The present Emilie de la Martinieres has always fought against her aristocratic background but after the death of her glamorous distant mother she finds herself alone in the world & sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the south of France An old notebook of poems leads her in search of the mysterious & beautiful Sophia whose tragic love affair changed the course of her family history As Emilie unravels the story she too embarks on her own journey of discovery realizing that the chateau may provide clues to her own difficult past & finally unlock the future The past London 1943 A young office clerk Constance Carruthers is drafted into the SOE arriving in occupied Paris during the climax of the conflict Separated from her contact in her very first hours in France she stumbles into the heart of a wealthy family who are caught up in a deadly game of secrets & lies Forced to surrender her identity & all ties to her homeland & her beloved husband Constance finds herself drawn into a complex web of deception the repercussions of which will affect generations to come From the author of the international bestseller Hothouse Flower Lucinda Riley's The Light Behind the Window is a breathtaking & intense story of love war & above all forgiveness Note to readers In the US this book is published under the title The Lavender Garden ...

The global bestselling debut now a word-of-mouth classic
- a heart-rending story of a lighthouse keeper & his wife who face a life-changing
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play As beautiful as it is heart-breaking the light between oceans features an incredible cast including Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander & Rachel Weisz this breath-taking story is set to remind us all of the infinite power of love the overwhelming fear of loss & the complexities of human nature that binds the two when lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) & his adored wife Isabel (Alicia Vikander) discover a baby adrift in a boat off the remote coast off western Australia they must make a choice when they decide to raise the child as their own the shattering consequences of this choice will change their lives forever Actors Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander Rachel Weisz Format PAL Blu-ray Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play As beautiful as it is heart-breaking the light between oceans features an incredible cast including michael fassbender alicia vikander & rachel weisz this breath-taking story is set to remind us all of the infinite power of love the overwhelming fear of loss & the complexities of human nature that bind the two when lighthouse keeper tom sherbourne (michael fassbender) & his adored wife isabel (alicia vikander) discover a baby adrift in a boat off the remote coast off western australia they must make a choice when they decide to raise the child as their own the shattering consequences of this choice will change their lives forever Actors Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander Rachel Weisz Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

A marvellous book' Dr Eben Alexander author of Proof of Heaven She can pick up personal facts impossible to fathom by deduction or guesswork" Jeanette Winterson Sunday Telegraph We all have psychic experiences in our lives that connect us to one another & to those we love on the Other Side Not just once in a while but all the time' Laura Lynne Jackson has been receiving communications from the afterlife since she was a child In The Light Between Us she takes us through her struggle to come to peace with her gift & use it to help others Through her moving & uplifting stories of the people she has helped Laura Lynne shares her knowledge of how to understand these messages of love & how we can use those lessons to help us live more peacefully in the present ...

' What shall we do?' said Twoflower ' Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully He always held that panic was the best means of survival As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star the Discworld could do with a hero What it doesn't need is a singularly inept & cowardly wizard still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world or a well-meaning tourist & his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own Which is a shame because that's all there is ...

It is known as the Discworld It is a flat planet supported on the backs of four elephants who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A' Tuin as it swims majestically through space & it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star the Discworld has only one possible saviour Unfortunately this happens to be the singularly inept & cowardly wizard called Rincewind who was last seen falling off the edge of the world ...

Published in Britain at the end of 1986 this & its prequel (The Colour of Magic above) were among the top five best-selling books on the 1986 Andromeda list Moreover Pratchett was Andromeda's best-selling author for the same year It was also chosen as a lead title for Doubleday's Science Fiction Book Club ...

'I promised that I would one day write a book & tell the world about the home for unmarried mothers I have at last kept my promise' In Ireland 1951 the young June Goulding took up a position as midwife in a home for unmarried mothers run by the Sacred Heart nuns What she witnessed there was to haunt her for the next fifty years It was a place of secrets lies & cruelty A place where women picked grass by hand & tarred roads whilst heavily pregnant Where they were denied any contact with the outside world; denied basic medical treatment & abused for their 'sins'; where after the birth they were forced into hard labour in the convent for three years But worst of all was that the young women were expected to raise their babies during these three years so that they could then be sold
- given up for adoption in exchange for a donation to the nuns Shocked by the nuns' inhumane treatment of the frightened young women June risked her job to bring some light into their dark lives June's memoir tells the story of twelve women's experiences in this home & of the hardships they endured but also the kindness she offered them & the hope she was able to bring
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The brand new read-in-one-sitting mystery from the bestselling author of The Goldfish Boy 2017's breakout children's book hit Nate & his mother are running away hiding out in a tumbledown cottage in the middle of a forest When Mum heads off for provisions & then doesn't return Nate is left alone & afraid with the dark closing in all around him But comfort can come from the most unexpected of places
- a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of a treasure hunt & the reappearance of an old friend from his past Will Nate find the bravery needed to face the troubles of his present & ultimately illuminate the future? A story of fear & hope loneliness & friendship
- full of the heart engaging characters & propulsive page-turning mystery that has made THE GOLDFISH BOY the breakout children's books hit of 2017

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