This charming Sparrow features Jim Shore's signature combination of handcrafted design with the timeless folk art traditions drawn from the Pennsylvania Dutch ...

Britain is home to fifteen species of breeding birds of prey from the hedgerow-hopping Sparrowhawk to the breathtaking White-tailed Eagle In this handsomely illustrated book acclaimed British filmmaker & naturalist David Cobham offers unique & deeply personal insights into Britain's birds of prey & how they are faring today He delves into the history of these magnificent birds & talks in depth with the scientists & conservationists who are striving to safeguard them In doing so he profiles the writers poets & filmmakers who have done so much to change the public's perception of birds of prey There are success stories--five birds of prey that were extinct have become reestablished with viable populations--but persecution is still rife Featuring drawings by famed wildlife artist Bruce Pearson this book reveals why we must cherish & celebrate our birds of prey & why we neglect them at our peril ...

Would you risk a stable marriage for a dangerous affair? Vivien Mariner loves her husband & is adored by him in return So why does she find herself so strongly drawn to John Ashe the enigmatic stranger who appears in Eadenford as if from nowhere the summer after the Great War ends? Helping around the house & garden Ashe quickly makes himself indispensable at the vicarage insinuating himself ever deeper into village life As the vicar's wife Vivien must be above suspicion but will the dark dangerous pull of passion prove too strong for her to resist? The character of John Ashe has been a powerful presence in Sarah Harrison's two novels Swan Music & The Nightingale's Nest But only now do we learn the full story of the events that moulded the man Interweaving a devastating account of the bloody chaos of war with the ruthless seduction of a principled woman Sarah paints an absorbing picture of the vulnerability of love ...

Bestselling author Helen Dunmore's third novel A Spell of Winter won the 1996 Orange Prize Catherine & her brother Rob don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents Incarcerated in the enormous country house of their grandfather
- 'the man from nowhere'
- they create a refuge against their family's dark secrets & against the outside world as it moves towards the First World War As time passes their sibling love deepens & crosses into forbidden territory But they are not as alone in the house as they believe 'A marvellous novel about forbidden passions & the terrible consequences of thwarted love Dunmore is one of the finest English writers' Daily Mail'A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the beauty of its writing' Observer' An electrifying & original talent a writer whose style is characterized by a lyrical dreamy intensity' Guardian Helen Dunmore has published eleven novels with Penguin Zennor in Darkness which won the Mc Kitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter which won the Orange Prize; Talking to the Dead ; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award & for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby; House of Orphan; Counting the Stars & The Betrayal which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010 She is also a poet children's novelist & short-story writer

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZEA RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKIt was a beautiful breezy yellow-&-green afternoon' This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she & Red fell in love that summer's day in 1959 The whole family on the porch half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before From that porch we spool back through the generations witnessing the events secrets & unguarded moments that have come to define the family From Red's father & mother newly arrived in Baltimore in the 1920s to Abby & Red's grandchildren carrying the family legacy boisterously into the twenty-first century
- four generations of Whitshanks their lives unfolding in & around the sprawling lovingly worn Baltimore house that has always been their home ' One of my favourite authors' Liane Moriarty' She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan ' Anne Tyler has no peer' Anita Shreve' Anne Tyler is one of my favourite writers & this is a delicious book' Rachel Joyce
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When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President) to Hazel's family estate in beautiful bustling Hong Kong But when they arrive they discover something they didn't expect there's a new member of the Wong family Daisy & Hazel think baby Teddy is enough to deal with but as always the girls are never far from a mystery Tragedy strikes very close to home & this time Hazel isn't just the detective She's been framed for murder! The girls must work together like never before confronting dangerous gangs mysterious suspects & sinister private detectives to solve the murder & clear Hazel's name
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The 1960s Philip Dean a footloose Yale dropout is touring provincial France & sometimes Paris in a borrowed once elegant car He begins a mismatched affair with a young shop girl named Anne-Marie Together they burn in an everyday but stunningly sensual paradise A Sport & A Pastime established James Salter's reputation as one of the finest writers of our time It is remarkable for its eroticism its luminous prose & its ability to explore the boundaries between what is dreamt & what is lived between body & soul ...

New & uncollected tales of murder mischief magic & madness Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense these are ten (and a quarter) of her most chillingly compelling short stories collected here together for the first time In these tales a businessman boasts about cheating on his wife only to find the tables turned A beautiful country rectory reverberates to the echo of a historical murder A compulsive liar acts on impulse only to be lead inexorably to disaster & a wealthy man finds there is more to his wife's kidnapping than meets the eye Atmospheric gripping & never predictable this is Ruth Rendell at her inimitable best The stories are Never Sleep in a Bed Facing a Mirror; A Spot of Folly; The Price of Joy; The Irony of Hate; Digby's Wives; The Haunting of Shawley Rectory; A Drop Too Much; The Thief; The Long Corridor of Time; In the Time of his Prosperity; & Trebuchet Introduction from Sophie Hannah ...

Loos with incredible views lavish lavatories outstanding outhouses
- all are featured in this pictorial guide to the world's most
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THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR!' Clear your house & clear your mind Don't let life's clutter dictate to you Throw it away & take back the control!' When Lou Winter picks up a dog-eared magazine in the dentist's waiting room & spots an article about clearing clutter she little realises how it will change her life What begins as an earnest spring clean soon spirals out of control Lou's loved ones grow disgruntled Why is clearing out cupboards suddenly more important than making his breakfast her husband Phil wonders? The truth is the more rubbish Lou lets go of the more light & air can get to those painful closed-up places at the centre of her heart Even lovely Tom Broom the man who delivers Lou's skips starts to grow concerned about his sweetest customer But Lou is a woman on a mission & not even she knows where it will end For fans of Katie Fforde & Cathy Bramley A Spring Affair will warm your heart What people are saying about Milly Johnson An irresistibly feel-good read' Jane Costello There should be a public health warning with this book only read if you can afford to lose a day I emerged from its pages in a mood of sublime contentment' Debby Holt Another gem from Milly Johnson' The Sun An irresistibly warm & romantic read' S Magazine A warm funny & touching tale about friendship relationships & everyday lives I loved it' Matt Dunn ...