It is 1953. At the Coronation party at the Palace Hotel, two lives are about to change forever.

Claudia
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It is 1953. At the Coronation party at the Palace Hotel, two lives are about to change forever.

Claudia
- 16,


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Carel is rector of a non-existent City church (it was destroyed in the war). In the rectory live his daughter, Muriel, his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth, & their West Indian servant, Patti. Here too are Eugene, a Russian -migr-, & his delinquent son, Leo. Carel's brother, Marcus, co-guardian with him of Elizabeth, tires to make contact with Carel but is constantly rebuffed. These seven characters go through a dance of attraction & repulsion, misunderstanding & revelation, the centre of which is the enigmatic Carel himself
- a priest who believes that, God being dead, His angels are released. At the end, Muriel finds herself with the power of life & death over her father.
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Carel is rector of a non-existent City church (it was destroyed in the war). In the rectory live his daughter, Muriel, his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth, & their West Indian servant, Patti. Here too are Eugene, a Russian -migr-, & his delinquent son, Leo. Carel's brother, Marcus, co-guardian with him of Elizabeth, tires to make contact with Carel but is constantly rebuffed. These seven characters go through a dance of attraction & repulsion, misunderstanding & revelation, the centre of which is the enigmatic Carel himself
- a priest who believes that, God being dead, His angels are released. At the end, Muriel finds herself with the power of life & death over her father.
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Every significant choice, every important decision we make, is determined by our perception of time. This is the most influential force in our lives, yet we are virtually unaware of it. In this fascinating book, the award-winning past president of the American Psychological Association, Philip Zimbardo, & his co-author, John Boyd, show how:

- the way you perceive time is as unique as your fingerprints
- these individual time perspectives shape your life, & the world around you
- you can change the way you perceive time, so you get the most out of every minute
- if you don't, the power of time in the modern world is so immense that it will take its toll on you

The Time Paradox is a highly readable, stimulating look at a subject that absorbs us all.






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We all know that the Battle of Hastings was fought in 1066, London's 'one big burning blaze' tore through the capital in 1666 & that Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939, but many of us remember the most important moments in our history by the folk stories which are attached to them. So we remember Henry VIII for his wives rather than the Reformation & Charles II for climbing a tree rather than the Civil War. But if we set aside these stories, do we really know what happened when, & why it's so important?

Which came first, the Bronze Age or the Stone Age? Why did the Romans play such a significant role in our past? & how did a nation as small as Britain come to command such a vast empire? Here, Tim Taylor & the team of expert historians behind Channel 4's Time Team, answer these questions & many more, cataloguing British history in a way that is accessible to all. This book will give you & your family a clear & concise view of what happened when, & why.

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This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare & Henry who have known each other since Clare was six & Henry was thirty-six, & were married when Clare was twenty-two & Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets & he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous & his experiences are alternately harrowing & amusing. The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry & Clare's passionate love for each other with grace & humour. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving & entirely unforgettable. ...

This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare & Henry who have known each other since Clare was six & Henry was thirty-six, & were married when Clare was twenty-two & Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets & he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous & his experiences are alternately harrowing & amusing. The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry & Clare's passionate love for each other with grace & humour. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving & entirely unforgettable. ...

The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook.

Imagine you could get into a time machine & travel

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