From the author of the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, this is historical fiction at its very best & perfect for fans of Rose Tremain, Kate Morton & Sarah Waters.

The compelling story of two women, born four centuries apart, & the ancestral legacy that binds them.

Ella Turner does her best to fit in to the small, close-knit community of Lisle-sur-Tarn. She even changes her name back to Tournier, & knocks the rust off her high school French. But it is all in vain. Isolated & lonely, she is drawn to investigate her Tournier ancestry, which leads to her encounter with the town’s wolfish librarian.

Isabelle du Moulin, known as Le Rousse due to her fiery red hair, is tormented & shunned in the village – suspected of witchcraft & reviled for her association with the Virgin Mary. Falling pregnant, she is forced to marry into the ruling family: the Tourniers. Tormentor becomes husb&, & a shocking fate awaits her.

Plagued by the colour blue, Ella is haunted by parallels with the past, & by her recurring dream. Then one morning she wakes up to discover that her hair is turning inexplicably red...







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The Virgin Cocktail Garden brings together 80 delicious recipes for botanical drinks based on fresh fruits, garden herbs & exotic

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Most people believe the secret to being skinny is eating everything in moderation. We've heard it a million times. But this is not true. All foods are not created equal. The secret to losing weight is finding the foods that make you fat. The Zero Tolerance Diet is an elimination diet. You eliminate the seven foods most people are intolerant to for three weeks, while you eat the right proteins, fibres, fats & vegetables. After three weeks, you reintroduce foods, one at a time, to see which foods your body can tolerate. It's that simple. Most people lose 5-10 pounds in the first week! Eating in moderation & counting calories does not work. This is why the average 30-year-old, who consumes a moderate caloric diet while eating the wrong foods, will be ten pounds heavier by the time they reach 40. Different foods work better for different people. With this book, JJ Virgin will help you find the right foods for you. With details on foods to avoid, processes for reintroducing foods, easy recipes & tips for eating out & sustaining your success, JJ will show you how to have Zero Tolerance for weight gain, bloating, inflammation & fatigue. JJ is close to 50 years old & puts most younger women's bodies to shame. & so do her thousands of clients. With the right guidance you can too. Fat is not your fate. ...

It is winter 1139 & the tranquil life in the monastery gardens in Shrewsbury is again interrupted by violence. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen & an eighteen year old girl of great beauty, with their companion, a young Benedictine nun. But the trio have disappeared somewhere in the wild countryside. Cadfael fears for these three lost lambs, but his skills are needed to tend to a wounded monk, found naked & bleeding at the roadside. Why this holy man has been attacked & what his fevered ravings reveal soon give brother Cadfael a clue to the fate of the missing travellers & he sets out to find them. The search will lead him to discover a chilling & terrible murder, & a tale of passion gone astray. This book has 320 pages & is 12.6 x 19.7 x 2.4 cm ...

Shrewsbury, 1139. The bloody civil war between King Stephen & Empress Maud has swept through the country towards the rural security of Brother Cadfael's monastery. The citizens of Worcester have fled, among them two orphaned children of noble stock, together with their tutor, a young nun. ...

Philippa Gregory blends passion, personalities & politics in this stunning novel of the Tudor court & a country divided. This ...

Susan Jane White eats something sweet every day. Many of us do. But the difference is most of us don’t get the same health kick from our indulgences as Susan Jane does. That’s because all of Susan Jane’s sweets, treats, drinks & snacks are packed with nutritional hits that love your body, boost your brain & make you feel & look great. It’s no wonder they are her most requested recipes.

With this book you’ll learn that wholesome food need never tax your taste buds. You’ll discover new ingredients that not only taste better, but treat your body better too. Imagine a nutritional slam-dunk while snacking on a slice of tiffin! Picture your taste buds raving to the tune of coconut torte! Visualise your toes breakdancing with every crunch of a teff cookie!

The Virtuous Tart will nurse your sweet tooth & service your body like a first-rate Formula 1 pit stop, & you’ll have the energy levels & body to prove it.

This hardback book has 210 pages & measures: 25.4 x 19.4 x 2.4cm





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The Vision Book of Football Records 2012 is a colourful & quirky action-packed gift book, crammed with records, facts, stats & amazing feats from the world's greatest game. The perfect Christmas present for lads, dads & granddads alike, the book

Includes:: an entry on every English league team plus all the Scottish SPL clubs. The book features all the top footie nations, the major European & world clubs from Barcelona to Boca Juniors
- & a monster squad of current & former football legends.


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Fourth edition of this popular, bright & quirky annual football records book. Crammed with records, facts, stats & amazing feats from the world's greatest game, The Vision Book of Football Records 2013 is the perfect Christmas present for football fans of all ages. It

Includes:: an entry on every English league team plus all the Scottish SPL clubs plus the major European & world clubs from Barcelona to Boca Juniors, & a monster squad of current & former football legends. There's also a wealth of fun & quirky facts like the team who scored 149 own goals in one match!

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The commissioner kept looking at him with an expression that combined contempt & commiseration, apparently discerning unmistakable signs of senile dementia in the inspector. ?I?m going to speak very frankly, Montalbano. I don?t have a very high opinion of you.? ? Nor I of you, ? the inspector replied bluntly. Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects are her aging husb&, a famous doctor; a shy admirer, now disappeared; an antiques-dealing lover from Bologna; & the victim's friend Anna, whose charms Montalbano cannot help but appreciate. But it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key to this murder... ...