When fiddler Tyrane Percival chokes to death on a chicken bone, his young protege, Eldridge Brewer, takes it pretty hard & decides to bury him next to his long lost love, Leona, in her family plot. Unfortunately, that grave is a hundred thousand miles away in Louisiana, so Eldy & Percival's former banjo player, Felton Halladay, hit the road. ...

One Ingredient, 4 Ways offers up an abundance of exciting recipes for everyday refrigerator, freezer & store cupboard essentials. This collection is perfect for those of us looking to get the very most out of our weekly shopping, utilise those items sitting in our store cupboard & cut down on food wastage. Focusing on 44 main ingredients, the book offers four must-try options for each one ...

A murderer is at large on the streets of Lincolnshire. But why?

When the body of a well-known local thug is discovered

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More Than a Governess by Sarah Mallory Major Damon Collingham's scandalous past meant that he was prepared to pay a king's ransom for someone who could stay the course as governess to his two motherless children. Impoverished Miss Juliana Wrenn needed this post & could not allow herself to be intimidated by him ...

A diverse & entertaining collection of writing examining & celebrating the British Countryside, from falconry to foraging & from the musings of a nighttime angler to tips for seasonal drinking. LAND Stuart Maconie (Radio 2) on hill walking / Wainwright walks Nick Small (CAUGHT BY THE RIVER regular) how to get nature into your garden, no matter how urban it is Richard King (Loops magazine editor) on the Winter Solstice & on the Summer Solstice John Wright (www.wild-food.net/ on the basics of getting started in foraging Bill Drummond (Damsons in Distress) Dan Kieran (Crap Towns/I Fought The Law) on falconry RIVER / INLAND WATERS John Andrews (CAUGHT BY THE RIVER regular) on winter pike fishing Jon Berry (CAUGHT BY THE RIVER regular) writing about the night from a fishermen's perspective, the sounds, shadows, the hallucinatory effects of sleep deprivation when the sun rises COASTLINE Ian Vince (The Lie of the Land) on the Jurassic coast & fossils Martin Noble (British Sea Power) the Exmoor to Dartmoor coastal walk Nick Hand (http://www.slowcoast.co.uk/) on what you see when cycling the entire coastline of the UK Michael Smith (BBC4 Drivetime) on the coastline in the north of England ISLAND LIFE Sarah Boden (The Observer) on fleeing London to move & become a sheep farmer on Eigg ...

A study of the force of photographic images which are continually inserted between experience & reality. It develops the concept of 'transparency'. It features six essays including " In Plato's Cave, which explores how the image has affected society. ...

Photographs are everywhere. They have the power to shock, idealize or seduce, they create a sense of nostalgia & act as a memorial, & they can be used as evidence against us or to identify us. This title examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality & authority in our lives. ...

New Mexico's Pajarito Plateau encompasses the Bandelier National Monument & the atomic city of Los Alamos. This book tells what happens when native cultures & Euro-American commercial interests interact in such a remote area with limited resources. ...

Provides information about kings, queens, princes & princesses
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Explores the human propensity for gossip & storytelling, & discusses how our fears & hopes can work against common sense. This book also investigates the way that the internet can entrench our false beliefs even deeper, & how the wish to conform, our natural biases & even our basic emotions can cause us to fall for untrue accounts. ...