It is 1939 & peace has flourished since the Great War ended. But much has changed for the Deverill family & now a new generation

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Once, the UKs farmers employed thousands of shepherds, but a slump in sheep farming has cut a swathe through their ranks; nowadays shepherds are virtually a thing of the past, & most flocks are herded by farmers on quad bikes.

The Last Shepherds follows hill shepherds Dave Baxter & Stewart & Gwen Wallace through the cycle of hill farming in the Cheviot Hills of Northumberland
- lambing in spring, haymaking, shearing in the summer, then autumn lamb sales & winter feeding.

This engrossing book is an extraordinary record of a vanishing way of life on Britains traditional hill farms.

Product information:
• ISBN: 9780233005126
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 256
• Author: Charles Bowden
• Publisher: Andre Deutsch
• Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.4 x 2.4cm












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What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland?

Early spring has

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Heroes united Camelot threatened A fight to the end In a wintry shelter, hidden from marauders, the warrior Lancelot & Arthur, High King of Britain, conceive of an order of knights to defend the newly united kingdom from all who would destroy it. Camelot, the High King's seat, is the wonder of the l&, & the rule of Arthur & his beautiful queen Guinevere promises to bring about a new era of peace & prosperity. Yet love tests loyalty to the breaking point, while renewed threats of war in the north force Arthur to look to the defences of his kingdom & take steps to ensure that the dream which he has worked so hard to achieve will not be destroyed. Discover the most authentic telling of the Arthurian legend ever written ...

1291 AD, Acre. As the city burns under the onslaught of the Sultan's men, the Flacon Temple sets sail, carrying a small band of knights & a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's Grand Master. The ship vanishes without a trace... Present day New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar storm the gala opening of an exhibition of Vatican treasures &, in a brutal & bloody attack, steal an arcane medieval decoder. For FBI agent Sean Reilly & archaeologist Tess Chaykin, this is just the start of a deadly game of cat & mouse as they race across three continents, trying to stay one step ahead of ruthless killers wile chasing down a centuries-old mystery... ...

He believes I can do no wrong. Sadly, he’s mistaken. Celia, Juliette & Nadia are complete strangers with one thing in common: they have all been wronged by Ellis Cobain. A wealthy philanthropist on course for a knighthood, Ellis’ public persona is bulletproof – but lurking beneath this veneer is a sinister side that only the women closest to him have seen. When they meet at a boutique hotel on the Cornish coast, brought together by the blind arrogance of their tormentor, they realise what connects them & form a pact to free themselves from his grasp. But when a body is discovered they are left scrambling, desperate to cover their tracks. This was never part of the plan. Will they keep each other’s secrets, or will they turn on each other, not knowing if one of them could be next? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035403417 • Author: Rachel Abbott • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.4 cm ...

As onetime classmates meet over the course of a weekend for their high school's fortieth reunion, they discover things that will irrevocably affect the rest of their lives. For newly divorced Dorothy Shauman, it is the possibility to finally attract the attention of the class heartthrob, Pete Decker. For the ever self-reliant, ever left-out Mary Alice Mayhew, it's a chance to re-examine a painful past. For Lester Heseenpfeffer, a veterinarian & widower, it is the hope of talking shop with a fellow vet
- or at least that's what he tells himself. For Candy Armstrong, the class beauty, it's the hope of finding friendship before it is too late. As Dorothy, Mary Alice, Lester, Candy, & the other classmates converge for the reunion dinner, four decades melt away: Desires & personalities from their youth re-emerge, & new discoveries are made. For so much has happened to them all. & so much can still happen.
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Eve knows what she wants. After nine good years & two kids together, it's about time Liam made an honest woman of her. Eve's sister Sam knows more than she should. Sam's always thought Eve was too good for Liam. Then she learns the truth about his business trips to Australia, & her suspicions are confirmed. & Brooke, safe on the other side of the world, knows nothing. Until a mysterious delivery arrives for her & promises to change her life forever. It seems someone doesn't want Brooke to be the last to know.. . ...

Imagine you are an RAF torpedo pilot in World War Two, sent on missions so dangerous that you're later likened to the Kamikaze. Suicide wasn't a recognised part of the objective for British airmen, yet some pilots felt they had accepted certain death just by climbing into their cockpits. There were times in 1942 when Arthur Aldridge felt like this. At the age of 19, this courageous young man had quit his studies at Oxford to volunteer for the RAF. He flew his Bristol Beaufort like there was no tomorrow
- a realistic assumption, after seeing his best friend die in flames at the end of 1941. Aldridge was awarded a DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) for his bravery on the same strike on a German cargo ship during which he lost a wing tip by flying too close to the deck. He was equally lucky to survive his squadron's chaotic torpedo attack on the giants of Hitler's maritime fleet during the notorious Channel Dash. As 1942 wore on, & the stress became intolerable, Aldridge & his Cockney gunner Bill Carroll held their nerve, & ' Arty' was awarded a Bar to his DFC for sinking two enemy ships off Malta & rescuing a fellow pilot while wounded. Malta was saved by the skin of its teeth, Rommel denied vital supplies in North Africa, & the course of the war was turned. Aldridge was still only 21 years old. Now both 91, but firm friends as ever, Aldridge & Carroll are two of the last torpedo airmen who deserve their place in history alongside our heroic Spitfire pilots. Their story vividly captures the comradeship that existed between men pushed by war to their very limit.
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` Like all the Jim Stringer adventures, The Last Train to Scarborough bewitches with its detail, dry humour & laid-back ruminations.' Observer It is March 1914, & Jim Stringer is uneasy about his new assignment. It's not so much the prospect of a Scarborough lodging house in the gloomy off-season that bothers him, or even the fact that the last railwayman to stay in the house has disappeared without a trace. It's more that his chief inspector seems to be deliberately holding back details of the case ...