An inspiring story of how the human spirit triumphs over adversity this book tells the incredible tale of how a small group of Italian soldiers, imprisoned on the island of Orkney during WW2, came to construct the renowed Italian chapel that still stands today. ...

On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage & sank. Fifteen hundred passengers & crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck & continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down. The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew his fianc ...

On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage & sank. Fifteen hundred passengers & crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck & continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down.

The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fiancée, Mary, was expecting their first child, the authors mother.

One hundred years later, Christopher Ward reveals a dramatic story of love, loss & betrayal, & the catastrophic impact of Jocks death on two very different Scottish families. He paints a vivid portrait of an age in which class determined the way you lived
- & died.

An outstanding piece of historical detective work, & THE BAND PLAYED ON is also a moving account of how the authors quest to learn more about his grandfather revealed the shocking truth about a family he thought he knew, a truth that had been hidden for nearly a hundred years.






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On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage & sank. Fifteen hundred passengers & crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck & continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down. The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fianc ...

All aboard the train for this cumulative picture book, full of delicious read-aloud sounds!

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No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens has returned to another utterly irresistible branch on her beloved Cynster family tree. The only thing more troublesome than a Cynster man is a Cynster lady who believes that love is not her destiny. Famously known in London Society as ' The Matchbreaker', Henrietta Cynster's uncanny skill lies in preventing ill-fated nuptials
- not in falling victim to Cupid's alluring spell. However, when she disrupts one match too many, she feels honour-bound to assist the dashing James Glossup & find him a suitable bride for a marriage of convenience. Yet this is no easy task. Complicated by the growing & undeniable attraction that flares between them, Henrietta must convince not only James, but herself, that when it comes to love, she will never, ever fall.
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CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes & consequences of the recent financial collapse & Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, & whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. government in letting that greed rule the day. ...

Megan knows what she wants out of life & intends to get it, whatever her parents say. Elliott has given up on all his future plans- until Megan bursts into his life with a proposal that could change it forever. Together they embark on a road trip to chase their dreams. But life is a journey & not even Megan can control where theirs will lead... ...

New York Times bestselling author Bob Greene recounts his friendship with four men he's known since kindergarten showing how it progressed over the years through their experience of learning that one of them is dying. They grew up together, got in trouble together, & learned about life while they also went their separate ways. ...

Presents ethnic patterns from the Andes for knitters. This selection of 25 projects

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