FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LAST PEARL & DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE this is a beautiful novel about family secrets betrayal & redemption Deep in the dales of the West Riding Fells lies Scarsbeck a remote village peopled by a close-knit community of colourful characters Ellie Birkett steadfastly resisting her mother's attempts to marry her off; Vicar Hardy wrestling with the temptations of the flesh; Ezra Bulstrode village headmaster with an unhealthy dedication to the education of his young students; & enigmatic woman Beth Wildman who believes she can foresee the future Surrounded by wild moorland & the majestic Yorkshire peaks time seems to stand still in this magical corner of the world But change is on its way The dales echo with fearsome noise; construction scars the hillside the railway is coming
- right through Scarsbeck village & with the arrival of a huge workforce charged with building the railway the peaceful idyll is shattered for ever Praise for Leah Fleming 'I enjoyed it enormously It's a moving & compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth' RACHEL HORE 'A born storyteller' KATE ATKINSON
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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 Colin Firth Nicole Kidman & Stellan Skarsgård star in this war drama adapted from Eric Lomax&s memoirs about his experiences in a POW camp While serving in the Second World War British Army officer Eric Lomax (Jeremy Irvine) is captured & held prisoner by the Japanese He is brutally tortured & forced along with his fellow captives to build the Thai-Burma Railway Many years later an older Lomax (Firth) is still traumatised by the experience Supported by his wife Patti (Kidman) & friend Finlay (Skarsgård) he decides to track down one of his torturers Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada) hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has held for so long Actors Colin Firth Nicole Kidman Stellan Skarsgård Jeremy Irvine Hiroyuki Sanada Directors Jonathan Teplitzky Writers Andy Paterson Frank Cottrell Boyce Producers Chris Brown Bill Curbishley Andy Paterson Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Colin Firth Nicole Kidman & Stellan Skarsgård star in this war drama adapted from Eric Lomax&s memoirs about his experiences in a POW camp While serving in the Second World War British Army officer Eric Lomax (Jeremy Irvine) is captured & held prisoner by the Japanese He is brutally tortured & forced along with his fellow captives to build the Thai-Burma Railway Many years later an older Lomax (Firth) is still traumatised by the experience Supported by his wife Patti (Kidman) & friend Finlay (Skarsgård) he decides to track down one of his torturers Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada) hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has held for so long ...

' Exquisitely written & deeply felt a true book of wonders' Geraldine Brooks 'A lovely absorbing & uplifting read' ML Stedman'overflows with gratitude for the hard beautiful things of this world' Helen Garner In 1948 in a small town on the land's edge in the strange space at a war's end a widow a poet & a doctor each try to find their own peace & their own new story Anikka Lachlan has all she ever wanted--until a random act transforms her into another post-war widow destined to raise her daughter on her own Awash in grief she looks for answers in the pages of her favourite books & tries to learn the most difficult lesson of all how to go on living A local poet Roy Mc Kinnon who found poetry in the mess of war has lost his words & his hope His childhood friend Dr Frank Draper also seeks to reclaim his pre-war life but is haunted by his failure to help those who needed him most--the survivors of the Nazi concentration camps Then one day on the mantle of her sitting room Ani finds a poem She knows neither where it came from nor who its author is But she has her suspicions An unexpected & poignant love triangle emerges between Ani the poem & the poet--whoever he may be Written in clear shining prose The Railwayman's Wife explores the power of beginnings & endings
- & how difficult it can be to tell them apart It is an exploration of life tragedy & joy of connection & separation longing & acceptance & an unadulterated celebration of love
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Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years Transforming lives & landscapes they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules & traditions the network also exerts a fascination all its own From the classical grandeur of Newcastle station to the ceaseless traffic of Clapham Junction from the mysteries of Brunel's atmospheric railway to the lost routines of the great marshalling yards Simon Bradley explores the world of Britain's railways the evolution of the trains & the changing experiences of passengers & workers The Victorians' private compartments railway rugs & footwarmers have made way for air-conditioned carriages with airline-type seating but the railways remain a giant & diverse anthology of structures from every period & parts of the system are the oldest in the world Using fresh research keen observation & a wealth of cultural references Bradley weaves from this network a remarkable story of technological achievement of architecture & engineering of shifting social classes & gender relations of safety & crime of tourism & the changing world of work The Railways shows us that to travel through Britain by train is to journey through time as well as space ...

New York Times bestselling author Linda Goodnight welcomes you back home to Honey Ridge Tennessee with another beautiful story full of hope haunting mystery & the power to win your heart Renowned yet private thriller writer Hayden Winters lives a life colored by lies Deeply ashamed of his past his hunger for an honest relationship & dreams of starting a family remain unsatisfied & he can trust no one with his secrets He's determined to outrun his personal demons but the charming old Peach Orchard Inn & a woman whose presence is as gentle as a sparrow's song stops him in his tracks Carrie Riley is afraid of everything from flying to thunderstorms & pretty much of life itself But meeting the enigmatic writer staying at the inn emboldens her to learn everything about him When they discover a vulnerable boy hiding at the inn Hayden is compelled to help Carrie protect him Soon they're led to a centuries-old mystery that haunts Hayden's sleep & his only safe haven is Carrie As the secrets of the past & present cause their lives to become entwined all that's left to come to light is love-if the grim truth doesn't tear them apart first ...

HOW DO YOU STOP AN ASSASSIN THAT CAN'T BE KILLED? Toby Greene is part of The Clown Service a mostly forgotten branch of British Intelligence tasked with fighting paranormal threats However the Rain-Soaked Bride is no ordinary assassin Relentless inexorable & part of a larger game merely stopping this impossible killer may notbe enough to save the day The Clown Service is fun & rips along like thefinest episode of the old Avengers series' The Independenton Sunday ...

With its frank portrayal of human passion & sexual desire DH Lawrence's The Rainbow was banned as 'obscene' in Britain shortly after first publication This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by James Wood Set in the rural Midlands The Rainbow chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of more than 60 years setting them against the emergence of modern England When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow Lydia Lensky & adopts her daughter Anna as his own he is unprepared for the conflict & passion that erupts between them All are seeking individual fulfilment but it is Ursula Anne's spirited daughter who in her search for self-knowedge becomes the focus of Lawrence's examination of relationships & the conflicts they bring & the inextricable mingling of the physical & the spiritual Suffused with Biblical imagery The Rainbow addresses searching human issues in a setting of precise & vivid detail In his introduction James Wood discusses Lawrence's writing style & the tensions & themes of The Rainbow This Penguin edition reproduces the Cambridge text which provides a text as close as possible to Lawrence's original It also

Includes:: suggested further reading a fragment of ' The Sisters II' from his first draft & chronologies of Lawrence's life & of The Rainbow's Brangwen family DH Lawrence (1885-1930) English novelist storywriter critic poet & painter one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature Lawrence published Sons & Lovers in 1913 but The Rainbow completed in 1915 was declared obscene & banned two months after first publication; & for three years he could not find a publisher for Women in Love which he completed in 1917 His last novel Lady Chatterley's Lover was published in 1928 but banned in England & America If you enjoyed The Rainbow you might like Lawrence's Women in Love also available in Penguin Classics'A brave & important book passionate & wildly ambitious' Independent on Sunday

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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 Ken Russell&s sensuous dramatisation of DH Lawrence&s novel stars Sammi Davis as Ursula Brangwen a young women in the process of discovering her sexuality At school she enjoys a passionate affair with the gym mistress Winifred Inger (Amanda Donohoe) & later becomes a teacher herself But when she meets & marries the soldier Anton Skrebensky (Paul Mc Gann) it gradually becomes clear to her that true satisfaction lies elsewhere ...

The polar bear is bored of his white environment & his hard life He dreams of soaking himself in all the luminous colours of the rainbow But when his wish is granted he realises to his cost that his arctic camouflage no longer works & he needs the advice of others to escape his prism A moving tale of hopes & dreams from an award-winning picture book team The lyrical text is complemented by beautiful watercolours in which the joy & pain of the Rainbow Bear sing out ...