I have lost my father in battle, my sister to Elizabeth Woodville's spy, my brother-in-law to Elizabeth Woodville's executioner, my nephew to her poisoner, & now my son to her curse...' The gripping & ultimately tragic story of Anne Neville & her sister Isabel, the daughters of the Earl of Warwick, the most powerful magnate in England through the Cousins' Wars. In the absence of a son & heir, he ruthlessly uses the two girls as pawns but they, in their own right, are thoughtful & powerful actors. Against the backdrop of the court of Edward IV & his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne turns from a delightful child growing up in intimacy & friendship with the family of Richard Duke of York to become ever more fearful & desperate as her father's enemies turn against her, the net closes in & there is, in the end, simply nowhere she can turn, no one she can trust with her life. Read by Jane Collingwood ...

From the reign of Alfred the Great
- the first king of Wessex to call himself 'king of England'
- in the 9th century, to the

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Details: There is a secret from our history
- 500 years old
- startling in its revelations & devastating in its


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Toys & Games Jigsaw Puzzles Enjoy this stunning 1000 piece Jigsaw puzzle depicting the wonderful painting " The Kiss" by Gustav ...

Allotments with ten-year waiting lists; fruit & veg seeds outselling those of flowers
- Britain is growing a passion for home produce
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Details: 1791
- When 7 year old Irish orphan Lavinia becomes an indentured servant, she is transported to Virginia

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To the kitchen witch, every recipe is like a little spell bring the opportunity to create love & positive energy in the home & for loved ones. This year round seasonal guide has recipes & rituals for all the pagan festivals, though you don't need to be Wiccan to enjoy this friendly book of home cooking & natural remedies. ...

Kitchenella: the heroic feminine cook. The continuing story of the rise & fall of good food finds us at the end of a decade of exceptional growth & opportunity, yet once again in crisis. We believe in food icons & celebrity chefs, but their philosophies are no longer convincing, because they cannot possibly understand the predicament of the average family, living through recession & trying to do it right in the kitchen. Where are the cooks with wit, who work out the budget & plan an easy dish that efficiently feeds family & friends? Full of logical, economical & imaginative recipes that solve the modern cook's dilemma, Kitchenella will teach you the skills of those teachers who work without books, the 'mothers' & the cooks who subsequently learned from them, to decisively show you the easy way to cook & shop. Promoting a modest, simple way to cook, Kitchenella shows cooking is not about showing off & extravagance, but generosity & kindness; a subtle & intelligent way to nurture. It is cooking that is economically sustainable & achievable. It has its roots in the learned, spirited cooking of generations, food that can claim to have helped win wars & saved lives; a style of cooking that is still relevant today, by practically addressing the struggles of modern cooks, both men & women. The ambition to cook is a fantasy for many, yet Kitchenella shows how the everyday struggle to put food on the table can be transformed into cooking that is clever & beautiful. ...

As a young boy growing up in pre-Soviet Afghanistan, Amir befriends his servant's son, Hassan. Occupying polar ends of Kabul's social hierarchy, the two boys nevertheless play together & defend each other against neighbourhood bullies. However, during Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament in the winter of 1975, Amir takes advantage of Hassan's guileless devotion & commits as terrible act of betrayal against him. THE KITE RUNNER takes listeners on a psychological & spiritual journey with Amir as he becomes a man forced to face the far-reaching, tragic consequences of his disloyalty. Set amidst a culture & a country that existed before the Soviets, before the Taliban, before al Qaeda, & before the U.S invasion, The Kite Runner is an enthralling & totally absorbing story about fathers & sons, sin & atonement, injustice & the human yearning for redemption. Read by Khaled Hosseini ...