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Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent

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We are in a motivational mess today. Many of us feel like we are going through the motions - as workers, managers, spouses and partners, parents and citizens. We feel jaded and unhappy with the organizations we are part of, whether that\'s the company we work for or our child\'s school. And some of us feel deeply alienated from the wider societies in which we live, particularly in the face of vast

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Anne Rice\'s magnificent Songs of the Seraphim series continues with a lyrical and haunting new novel of angels and assassins set in dark and dangerous worlds in our time and in centuries past. Toby O\'Dare, former government assassin, is summoned by the angel Malchiah to fifteenth-century Rome the city of Michelangelo and Raphael, of Leo X and the Holy Inquisition to solve a terrible crime of poisoning

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Unspeak is language as a weapon. Every day, we are bombarded with those apparently simple words or phrases that actually conceal darker meanings. \'Climate change\' is less threatening than \'global warming\'; we say \'ethnic cleansing\' when we mean mass murder. As we absorb and repeat Unspeak we are accepting the messages that politicians, businessmen and military agencies wish us to believe. Operation

Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! An extraordinary creative achievement by an extraordinary talent, Jim Kay\'s inspired reimagining of J.K. Rowling\'s classic series has captured a devoted following worldwide. This stunning new fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban brings more breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters - including Sirius Black, Remus Lupin

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