The new book from the author of the bestselling & much-loved Seabiscuit. On a May afternoon in 1943, a bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean & disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris & a slick of oil, gasoline & blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, who struggled to a life raft & pulled himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant ...

In 2005, Jill Anderson went on trial at Leeds Crown Court for the manslaughter of her husband of eight years. Paul, a 43-year-old linguist, had been suffering for several years from the debilitating effects of ME & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with complications, & had previously attempted suicide. But one day, while Jill was out of the house, he took enough pills to ensure his own death. When she returned home Paul told Jill he had 'taken enough this time' & begged her not to get assistance. She honoured her beloved partner's wishes &, although consumed by grief, allowed him to slip slowly away. Then the full weight of the law came down upon her. She was interrogated by Harrogate Police, had her passport taken away, & faced up to 15 years in jail. Her story was followed by the nation's media &, although too unwell to take the stand at her trial, she was acquitted by a unanimous not guilty verdict. This is Jill's powerfully & elegantly written full story of the most intense emotional journey. Stark police interview transcripts sit alongside the love story of Jill & Paul's early, happy years before they faced the desperation of living with a medical issue with no known cure. This astonishingly honest book leaves the reader asking: ' What would I have done in her situation?' It is an unforgettable & deeply moving account of love in extremis. ...

Books Mystery Books Cal Lovett has spent half his life telling other people’s stories on his true crime podcast. But the police are close to solving the mystery of his sister’s disappearance – now he might finally get to tell Margot’s story. A desperate relative begs for his help. Cal seeks respite on a holiday in the Scottish Highlands, but is dragged into a new cold case: an unsolved murder that shattered a family fourteen years ago. An isolated community wary of outsiders. Eyes follow Cal everywhere. & someone makes it very clear that they don’t want him snooping around… How far will he go to find justice? & how far is far enough? Product Information:  •†ISBN:†9781804362600 •†Author: Heather Critchlow •†Publisher: Canelo •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages: 368 •†Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8cm   ...

Carol suffers from a dreadful affliction which makes her fall into long comas, waking slumbers indistinguishable from death.

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The life of the painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was chaotic & tragically brief. This title spans the last months of Modigliani's life, evoking the strange workings of the painter's troubled & often drug-fuelled mind & its expression in his paintings, ultimately succeeding in conveying something of the intense artistic life of Paris. ...

Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series. It is based on Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools. Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper Level 5 Phonics storybooks have been specially written to allow children to practise their letters & sounds as they do at school. Fun plots, familiar characters & carefully levelled text create the perfect combination to build children's confidence & enjoyment of reading. The Level 6 stories practice various spellings of sounds such as 'oo' as in blue, cool, shoe, new as well as revising sounds introduced at the earlier levels. Level 6: oo ue ew oe; ow; s ss se ce c; air; ou ow; u oo oul; ear eer; le; oi oy. The stories are slightly longer at this level to increase reading stamina & fluency. Each book also

Includes:: practical tips & ideas for you to use when you reading with your child & fun activities. This series also provides essential support for parents through www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Visit the Oxford Owl for practical advice for helping children learn to read, all you need to know about phonics & lots of fun activities & free e Books. With plenty of support available inside the book & online phonics practice at home has never been so fun or so easy!

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Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most popular, influential & controversial book written by an American. Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in & responsible for the sin of slavery, & resoundingly concludes that only 'repentance, justice & mercy' will prevent the onset of 'the wrath of Almighty God!'. ...

Kenton a journalist travels to Nuremberg to investigate a top-level meeting, but he boards a train bound for Austria after a bad night of gambling. Stranded with no money, he decides to earn a fee helping a refugee smuggle securities. He soon discovers that the documents he holds have far more than cash value & that they could cost him his life. ...

From a prison cell, in which he has been held on suspicion of breaking the Official Secrets Act, Charles Thoroughgood awaits not only his bail, but also the reappearance of the woman whom all the major roads in his life have led back to. After his years in the army & then with MI6, Charles has begun a new chapter in his life with the Secret Intelligence Agency, shadowing the movements of a suspected double agent. Charles knows that he has nothing to hide, & as he casts his mind over the course of recent events, he begins to suspect a more sinister motivation, both personally & politically, behind his incarceration... ...

A guide to uncommon fruits & berries, which add an adventurous flavor to any garden. Though names like jujube, juneberry, maypop, & shipova may seem exotic at first glance, these fruits offer ample rewards to the gardener willing to go only slightly off the beaten path at local nurseries. ...