Natasha Leonova's beauty saved her life Discovered on a freezing Moscow street by a Russian billionaire she has lived for seven years under his protection Believing his generosity will always keep her safe Natasha is careful not to dwell on Vladimir's ruthlessness or the deadly circles he moves in Until she meets Theo Luca The son of a famous & difficult artist Theo & his mother own a restaurant filled with his late father's artwork There on a warm June evening Theo first encounters Natasha the most beautiful woman he has ever seen & there Vladimir lays eyes on Luca's artwork Two dangerous obsessions begin Theo a gifted artist in his own right finds himself feverishly painting Natasha's image for weeks after their first meeting Vladimir enraged that the paintings are not for sale is determined to secure one at any price & Natasha who knows that she cannot afford to make even one false move nevertheless begins to think of the freedom she can never have as Vladimir's mistress Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family love & life Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi Jodi Picoult & Diane Chamberlain ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One spice for passion & one woman who knows its name Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) an immigrant from India runs a spice shop in Oakland California While she supplies the ingredients for curries & kormas she also helps her customers to gain a more precious commodity whatever they most desire However when she suddenly falls in love with a fine American man her powers begin to wane & leave her with a difficult choice Acclaimed director Gurinder Chadha co-wrote the screenplay of this romantic drama with her husband Paul Mayeda Berges adapting the script from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ...

A new translation of Georges Simenon's gripping tale of lost identity Book sixteen in the new Penguin Maigret series A man picked up for wandering in obvious distress among the cars & buses on the Grands Boulevards Questioned in French he remains mute A madman? In Maigret's office he is searched His suit is new his underwear is new his shoes are new All identifying labels have been removed No identification papers No wallet Five crisp thous&-franc bills have been slipped into one of his pockets A distressed man is found wandering the streets of Paris with no memory of who he is or how he got there The answers lead Maigret to a small harbour town whose quiet citizens conceal a poisonous malice Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations This novel has been published in a previous translation as Death of a Harbour Master' Compelling remorseless brilliant' John Gray' One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian 'A supreme writer unforgettable vividness' Independent ...

THE MITFORD GIRLS tells the true story behind the gaiety & frivolity of the six Mitford daughters
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Lose yourself in the gripping first novel in a new series of Golden Age murder mysteries set amid the lives of the glamorous Mitford sisters It's 1919 & Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London & most of all her oppressive & dangerous uncle Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor in the Oxfordshire countryside There she will become nurserymaid chaperone & confidante to the Mitford sisters especially sixteen-year-old Nancy
- an acerbic bright young woman in love with stories But then a nurse
- Florence Nightingale Shore goddaughter of her famous namesake
- is killed on a train in broad daylight & Louisa & Nancy find themselves entangled in the crimes of a murderer who will do anything to hide their secret Based on a real unsolved crime & written by Jessica Fellowes author of the number one-bestselling Downton Abbey books The Mitford Murders is the perfect new obsession for fans of Daisy Goodwin Jessie Burton & Agatha Christie


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Lily's already got plenty going on living with a moody teenage sister two feral brothers & a messy baby sister Mum & Gran are stressed to the max both dads are out of the picture & the cats aren't exactly pulling their weight But when she starts getting mixed-up warnings not to go on holiday to the tiny safe Scottish island of Cumbrae her summer just gets weirder & weirder The thing is whoever's talking to Lily doesn't even seem to know she's doing it If she's a ghost she's not a very good one & there's something about her that Lily finds awfully spine-tinglingly familiar Spend the summer with Lily Mc Lean in this beautifully written laugh-out-loud adventure by Kelpies Prize winner Lindsay Littleson ...

The bestselling book on making the most of your stand mixer is back in an expanded edition A stand mixer is perhaps the most useful piece of culinary equipment you can own & the Kitchen Aid stand mixer is the Rolls Royce of stand mixers It kneads dough grinds meat slices vegetables whips egg whites makes ice cream & extraordinary pasta This outstanding collection of delicious recipes will inspire you to create everything from appetisers & soups to homemade pasta sausages & divine baked treats In an easy-to-understand fashion The Mixer Bible takes you through all the details of how the mixer & its attachments work
- giving you all the information you need to maximize the benefits of this amazing machine This newly expanded edition features 125 colour step-by-step photos which depict & highlight the use of 16 of the authors' favourite attachments It's like having them right in your home kitchen guiding you all the way! There's even an ' Understanding the Equipment' section which answers all your stand mixer & attachment questions The stand mixer really is the quintessential culinary work centre capable of saving you time & money Not to mention the fact that they look very pretty on your kitchen counter!
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An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan about the development of Premier League tactics published to coincide with 25 years of the competition Back in 1992 English football was stuck in the dark ages emerging from a five-year ban from European competition The game was physical bruising & attritional based on strength over speed aggression over finesse It was the era of the midfield general reducers big men up front & getting it in the mixer; 4-4-2 was the order of the day Few teams experimented tactically & then almost overnight it all changed The creation of the Premier League coincided with one of the most seismic rule changes in football history the abolition of the back-pass Suddenly defenders had no-get-out-of-jail-free card goalkeepers had to be able to field & play the ball & the pace of the game quickened immeasurably Tactics evolved dramatically helped by an increased foreign influence The Mixer is the first book to delve deep into the tactical story of the Premier League & take a long view of how the game has developed over the last quarter century From Ferguson's directness to Keegan's relentlessly attacking Newcastle outfit to Mourinho's cagey reactive Chelsea all the way to Ranieri's counter-attacking champions The Mixer is one of the most entertaining rich & knowledgeable football books ever written ...

Bring home the action of the WWE! Recreate your favourite matches with an Approx. 6-inch figure in Superstar scale Pose him in a menacing stance pair him with another figure to battle or create total mayhem by adding multiple figures (each sold separately subject to availability) Features articulation amazing accuracy & authentic Superstar details Let the WWE mayhem begin! Colours & decorations may vary ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play SISTERS OF THE GION (1936) Two giesha sisters disagree over how to deal with the men controlling their lives & livelihoods OSAKA ELEGY (1936) Ayako agrees to enter into an affair with her married boss after he promises to support her & her father THE STORY OF THE LAST CRYSANTHEMUM (1939) A young actor is forced to deal with his family after he becomes shunned by them over his new relationship UTAMARO & HIS FIVE WOMEN (1946) Utamaro a great artist lives to create portraits of beautiful women & the brothels of Tokyo provide his models A world of passion swirls around him & the women all vie for his attention ...