Dana Jane Lovell wrote books, knitted Arran sweaters, & tried not to worry about her grown-up son. She'd been widowed young & was lonely
- though she usually didn't admit it.

The man at Denver airport was large, distinguished, mysterious about his private life, & said his name was Dan. She thought he'd be a witty & amusing travelling companion.

But they'd both reckoned without the storm
- the deluge of snow that cut them off from the world they both knew & hurled them into a breathtaking relationship.

Anne Mc Caffrey, creator of the Dragons of Pern, breaks into the world of adult romantic fiction with her spellbinding Stitch in Snow.







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Lt Cdr Julian Stockwin shares his love & knowledge of the sea in this entertaining collection of maritime stories & little-known trivia. Featuring nautical facts & feats, including superstitions at sea, the history of animals on the waves
- until 1975 when all animals were banned from Royal Navy ships
- & how the inventor of the umbrella helped man the British Navy, it is packed with informative tales. Focusing on the glory days of tall ships he explores marine myths & unearths the truth behind commonly held beliefs about the sea, such as whether Lord Nelson's body was really pickled in rum to transport it back to England after his death at Trafalgar. Interspersed throughout are salty sayings showing the modern words & phrases that originate from the mariners of old

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Marian Deacon has always been overshadowed by her cousin Madeleine, a glamorous, selfish model who will stop at nothing to reach the top. But their ordinary lives suddenly change with the arrival of Paul O' Connell, a handsome, charismatic writer who draws them into the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Hastings & the glamour & danger of her life in Italy & New York.

Stolen Beginnings is a compelling story of what happens when girls become women, & when love

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To lose one child is terrible; to lose two is unimaginable. For no one to believe that you are innocent of their deaths & to be imprisoned because of it must be unbearable.

Yet this is the reality Sally Clark had to face. The daughter of a policeman, wife of a solicitor & a solicitor herself, just when she was grieving from the tragic death of her second child the system she'd always believed in turned against her. Justice suddenly seemed a far-off principle as she was convicted & her initial appeal quashed. Her family, lawyers & various volunteers were relentless in their fight to clear her name. Finally, following three long years in prison, suffering abuse & the bleak horrow of bereavement, Sally Clark was finally acquitted by the Court of Appeal in 2003.

Her release caught the nation's attention, & paved the way for succesful appeals by wrongly convicted mothers such as Angela Canning. Written with the power of a thriller, the book is a tragic but ultimately uplifting story of a mother's love & a family



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The stress & anxieties of modern life can take their toll on the digestive system. If not treated in their early stages, simple digestive & absorption disorders can develop into serious conditions such as ulcers, colitis or irritable bowel syndrome. Jan de Vries shares the results of 30 years' successful treatment of stomach & bowel problems, showing the reader how to interpret the body's warning signals & setting out simple & effective remedies, diets & exercises. ...

' There is a salubrious élan about much of the book, & the fact that it is a book, not just a selection the significant poems, amplifies our sense of what Stone really means to its contemporary readers'

Seamus Heaney

' What makes Robert Tracy



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