One mild summer evening in rural New Zealand the lives of Carla Reid, a middle-aged farmer's wife, & Ben Toroa, an illiterate teen, brutally collide. Neither will be the same again, their futures forever linked. Many years after their first encounter, Carla & Ben's lives once more intersect, again with astonishing consequences. ...

From the bestselling Irish novelist, here comes a sweeping tale of consequences that spans from the 1930s to the 1990s. " Last Train from Liguria" takes us on a journey from claustrophobic Dublin & the tense formality of London, to the heat & bustle of the pre-war Italian Riviera. This is a must-read for fans of books by Rose Tremain & Helen Dunmore. In 1933, Bella Stuart leaves her quiet London life to move to Italy to tutor the child of a beautiful Jewish heiress & an elderly Italian aristocrat. Living at the familys summer home, Bellas reserve softens as she comes to love her young charge, & find friendship with Maestro Edward, his enigmatic music teacher. But as the decade draws to an end & fascism tightens its grip on Europe, the fact that Alec is Jewish places his life in grave danger. Bella & Edward take the boy on a terrifying train journey out of Italy
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With a glorious colour picture on each page, Last Train to Haulage Heaven illustrates the changes & inevitable decline of diesel locomotive-worked passenger trains on Britain's rail network from the start of the 1970s when they were at their peak to the present day when they operate on just seven routes. ...

LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS is arguably the first serious biography that refuses to dwell on the myth of Elvis. Aiming instead to portray in vivid, dramatic terms the life & career of this outstanding artistic & cultural phenomenon, it draws together a plethora of documentary & interview material to create a superbly coherent & plausible narrative. The first of two volumes, covering Presley's rise to prominence up to his departure for Germany in 1958, LAST TRAIN to MEMPHIS will undoubtedly become the benchmark by which other biographies of him are judged. This book has 301 pages & is 19.6 x 13 x 2.2 cms ...

Details: Alisa has spent the past five thousand years as a vampire, living alone & fighting for survival. In her loneliness,
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Cynthia Treen has a way with fabric. She can pick up a piece of cloth &, literally within an hour or two, transform it into something wonderful
- a chic wool hat from an out-of-style sweater, say, or an elegant blossom from a favourite piece of silk. In Last-Minute Fabric Gifts, the follow-up to the immensely successful Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, she teaches all of us to perform such fabric magic, no matter how little sewing experience we may have. This inspiring book comes with 30 easy projects for quick-to-make gifts ranging from fabric-covered notepads to a tea-dyed sequined scarf to a baby quilt. Arranged by how long it takes to complete each project, the book focuses on gifts that generally require less than three hours of time. What's more, Treen clearly details the knowledge & skills you need to improvise on these projects, allowing you to customize the colour, pattern & texture to suit the occasion. Complete with 70 full-colour photographs & a final chapter on innovative ways to wrap gifts with fabric, Last-Minute Fabric Gifts is brimming with creative ideas sure to appeal to novice & experienced sewers alike., 24.1 x 21.6 x 1.8, pages 144
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Its time to get creative with this fantastic Kids crafty Latch Hook Kit!

Including the net fabric & yarn, create a stunning

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The time known as Late Antiquity (c.300-c.800) was a fascinatingly diverse & important period which saw the ' Fall of Rome' & the growth of Christianity & Islam. Gillian Clark explores its historical controversies, introducing the main characters and ...

This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James & Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, & how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment. ...

Are you a logical thinker? As long as you apply simple logical reasoning to come up with one reasonable solution, it's not difficult to solve the puzzles in this book. & although that may sound easy, many of the situations described within are highly unusual or bizarre so you will have to dig deep to come up with the right answer. ...