Merlin's gift of the Sight enables him to predict the coming of age of a great king, one who can rid Britain of her enemies. Arthur is born on Christmas Eve & immediately spirited away by the magician to a place of safety. But all Merlin's wiles cannot prevent the strife & violence of his turbulent times; even as Arthur accedes to the throne, the seeds of his destruction are already sewn. ...

Can you identify a classic Christmas song from a line sung backwards or fill in the blanks of iconic Christmas film lines?

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Now entering his sixty-seventh year, Chris Mc Cool can confidently call himself a member of the Happy Club: he has an attractive & exceedingly accommodating Croatian girlfriend & has been told he bears more than a passing resemblance to Roger Moore. As he looks back on the glory days of his youth, he recalls the swinging sixties of rural Ireland: a decade in which the cool cats sang along to Lulu & drove around in Ford Cortinas, when swinging meant wearing velvet trousers & shirts with frills, & where Dolores Mc Causland
- Dolly Mixtures to those who knew her best
- danced on the tops of tables & set the pulses of every man in small-town Cullymore racing. Chris Mc Cool had it all back then. He had the moves, he had the car, & he had Dolly, a woman who purred suggestive songs & tugged gently at her skin-tight dresses, a Protestant femme fatale who was glamorous, transgressive & who called him her very own ' Mr Wonderful'. She was, in short, the answer to this bastard son of a Catholic farmer's prayers. Except that there was another Mr Wonderful in town, a certain Marcus Otoyo
- a young Nigerian with glossy curls & a dazzling devoutness that was all but irresistible. Although Chris, of course, was interested in Marcus only because of their shared religious fervour & mutual appreciation of the finer things. That was all. Besides, Mr Mc Cool was always a hopeless romantic
- some even described him as excessively so
- but is there anything wrong with that? Spiked with macabre humour & disquieting revelations, The Holy City is a brilliant, disturbing & compelling novel from one of Ireland's most original contemporary writers.




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The food that Monty & Sarah Don like to eat is honest & delicious. They believe in letting seasonal, local ingredients speak for themselves; in taking time to cook every day; & that the very best food of all is eaten at home, around the table with the family. As they themselves put it, ' Good food, prepared with love & eaten with those that we love in the warmth & privacy of our homes, is one of the greatest pleasures that life has to offer. It is the yardstick against which one measures all culinary experiences.' the two hundred recipes in The Home Cookbook are their family favourites, gathered over the years & passed down through the generations. This is simple, enjoyable food, which will set you up in the morning & restore you at the end of a long day; it will lift your spirits in summer & offer comfort in winter. Arranged chronologically by meal
- breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea, dinner
- these are Monty & Sarah's tried & tested versions of classic dishes that belong in every home cook's repertoire.

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Part of the major forthcoming Netflix series, Clea Shearer & Joanna Teplin are back again to bring both function & beauty to

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Maddy fled the idyllic market town of Havenbury Magna three years ago, the scene of a traumatic incident she revisits most clearly in her dreams.

Even so, when she is called back to help at the Havenbury Arms when her godfather Patrick suffers a heart attack, she is unprepared for the welter of emotions her return provokes.

Psychologist & ex-army officer Ben is sure he can help Maddy to resolve her fears, until he finds himself falling for her, & struggling with a recently uncovered family secret of which Maddy is blissfully unaware.

Then Maddys mother, Helen, arrives & Patrick himself must confront a few uncomfortable truths about his history & the pub’s future.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780749022228
• Author: Rosie Howard
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 414
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm













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A bewitching debut novel in the vein of the much-loved classic Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Caf?. It's 1956 & Samuel Lake, a handsome preacher, is voted out of his ministry by yet another congregation, disappointed by his relentless pleas for them to live more charitable lives. Out of options & out of pocket, Samuel & his family are forced to move in with their Arkansas in-laws, the rambunctious Moses clan. At first they thrive in the unruly sea of relatives ? Willa, Samuel's wife, runs the bar for Grandma Calla, while the boys, Noble & Bienville, run riot through the surrounding countryside. But when Swan, their formidable but loveable 11-year-old tomboy, crosses the path of neighbour Raz Ballenger, things take a turn for the worse. Raz Ballenger, horse trainer, is a man who rules both his family & his animals through terror. Used to instant obedience, he is insulted when Swan leaps to his sons defence, an act that sets a whole chain of unexpected & terrible events into motion? ...

A bewitching debut novel in the vein of the much-loved classic Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe. It's 1956 & Samuel Lake, a handsome preacher, is voted out of his ministry by yet another congregation, disappointed by his relentless pleas for them to live more charitable lives. Out of options & out of pocket, Samuel & his family are forced to move in with their Arkansas in-laws, the rambunctious Moses clan. At first they thrive in the unruly sea of relatives
- Willa, Samuel's wife, runs the bar for Grandma Calla, while the boys, Noble & Bienville, run riot through the surrounding countryside. But when Swan, their formidable but loveable 11-year-old tomboy, crosses the path of neighbour Raz Ballenger, things take a turn for the worse. Raz Ballenger, horse trainer, is a man who rules both his family & his animals through terror. Used to instant obedience, he is insulted when Swan leaps to his son's defence, an act that sets a whole chain of unexpected & terrible events into motion...
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Designer & stylist Sania Pell provides 50 inspirational yet easy projects for you to make, all for next to nothing. Turn basic white bed linen into something special by adding ribbon borders & embroidered panels, & update lampshades by recovering with fabric or paper. Give old wooden furniture a facelift by repainting & adding paper collage decoration. Recycle glass jars into stylish tealight holders, & use old teacups as pretty plant holders. Create family heirlooms by framing special pieces of children's clothing, or display tiny treasures in wooden box frames. Make appliqu?ed cushion covers & cosy scarves, & use the contents of your button box to revamp an old cardigan. With easy-to-follow instructions & artworks, The Homemade Home will inspire you to get out the paintbrushes & dust off the sewing machine, & create a truly stylish & individual home. As featured in Elle Decoration, Selvedge, The Mail on Sunday, Good Homes, Country Living, Sainsbury's Magazine, Scotland on Sunday & many more. ...

To escape a dreaded arranged marriage, Penny Castlerock will face anything. But it isn't the rustic lifestyle that's got the Philadelphia socialite tied in knots. It's the handsome homesteader, Jonas, & his eight adopted children... Surely working the land is no life for a woman like Penny. Yet a threat to Jonas' farm just might show him how perfect Penny is for him after all. ...