When this book begins in the reign of Edward VII Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II Britain has emerged victorious from a world war but ruined as a world power. How did Britains power & influence decline? This is one of the questions which A. N. Wilson seeks to answer in his masterly follow-up to The Victorians."" ...

Liverpool 1945. Three women strong friends return home from the war trying to fit back into their old lives after they've been demobbed. They've been thrown together by the war & shared all sorts of good & bad times. Now their old lives seem dull in comparison but not for long... The younger women Maggie & Nell are both twenty-one & are full of hope & excitement; Iris on the other hand is feeling apprehensive about returning to civilian life. At the age of thirty her only wish in life is to have a baby but sadly this wish has yet to come true. When one of the women falls pregnant there begins a dramatic sequence of events so wide-reaching that the three friends' lives will become more intricately interwoven than they could ever have imagined. Over the next quarter of a century this story of three remarkable
- & very different
- women unfolds into an uplifting tale of how three ordinary families become extraordinary.

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In 1980 at the age of ten Loung Ung escaped a devastated Cambodia & flew to the US as a refugee. She & her eldest brother with whom she escaped left behind their three surviving siblings & her book is alternately heart-wrenching & heart-warming as it follows the parallel lives of Loung & her closest sister Chou during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited. Their two worlds were very different & Loungs depiction of the contrast between her life in the affluent West & that of her sister who navigated her way through landmine-strewn fields & survived raids by the Khmer Rouge is laced with the guilt she feels about being the lucky one. This powerful story helps us to understand what happens when a family is torn apart by politics adversity & war. It is also the compelling & inspirational tale of a remarkable woman. ...

What if you woke up tomorrow & everything had changed? Money is worthless. Your friends are gone. Armed robbers roam the streets. No one is safe. For Matt & his little brother Taco that nightmare is a reality. Their only hope of survival is to escape through the Channel Tunnel. But danger waits on the other side... Stay or go. What would you do? ...

Natascha Mc Elhone was away filming in LA with her two sons & pregnant with her third child when she received news that her beloved husband Martin had died suddenly of a heart attack. Unable to accept this devastating loss she began writing letters to her husband telling him how she felt & how she & her children were adapting to life without him. The result is After You" a triumphant testament to the resilience of the human spirit. It is a profoundly moving tribute to Natascha Mc Elhones three sons whose appetite for life led the author through her darkest moments & to their remarkable father." ...

In AFTERLIVES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS renowned psychic Sylvia Browne explains exactly what happens to our spirits when our bodies stop living. She describes what the Other Side is like & how the celebrities that we have lost are coping in the world beyond. She begins with a brief biography of each celebrity which helps lend important context to what is happening to them now in the afterlife. She then shares whatever information the celebrities care to discuss with her. Her insights include their regrets their private thoughts their role in the afterlife details of who they visit on earth & their plans for reincarnation if they have any. It is also fascinating to discover which celebrities strike up friendships & spend time together on the Other Side! Celebrities featured include: Elvis Presley (Princess) Diana Spencer Patrick Swayze Anna Nicole Smith Brittany Murphy Heath Ledger Marilyn Monroe Paul Newman Clark Gable Cary Grant George Harrison Michael Jackson & John Lennon. ...

The number 35 the Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is about to become infamous. When two police constables are sent to the house following a report of a domestic disturbance they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. A scene which leaves one of them dead & the other fighting for her life & career. The identity of a serial killer the Chameleon has finally been revealed. But his capture is only the beginning of a shocking investigation that will test Inspector Alan Banks to the absolute limit. ' It demonstrates how the crime novel when done right can reach parts that other books can't.. .A considerable achievement'
- Guardian". ' Move over Ian Rankin
- there's a new gunslinger in town looking to take over your role as top British police procedural author. With " Aftermath" Chief Inspector Alan Banks emerges as a definite contender for fiction's new top cop.. .'
- " Independent On Sunday"."


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In the winter of 2009 Rachel Cusks marriage of ten years came to an end. In the months that followed life as she had known it came apart like a jigsaw dismantled into a heap of broken-edged pieces". " Aftermath" chronicles this perilous journey as the author redefines herself as a single woman & creates a new version of family life for her daughters. She discovers previously unknown strengths & freedoms but also finds herself suddenly vulnerable to outsiders unwelcome advice social displacement & the absence of a clear authority. "I cant remember what it feels like to be at ease. This ceaseless effort to manufacture normality is a kind of forgers art so laborious compared with the facility that created the original". The pressure to reconstruct a normal life for her daughters competes with the sense that nothing feels normal at all. " Aftermath" is a masterly work in which the author at her most candid & rigorous charts the largely unwritten journey back to order from the chaos that is left when a family breaks apart." ...

The crisis of global capitalism that has unfolded since 2008 is more than an economic crisis. It is structural & multidimensional. The sequence of events that have taken place in its aftermath show that we are entering a world that is very different from the social & economic conditions that characterized the rise of global informational capitalism in the preceding three decades. The policies & strategies that intended to manage the crisis-with mixed results depending on the country-may usher in a distinctly different economic & institutional system as the New Deal the construction of the European Welfare State & the Bretton Woods global financial architecture all gave rise to a new form of capitalism in the aftermath of the 1930s Depression & World War II. This volume examines the cultures & institutions at the root of the crisis as well as the conflicts & debates that lead to a new social landscape including the rise of alternative economic cultures expressed in the social movements occupying Wall Street. The book presents the results of a shared project of reflection by an interdisciplinary group of researchers from around the world. It contends that there is no quick fix to the current financial & political system. Life beyond the crisis requires a transformation of the mindset that led to bankruptcy & despair & to economies & societies based on an unsustainable model of speculative finance & political irresponsibility. The book explains why & explores the contours of the world emerging in the aftermath of the crisis. ...

Its been almost one hundred days since a killer disease wiped out 99% of the population. Three months since the dead reanimated. Survivors are few & far between now & those who remain stick together to give themselves the best possible chance of continuing to stay alive. They are the last of the living. A band of refugees has taken shelter in a medieval castle
- a fortress that has stood strong for hundreds of years. Besieged by the dead they only emerge when its absolutely necessary. As autumn turns to winter however the balance of power slowly begins to shift. The unexpected appearance of survivors from another group changes everything. They bring choice & an alternative way of life which is a far cry from the world everyone has been forced to leave behind. Society as we know it has crumbled beyond repair & will things will never be the same again. Some people are ready to embrace this change others cant let go of the past. The choice is divisive. Are we entering mankinds final days? In the aftermath of the disease will the last survivors destroy each other or will the dead destroy them all?
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