Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun, but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen, she yearns for her mother, & for forgiveness. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father, she has only one friend: Rosaleen, a black servant whose sharp exterior hides a tender heart. South Carolina in the sixties is a place where segregation is still considered a cause worth fighting for. When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, & Rosaleen is arrested & beaten, Lily is compelled to act. Fugitives from justice & from Lily's harsh & unyielding father, they follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world, as about the mystery surrounding her mother. ...

Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous
- & crucial
- achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's " Enigma"

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Bletchley Park's cracking of the Enigma code was one of the greatest achievements of the war. Now, for the first time, here are the stories of the ordinary men & women who made it happen. At the secret code breaking centre of Bletchley Park, debutantes, factory workers, students & Wrens were thrown together with Britain's most brilliant brains, united in work of almost unbearable intensity, & even greater importance. But there was far more to their days & nights than the long hours spent decrypting enemy messages. From world-class concerts by visiting musicians & amateur dramatics to ice-skating on the frozen lake & furtive romances sealed down quiet country lanes, Sinclair Mc Kay's acclaimed book reveals what life was really like for the young people whose clandestine efforts were instrumental in winning the war. ...

Since his death 80 years ago Houdini's life has been chronicled in numerous books, now in this ground breaking biography by a renowned magic expert find the man behind the myth. Drawing from millions of pages of research William Kalush describes in extreme detail the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever more dangerous feats, his secret life as a spy & precious plot to preserve his legacy. This is an intimate & riveting portrayal of Houdini the man & the legend. ...

Most of us take our body for granted & are never aware of its amazing capabilities.

This book looks at how the seven octillion

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Hannah has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Cat. Cat is the flamboyant one, the one who can make everyone laugh. Hannah's so quiet that her parents often joked: Has Cat got your tongue? Now Hannah has a daughter of her own, who is about to get married, & on the day of the wedding, Cats caustic tongue is let loose with devastating consequences. As Hannah is compelled to examine her past & to try to make sense of her complicated relationship with her sister, she begins to unravel the secrets & lies on which their seemingly normal family was built. & while the truth has the potential to finally unite the sisters, it also has the power to tear them apart for good. The size of this book is 24cm in height & 16.3cm wide with 296 pages ...

For nearly sixty years Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most famous writers in the world. An enormously successful playwright & the author of over a hundred short stories & twenty-one novels
- several of which are now established classics
- Maugham expertly concealed a private life. Predominantly homosexual, & deeply in love with the charming but dissolute Gerald Haxton, he made a disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome which he would escape by travelling & writing extensively in the Far East. A talented linguist, during both world wars Maugham worked for British Intelligence. In between he moved in literary & theatrical circles in London, New York & Hollywood & entertained lavishly at his luxurious villa in the south of France. Outwardly his life was richly rewarding, but privately he suffered anguish from an unrequited love affair & a shocking final betrayal. Acclaimed biographer Selina Hastings has had access to Maugham's extensive private correspondence as well as to important family testimony, which sheds a fascinating new light on this complex & extraordinary man. This book has 614 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 3.7cm

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The Secret Midwife reveals the highs & lows on the frontline of the maternity unit, from the mother who tries to give herself a DIY caesarean to the baby born into witness protection...

And from surprise infants that arrive down toilets to ones that turn up in the lift.

But there is a problem; the system which is supposed to support the midwives & the women they care for is starting to crumble.

Short-staffed, over worked & underappreciated
- these crippling conditions are taking their toll on the dedicated staff doing their utmost to uphold our National Health Service, & the consequences are very serious indeed.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781789462524
• Author: Katy Weitz
• Publisher: John Blake
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 14.5 x 3.5 x 22.2cm
















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Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in her kitchen. He thinks she’s his mother. But Tessa doesn’t have any children. Not anymore. She doesn’t know who the little boy is or how he got there. After contacting the police, Tessa is suspected of taking the mystery child. Her whole life is turned upside down. & then her husband reveals a secret of his own… Tessa isn’t sure what to believe or who to trust. Because someone is lying. To find out who, she must confront her painful past. But is the truth more dangerous than Tessa realises? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836180685 • Author: Shalini Boland • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 304 • Format: Paperback ...

Books Crime Books The spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play. Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homes. Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house’s history, & a new era has begun. Although much of Cold Hill Park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new houses. For Jason & Emily Danes, this is their forever home, & for Maurice & Claudette Penze-Weedell, it’s the perfect place to live out retirement. Despite the ever present rumble of cement mixers & diggers, Cold Hill Park appears to be the ideal place to live. But looks are deceptive & it’s only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homes. There is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in Cold Hill House & no one has ever truly left... Product Informa... ...