Shortlisted for the Epic Novel award in the Romantic Novelists Association Books Awards A lifelong passion An endless search Spanning four generations The Midnight Rose by Lucinda Riley sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England following the extraordinary life of a girl Anahita Chavan from 1911 to the present day In the heyday of the British Raj eleven-year-old Anahita from a noble but impoverished family forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira the privileged daughter of rich Indian royalty Becoming the princess's official companion Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of the Great War There she meets the young Donald Astbury
- reluctant heir to the magnificent remote Astbury Estate
- & his scheming mother Eighty years later Rebecca Bradley a young American film star has the world at her feet But when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn she's relieved that her latest role playing a 1920s debutante will take her away from the glare of publicity to the wilds of Dartmoor in England Shortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling Astbury Hall Ari Malik Anahita's great-grandson arrives unexpectedly on a quest for his family's past What he & Rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the Astbury dynasty

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The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from Marie Lu There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world & the darkness had a queen Adelina Amouteru is done suffering She's turned her back on those who have betrayed her & achieved the ultimate revenge victory Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one but the darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control threatening to destroy everything When a new danger appears Adelina must join the Daggers on a perilous quest in order to save herself & preserve her empire But this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger ...

It&s summer in the big forest & the rabbit children are looking forward to their first Midsummer party Owl who knows everything says Midsummer is a time for dancing love & magic What a fun time they will have! Then a terrible storm sweeps through the forest & the woodland animals must find shelter at Grump the tomte&s cottage Will the magic of Midsummer help restore harmony to the forest in time for the party? This follow-up to The Yule Tomte & the Little Rabbits is an enchanting story in twenty-one chapters which can be read through June to conclude on Midsummer&s Day Ulf Stark masterfully weaves together drama & comedy to create a heartfelt & truly magical story Award-winning illustrator Eva Eriksson brings the charming characters to life with delightful seasonal artwork ...

In the sleepy English village of Midwich a mysterious silver object appears & all the inhabitants fall unconscious A day later the object is gone & everyone awakens unharmed
- except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant The resultant children of Midwich do not belong to their parents all are blonde all are golden eyed They grow up too fast & their minds exhibit frightening abilities that give them control over others & brings them into conflict with the villagers just as a chilling realisation dawns on the world outside The Midwich Cuckoos is the classic tale of aliens in our midst exploring how we respond when confronted by those who are innately superior to us in every conceivable way
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' Our childhood came to an end when our parents parted & from then on Jennifer was placed in the impossible position of having to be a parent to me her sister I shall always be grateful for her protection ' Millions have fallen in love with Jennifer Worth & her experiences in the East End as chronicled in Call the Midwife but little is known about her life outside this period Now in this moving & evocative memoir Jennifer's sister Christine takes us from their early idyllic years to the cruelty & neglect they suffered after their parents divorced from Jennifer being forced to leave home at fourteen to their training as nurses After leaving nursing Jennifer took up a career in music her first love & Christine became a sculptor but through marriages & children joy & heartbreak their lives remained intertwined Absorbing & emotional The Midwife's Sister by Christine Lee is testimony to an enduring bond between two extraordinary women ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Are you ready to set sail into the future? Climb aboard HMS Boosh hoist the Perspex anchor set the controls for the heart of the sun & come navigate the electrical seas with Cyborg Patrick & his neon barnacles In this live boosh presentation you will see Howard wrestle with the problems of the universe in tiny shorts while Vince gets his hair extra big & flounces about Bob fossil&s dance moves will turn you on then anger you over & over until you puke You shall then weep with salty joy as Bollo & Naboo move about & say stuff in their own special way The Boosh are mighty & sailing at you strap your eyes onto your brain double tight cos its gonna get choppy like electric sushi Actors Julian Barratt Noel Fielding Michael Fielding Dave Brown & Rich Fulcher Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 169 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo
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Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction A thrilling & complex book enlarges our view of Homer There's something that hits the mark on every page' Claire Tomalin Books of the Year New Statesman Where does Homer come from? & why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war & suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life of cruelty of humanity & its frailty but why they do is a mystery How can we be so intimate with something so distant? The Mighty Dead' is a magical journey of discovery across wide stretches of the past sewn together by some of the oldest stories we have
- the great ancient poems of Homer & their metaphors of life & trouble In this provocative & enthralling book Adam Nicolson explains why Homer still matters & how these vital epic verses
- with their focus on the eternal questions about the individual versus the community honour & service love & war
- tell us how we became who we are


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Noah longs to be a professional footballer
- & playing in the Schools' World Cup qualifiers might be just what he needs to get
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Oscar winner Denzel Washington & Mimi Rogers star in this witty romantic entertaining & light-hearted who-dun-it Filled with spice & adventure & The Mighty Quinn& is a sunny Caribbean caper Actors Denzel Washington Robert Townsend James Fox Mimi Rogers M Emmet Walsh Directors Carl Schenkel Writers AHZ Carr Hampton Fancher Producers Dale Pollock Ed Elbert Jeffrey Bydalek Sanford Lieberson Language English Subtitles French Italian Spanish Dutch Swedish Finnish Norwegian Danish Polish Greek Hungarian Dubbed French Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English German Number of discs 1 ...

One dark & quiet night in Gaya six stars fall from the sky Master Long the ailing leader of the Mighty Zodiac sends his warriors out to collect the stars before the Moon Rabbit Army can get their paws on them first If the Rabbits get the stars the balance of nature—and the fate of all of Gaya—will be in danger But Long&s plans to use the stars to "cure" his illness may be just as dangerous—and bring an end to the Mighty Zodiac itself ...