In the cold dawn of Christmas Day 1897, Gilbert Rice, 85-years-old & in failing health, recounts his journey into manhood in a city on the cusp of great change. Belfast in the 1830s was a city in flux. Industrialisation had led to an increase in population as workers flocked to the newly created jobs. Gilbert, a young man with prospects, begins work with the Ballast Office, supervising Belfast Port. But in the course of his days
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- abroad in the town, Gilbert becomes aware of tensions old & new. When he meets Maria, a Polish exile from Russian persecution, he is drawn into a love affair that will drive him to an act that could change his life, & the town's, for ever. The Mill for Grinding Old People Young is a brilliantly imaginative & moving historical novel. It evokes a vanished city that resonates powerfully with our contemporary anxieties.

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Love, family & survival...

Life is tough on the cobbled backstreet courtyards of Abbey Street, Warwickshire, in the

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Julia Thayne is a valued & loving wife, a successful mother & a beautiful woman. She is everything most other women strive to be. But beneath the surface is a terrible secret that threatens to tear her perfect world apart.

Joshua is Julia's husband a dynamic, devastatingly handsome man with great style, charisma & humour. He is utterly devoted to his wife & children, but as the ghosts of Julia's past begin to move into their marriage, he finds himself losing the struggle to keep them together. Then two telephone calls change everything.

Julia moves from London to a remote mill house in Cornwall, determined to find a way to break free from the past & save her fractured relationship with Josh. But it is here that she makes her own fatal mistake, & once more her marriage is rocked to its very foundation



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This novel, based on George Eliot's own experiences of provincial life, is a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age. As the headstrong Maggie Tulliver grows into womanhood, the deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict, because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois standards with her own lively intelligence. Maggie is unable to adapt to her community or break free from it, & the result, on more than one level, is tragedy. ...

When Mary's father, the miller, leaves his family & runs away with another woman, Mary & her siblings are left to weather the

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Details: Published to mark the 60th anniversary of the launch of the Official Singles Charts in 1952, The Million Sellers
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Mental health matters! Learn how to assess your mental health today with doctor & former love islander, Alex George. Discover the seven universal truths that everyone should remember, & the mental fitness foundations that will boost you. & exercise your mind with the mental health toolkit that will help you thrive. Know what feels normal for you, understand your boundaries, learn how to talk to medical professionals & so much more!   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781783254903 •†Author:   Alex George •†Publisher:   Aster •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 240 •†Dimensions:† 19.05 x 1.91 x 24.13 cm ...

Read by Philip Franks. Fact catches up with fiction when the secret of telepathic communication is discovered. But the device at the centre of the mystery is in the possession of two schoolboys, & whether they stole it or invented it, there are powerful interests who will kill to get hold of it. Albert Campion faces as deadly a challenge as any in his career. ...

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