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The Dragonfly Pool
A new cover edition of this classic story, from the bestselling author of Jouney to the River Sea. A boarding-school trip takes eleven-year-old Tally to an exotic kingdom where she finds adventure, romance and a handsome prince. Tally Hamilton is furious to hear she is being sent from London to a horrid, stuffy boarding school in the countryside and all because of the stupid war. But Delderton Hall is a far more interesting place than Tally ever imagined and an exciting school trip to the beautiful and luscious kingdom of Bergania whisks Tally into an unexpected adventure, will she be able to save her new friend, Prince Tamil, before it's too late?
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The Star of Kazan
A beautiful new cover edition of this enthralling adventure set in turn-of-the-century Vienna. From the author of the bestselling Journey to the River Sea. In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home and Annika grows up in the servants quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors. She is happy there, but dreams of the day when her real mother will come to find her and sure enough, one day a glamorous stranger arrives at the door. After years of guilt and searching, Annika's mother has come to claim her daughter, who is in fact a Prussian aristocrat whose true home is a great castle. But at crumbling, spooky Spittal Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in the lives of her new-found family.
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Journey to the River Sea
A new cover edition of this award-winning classic adventure from Eva Ibbotson in which orphaned Maia travels from England to the Amazon with her governess. It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences in this highly colorful, joyous adventure
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Things a Little Bird Told Me
Biz Stone is many things to many people. Entrepreneur, college dropout, businessman, programmer and nerd of the year. But to himself he is so much more, and in this book he offers a slice of his life for readers to draw humour, insights and occasional advice from. With interesting stories of his life at Google and Twitter, Biz relates how opportunity can never be created. He talks about failure, vulnerability and ambition, showing how the greatest achievements are a direct result of non-linear thoughts. Addressing creativity, he shows how corporate culture is improved by it and how one must perceive it as an unending resource. The book shows readers that asking questions is the only way to learn, and it is often the cheapest way as it costs nothing. It also teaches that empathy is the principal part of personal and global success. About Biz Stone Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone is an American software engineer and the co-inventor and co-founder of Twitter Inc. He has also contributed to the development of Xanga, Blogger, Odeo, The Obvious Corporation and Medium. Biz Stone dropped out of both Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, and has since been awarded 2009 Nerd of the Year by GQ magazine, Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. magazine and the International Center for Journalists' first Innovation Award in 2010. He was named one of the Most Influential People in The World by Time magazine. Stone has also written: Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content and Who Let The Blogs Out?
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Cell.
George Wilson, M.D. a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc. Georges initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fiancee dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test. Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers and that the US government is involved in a cover up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if hes right, the consequences could be lethal. The author returns with a top notch fusion of ground breaking medical science and edge-of-your-seat suspense.
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Dead Letter Drop
Now reissued with a brand new introduction by Peter James, Dead Letter Drop is Peter James first ever novel, originally published in 1981. Max Flynn, undercover agent, has the unenviable job of spying on his own side. When to kill, who to kill, whether to kill are all questions which have to be answered at great speed if he wants to stay alive. But why does an innocuous airline ticket No. 14B matter so much? Who has gone to the trouble of committing suicide? And could Flynn's beautiful companion be a spy? The hazy, murky world of counter espionage leaves no room for errors of judgement and Flynn knows hes finished if he makes one false move.
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The Midnight Rose
The latest novel from international multi million copy bestselling author Lucinda Riley is a stunning, epic saga. Filled with unforgettable characters, The Midnight Rose is a multi-layered, heart-breaking tale and marks Lucinda Rileys most ambitious novel to date. Spanning four generations and two very different cultures, it sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a girl, Anahita Chaval, from 1911 to the present day.
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Vicious Circle
When Hector Crosss new life is overturned, he immediately recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before a terrorist group has re-emerged like a deadly scorpion from beneath its rock.
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A Horse Called Hero
War took his hope, a horse gave him courage, It is 1940. As the Second World War escalates and London becomes a target for German bombs, Dodo and her horse-mad little brother Wolfie are evacuated to the country, away from everything they know. After weeks of homesick loneliness, they come across an orphaned foal. They name the horse Hero for surviving against the odds and together they raise him, train him and learn to ride. Their days are suddenly full of life and excitement again, but the shadow of war looms over their peaceful existence and soon Hero must live up to his name.
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Young Sherlock Homes Knife Edge
Young Sherlock Holmes is in Ireland to solve his sixth intriguing mystery Something sinister is afoot in the house in the west of Ireland in which Sherlock is staying. There are frightened whisperings among the servants and the house's owners are clearly scared. But who - or what? - has terrified them so much that nobody will speak out? Young Sherlock must bring all his powers of deduction to unravelling his greatest mystery yet. Another fast-paced, brilliantly plotted adventure as teenage Sherlock investigates a new crime and comes up against a fresh crop of sinister, clever criminals.
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Elegy
Cursed to be a siren, Gemma’s life is slowly being destroyed. Struggling to move away from the savage darkness she needs to survive, she’s desperate to break the curse that has turned her into a monster and is keeping her from the family – and boy – that she loves. But the alluring yet lethal sirens, Penn, Thea and the newly initiated, Liv have no intention of letting her go. The key to her freedom lies with an ancient scroll and Gemma’s frantic search leads her to someone who might be able to help—the mysterious immortal Diana, who cursed Penn and her sisters thousands of years ago. But Diana will not give up her secrets easily and unless Gemma and her sister Harper can unlock the scroll’s powers then Penn will trap Harper’s boyfriend Daniel and destroy the two sisters for good.
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Dangerous
Paige Galbraithe has always wondered if the dark, cool and mysterious Abram Mustafa is hiding a wicked side, a side that will allow her to explore the kind of pleasure she has only dreamed of. For Abram, Paige is the only woman he has ever loved. But Abram faces the greatest test of his life when his father kidnaps Paige. With Paiges life now in danger, Abram knows that his plans for escape from the only home he has ever known have become more imperative than ever. And for Paige, with her freedom taken from her, she must learn to trust Abram with more than her fantasies. She must trust him with her life and her heart.
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Forbidden
The club located just outside Washington D.C. only its members know where men go if they want to indulge the desire to share their women with a selected male partner. John Mac McCoy resigned his membership from The Club when he married Keiley Hardin. Tempting and innocent, sweet and sexy, she would never accept Macs desire to share her with another man. However, Macs fantasies of sharing his wife haunt his dreams. And his passions. Unable to wait any longer to draw his best friend Jethro Riggs into his marriage, Mac invites Jethro to their home with the intention of drawing Keiley into the pleasures that can only be achieved when sharing two men who love the same woman. But theres more going on in Macs neck of the woods than a little additional pleasure. A past case, a stalker that likes to play games. Soon his wife becomes embroiled in something more dangerous than they could ever have imagined, as forbidden pleasure becomes an addiction none of them can escape