and love, unaware that she has caught the eye of a second man. silas reed is a curiosity collector, enchanted by the strange and beautiful. after seeing iris at the site of the great exhibition, he finds he cannot forget her. as iris’s world expands, silas’s obsession grows. it is only a matter of time before they meet again…
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Hunger
For the ‘normals’ the buck must stop somewhere – with the ‘freaks’. more and more kids are developing strange powers and, just as frightingly, so are the animals in the fayz: talking coyotes, swimming bats and deadly worms with razor-sharp teeth are just the beginning. for sam temple the strain of leadership is beginning to show and he’s got more that just dwindling rations and in-fighting to worry about. caine is back with the psychotic whiphand, drake, by his side. and in the background lies the greatest danger of all – and he needs to be fed.
