Sometimes when he didn`t know he was being watched Meggie would look at him & try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain`s core.. . And he would turn to find her watching him, a look in his eyes of haunted grief, a doomed look. She understood the implicit message, or thought she did; he must go, back to the Church & his duties. Never again with the same spirit, perhaps, but more able to serve. For only those who have slipped & fallen know the vicissitudes of the way.. . ...

Everyone has to make decisions about love. Wilfred Price, overcome with emotion on a sunny spring day, proposes to a girl he barely knows at a picnic. The girl, Grace, joyfully accepts & rushes to tell her family of Wilfred`s intentions. But by this time Wilfred has realised his mistake. He does not love Grace. On the verge of extricating himself, Wilfred`s situation suddenly becomes more serious when Grace`s father steps in. Up until this point in his life, Wilfred`s existence has been blissfully simple, & the young undertaker seems unable to stop the swirling mess that now surrounds him. To add to Wilfred`s emotional turmoil, he thinks he may just have met the perfect girl for him. As Wilfred struggles in an increasingly tangled web of expectation & duty, love & lies, Grace reveals a long-held secret that changes everything... Wendy Jones` charming first novel is a moving depiction of love & secrecy, set against the rural backdrop of a 1920s Welsh village, & beautifully told. ...

Be transported to a place like no other: a tiny, man-made island in the bay of Nagasaki, for two hundred years the sole gateway between Japan & the West. Here, in the dying days of the 18th-century, a young Dutch clerk arrives to make his fortune. Instead he loses his heart. Step onto the streets of Dejima & mingle with scheming traders, spies, interpreters, servants & concubines as two cultures converge. In a tale of integrity & corruption, passion & power, the key is control
- of riches & minds, & over death itself.
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The theme of the would-be yachtsman finding a builder to construct a small boat which met his requirements, but at a very reasonable cost, is a traditional one in sailing literature & the basis of this story, first published in the USA nearly 30 years ago. ...

Welcome to Manhattan, 2118. A thous&-storey tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible
- if you want it enough. A hundred years in the future, New York`s elite of the super-tower lie, backstab & betray each other to find their place at the top of the world. Everyone wants something...and everyone has something to lose. As the privileged inhabitants of the upper floors recklessly navigate the successes & pitfalls of the luxury life, forbidden desires are indulged & carefree lives teeter on the brink of catastrophe. Whilst lower-floor workers are tempted by a world
- & unexpected romance
- dangling just out of reach. & on the thousandth floor is Avery Fuller, the girl genetically designed to be perfect. The girl who seems to have it all
- yet is tormented by the one thing she can never have. So when a young woman falls from the top of the supertower, her death is the culmination of a scandal that has ensnared the top-floor elite & bottom-floor. But who plummeted from the roof? & what dark secrets led to her fall? Friends will be betrayed & enemies forged as promises are broken. When you`re this high up, there`s nowhere to go but down...



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Miranda Carter`s ” Three Emperors” is a riveting account of how three men who should have known better helped bring down an entire world is a gripping story of abdication, betrayal & murder. As cousins, George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II & the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends
- but they happened also to rule Europe`s three most powerful states. This potent combination together with their own destructive personalities
- petty, insecure, bullying, absurdly obsessive (stamp collecting, uniforms)
- led not only to their own dramatic fallouts & falls from grace, but also to the outbreak of the First World War. Three cousins. Three Emperors. & the road to ruin.


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The three little pigs leave home to make their way in the world. The first little pig builds a house made from straw. The second little pig builds a house made from sticks. & the third little pig builds a house made from bricks. But it`s not long before the Big Bad Wolf turns up.. . He huffs & he puffs & he blows down the houses, one by one. But what will happen to the three little pigs? ...

In this classic fairy tale, the three little pigs leave home & build their own houses
- one of straw, one of sticks & one of
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Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing & reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Trixy, Tammy & Trig are three little girl pirates who live aboard The Lucky Lobster with their pets Mullet the dog, Kipper the cat & a seagull called Gulliver. When the nasty pirate, Vanilla Cringe, kidnaps mermaid princess, Mo, & her friends, it`s up to the little pirates to save the day. But can they outwit Vanilla? A delightful splash of ocean fun & adventure. Perfect for reading aloud or for children to enjoy alone, with lots of bright funny pictures, maps to follow, clues to find & puzzles to solve. ...

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing & reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Meet the three little princesses! Phoebe, Pruella & Pip are looking forward to their father the King`s birthday celebration
- but when the key to the all-important time machine is stolen, the palace is thrown into chaos! The princesses must journey deep into the Enchanted Forest to find the culprit & restore order before the kingdom disappears for ever... Brimming with humour, intrigue & suspense, & with delightful illustrations from Emily Bolam, this is a book children will return to time & time again.
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