In a wild winter storm, Molly sees a desperate figure running for his life. She discovers an injured man. But who is he? & why has he come to help her? Sally Nicholls' second novel weaves legends of pagan gods & a family coping with tragedy into a haunting story of love & loss that will touch readers' hearts
- like her award-winning " Ways to Live Forever".
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In the early 1900s, in the elegant, isolated villa Il Piacere, the playwright Galeazzo D' Ascanio lived for Celia Sands. She was his muse & his mistress & the inspiration for his most stunning & original play. But the night before she was to take the stage in the leading role, Celia disappeared. Now, decades later, in a theatre on the grounds of Il Piacere, Alessandro D' Ascanio is preparing to stage the first performance of his grandfather's masterpiece. A promising young actress
- who shares Celia Sands' name, but not her blood
- has agreed to star. She is instantly drawn to the mysteries surrounding the play
- & to her compelling, compassionate employer. & even though she knows she should let the past go, in the dark in her dreams it comes back.


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At the age of 22, Molly was an aspiring chef. She was spending her nights reading cookbooks & her days working at a bistro in preparation for training at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America. But then one day while out running, she was hit by a car. The accident fractured her skull, broke her pelvis, tore her knee to shreds
- & destroyed her sense of smell. As the weeks went by, the flesh & bones began to heal, but she still couldn't smell a thing. And not being able to smell meant not being able to taste or cook, & suddenly her restaurant job, her cookery school plans, & her future as a chef were all over. SEASON TO TASTE follows what came next: how Molly picked herself up & set off on a quest to learn to smell again. Writing with emotional honesty, intellectual curiosity, & a foodie's feel for descriptive precision, she explores the science of olfaction, pheromones, & Proust's madeleine; she meets leading experts, including the writer Oliver Sacks, scientist Stuart Firestein, & perfumer Christophe Laudamiel; & she visits a pioneering flavour laboratory, eats at Grant Achatz's legendary Chicago restaurant Alinea, & enrolls at a renowned perfume school in Grasse, all in an effort to understand & overcome her condition. From cinnamon & cedar wood, to bacon & her boyfriend's shirt, Molly Birnbaum gradually rediscovers the scented world & captures in words
- apt & piquant words
- the rich layer of life that tends to be wordless.


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Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport, or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient enmities? This book follows the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club, to pay a different kind of visit to some of the world's most beautiful cities. ...

Organised around the calendar year & designed to celebrate the cycle of life reflected by a garden, this compendium



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A wonderful selection of fine quality teas including, English Breakfast Tea, English Afternoon Tea & Earl Grey Tea.

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Add a touch of festive cheer to your paper crafts with this fabulous Season’s Greetings Insert Collection.

Featuring

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For children aged five & up, this collection of cross-curriculum themes features 17 songs with activities which teach about the four seasons & the celebrations occurring within them. The reproducible book

Includes:: lyrics, activity sheets & curriculum ideas for each season of the year. Book set
Includes:: workbook, CD & cassette.


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Enjoy a gorgeous blend of the finest tea in this gorgeous English Afternoon Tea Gift Tin.

This gorgeous Gift Shop designed

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The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife & the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power
- & also
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