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Rose Hathaway is awaiting wrongful execution and there exists only one man who can stall this terrible fate. Rose must look to noth Dimitri  and Adrian, the two great loves of her life, to find him.

With her best friend Lissa, in a deadly struggle for the royal throne, the girls find themselves forced to rely upon enemies and questioning those they thought they could trust ...

But what if true freedom means sacrifiving the most importanat of fall?

Dear children, imagine if you can – how could such a thing happen to pussycats and doggies!? Well, it does happen. Sometimes. When there is the right time and if you can imagine that pussycats and doggies are dressed in their skins just like people are in clothes. A hole in the pants like that is disgraceful for everybody, who wears pants. Th at means doggies as well. People or even animals have to be very careful with their things, because the careless ones could have other things happen to them as well. They could perhaps break some beautiful toy, or even worse, they could loose it. Now you can’t pretend to race with a broken toy car, and you can’t pretend to cook with a lost bucket; and we haven’t even talked about toys that have not been put away. Th ey are the saddest of a

The beautifully packaged paperback edition of this delightful story about the Gruffalo's child, who ventures out into the deep, dark wood, ignoring her father's warning of the Big Bad Mouse. Axel Scheffler's stunning illustrations bring Julia Donaldson's classic story to life again. Readership level: 3+.

Publisher's description:
One dark night the Gruffalo's child disobeys her father's warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist, does he?

Do you knowwho sent the very first Christmas card? Or what people eat for Christmas dinner in Brazil? Or why we decorate trees? You can find out in this book, as you enjoy the magical traditions of Christmas all around the world. * Christmas customs, festive food, present-giving, songs and traditional stories from around the world with easy-reading text for children who have just started reading alone. * Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Pages: 48 pages Dimensions: 196 x 130mm

An original lift-the-flap book An exciting time is had by Spot on his very first walk as he encounters many new sights, sounds and smells. “The fantastically popular spotted dog takes his first walk in a lifetime of adventure. Easy to read along with and great fun as well.” The Independent on Spot’s First Walk

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish. Burton's lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and tragedy of a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children - hopeful, yet hapless beings.

As the second step in a major rebrand programme‚ HarperCollins is relaunching 10 more hilarious Dr. Seuss books‚ including such all−time favourites as How the Grinch Stole Christmas!‚ Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? and Dr. Seuss′ Sleep Book. In response to consumer demand‚ the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels‚ with standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands − Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children‚ Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own‚ and Yellow Back Books for older‚ more fluent readers to enjoy. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! belongs to the Yellow Back Book range. It has also been adapted for the big screen‚ and is now a blockbuster movie starring the irrepressible Ji

Suze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth- century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak. It means she can alter the course of history ... andprevent Jesse's murder, keeping him from ever becoming a ghost -- and from ever meeting Suze. Will Jesse choose to live without her, or die to love her?

The new high-concept thriller from the number one bestselling author of The Righteous Men and The Last Testament. Tom Byrne has fallen from grace since his days as an idealistic young lawyer in New York. Now he'll work for anyone -- as long as the money's right. So when the United Nations call him in to do their dirty work, he accepts the job without hesitation. A suspected suicide bomber shot by UN security staff has turned out to be a harmless old man: Tom must placate the family and limit their claims for compensation. In London, Tom meets the dead man's alluring daughter, Rebecca, and learns that her father was not quite the innocent he seemed. He unravels details of a unique, hidden brotherhood, united in a mission that has spanned the world and caused hundreds of unexplained deat

1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia" - a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny the novel's hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions - a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.

When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and Hogwarts itself is not safe. Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny. These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON .