This is the third heartwarming book about red-haired Anne Shirley. As her childhood friends get married & move away Anne too leaves Prince Edward Island for college in Kingsport. Although Priscilla Grant & Gilbert Blythe are there too she feels lonely & out of place. But Anne soon makes new friends one of whom is rich handsome Roy Gardner whose attentions to Anne make Gilbert very jealous. ...

This is the fourth book about the red-haired Anne Shirley from Green Gables. Now a young woman & her romance with Gilbert Blythe beginning to flourish Anne Shirley becomes Principal of Summerside High School. But Summerside is virtually ruled by the Pringle family who dont want Anne at the school. It takes all of Annes courage & tact & the comfort she draws from the eccentric household at Windy Willows to overcome local prejudice & confront the dreaded Pringles. ...

This is the fifth novel about Anne Shirley the red-haired girl from Green Gables. Life seems perfect to Anne Shirley about to marry her childhood friend Gilbert Blythe & set up home with him in her 'house of dreams' on the shores of Four Winds Harbor. There are new neighbours to meet & fresh problems to solve. But then tragedy strikes & there's huge heartache for the young couple which takes all of their courage & love to overcome. ...

As the eldest of The Nolan Sisters Anne Nolan's life appeared from the outside to be one of boundless excitement & glamour
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In this beautifully illustrated book Annie Bell explains the techniques that produce perfect results every time whether baking sponge cakes biscuits brownies muffins macaroons or meringues. She creates sweet treats for all occasions from childrens birthdays to Christmas sharing her fail-safe recipes that will ensure you never again bake a cake that fails to rise or sinks in the middle. & with recipes for everything from really great chocolate brownies to a delicious carrot cake & tangy lemon & polenta cake all packed into one practical volume this is an indispensable guide to becoming a brilliant baker. It is the only baking book you will ever need. ...

Annie John "is a haunting & provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua. A classic coming-of-age story in the tradition of " The Catcher in the Rye "and "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man " Kincaids novel focuses on a universal tragic & often comic theme: the loss of childhood. Annies voice--urgent demanding to be heard--is one that will not soon be forgotten by readers. An adored only child Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother a powerful presence who is the very center of the little girls existence. Loved & cherished Annie grows & thrives within her mothers benign shadow. Looking back on her childhood she reflects " It was in such a paradise that I lived." When she turns twelve however Annies life changes in ways that are often mysterious to her. She begins to question the cultural assumptions of her island world; at school she instinctively rebels against authority; & most frighteningly her mother seeing Annie as a "young lady " ceases to be the source of unconditional adoration & takes on the new & unfamiliar guise of adversary. At the end of her school years Annie decides to leave Antigua & her family but not without a measure of sorrow especially for the mother she once knew & never ceases to mourn. " For I could not be sure " she reflects "whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother & when it was really her shadow standing between me & the rest of the world."" ...

Annie Rose & Alfie have lots of games they like to play together like being scary monsters with Bernard or running their own shop. But there are some things Annie Rose is too little to do & even some things Alfie would rather do without her. But if Annie Rose is ever sad or cross there is only one person who can make her feel better.. .her big brother. This is Shirley Hughes at her best
- warm & wonderfully observed illustrations & a touching text about the special bond between siblings.
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When Annie Jacksons father doesnt return from war her mother remarries. But while the outside world thinks Leonard Spode is a loving husband & father behind closed doors he reveals his true colours
- & Annie is forced to grow up very quickly. In her brave attempts to expose Spode for the monster he is she finds himself branded a trouble-maker & sent to a childrens home
- where she discovers she is pregnant. One thought keeps Annie going: that Spode will one day be brought to justice. If not in her lifetime then in her daughters to whom she plans to tell the full story on her 18th birthday.. . Set in post-war Yorkshire ANNIES LEGACY is a powerful story of one girls battle against all that life throws at her & her determination to have the last word.

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The mechanical anniversary clock also known as the 400-day clock or torsion pendulum clock is one of the most popular clocks ever invented. Anniversary clocks are recognizable by the decorative balls beneath the dial that rotate one way & then the other. To house the attractive mechanism every style of clock case has been used although perhaps the most endearing is the glass dome. The dials hands & ornamentation have also varied steadily over the last century. Called the anniversary clock because it needed winding only once a year it has carried on into the days of no winding at all. ...

It is 1888 & Queen Victoria has remarried taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history & fiction the novel tells the story of vampire Genevieve Dieudonne & Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders. ...