Witty, courageous & unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She published A Vindication of the Rights of Women, lived through Terror in France, had an illegitimate daughter & married the philosopher ...

Michael Mc Intyre is Britain's biggest comedy star. He has released two record-breaking DVDs, Live & Laughing & " Hello Wembley"; hosts his own BAFTA-nominated BBC1 series, Michael Mc Intyre's Comedy Roadshow; & has picked up British Comedy Awards for Best Live St&-Up & Best Male TV Comic. This title tells his story. ...

Jamie Andrew's survival & rescue after five nights trapped by a ferocious storm meant that he had to come to terms the loss of all his limbs to frostbite. Since the accident, Jamie has e learnt to walk (and run) on his prosthetic legs, to ski, snowboard, paraglide
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Books Historical Fiction Books With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub, The Pig & Whistle undergoing renovation, proprietors Peggy & Able Ronoscki leave the chaos behind & head off on a trip of a lifetime to America. But disaster hits & Peggy finds herself in a critical condition in hospital. Meanwhile, business is booming for young entrepreneurs Fay Ronoscki & Maggie Rowan with their new restaurant & catering empire. It seems neither has time for love. But when fate throws a famous global singing sensation & glamourous racing car driver into the girls paths, falling in love with Jace & Greg seems beyond their control. Cupid has struck. Life is made up of laughter, love & tears. What is next for the folk of Mulberry Lane
- can they find the happiness they all so crave? Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781835618929 •†Author:   Rosie Clarke  •†Publisher:   Boldwood Books •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 301 •†Dimensions:  12.9 x 19.8 x 2.3cm  
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Laurence Sterne's masterpiece of bawdy humour & rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it. Part novel, part digression, its disordered narrative interweaves the birth & life of the unfortunate hero Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father & the amours of Uncle Toby. ...

Answers such questions as: What was life like as an RAF Battle of Britain pilot? What was it like to fly a fighter? Who were the men that flew Spitfires & Hurricanes? How did they spend a typical day? Which was the better machine
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Told in the distinctive & memorable voices of working class women, Life as We Have Known It is a remarkable first-hand account of working lives at the turn of the last century. First published in association with the Women's Co-operative Guild in 1931, Life as We Have Known it is a unique evocation of a lost age, & a humbling testament to what Virginia Woolf called 'that inborn energy which no amount of childbirth & washing up can quench'. Here is domestic service; toiling in factories & in the fields, & of husbands
- often old & ill before their time, some drinkers or gamblers. Despite telling of the hardship of a poverty-stricken marriage, the horrors of childbirth & of lives spent in search of jobs, these are spirited & inspiring voices.
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The author has a gift for being able to receive messages from souls in the spirit world. This title explains how he was able to develop his gift, & what being a psychic medium actually means. It offers an advice on how to make better connections with your family, how to be open to new things in life, & how to accept all that happens to you. ...

Downton Abbey
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Last year, the telly-watching public was gripped by Downton Abbey
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