The heart-warming true story of Luke Gamble, an eager & idealistic new vet, whose dream is to do good & find his place in the world. Things, however, are never quite that straightforward. Joining a West Country mixed practice, he is quickly thrust into the real world of veterinary medicine; truculent farmers; endless out of hours work; nasty biting squirrels; frogs ...

Fresh out of university Luke joins a mixed practice in Dorset, run by the stern but benevolent Mr Spotswode & is quickly thrust into the real world of veterinary medicine: truculent farmers, out-of-hours-surgery, nasty biting squirrels, operating on frog's eyeballs & some of the harsher facts of farming life like dealing with an outbreak of foot & mouth & subsequent slaughter. Luke's dream is to set up on his own & find his place in the world. These things, however, are never quite straightforward. Across the course of this memoir, the young vet not only learns much about his trade, but about his own character
- & develops a group of close friends
- both animal & human
- who will stay with his across his career. The most important of these is Cordelia
- the woman of his dreams
- his quest to win her heart is a marathon!




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Enjoy a wholesome & balanced style of cooking with refreshingly healthy methods of cooking that

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Double-bill of Christmas specials from the television comedy about a female vicar in the small town of Dibley. In ' Merry Christmas', Geraldine (Dawn French) is celebrating her tenth anniversary as vicar, but the party doesn't quite go according to plan. I ...

The final two episodes of the popular British sitcom. In ' The Handsome Stranger', Gerry (Dawn French) is fed up with all the 'townies' buying weekend cottages in Dibley. Then she meets one particularly charming newcomer. Could he be the one? Or is it Gerr ...

Comedy highlights from the popular Richard Curtis-scripted TV show about a female vicar & her wacky rural parishioners. Stars Dawn French as the vicar Geraldine, Emma Chambers as the dippy verger Alice, James Fleet as Alice's bumbling boyfriend Hugo, an ...

Complete first series of the clerical comedy starring Dawn French as Dibley's unorthodox new vicar. In ' Arrival' the villagers finally get the vicar they've been waiting for, but she's nothing like they expected. ' Songs of Praise' has the BBC come to Dibl ...

All four seasons of the popular British sitcom starring Dawn French as the chocolate-loving, rock'n' roll-playing vicar who comes to the conservative village of Dibley to take on her clerical duties. Episodes comprise: ' The Arrival', ' Songs of Praise', 'C ...

In Victorian London gruesome events are afoot. Some are asking why the Detective Force's Inspector Albert Newsome is investigating the curious but apparently insignificant death that occurred in Holywell Street. What seemed like a common enough incident is complicated when the Inspector discovers his ex-colleague (and master detective) George Williamson is also pursuing the case, as well as a sinister former criminal named Noah Dyson. Then the questions begin to multiply: why are prostitutes being poisoned? Who is exerting pressure on the Commissioner of police? & who, or what, is Persephone? From the gutter to the drawing rooms of St James', the two detectives choose their allies & plunge into the underworld of Victorian London, where nothing is quite as it seems & the razor's flash waits around every corner. ...

Deliciously dark, sultry, & twisty... A perfect paradise? Or a perfect nightmare? On a river deep in the Mexican jungle stands the colossal villa Xanadu, a wellness center that's home to an ardent spiritual group devoted to self-help guru Paul Bentzen & his enigmatic wife Kali. But when Paul mysteriously dies, his entire estate-including Xanadu-is left not to Kali, but to his estranged niece Sveta. Shocked & confused, Sveta travels from New York City to Mexico to pay her respects. At first, Xanadu seems like a secluded paradise with its tumbling gardens, beautiful people, & transcendent vibe. But soon the mystical façade wears thin, revealing a group of brainwashed members drunk on promises of an impossible utopia, guided by a disturbing belief system & a charismatic, dangerously capable leader. As the sinister forces surrounding Sveta become apparent, she realizes, too late, she can't escape. Frantic & terrified, she discovers her only chance of survival is to put her c... ...