Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2017 County Kerry, Irel&, 1825. Nora, bereft after the sudden death of her beloved husb&, finds herself alone & caring for her young grandson Micheal. Micheal cannot speak & cannot walk & Nora is desperate to know what is wrong with him. What happened to the healthy, happy grandson she met when her daughter was still alive? Mary arrives in the valley to help Nora just as the whispers are spreading: the stories of unexplained misfortunes, of illnesses, & the rumours that Micheal is a changeling child who is bringing bad luck to the valley. Nance`s knowledge keeps her apart. To the new priest, she is a threat, but to the valley people she is a wanderer, a healer. Nance knows how to use the plants & berries of the woodland; she understands the magic in the old ways. & she might be able to help Micheal. As these three women are drawn together in the hope of restoring Micheal, their world of folklore & belief, of ritual & stories, tightens around them. It will lead them down a dangerous path, & force them to question everything they have ever known. Based on true events & set in a lost world bound by its own laws, The Good People is Hannah Kent`s startling novel about absolute belief & devoted love. Terrifying, thrilling & moving in equal measure, this long-awaited follow-up to Burial Rites shows an author at the height of her powers. ...

Val was working as a land girl when the Americans arrived at the nearby airfield in 1944. Mike, a young American airman, came into her life soon after, & so too did Peter Woodhouse, a dog badly treated on a neighbouring farm & taken in by her aunt. Little persuasion was needed for Mike to take Peter Woodhouse to the airbase & over time he became the mascot of the American squad, flying with them whenever their Mosquitoes took to the skies. When their plane is shot down over Holland both Mike & his canine companion are feared lost. But unknown to their loved ones at home, Mike & Peter Woodhouse survived the crash. Taken in by the Dutch resistance & with the help of Ubi, a German officer, the pair to remain in hiding till the end of the war when they are reunited with Val. We then follow Val, Mike & Peter Woodhouse as they rebuild a life in Engl&. & Ubi as he returns to Germany at the end of the war & tries to build a new life for himself. His dream is to run a Wall of Death, a circus ring that pitts motorcyclists against gravity as they attempt to stay upright at ever increasing speed... ...

The 34th edition of this much-loved guide is as invaluable as ever. Organised county by county, its comprehensive yearly updates & countless reader recommendations ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade. Here you will not only find classic country pubs, town centre inns, riverside retreats & historic havens, but also popular newcomers including gastropubs & pubs specialising in malt whisky & craft beer. Discover the top pubs in each country for beer, food & accommodation, & find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year & Landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide provides a wealth of honest, entertaining, up-to-date & indispensable information. ...

The 35th edition of this much-loved guide is as invaluable as ever. Organized county by county, its comprehensive yearly updates & countless reader recommendations ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade. Here you will not only find classic country pubs, town centre inns, riverside retreats & historic havens, but also popular newcomers including gastro pubs & pubs specialising in malt whisky & craft beer. Discover the top pubs in each country for beer, food & accommodation, & find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year & Landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide provides a wealth of honest, entertaining, up-to-date & indispensable information. ...

The 36th edition of this much-loved guide is as invaluable as ever. Organized county by county, its comprehensive yearly updates & countless reader recommendations ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade. Here you will not only find classic country pubs, town centre inns, riverside retreats & historic havens, but also popular newcomers including gastro pubs & pubs specialising in malt whisky & craft beer. Discover the top pubs in each country for beer, food & accommodation, & find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year & Landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide provides a wealth of honest, entertaining, up-to-date & indispensable information. ...

Under the main sections of Good Home & Office, Good Energy, Good Travel, Good Money, Good Food & Drink, Good Health & Beauty & Good Fashion, The Good Shopping Guide guides readers towards the most ethical brands from companies who do not cause harm to or exploit humans, animals or the environment. Each of the 70 plus product sections

Includes:: an 'easy-view' summary table of the good, the bad & the ugly plus an in-depth table showing each company's involvement (or not) in the following areas: environmental reporting; genetic modification; membership of ethical schemes; nuclear power; animal welfare; human rights; armaments; political donations; boycott calls; &, other criticisms. The Good Shopping Guide 8 features a whole body of research from the Ethical Company Organisation & is backed by Friends of the Earth, Christian Aid & Oxfam. Full colour throughout, the book

Includes:: many beautiful photographs of the natural world. The book is read by activists, consumers, businesses, NGOs & government & has 60, 000 copies in print.



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` All the world was mad around her & she herself, agonized, took on the complexion of a mad woman; of a woman very wicked.` In `the saddest story I have ever heard`, a naive American abroad unfolds a devastating tale of two seemingly respectable Edwardian marriages destroyed by infidelity & lies. ...

` Listen, Svejk, are you really God`s prize oaf?` ` Humbly report, sir, ` Svejk answered solemnly. `I am!` The chaotic, hilarious adventures of an ordinary soldier, who is either genuinely a total idiot or a genius pretending to be one
- perhaps the greatest book to come out of the First World War, as Svejk tries with endless ingenuity to avoid getting to the trenches. This is a new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design & pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin`s original covers.
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Hasek`s most important work was centered around the deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army -- dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I (where he is captured by his own troops). A mischief-maker, bohemian & drunk, Hasek demonstrated his wit in this classic novel of the Czech character & preposterous nature of war. ...

In January 2007, the young & optimistic soldiers of the 2-16, the American infantry battalion known as the Rangers, were sent to Iraq as part of the surge. Their job would be to patrol one of the most dangerous areas of Baghdad. For fifteen months, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel was with them, following them almost every grueling step of the way. The resulting account of that time, The Good Soldiers, is a searing, shattering portrait of the face of modern war. In telling the story of these soldiers, both the heroes & the ruined, David Finkel has also written a classic work of war reporting. ...