Londons East Enders are known for being a tough, humorous & lively lot. In the early 20th century, families crowded into single rooms, children played on the streets & neighbours? doors were never locked in case you needed an escape route from the police... The Second World War changed everything. During the Blitz, men set off for work never to return & rows of houses were reduced to rubble overnight. Yet the East Enders? ability to keep calm & carry on cemented their reputation for cheerful resilience. They say Hitler killed off the bugs but, along with the slums, the Blitz destroyed a way of life. After the war families were scattered ? some to estates on the edge of London, others to isolated high-rise blocks. The old East End communities were gone forever. Told by the residents themselves, The War on Our Doorstep is an eye-opening, moving & laugh-out-loud depiction of what it means to be an East Ender. ...

Details: When you lose everything you love, you need a friend? Nothing ever happens in sleepy Grimbleton. Until two strangers
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Two roads lead to Mount Hope. None leads out. Following a freak nuclear power-plant explosion, the small southern town was evacuated. 

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Warren Buffett's Stock Portfolio is the first book to take readers deep into Warren Buffett's investment portfolio. Each of Buffett's current stock investments is analyzed in detail with information as to why Buffett found these attractive businesses & how he determined that they are good long-term investments. Each company will be analyzed using the criteria outlined in Buffettology & Warren Buffett & the Interpretation of Financial Statements. The reader can then apply these techniques to a variety of other stocks & see if they meet Buffett's criteria. Although information about Warren Buffett's stock portfolio is available on-line, it is merely listings of the stocks Warren owns. No one else explains the criteria Warren uses to determine how & when to buy & sell. In addition this book will include stocks that are too new to be on-line. The authors will also look at a few top-performing stocks that Warren has sold in the last ten years. ...

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The Wars Of The Roses is the definitive account of one of the bloodiest episodes in British history
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Autumn 1940. Sealed in a small are of the Polish capital & cut off from the outside world are 400, 000 Jews. Erik Cohen, an elderly psychiatrist, is forced to move into a tiny apartment with his niece & his beloved 9 year old great-nephew, Adam. On a bitter cold winter's day, Adam goes missing & the next morning his body is discovered tangled in the barbed wire surrounding the ghetto. His leg has been cut off & a tiny piece of string has been left in his mouth. Then when a body of a young girl turns up with one of her hands missing, evidence begins to point to the unthinkable
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Jersey, 1943. When the German Army invades the tranquil isl&, librarian Grace La Motée is determined to keep her services running. Ordered to destroy books which threaten the Nazi regime, she refuses, instead hiding them away & fighting back by forming a book club: a lifeline to help islanders escape the terror of war, one chapter at a time. But soon Grace’s quiet acts of bravery become even more perilous. She’s harbouring dangerous secrets – ones that put her life in danger – & when tensions turn to violence, she is forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance... Based on astonishing real events, The Wartime Book Club is a love letter to the power of books in the darkest of times – as well as a moving page-turner that brings to life the remarkable, untold story of an island at war. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399714976 • Author: Kate Thompson • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm ...

Mary Vale, a grand & imposing Mother & Baby Home, sits on the edge of the Lake District.

Its doors are open to unmarried

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Mary Vale, a grand & imposing Mother & Baby Home, sits on the edge of the Lake District.

Its doors are open to unmarried

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The Waste Lands is the third volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series, now a major motion picture.

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