The English village is a place where people come to lick their wounds Dorothy has walked away from a bad thirty-year marriage an affair gone sour & a dangerous obsession Between her visits to the doctor & the music lessons she gives to bored teenagers she is trying to rebuild a life It's not immediately clear why her neighbour Solomon is living in the village but his African origin suggests a complex history that is at odds with his dull routine of washing the car & making short trips to the supermarket Though all he has in common with the English is a shared language it soon becomes clear that Solomon hopes that his new country will provide him with a safe haven Gradually they establish a form of comfort in each other's presence that alleviates the isolation they both feel ...

A small team of champions band together to protect young Liana from the Hierarchy a corrupt otherworld government determined to destroy her Unknown to the Hierarchy Seren their enshrined Avatar a powerful psionic & religious leader secretly aids Liana & plots a coup to overthrow his masters ...

The first new edition of the A Distant Soil series since 1987 240-pages of story & art completely restored & remastered with new cover art & all new interior design A teen brother & sister Jason & Liana are confined to a mental hospital where they are the subject of secret government experiments They escape their prison only to be pursued by supernatural forces strange alien people & creatures with unique powers Separated & kidnapped by two different factions of warring worlds they learn they are the children of a race of powerful & ageless psychic beings The brother & sister are then used by both factions of these alien forces to unknowingly battle against one another Combining the sci-fi space opera of Star Wars the grand romance of Twilight & the visual opulence of Final Fantasy the A Distant Soil saga finds Liana forced to ascend to the throne of the alien world Her unique power makes her a living weapon of mass destruction the first line of defense for the corrupt alien government ...

1794 The Mediterranean is proving dangerous waters for John Pearce & his Pelicans Having left is lover Emily who is also the wife of his mortal enemy Ralph Barclay in the Tuscan port of Leghorn Pearce is detained in Naples When he unknowingly delivers a letter promoting the shady & incompetent Admiral Hotham Pearce finds himself entangled in a political plot that soon puts those closest to him at peril When reunited with Emily John Pearce faces a losing battle to keep her reputation intact Although his Pelicans aid in the endeavour Emily sees no future for her with Pearce & leaves while he is conveying private letters for Horatio Nelson to the British Ambassador Sir William Hamilton Learning of Emily's departure Pearce sets off in pursuit & has to take on the superior force of Barbary Corsairs who have targeted the merchant ship Emily is travelling on the Sandown Castle Outgunned by a barbaric opponent John Pearce's chances of survival
- as well as those of Emily & Pearce's crew
- re dubious & even if they can win this fierce battle another threat looms on the horizon as Pearce is not the only one chasing Emily; Ralph Barclay has learned of his wife's desertion & is on his way to recapture her

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A Sunday Times top ten bestseller perfect for fans of THE NIGHT MANAGER from the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year & the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday) A NEW COLD WAR IS LOOMINGFormer MI6 officer Thomas Kell thought he was done with spying Until the Russian agent he blames for the death of his girlfriend is spotted at a Red Sea resort
- in dangerous company ONE SPY WANTS REVENGETaking the law into his own hands Kell embarks on a mission to recruit his rival Only to find himself in a high-stakes game of cat & mouse in which it becomes increasingly difficult to know who is playing whom THIS TIME IT'S PERSONALAs the mission reaches boiling point rumours of a terrorist attack suggest a massacre on Britain soil is imminent Kell is faced with an impossible choice Loyalty to MI6
- or to his own conscience?

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There followed a blue flash accompanied by a ver y bright magnesium-type flare Then came a frighteningly loud but rather flat explosion which was followed by a blast of hot air All this was followed by eerie silence' This was Cork doctor Aidan Mac Carthy's description of the atomic bomb explosion above Nagasaki in August 1945 just over a mile from where he was trembling in a makeshift bomb shelter in the Mitsubishi POW camp At the end of the war a Japanese officer did the unthinkable he surrendered his samurai sword to Mac Carthy his enemy & former prisoner This is the astonishing story of the wartime adventures of Dr Aidan Mac Carthy who survived the evacuation at Dunkirk burning planes sinking ships jungle warfare & appalling privation as a Japanese prisoner of war It is a story of survival forgiveness & humanity at its most admirable ...

A Dog A Day began life with a Facebook post in 2013 ' My name is Sally Muir & this is a new gallery where I will add a dog drawingpainting every day adding up to a massive 365 day dogfest' As the Facebook page grew in popularity so did Sally's dog portraits leading to commissions exhibitions at prominent galleries & dog sketching events at venues including Anthropologie
- who went on to commission an incredibly successful collection of dog-a-day crockery & textile-based household accessories Drawing on artworks from the site A Dog A Day is a lovingly curated collection & celebration of dogs Containing 365 beautiful artworks of dogs of all shapes & sizes (big small pedigree cross breed) the book

Includes:: a range of exciting mediums from loosely worked sketches lithographs & potato prints to finished oil paintings Delightfully packaged this is the perfect gift for all dog lovers


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Like so many children Lucy wants a dog But unlike other children Lucy interviews animals to fill the pet vacancy & she gets a little more than she expected Endearing & heart-warming this story shows (with a humour that never overshadows the message) that being different is good Another classic from this husb&-&-wife team told with simplicity & portrayed through appealing characters illustrated with style & confidence ...

My name is Cally Louise Fisher & I haven't spoken for thirty-one days Talking doesn't always make things happen however much you want them to Cally Fisher saw her mum bright & real & alive But no one believes her so Cally's stopped talking A mysterious wolfhound always seems to be there when her mum appears & now he's started following her everywhere But how can Cally convince anyone that Mum is still with them or persuade Dad that the huge silver-grey dog is their last link with her? An outstandingly assured debut novel from a sparkling new talent

Includes:: beautiful inside artwork from hugely talented illustrator Gary Blythe

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' Inspiring & very moving A hero on so many levels' Bear Grylls' The astonishing journey & the service dog that helped him recover A tale that will inspire & amaze' Waterstonescom When special forces soldier Jason Morgan awoke from a months-long coma he was told he'd never walk again Discovered face-down in a Central American swamp after a jungle mission gone wrong he had a smashed spinecollapsed lungs & countless broken bones It was a miracle he'd even survived Months of painful surgery followed with Jason's life balanced on a knife-edge Released from hospital in a wheelchair & plagued by memory loss Jason's life fell apart Left alone to raise his three infant sons all hope seemed goneuntil Jason met Napal a handsome-as-hell black Labrador provided by a very special charity With this one incredible dog at their side Jason's life & that of his family would never be the same again With Napal's help Jason was able to conquer his paralysis eventually completing a marathon & winning numerous medals in the Wounded Warrior Games More than that this amazing service dog helped heal a family & taught Jason to be the father his kids needed him to be A Dog Called Hope is the moving & heart-warming story of how Jason rediscovered his life's mission his strength as a father & through his beloved dog his hope It's the story of the closeness between one man & one dog like no other & how this mesmerizing duo changed countless lives Inspirational tear-jerking & laugh-out-loud uplifting this is a story that will brighten any day & warm every heart ...