Sometimes going home is the only way to go forward... As the only child of a wealthy investment manager, Ellie Chapman has never known anything besides a life of perfect privilege. But her years of good fortune come to an abrupt end when her father is exposed for swindling billions of dollars from innocent investors. Just like that, Ellie loses everything: money, job, home-even her fianc?, who's jailed as her father's partner in crime. With her family name in tatters, Ellie has only one place to go... Sleepy St. Dennis, Maryl&, is hardly where Ellie intends to stay, however. Keeping her identity a secret, she plans to sell the house her late mother left her in the small town & use the proceeds to move on with her life. Unfortunately, her ticket to a new beginning is in dire need of pricey improvements, most of which she'll have to do herself. Until the house on Bay View Road is fit to be sold, the sole place Ellie will be traveling is the hardware store. But as the many charms of St. Dennis-not to mention Cameron O' Connor, the handsome local contractor who has secrets of his own-begin to work their magic, what begins as a lesson in do-it-yourself renovations might just end up as Ellie's very own rejuvenation. ...

For nearly 60 years, since the arrival of the long-playing record in 1948, the album has provided the soundtrack to our lives. Our record collections, even if they're on CD, or these days, an iPod, are personal treasure, revealing our loves, errors of jugdement & lapses in taste. Self-confessed music obsessive, Travis Elborough, explores the way in which particular albums are deeply embedded in cultural history, revered as works of art or so ubiqitous as to be almost invisible. But in the age of the iPod, when we can download an infinite number of single tracks & need never listen to a whole album ever again, does the concept of an album still mean anything? THE LONG-PLAYER GOODBYE is a brilliant piece of popular history & a celebration of the joy of records. If you've ever had a favourite album, you'll love Travis Elborough's warm & witty take on how vinyl changed our world. ...

According to G. K. Chesterton, the act of getting to & from a pub is central to an understanding of British life & landscape. With around 60, 000 to choose form, he may have had a point. So bon viveur, pub singer & writer Ian Marchant set off with photographer Perry Venus on a gruelling month-long British pub crawl, to go to & from a lot of pubs in order to test Chesterton's hypothesis. The two friends meander along the roads of Britain, meeting up for a drink with low comedians, award-winning poets, chavs, hedonists, Europe's foremost pub philosopher & Ian's Uncle Tony. Along the way unearth the origins of gin & tonic, find out how pork-scratching are made, learn how to distil moonshine & reveal how Pub Quiz is the new freemasonry. ...

Lasting for 242 days, the siege of Tobruk
- the longest of the British Empire
- is a mesmerising tale of human endurance &

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In his debut bestseller Marley & Me, John Grogan showed how a dog can become an extraordinary presence in the life of one family. Now in his highly anticipated follow-up, Grogan again works his magic, bringing us the true story of what came first. Before there was Marley, there was a gleefully mischievous boy growing up in a devout Catholic home outside Detroit in the 1960s & 70s. Despite his loving parents ...

Scott's Northern Party played an integral role in his iconic last expedition, but how did they survive? Through the eyes of the men involved, Meredith Hooper recounts one of the greatest tales of adventure & endurance, which has often been overshadowed by the tragedy which befell Scott. Their tents were torn, their food was nearly finished & the ship had failed to pick them up as planned. Gale-force winds blew, bitter with the cold of approaching winter. Stranded & desperate, the six men of the Northern Party faced disaster. Searching out a snow drift they burrowed inside. Lieutenant Victor Campbell drew a line across the floor in the gloom to establish naval order: three officers on one side, the three seamen on the other. A birthday was celebrated with a carefully hoarded biscuit & they sang hymns every Sunday, so what kept these men going? Circumstances forced them closer together, their roles blurred & a shared sense of reality emerged. This mutual suffering made them indivisible & somehow they made it through the longest winter. To the south, the men waiting at headquarters knew that the Polar Party must be dead & hoped that another six men would not be added to the death toll. Working from expedition diaries, journals & letters written by expedition members, Meredith Hooper tells the intensely human story of Scott's other expedition. ...

George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged & deceptively ordinary, he has a mind like a steel trap & is said to possess 'the cunning of Satan & the conscience of a virgin'. When word reaches The Department
- an ailing section of British military intelligence
- that Soviet missiles are being installed close to the West German border, it seems the perfect opportunity to show Control & Smiley, their rivals over at the Circus, that The Department still has value. Former spy Fred Leiser is lured back from retirement to investigate, & manages to cross the border into East Germany in a dangerous night-time operation. But the world has changed since The Department's glory days during the Second World War. The harsh realities of the Cold War now prevail, & there is no place for heroes... Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, & with a distinguished cast including Ian Mc Diarmid & Phillip Jackson, this tense thrilling dramatisation perfectly captures the atmosphere of le Carre's masterful debut novel 2 CDs, running time: 1 hour 30 mins

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This is the Loon who lives on the moon. Every night he collects children's dreams to make the moon glow. But then one night the light of the moon goes out, & the Loon must go in search of new dreams... Full of whimsy & wonder, this beautiful picture book is a celebration of the power of stories & the magic of dreams
- perfect for sharing at bedtime. The size of this book is 28.2cm in height & 25.8cm wide with 30 pages.
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The war is over, the RAF uniform has been handed in & James Herriot goes back where he ought to be
- at work in the dales around
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Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, all three parts of the epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, in one paperback. Features the definitive edition of the text, fold-out flaps with the original two-colour maps, & a revised & expanded index.

Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring – the ring that rules them all – which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the Ring is entrusted to his care. He must leave his home & make a perilous journey across the realms of Middle-earth to the Crack of Doom, deep inside the territories of the Dark Lord. There he must destroy the Ring forever & foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.

Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic & otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young & old alike.





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