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Lancashire, 1932. Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester

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In One Step Ahead best-selling author Mary Berry provides the solution for the time-poor cook, with 100 recipes devised either to be worked through in the usual way or taken to a 'holding point'
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A lovely home. Yet one morning Emily Coleman wakes up & walks right out of her life. What makes her do it? How will she survive? &, no matter how hard she tries, can she ever really say goodbye to her past? Emily has a secret. No-one has ever guessed it. Will you? ...

Travelling across the former Soviet Union is a challenge at the best of times
- but in a dilapidated VDub! that's got to be plain
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When thirty-four-year-old ex-war veteran Jack Armstrong is told he has only weeks to live, his first concern is for his beloved wife Lizzie, & their children: baby Jackie, twelve-year-old would-be actor Cory & rebellious teenage daughter Mikki. It seems so cruel that an apparently fatal illness should claim him, a survivor of Afghanistan & Iraq, when he still has so much left to live for. On Christmas Eve, as Jack prepares to say goodbye to his family, unthinkable tragedy strikes again & Lizzie is killed in a car accident. Just when Jack thought living was far harder than dying, & the childrens future looked so bleak, something remarkable happens which gives Jack the valuable second chance he?d only dreamed of. Unexpectedly, the family inherits Lizzies beautiful childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. During one unforgettable summer Jack & the children struggle to rebuild their lives. They learn to live again ? & to love again. & they learn the biggest lesson of all ? the importance of family. ...

When high-flying American lawyer Samantha Muir finds out she's lost her partnership whilst on an assignment in London, she has

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Perfect holiday reading from Domenica de Rosa, author of the bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries under the pen name Elly Griffiths. A group of would-be authors retreats to Tuscany where they learn more than how to write better. Patricia O’ Hara’s carefully composed ads for the writers’ retreat she runs promise so much. The splendour of the thirteenth century Italian castle & chef Aldo’s melanzane never fail to wow the guests, but huge maintenance bills & bad news from the bank mean it’s make or break time for the Castello. Each of her seven aspiring authors arrives with the inevitable baggage alongside their unpublished manuscripts. But this August something is different, & soon lifelong spinster Mary is riding on the back of Aldo’s vespa, & smouldering odd-job man Fabio has set more than one heart racing. As temperatures rise, the writers gossip, flirt & gently polish their prose by the pool. But with ghosts, scorpions, & some unexpected visitors to contend with, one... ...

Tess Jarvis? rules for life have always been somewhat relaxed? Never go to bed before your last guest has left Tess & Gina's flat has a jacuzzi so it's the obvious location for a party ? every night Make great friends & keep them close Thought not actually in your bed. Tess & Jims claims that they are ?just good friends? has everyones eyes rolling. Look on the bright side of life After all it could be so much worse. Tesss job interviewing the nations catastrophes proves this every day. Don?t wait for the weekend to wear your fancy knickers Although be warned, this can lead to all manner of messes? Tess has always been one to wing it but shes fast realizing that her bank of blag is running out of funds. At 28, is it time to grow up? Maybe having a baby with your best friend isn't the best way to start. ...

A completely original version of the Arabian Nights Stories by award-winning author Geraldine Mc Caughrean. In order to delay her inevitable execution, Queen Shaharazad tells her murdering husb&, King Shahryar, an exciting story every night. She tells her wonderful stories until the King realizes that he won't be able to live without them... ...

Whether you want cookies or cakes, pastries or desserts, something fruity, chocolatey, spiced or nutty, baking just got a

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