Following the Blitz, young Pearl Jenkins finds happiness as she celebrates her marriage to Jim Nesbitt. The joyful occasion is marred by the arrival of Ricky Winters, an unwelcome visitor from her past & a fight soon breaks out between Jim & Ricky. She soon finds out to her horror, that Ricky is the new beau of her wayward sister Ruby. Jim enlists after becoming increasingly infuriated at staying at home but he leaves Pearl at home
- pregnant, alone & at Ricky's mercy...
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Always a rum place, the industrial revolution replaced rose bushes & hedgerows with metallic roads & iron railways, mud banks gave way to deep-water docks & sweatshops. This book tells the story of this part of London. It reveals the underbelly of the history of the East End. ...

Bestselling author James Morton tracks the changing face of the East End from the 1870s to now, through opium dens & racecourse

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June 2nd, 1953. The residents of Ruby Street in London's East End are celebrating the new Queen's coronation. It's a day of joy & laughter, a new beginning for a nation still in the grip of rationing, still suffering the aftermath of the Blitz. But for Rose Weaver, the day ends in tragedy when her husband Eddie is arrested on suspicion of theft. It's only the first of several shocks as Rose discovers some unpleasant facts about the man she married eight years before, the man she thought she knew so well. Struggling to provide for herself & her two daughters, Rose realises that she'll need the help of family, friends & the good neighbours of Ruby Street if she's to have any chance of pulling through. & when a handsome salesman knocks at her door, it's hard to resist temptation. ...

The boy stepped out into the road. He stretched his arms out & his legs apart, making an X, palms facing the windscreen, the hands with a slight tremor that Jack only remembered later. His face had a questioning look that asked ' Why are you doing this to me?' Jack has been sleepwalking through his middle age. His wife has left him; his grown-up daughters no longer need him; & he rarely leaves his remote house on the east coast of Scotl&. But when he is involved in an horrific accident, he is jolted out of his stupor, & embarks upon a new friendship that helps him to re-evaluate everything. Douglas is on the early morning Eurostar to Paris to have lunch with a woman he barely knows. Despite his responsibilities to family, work & friends, he is determined to risk everything for his obsession with a stranger. Angus is fifty-four. He has always prided himself on his happy marriage, his reliable car, his nice house, his stable career: there are no nasty surprises. But when a man thirty years his junior takes him to a stuffy room & tells him he no longer has a job, he finds himself suddenly in freefall. As a man without a profession, how does he now define himself? As the three Henderson brothers head to their big childhood home in East Fortune for their annual summer gathering, they steel themselves against sibling rivalry, parental expectation & the vulnerability that comes with being with those who know you best. Intense, humane, humorous & subtle, East Fortune is a moving story about lives at the crossroads; about life & love, chance & hope
- & how families survive.
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Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this often sprawling & brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families
- the Trasks & the Hamiltons
- whose generations helplessly re-enact the fall of Adam & Eve & the poisonous rivalry between Cain & Abel.

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OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking, horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels, pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way, permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking, horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer
- Active, a tough, versatile version of OS Explorer.
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Take a trip back to the heart of Walford in this special Eastenders edition of MONOPOLY, exclusively available at The Works.



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Let your little ones express their creativity wherever you go this Eater with this fantastic 14 piece art set.





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