A YULETIDE BRIDE? Shana Callahan had long ago given up wishful thinking. A single mum with a chequered past she knew to be grateful for small gifts. & what Landon Kincaid had given her was far more than that. His unexpected job offer had provided her with so much
- a good income a safe home for her child & the opportunity to start anew in Chance City. Shed insisted on keeping things strictly business but the more she got to know her charismatic boss the harder it became to be his
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Tom & Octavia Fleming have the perfect power marriage: he is a spin-doctor & she runs a consultancy to the charity industry. They are attractive rich successful... Then Octavia discovers Tom is having an affair & not only the discovery but the affair itself have consequences that are potentially fatal
- both to the marriage & its power. For this is no ordinary affair but one that leads to terror & danger threatening other people damaging other lives.
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Number 1 on the Bestseller list (Australia) with over 20 000 copies sold in the UK alone & over 250 000 world-wide! Almost French has been a huge success & now with the new-look mass market B Format it is ready to go stellar! Publication timed for major trade promotions including summer reading & airport holiday exodus. In the bestselling tradition of Frances Mayes Under the Tuscan Sun Chris Stewarts A Parrot in the Pepper Tree or Peter Mayle
- but without the pile of stones! Funny perceptive & poignant Almost French is an often hilarious mixture of a young womans personal memoir & armchair travel. A spectacular example of culture clash
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When she was young Steffie Wyler always knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life: 1. Make ice cream. 2. Marry the coolest boy in town. 3. Live happily ever after. These days Steffie is the proud owner of One Scoop or Two a wildly popular ice cream parlor. But the cool guy left town right after high school before they could scratch the surface of their mutual attraction to see what if anything lay beneath. Steffie's made a great life for herself in St. Dennis but true love has never come knocking. Wade Mac Gregor left for college in Texas & remained there to start a successful business with his best friend Robin Kennedy but he's always felt something was missing. Then life throws him a curveball: A third partner has robbed the company blind & Robin has died-but not before entrusting Wade with a precious secret. Now back in St. Dennis Wade's determined to do whatever it takes to protect his friend's legacy-and to figure out once & for all if the sparks that fly whenever he's with Steffie are just temporary fireworks or the lights in the window leading him home. ...

In his new book Steve Jones takes on the challenge of going back to the book of the millennium Charles Darwins The Origin of Species. Before The Origin biology was a set of unconnected facts. Darwin made it into a science linked by the theory of evolution the grammar of the living world. It reveals ties between cancer & the genetics of fish between brewing & inherited disease between the sex lives of crocodiles & the politics of Brazil. Darwin used the biology of the nineteenth century to prove his case. Now that science has been revolutionized & his case can be reargued using the twentieth centurys astonishing advances. From AIDS to dinosaurs from conservation to cloned sheep bursting with anecdotes jokes & irresistible facts Almost Like a Whale is a popular account of the science that makes biology make sense. It will catch the millennial mood & tell all those for whom Darwin is merely a familiar name what he really meant. It exposes the Darwinian delusions which try (and fail) to explain human behaviour in evolutionary terms & while giving an up-to-date account of our own past shows how humans are the first species to step beyond the constraints of biology. ...

Ruthless killers are hunting Ty so the police move him & his mum to a quiet seaside town. But a horrific attack & a bullet meant for Ty prove that hes not safe. On the road again Tys in hiding with complete strangers.. .who seem to know a lot about him. Meanwhile hes desperate to see his girlfriend Claire & terrified that she may betray him. Ty cant trust his own judgement & hes making dangerous decisions that could deliver him straight to the gangsters. A thrilling sequel to When I Was Joe shot through with drama & suspense. ...

A dazzling sequence of novels about the English misbehaving at home & abroad. Alms for Oblivion"is a series of ten novels all telling separate stories but at the same time linked together by the characters they have in common: solidiers & dons men of business politician & writers. Full of hearty rancour they form a scathing chronicle of the upper echelons of postwar English society. This final volume contains Bring Forth the Body"and The Survivors. ...

Alms for Oblivion" is a series of ten novels all telling separate stories but at the same time linked together by the characters they have in common: schoolboys & businessmen writers & soldiers prostitutes & patient wives actresses & models. In the first four novels Ravens wayward band of upper-class anti-heroes lurch from debauched parties to rehearsals for nuclear war; from blackmail to murder; from marriage to adultery & back again. Volume 1
Includes:: " The Rich Pay Late" " Friends in Low Places" " The Sabre Squadron" & " Fielding Gray"."
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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