When Tiffany Aching - young witch - steps into a dance she shouldn\'t, the spirit of winter falls in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs, says it with avalanches and showers her with snowflakes - and suddenly winter is all around her. All the time. With the help of the Nac Mac Feegle, first met in The Wee Free Men, and a bit of advice from witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, Tiffany

Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O\'Brien, is the disturbing and emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who rejects it. Sera is a prostitute, content with the independence and routine she has carved out for herself in a city defined by recklessness. But she is haunted by a spectre in a yellow Mercedes, a man from her past who is committed to taking control of her

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Each volume in the \"Collector\'s Library\" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The afterword for this edition is by David Stuart Davies. The challenge and pleasure of these stories is the simultaneous appeal to both child and adult with their themes of love, truth and sacrifice, which are as relevant today as when they were written.

Being environmentally conscious is no longer trendy or unique. It\'s expected. A growing number of today\'s companies are requiring their creative firms to develop and incorporate more eco-friendly packaging and printed materials. These clients are turning to their ad agencies and designers and asking for solutions. The result: creative professionals desperately need a handbook of ideas that will help

A shorter and revised edition of the acclaimed Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, for advanced students who need a full treatment of English grammar but also clear and accessible presentation.

From the first moving pictures (the Lumiere brothers\' 1895 L\'arrivé d\'un train), early westerns, fantastic pictures, and nickelodeons all the way through the golden age of silent film in the 1920s, this book covers the first three decades of the movi ng picture around the world. In America, we witness the birth of Hollywood, circa 1910, where film quickly became a powerful industry and D. W. Griffith

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This title lets you come eye to eye with the survival artists of the icy wilderness. \"Penguin\" is a celebration of the nature and beauty of penguins as expressed through the exquisite images and unique personal stories of master photographer and natu ralist Frans Lanting. In a remarkable portfolio of photographs made during three expeditions to the icy kingdoms of penguins, he reveals both the amazing

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