As the son of Mary Queen of Scots, born into her 'bloody nest', James had the most precarious of childhoods. Even before his birth, his life was threatened: it was rumoured that his father, Henry, had tried to make the pregnant Mary miscarry by forcing her to witness the assassination of her supposed lover, David Riccio. By the time James was one year old, Henry was murdered, possibly with the connivance of Mary; Mary was in exile in England; & James was King of Scotl&. By the age of five, he had experienced three different regents as the ancient dynasties of Scotland battled for power & made him a virtual prisoner in Stirling Castle. In fact, James did not set foot outside the confines of Stirling until he was eleven, when he took control of his country. But even with power in his hands, he would never feel safe. For the rest of his life, he would be caught up in bitter struggles between the warring political & religious factions who sought control over his mind & body. Yet James believed passionately in the divine right of kings, as many of his writings testify. He became a seasoned political operator, carefully avoiding controversy, even when his mother Mary was sent to the executioner by Elizabeth I. His caution & politicking won him the English throne on Elizabeth's death in 1603 & he rapidly set about trying to achieve his most ardent ambition: the Union of the two kingdoms. Alan Stewart's impeccably researched new biography makes brilliant use of original sources to bring to life the conversations & the controversies of the Jacobean age. From James's 'inadvised' relationships with a series of favourites & Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to his conflicts with a Parliament which refused to fit its legislation to the Monarch's will, Stewart lucidly untangles the intricacies of James's life. In doing so, he uncovers the extent to which Charles I's downfall was caused by the cracks that appeared in the monarchy during his father's reign. ...

Based on three Elizabeth Gaskell novels The Cranford Chronicles follows the small absurdities & major tragedies in the lives ...

Based on three Elizabeth Gaskell novels The Cranford Chronicles follows the small absurdities & major tragedies in the lives ...

C was for cars which he'd nicked & crashed, R was for robbery, armed & fast, A was for arson, fire & theft, Z was for the cuts his switchblade left, E was for drugs, the Whizz & Horse, which just left murder, the hardest, of course. She was found on the tracks: burned up, tongue cut out, a finger removed. Who was she? 24 hours earlier Shazia Ahmed was leaving Manchester, but a chance meeting & a phone call & she finds herself in the underworld where life is cheap & usually very short. Jamie Farrell already knows this truth: that the drugs & crime will tip over into murder. His father's in Strangeways & he'll be joining him. But he can't give up the deadly game that is The Craze. Dru Round thought his big day had come: no more cheap drag acts & furtive sex in the backs of cars. A new dawn of TV fame beckoned. But he just needed that extra score to make things work for him-Three lives
- one crime
- the Craze.

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Professor Yang, a respected teacher of literature, has had a stroke & it falls to Jian Wan
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A collaboration between a traditionally trained physician & a medical intuitive, The Creation of Health illuminates the deep connection between emotional dysfunction & physical illness. It describes the role that emotional disturbances play in the most common diseases & ailments, from influenza, the common cold & arthritis to diabetes, heart disease & cancer.
After providing an introduction to intuitive medicine & its history, method of diagnosis, & relationship to traditional medicine, Myss & Shealy detail the deeper emotional & physical reasons why illness develops in the body. Dr Shealy offers a traditional account of a particular disease or ailment, while Dr Myss sheds light on the deeper emotional & psychic causes through her corresponding energy analysis.
Confirming the link between illness & emotion, The Creation of Health puts forth a groundbreaking vision of holistic healing.

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A collaboration between a traditionally trained physician & a medical intuitive, The Creation of Health illuminates the deep connection between emotional dysfunction & physical illness. It describes the role that emotional disturbances play in the most common diseases & ailments, from influenza, the common cold & arthritis to diabetes, heart disease & cancer.
After providing an introduction to intuitive medicine & its history, method of diagnosis, & relationship to traditional medicine, Myss & Shealy detail the deeper emotional & physical reasons why illness develops in the body. Dr Shealy offers a traditional account of a particular disease or ailment, while Dr Myss sheds light on the deeper emotional & psychic causes through her corresponding energy analysis.
Confirming the link between illness & emotion, The Creation of Health puts forth a groundbreaking vision of holistic healing.

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Meet Ellie, Jas, Della, Will & Billy. They're tough. They're street-smart. They're the Crew, & they live in what they call the Ghetto
- the estates round the city centre where everyone is skint & it's important to stick together. No-one has a go once you're part of a gang. Except, sometimes, the older gangs who can be really dangerous- A new, contemporary novel for today's teenagers from the author of the critically acclaimed (un)arranged marriage.
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