Here is a book of stories of great variety & undoubted class from an author who has endeared herself to millions of readers & bewitched them all.

As well as Lisa, we meet Hester, Julia, Helen & Caroline, & a host of other devastating girls, falling in & out of love, finding, losing (and often finding again sometimes in the most unexpected places) the men of their dreams. Lisa & Co is a sparkling collection of love stories that are both moving & funny & could only have been written by the unique Jilly Cooper.

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Marta is raised by her grandmother in her house in Trieste, a safe haven of stories, books & enchantment. She knows that her mother died when she was young, & she believes that her father is a Turkish prince. But, as she grows older & this fairy tale disintegrates, Marta feels only anger towards her grandmother for withholding information about her parents.

When her grandmother dies, Marta is alone in the world. One day, in the dusty attic, she finds a box belonging to her mother which may help to uncover her own past. With clues found in her mother

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Marta is raised by her grandmother in her house in Trieste, a safe haven of stories, books & enchantment. She knows that her mother died when she was young, & she believes that her father is a Turkish prince. But, as she grows older & this fairy tale disintegrates, Marta feels only anger towards her grandmother for withholding information about her parents.

When her grandmother dies, Marta is alone in the world. One day, in the dusty attic, she finds a box belonging to her mother which may help to uncover her own past. With clues found in her mother

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Quakers have long been respected for their simplicity, integrity, truthfulness, non violence & undestanding of the need for silence. This inspirational little book explores their values & show how-even if we are not members of the Society of Friends
- we can bring their practices & ideals into our everyday lives & relationships with others. Including a fascinating chapter on how to use these tools in a business context, there is also much helpful advice on how to slow down, still the mind & `let the heart create for us'.
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At times many of us experience at a very deep level, a conflict between our self & our soul. This lack of harmony between our spiritual purpose & the material life we lead could be one of the main causes of chronic illness.

Dick Wilson's direct involvement over many years in healing, homeopathy & the Bach Flower Remedies has given him a unique insight many do not encounter. His close observations & experiences in this field suggests to him that the lack of inner contentment & the state of one's spiritual health are the hidden factors that trigger chronic or even terminal illness.

In this book he describes why we become ill, & how permanent healing can take place.



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Three months after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, two prizefighters named Charles ' Sonny' Liston & Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. stepped into a boxing ring in Miami to dispute the heavyweight championship of the world. America was in turmoil. Nobody knew who or what to trust.

Sport can offer catharsis in times of crisis, but not this time. Liston was a mob fighter with a criminal past, & rumours were spreading that Clay was not just a noisy, bright-eyed boy blessed with more than his share of the craziness of youth, but a believer in a shadowy cult: the Nation of Islam. Instead of a hero & a villain, boxing had served up two bad guys.

Against this backdrop of political instability, of a country at war with itself, in a time when ordinary African-American people were still being maimed & killed for the smallest acts of defiance, Liston & Clay sought out their own individual destinies.

Liston & Ali follows the contrasting paths these two men took, from their backgrounds in Arkansas & Kentucky through to that 16-month period in 1964 & 1965 when the story of the world heavyweight championship centred on them & all they stood for. Using original source material, it explores a riveting chapter in sporting history with fresh insight & in rare detail.





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Sport can offer catharsis in times of crisis, but not this time. Liston was a mob fighter with a criminal past, & rumours were spreading that Clay was not just a noisy, bright-eyed boy blessed with more than his share of the craziness of youth, but a believer in a shadowy cult: the Nation of Islam. Instead of a hero & a villain, boxing had served up two bad guys.

Against this backdrop of political instability, of a country at war with itself, in a time when ordinary African American people were still being maimed & killed for the smallest acts of defiance, Liston & Clay sought out their own individual destinies.

Liston & Ali follows the contrasting paths these two men took, from their backgrounds in Arkansas & Kentucky through to that sixteen-month period in 1964 & 1965 when the story of the world heavyweight championship centred on them & all they stood for. Using original source material, it explores a riveting chapter in sporting history with fresh insight & in rare detail.



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Sport can offer catharsis in times of crisis, but not this time. Liston was a mob fighter with a criminal past, & rumours were spreading that Clay was not just a noisy, bright-eyed boy blessed with more than his share of the craziness of youth, but a believer in a shadowy cult: the Nation of Islam. Instead of a hero & a villain, boxing had served up two bad guys.

Against this backdrop of political instability, of a country at war with itself, in a time when ordinary African American people were still being maimed & killed for the smallest acts of defiance, Liston & Clay sought out their own individual destinies.

Liston & Ali follows the contrasting paths these two men took, from their backgrounds in Arkansas & Kentucky through to that sixteen-month period in 1964 & 1965 when the story of the world heavyweight championship centred on them & all they stood for. Using original source material, it explores a riveting chapter in sporting history with fresh insight & in rare detail.



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