With this lavish book Kaffe Fassett delves into an exciting new textile arena, injecting elegance & richness into the contemporary quilting world. Quilting is increasingly acquiring an even greater following & with this innovative collection Kaffe will attract many new converts. The book is divided into five chapters by colour themes: gentle Soft Pastels, bold & brassy Circus hues, fresh Leafy Gardens, alluring Antique Stone Colours & rich Renaissance tones. Each chapter contains a range of patchworked quilts, from simple designs suitable as a weekend project for beginners to more complex quilts which provide a challenge for more experienced patchworkers. All the projects have clear & complete instructions, with patterns & templates were necessary, to ensure that every reader can recreate Kaffe's glorious designs with their stunning, sometimes unexpected, use of colour & intriguing patterns. In addition to the main quilts, there are ideas for smaller, accompanying items, such as curtains, cushions & even tablecloths, so that you can develop the patchwork theme within an interior
- as well as enjoying smaller projects which can be treated in no time at all.
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The old submarine-chaser USS Hibiscus, re-fitting in Hong Kong dockyard before being handed over to the Nationalist Chinese, is suddenly ordered to the desolate island group of Payenhau. For Captain Mark Gunnar
- driven by the memory of his torture at the hands of Viet Cong guerrillas
- the new command is a chance to even the score against a ruthless, unrelenting enemy. But Payenhau is very different from his expectations, & as the weather worsens a crisis develops that Gunnar must face alone.

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In this groundbreaking & helpful book, influential teacher & physician. Deepak Chopra, explores how our hearts have lost their centre & why love so often falls short of filling a deep, aching need within us. He also explains how we can rediscover the love we long for, one which is rich & meaningful, satisfying & lasting
- by restoring to love is missing element: spirituality. In presenting the long-forgotten, timeless laws of love, together with practical suggestions for bringing them into our lives, Deepak Chopra shows us how to transform our lives for rever
- & the lives of those whom we love.

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In this groundbreaking & helpful book, influential teacher & physician. Deepak Chopra, explores how our hearts have lost their centre & why love so often falls short of filling a deep, aching need within us. He also explains how we can rediscover the love we long for, one which is rich & meaningful, satisfying & lasting
- by restoring to love is missing element: spirituality. In presenting the long-forgotten, timeless laws of love, together with practical suggestions for bringing them into our lives, Deepak Chopra shows us how to transform our lives for rever
- & the lives of those whom we love.

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To many, Patrick O' Brian was the greatest British novelist of the Twentieth Century. The twenty volumes of the series set in the Royal Navy of the beginning of the Nineteenth Century & featuring Aubrey & Maturin have been hailed as 'the best historical novels ever written' by the New York Times.

Nikolai Tolstoy was O' Brian's stepson & his acquaintanceship with him lasted forty-five years during most of O' Brian's marriage to Mary Tolstoy, Nikolai's mother. Tolstoy stayed with the couple regularly at their French home & was a frequent correspondent with the reclusive & secretive author, discovering facets of his character & creative genius that he showed to no one else.

He has unique access to letters, notebooks & photographs, which will appear in this book. This volume tells the story of O' Brian's life up to his decision to move to Collioure in the South of France. His oppressed childhood, his precocious writing success, his first visit to Irel&, his sailing experiences as a young man, & the truth behind his first marriage, divorce & name change are all dealt with.
This is the first part of the definitive biography of one of our literary geniuses.




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Balloons? Sausages on sticks? An entertainer? Oh NO! It must be a party...

Patrick loves making models & creating his own

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This collection of speeches by the Australian Nobel prize-winning author have provoked extreme reactions in Australia. While members of the establishment & parts of the media have dismissed him as a bitter old man, the young & needy have responded to him with something close to adulation. ...

When a teenage couple are found murdered in their car, a boy called Adam Sligo is the only suspect. A manhunt begins. The letter A is found blazoned on the wall at the murder scene & is soon followed, around town, by the other letters of the alphabet, each immaculately painted in red. What do the letters mean? Is Sligo playing games with the police? Or putting a spell on the town?

Perry Scholes is mixed up in all this from the start: a man haunted by cars & death

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