Joanna Lumley is one of Britains undisputed national treasures an English actress voiceover artist & author best known for her roles in the British television series ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS portraying Edina Monsoons best friend Patsy Stone as well as parts in THE NEW AVENGERS & SAPPHIRE & STEEL. A former model & Bond girl her distinctive voice has been supplied for animated characters film narration & AOLs Youve got mail" notification in the UK. She has spoken out as a human rights activist for Survival International & the recent Gurkha Justice Campaign & is now considered a national treasure of Nepal as well as the UK because of her support. She is also an advocate for a huge number of charities. She has won two BAFTA awards but it is the sheer diversity of her life that has made her so compelling a personality
- early years in Kashmir & Malaya growing up in Kent then a photographic model before becoming an actress appearing in a huge range of roles whether it is the Nimble bread TV ad movies like ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE dramas like SENSITIVE SKIN & documentaries on the Northern Lights Bhutan & the Nile & of course as the unforgettable Patsy in ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS or as Purdy in THE NEW AVENGERS where her plummy vowels & upper-class demeanour has made her one of our most recognisable actors."
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The world of dog ownership in Britain has always attracted a good number of enthusiasts
- some would say eccentrics
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With a few perfect recipes in your repertoire you can master any dish & create many more. Rosemary Shragers Absolutely Foolproof Classic Home Cooking makes it easy to cook over 200 classic tried-&-tested home recipes perfectly every time. With crystal clear instructions for over 20 essential dishes & techniques in fantastic photographic detail & dozens of variations & ideas for more recipes plus hints tips & ideas & plenty of explanation to take the mystery out of cooking this book is the next best thing to being side-by-side with Rosemary at her famous cookery school & your dishes will be faultless every time. From soups to souffles risottos to roasts custards to cakes Rosemary will guide you effortlessly every step of the way & in no time youll have the confidence to create perfect meals for every occasion. ...

The vast majority of sudoku puzzles that are labeled hard " "expert " "challenger " are not really all that difficult. & in a surprising number of cases they are downright easy. In the " Absolutely Nasty Sudoku" books you will find puzzles truly worthy of the label "hard." The puzzles increase in difficulty throughout the four books in the series. It ranges from basic & intermediate puzzles & techniques at Level No. 1 to the most advanced techniques at Level No. 4 along with puzzles that require multiple advanced techniques each time." ...

The vast majority of sudoku puzzles that are labeled hard " "expert " "challenger " are not really all that difficult. & in a surprising number of cases they are downright easy. In the " Absolutely Nasty Sudoku" books you will find puzzles truly worthy of the label "hard." The puzzles increase in difficulty throughout the four books in the series. It ranges from basic & intermediate puzzles & techniques at Level No. 1 to the most advanced techniques at Level No. 4 along with puzzles that require multiple advanced techniques each time." ...

Winnie the Witch is ready for anything! Here's just a taster of the twelve stories in this book: in ' Mini Winnie' you'll find her shrinking herself down to the size of a teaspoon; in ' Winnie Says Cheese' she gets herself ready for the camera; in ' Itchy Witchy' she has to deal with an outbreak of fleas; & in ' Winnie's Book Day' she stages a superhero rescue! As well as the twelve stories there are bonus pages of jokes at the end of the book
- what could be more absolutely entertaining than Winnie? Twelve crazily funny stories featuring everyone's favourite witch her big black cat Wilbur & a zany supporting cast of new characters. Korky Paul's exuberant black line illustrations complement the humour slapstick & moments of real drama that run through each story. Pure magic!
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Caro Ramsays Absolution" is the first in her much-loved " Anderson & Costello" series. The Crucifixion Killer is stalking Glasgow...leaving victims mutilated bodies in a Christ-like pose. DCI Alan Mc Alpine
- a renowned & successful police officer
- is drafted in to lead the hunt supported by local officers DI Anderson & DS Costello. But the past holds horrific memories for Mc Alpine. He last worked this beat some twenty years earlier when he was assigned to guard a woman
- nameless & faceless after a sadistic acid attack
- at a Glasgow hospital. An obsession was born at that hospital room that has never quite left Mc Alpine.. .and now it seems to be resurfacing. For a reason. As the chase to halt the gruesome murders intensifies so Anderson & Costello find chilling cause for concern uncomfortably close to home... Reissued with a stunning new package Caro Ramsays Anderson & Costello thrillers have been widely recognised as one of the most significant new series in the genre in recent years & Ramsays utterly unique investigators are ready to become the nations favourite Scottish cop duo. " Absolution" is the amazing opening to this stunning series. Subsequent titles include " Dark Water" & " Singing to the Dead". Fans of Ian Rankin & Val Mc Dermid will love this series. Praise for Caro Ramsay: " Brilliant in twisting the tension tauter with each page". (" Guardian"). " Ramsay handles her characters with aplomb the dialogue crackles & the search for the killer has surprising twists & turns". (" Observer"). " Many shivers in store for readers followed by a shattering climax". (" The Times"). Caro Ramsay was born in Glasgow & now lives in a village on the west coast of Scotl&. " Absolution" is her first novel which was shortlisted for the CWAs New Blood Dagger for best debut of the year. This success was followed by two further DI Anderson & DS Costello novels " Singing to the Dead" & " Dark Water". The fourth book in the same series " The Blood of Crows" is also released this summer."



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As the leading churchmen & women gather at the Synod of Whitby in 664AD to debate the rival merits of the Celtic & Roman Churches tempers begin to fray. Conspirators plot an assassination while mysterious violent death stalks the shadowy cloisters of the Abbey of St Hilda. When the Abbess Etain a leading speaker for the Celtic Church is found murdered suspicion inevitably rests on the Roman faction. Attending the Synod is Fidelma of the community of St Brigid of Kildare. As an advocate of the Brehon Court she is called on to investigate the murder with Brother Eadulf of the Roman faction. However the two are so unlike that their partnership is described as that of a wolf & a fox
- but which is which? More gruesome deaths follow & the friction among the clerics could end in civil war. Can the solution to the mysteries avert such a conflict?
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Mankind has endured centuries of horrific plague & a particularly brutal interstellar war.. .but there is still no time for peace & quiet. Stirred from aeons of sleep the Inhibitors
- ancient alien killing machines
- have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent intelligence: mankind. As a ragtag bag of refugees fleeing the first wave of the cull head towards an apparently insignificant moon light-years away they discover an avenging angel a girl born in ice. She has the power to lead mankind to safety & the ability to draw down their darkest enemy. & on a planet where vast travelling cathedrals crawl towards the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap an unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much much worse.. .

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September 1919: Twenty-years-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together. But in 1917 Will laid down his guns on the battlefield & declared himself a conscientious objector an act which has brought shame & dishonour on the Bancroft family. The letters however are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He holds a secret deep within him. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian if he can only find the courage. Whatever happens this meeting will change his life
- forever.
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