The majestic & haunting beauty of the Italian Alps is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a practical beauty, & Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, who meet as teenagers, despite growing up in villages just a few miles apart. At the turn of the last century, when Ciro catches the local priest in a scandal, he is banished from his village & sent to hide in America as an apprentice to a shoemaker in Little Italy. Without explanation, he leaves a bereft Enza behind. Soon, Enza's family faces disaster & she, too, is forced to go to America with her father to secure their future. Unbeknownst to one another, they both build fledgling lives in America, Ciro masters shoemaking & Enza takes a factory job in Hoboken until fate intervenes & reunites them. But it is too late: Ciro has volunteered to serve in World War I & Enza, determined to forge a life without him, begins her impressive career as a seamstress at the Metropolitan Opera House that will sweep her into the glamorous salons of Manhattan & into the life of the international singing sensation, Enrico Caruso. From the stately mansions of Carnegie Hill, to the cobblestone streets of Little Italy, over the perilous cliffs of northern Italy, to the white-capped lakes of northern Minnesota, these star-crossed lovers meet & separate, until, finally, the power of their love changes both of their lives forever. Lush & evocative, told in tantalizing detail & enriched with lovable, unforgettable characters, The Shoemaker's Wife is a portrait of the times, the places & the people who defined the immigrant experience, claiming their portion of the American dream with ambition & resolve, cutting it to fit their needs like the finest Italian silk. This riveting historical epic of love & family, war & loss, risk & destiny is the novel Adriana Trigiani was born to write, one inspired by her own family history & the love of tradition that has propelled her body of bestselling novels to international acclaim. Like Lucia, Lucia, The Shoemaker's Wife defines an era with clarity & splendor, with operatic scope & a vivid cast of characters who will live on in the imaginations of readers for years to come. ...

When Sally, Beth, Margaret & Rachel meet at a job interview for the wonderful new store in Oxford Street they have no idea they

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31 year old Lydia has twice survived cancer but is she brave enough to risk falling in love? Meanwhile image conscious Jacqueline is in her mid-forties with an empty marriage & is devastated her son has married beneath himself. High-powered 37 year old Carol longs for a baby, after 2 failed IVF attempts. She is hoping for one last miracle. After a tough childhood, young Alix is angry & defensive. But meeting someone special from her schooldays may make her change her ways. None of these women could ever have guessed how close they would become or where their friendship would lead them. ...

Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by the riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character introduced in Eclipse, & the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery & romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree & the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan & the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion. 'I'm as surprised as anyone about this novella, ' said Stephenie Meyer. ' When I began working on it in 2005, it was simply an exercise to help me examine the other side of Eclipse, which I was editing at the time. I thought it might end up as a short story that I could include on my website. Then, when work started on The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide, I thought the Guide would be a good fit for my Bree story. However, the story grew longer than I anticipated, until it was too long to fit into the Guide. ...

I turned off my brain. It was time to hunt. I took a deep breath, drawing in the scent of the blood inside the humans below. They

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Details: Giraffe can’t see very well. But when her animal friends make her a pair of glasses, she decides she would look
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Classic recipes & the ingenious hacks that make them faster, simpler & tastier! It's a myth that to make the very best versions of classic dishes, they have to be prepared from scratch. It's actually a well-known fact in the food industry that chefs have always used shortcuts. But home cooks have not always had the same privilege. From her extensive experience, Rosie has distilled over 60 classic recipes, such as eggs Benedict, spaghetti & meatballs & lemon meringue pie, & applied every time-saving tip, flavour boost & genius twist that she has to produce failsafe recipes.  This book is here to make your life in the kitchen bolder, brighter & a whole lot easier. These are world-over favourites that people love to eat & aspire to cook
- ready in a flash. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781784883515 •†Author: Rosie Reynolds  •†Publisher: Hardie Grant •†Format: Hardback •†  Pages: 160 •†  Dimensions: 18.4 x 1.9 x 23.5cm  
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This collection brings together perhaps the finest of Dickens' shorter novels, filled with event, character, & the unsurpassed brilliance of his story-telling. This collection

Includes:: Oliver Twist, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities & Great Expectations.

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Read in an afternoon. Remember for a lifetime.

In his acclaimed new bestseller, now in paperback, James Hawes tells the

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Everyone in the family had decided that changing the trust arrangement seemed the perfect way to avoid three million in taxes. However, when dreary cousin Deirdre has a mysterious accident after demanding a fee for her signature, the young London barristers handling the trust seek advice from mentor Hilary Tamar. Julia believes it's murder; whilst Hilary wonders why the raven-haired heir did not die. But with more deadly accidents occurring, it is Hilary who is given the perilous quest of unmasking the killer. ...