Among the file-cards for the living & the dead one
- of an apparently ordinary woman
- will transform his life. By day Senhor

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'A uniquely brilliant book.. .told in language as subtly beautiful as its desert setting. One of the most important pieces of American writing of our time' Stephen Amidon Sunday Times John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins. Befriending a third boy on the way they find a country beyond their imagining: barren & beautiful rugged yet cruelly civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood. All the Pretty Horses is an acknowledged masterpiece & a grand love story: a novel about childhood passing along with innocence & a vanished American age. Steeped in the wisdom that comes only from loss it is a magnificent parable of responsibility revenge & survival. 'A darkly shining work.. .executed with consummate skill & much subtlety -- the effect is magnificent' John Banville Observer ' An exhilarating exceptional novel' Spectator ' In a single stride it takes Mc Carthy to the forefront of contemporary American fiction. All the Pretty Horses is indisputably a masterpiece' Financial Times ...

Philadelphia Gordon is an artist a riverboat skipper & a beautiful independent woman. Orphaned by a shipwreck Philadelphia grows up on the banks of her beloved Murray River in Australia with her kindly uncle & strict aunt seemingly destined for a conventional life. But then tragedy changes everything & leads her to a successful career as a painter & then to a meeting with the dashing captain of the paddle-steamer which bears her name. ...

With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the countrys elected prime minister ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah & stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism & anti-Americanism in the Middle East. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post & The Economist it now features a new preface by the author on the folly of attacking Iran. ...

Samantha Brooks' boyfriend has made a mistake. One his friends family & Sam herself know he'll live to regret. Jamie has announced he's leaving out of the blue. Jamie is loving intelligent & while he isn't perfect he's perfect for her
- in every way except one: he's a free spirit. & after six years in one place doing a job he despises he is compelled to do something that will tear apart his relationship with Sam: book a one-way flight to South America. But Sam isn't giving up without a fight. With Jamie still totally in love with her & torn about whether to stay or go she has three months to persuade him to do the right thing. So with the help of her friends Ellie & Jen she hatches a plan to make him realise what he's giving up. A plan that involves dirty tricks plotting & a single aim: to win him back. But by the time the tortured Jamie finally wakes up to what he's lost a gorgeous new pretender has entered Sam's life. Which begs the question.. .does she still want him back?
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For this celebration of our Earth distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look think & ask questions. Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our countryside? What can we do about rubbish? What can we do to protect our Earth for the future? Strong colourful illustrations combine to make this a gift book with a difference. ...

Sixteen year-old Anyas parents have been murdered because her father was the head of a notorious underworld gang. Now she is determined to keep herself & her siblings away from that world. But her fathers relatives arent so keen to let them go. When Anyas violent ex-boyfriend is poisoned with contaminated chocolate
- chocolate that is produced illegally by Anyas criminal family
- she is arrested for attempted murder. Disconcertingly it is the new D.A. in town who releases her from jail but her freedom comes with conditions. The D.A. is the father of Win a boy at school to whom Anya feels irresistibly drawn. Wins father wont risk having his political ambitions jeopardised by his son seeing a member of a crime family. She is to stay away with him. Anya knows she risks her freedom & the safety of her brother & sister by seeing Win again. Neither the D.A. nor the underworld will allow it. But the feeling between them is so strong that she may be unable to resist him...

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Capturing the turbulent world of South Wales during the 1830s this novel tells the story of a traveling harpist who becomes caught up in a fierce industrial dispute that spirals out of control. Set against the backdrop of the Methyr & Newport uprisings this is a passionate epic by one of Waless great literary figures. ...

James Herriots stories about his life as a vet in Yorkshire have charmed & delighted millions of readers in the twenty years since his first book If Only They Could Talk was published in 1972. All Things Bright & Beautiful is the second James Herriot omnibus & contains Lets Sleeping Vets Lie & Vet in Harness. All James Herriots books including two other omnibus editions All Creatures Great & Small & All Things Wise & Wonderful are availalbe in Pan. ...

The second volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great & Small Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby & married to Helen the farmers daughter James Herriot thinks hes finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues brother Siegfried & Tristan Farnon he must contend with new-fangled medical techniques delivering calves after far too much home-made wine & a grudge-holding dog called Magnus who never forgets. & then with Britain on the verge of war James faces a decision that could separate him from Darrowby -- & Helen -- for ever... Since they were first published James Herriots memoirs have sold millions of copies & entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming funny & touching All Things Bright & Beautiful is a heart-warming story of determination love & companionship from one of Britains best-loved authors. ...