The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #2) The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #2) The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel This is book 2 of the series of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Ashes to ashes... California: In the hands of Dr. John Dee and the Dark Elders, the book of Abraham the Mage could mean the destruction of the world as we know it. The most powerful book of all time, it holds the secret of eternal life — a secret more dangerous than any one man should ever possess. And Dee is two pages away from the knowledge that would bring the Dark Elders into ultimate power. His only obstacle? Josh and Sophie Newman — who are eight thousand miles away. Paris: After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris. The City of Lights. Home to Nicholas Flamel. Only, this homecoming is anything but sweet. Niccolo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He's in hot pursuit, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenelle. Every day they spend without the book, they age one year: their magic becomes weaker and their bodies more frail. For Flamel, the Prophecy is growing clearer and clearer. It's time for Sophie to learn the second elemental magic. Fire Magic. And there's only one man who can teach it to her: Flamel's old student the Comte de Saint-Germain - alchemist, magician, and rock star. Josh and Sophie Newman are the world's only hope. If they don't turn on each other first. A good straight forward fantasy story with a modern setting. Great for casual fiction reading.~ BooksAvenue
The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #5)- Michael Scott
The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel This is book 4 of the series of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. San Francisco: Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And they're both more confused than ever about their future. Neither of them has mastered the magics they'll need to protect themselves, they've lost Scatty, and they're still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. Most disturbing of all, however, is that now they must ask themselves, can they trust Nicholas Flamel? Can they trust anyone? Alcatraz: Dr. Dee underestimated Perenelle Flamel's power. Alcatraz could not hold her, Nereus was no match for her, and she was able to align herself with the most unlikely of allies. But she wasn't the only one being held on the island. Behind the prison's bars and protective sigils were a menagerie of monsters, and now Machiavelli has come to Alcatraz to loose them on San Francisco. Perenelle might be powerful, but each day she weakens, and even with Nicholas back at her side, a battle of this size could be too much for her. Nicholas and Perenelle must fight to protect the city, but the effort will probably kill them both. London: Having been unable to regain the two final pages of the Codex, Dee has failed his Elder and is now an outlaw. But the Magician has a plan. With the Codex and the creatures on Alcatraz, he can control the world. All he needs is the help of the Archons. But for his plan to work, he must raise the Mother of the Gods from the dead. For that, he'll have to train a necromancer. A good straight forward fantasy story with a modern setting. Great for casual fiction reading.~ BooksAvenue BooksAvenue price: S$10 (40% Discount) With delivery charge of S$3.00 per title, or self collect at Yishun MRT PLUS, Free delivery for purchase over S$50 Don’t forget to ‘Like’ us on Facebook~! 🙂 Click here to order (Opens in a new window)
Aww Morgan Freeman, so sorry. XD
Morgan Freeman ≠ Nelson Mandela LOL
The Special Operations Command
With reference to last night's Little India riot, we want to thank our guys in blue for their continual efforts in keeping us safe. Not forgetting our foreign friends, we hope that they are well. Please keep calm in future. There is a nice article, written by the wife of a trooper in Special Operations … Continue reading The Special Operations Command
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life--an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. RIP Nelson Mandela 18 July 1918 - 5 December 2013 (aged 95)
Ten: A Lean and Sculptured Body in Ten Weeks – Vincent Ng
TEN is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow fitness plan that works. Tried and tested by former national athlete and MediaCorp artiste, Vincent Ng, TEN combines the principles of nutrition, weight and cardiovascular exercise into a training system developed to help you burn fat and build muscle in just ten weeks. With unique insights from his sporting and entertainment careers, Vincent shows you what works and what doesn't, while debunking the many fitness myths that may be stopping you from getting that lean, hard and chiselled body you deserve. Be inspired by Vincent's candid account of his ten weeks on the programme as he guides you on every step of your journey to fitness. Through TEN, Vincent shows us that with determination and the right techniques, it is easy to achieve results that you can flaunt.
Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on 6 August 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award, and was nominated for both the 1997 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award. The novella Blood of the Dragon, comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella. In January 2011 the novel became a New York Times bestseller and reached #1 on the list in July 2011. In the novel, presenting various points of view and plot-lines, Martin introduces the noble houses of Westeros, the Wall, and the Targaryen plot-line. The novel has lent its name to several spin-off works based on the series, such as several games. It is also the basis for the first season of Game of Thrones, an HBO television series which premiered in April 2011. A March 2013 paperback TV tie-in re-edition is also to be titled Game of Thrones, without the "A". The title comes from a proverb that Queen Cersei quotes on page 471: "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."
Last Of The Few – Max Arthur
After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler’s inevitable invasion attempt. For the German army to land across the channel, Hitler needed mastery of the skies—the Royal Air Force would have to be broken. So every day throughout the summer, German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the southern counties. Greatly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command scrambled as many as five times a day, and civilians watched skies crisscrossed with the contrails from the constant dogfights between Spitfires and Me–109s. Britain’s very freedom depended on the outcome of that summer’s battle: Its air defenses were badly battered and nearly broken, but against all odds, "The Few," as they came to be known, bought Britain’s freedom–many with their lives. More than a fifth of the British and Allied pilots died during the Battle of Britain. These are the personal accounts of the pilots who fought and survived that battle. Their stories are as riveting, as vivid, and as poignant as they were seventy years ago. We will not see their like again.
Book spree
Hi friends of BooksAvenue,We will be going on a book spree to purchase new titles.If you have anything you would like us to offer, let us know the titles. We will try to bring in to you. ^ ^ BOOKSAVENUE
A humble start of a free service; 24/7 Book swap in Singapore
Today we have started our section on Books/non-books swapping. It is a humble page where swappers can exchange info by commenting on the page. Feel free to use it. You can post a list of things to swap, not just one. All we hope is you post it in the right sections so it will be convenient to all. Also please read the instructions for a happier experience. Hope that this will help facilitate swappers. We have plans to start a forum once we get get 1000 followers. Or is it too many? For now, we keep it simple but there are more to come. Feel free to swap. It is FREE and will be that way always. This is a free service and will remain this way. PROMISE! we promise.
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