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In Burying the Wren Deryn Rees-Jones returns to familiar preoccupations but with a new clarity & maturity of vision. With intense lyricism she calls on the Roethkean small things of the universe -- truffles slugs trilobites birds stones feathers flowers eggs -- which mysterious & magical as well as ordinary -- she sets up against loss. Her sequence of Dogwoman poems which draws on the work of artist Paula Rego is a an extended elegy to her late husband the poet & critic Michael Murphy. Above all these are poems of the body.. .the blue heartstopping pulse at the wrist" which are alive to the world & the transformative qualities of love." ...
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On 23 Jun 2011 the convicted double-murderer Levi Bellfield was found guilty of the murder of 13-year-old school girl Milly Dowler. Milly disappeared on her way home from school in Walton-on-Thames Surrey in 2002. Six months later her body was discovered many miles away. A massive police investigation the largest manhunt in Surreys history got nowhere. Only when nightclub bouncer & bare-knuckle boxer Levi Bellfield was arrested for the murder of another young woman did it become clear to police that they had a serial killer on their hands. This is the full story of the murders the victims & the pain-staking nine-year investigation & trial by police & prosecutors. It tells of Bellfields terrifying controlling personality
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Bush Falls
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Joe Goffman's vicious first novel has savaged the reputation of Bush Falls. When a family emergency summons him back to the town he left 17 years ago he's not surprised at the welcome he receives: milk-shakes thrown in his face copies of his novel pelting his house & violent threats to blow up his shiny new Mercedes. But the more Bush Falls resents Joe the more it becomes obvious that Joe cannot turn his back on Bush Falls. As he walks along the familiar streets memories return to haunt him with a vengeance
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A tale of drugs prostitution & a young girls fight for survival against all the odds from the bestselling author Martina Cole. Imelda Dooley is scared. Shes played hard & fast & shes been caught. Shes pregnant & now shes on her own. Her father not a man to mess with will see that somebody pays for this. & its not going to be her. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie. A lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooleys husband is killed in the nights events she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat. & graft she does becoming a name in her own right. But she still has to watch her daughters life spiral into a vicious hate-fuelled cycle of drugs & prostitution. Caught up in the carnage that is Imeldas existence are Marys adored grandchildren Jordanna & Kenny. Pretty little Jordanna isnt yet three & she already knows far too much. All she can do is look after her baby brother & try not to draw attention to herself. ...
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Buses Trams And Trolleybuses Of Scotland & Ireland 1950s-1970s

The more than 150 photographs in this twelfth volume in the overall series the third of three volumes featuring Scotland and Ireland hence the revised titling were taken between 1951 and 1978. The majority are in colour and have never before been published. This volume covers the following cities: W Alexander & Sons (Fife) W Alexander & Sons (Midland) W Alexander & Sons (Northern) Baxters Bus Services of Ayr Central SMT Highland Omnibuses David MacBrayne Eastern Scottish Starks Motor Services Western SMT AA Motor Services Ayrshire Bus Owner (A 1 Service) Ltd T D Alexander (Greyhound Luxury Coaches) Clyde Coast Services Garelochhead Coach Services Graham Bus Service Ltd Hutchison's Coaches McGill's Bus Services Ltd A & C McLennan Paton Brothers Simpson's Motors The pictures show the buses
and trams in nostalgic views of street scenes that provide wonderfully evocative views of shops and contemporary road vehicles.
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The more than 150 photographs in this twelfth volume in the overall series the third of three volumes featuring Scotland & Ireland hence the revised titling were taken between 1951 & 1978. The majority are in colour & have never before been published. This volume covers the following cities: W Alexander & Sons (Fife) W Alexander & Sons (Midland) W Alexander & Sons (Northern) Baxters Bus Services of Ayr Central SMT Highland Omnibuses David Mac Brayne Eastern Scottish Starks Motor Services Western SMT AA Motor Services Ayrshire Bus Owner (A 1 Service) Ltd T D Alexander (Greyhound luxury Coaches) Clyde Coast Services Garelochhead Coach Services Graham Bus Service Ltd Hutchison's Coaches Mc Gill's Bus Services Ltd A & C Mc Lennan Paton Brothers Simpson's Motors The pictures show the buses & trams in nostalgic views of street scenes that provide wonderfully evocative views of shops & contemporary road vehicles.

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