When Fate & a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif named Cherry Steane to whom else should he turn in such a scrape but his old childhood playmate Henrietta Silverdale? For all they refused to oblige their parents by marrying they have always been the best of friends. But as Desford pursues Cherry's lickpenny grandfather & reprobate father around unfashionable watering places & the seedier fringes of society Hetta is forced to wonder whether he might not at last have fallen in love. Without the timely intervention of his scapegrace brother Simon & Hetta's worthy suitor Gary Nethercott Desford is in danger of making a rare mess of his affairs. Charity Girl is a wonderful romantic novel by the queen of the Regency romance & one of the most popular historical novelists of all time. ...

One of the biggest challenges for anyone faced with responsibility in a charity is getting to grips with the rules on finance particularly all the special requirements under charity law. In a format short enough to read in a couple of evenings this handbook covers the key principles in charity accounting & finance. Updates in this third edition: New 2009 financial thresholds for charity accounts in England & Wales; Accounting regime under the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008; Revised thresholds for Scottish charities taking effect in 2011; Guidance on charity tax & gift aid updated from Budget 2010; All VAT explanations updated for 20% standard rate of VAT from 2011; Issues for charity accounting as UK standards & international financial reporting standards converge; Updated contact addresses; Many new implementation dates added. Containing plenty of helpful examples this guide is suitable for voluntary sector workers with little or no accounting experience those from other sectors seeking a rapid update on charity accounting & students on third sector courses. ...

Acclaimed New York Times" Bestselling author Charlaine Harris the writer of " The Sookie Stackhouse series" has joined the Dynamite Entertainment family with the first book of her hit " Harper Connelly series" " Grave Sight". For the past five years readers have been thrilled by the " Harper Connelly series" which follows a woman who has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people. She can sense the final location of a person whos passed & share their very last moment. The way Harper sees it shes providing a service to the dead while bringing some closure to the living
- but shes used to most people treating her like a blood-sucking leech. Traveling with her step-brother Tolliver as manager & sometime-bodyguard shes become an expert at getting in getting paid & getting out fast. Because for the living its always urgent
- even if the dead can wait forever. At the age of 15 Harper Connelly was struck by lightning an event that gave her the ability to find the dead & see how they died. Since then Harpers scratched out a living selling her services to anyone with a checkbook. Its not the best life but it beats the alternative
- at least until Harper & her brother Tolliver roll into Sarne Arkansas & find themselves embroiled in a murder mystery!"


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Harper Connelly finds dead people for a living but not everyone appreciates her special gift. In the stunning conclusion to ...

Ex-agent Cotton Malone wants to know what really happened to his father officially lost at sea when his submarine went down in the north Atlantic in 1971. But when he uses his government contacts to obtain the submarines sealed file he finds he is not the only person looking for answers. Malone is in the line of fire when he is attacked in an attempt to take the file. He is pitched into a lethal power struggle between Dorothea Lindauer & Christl Falk twin sisters whose twisted ambition takes sibling rivalry to new levels. Malone & the twins embark on a dangerous adventure involving Nazi explorations in Antarctica US government conspiracies & a series of cryptic historical clues built into the legend of Charlemagne. Forced to choose a side when neither can win Malone is determined to uncover the truth behind his fathers death
- but will he be able to escape his own?
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Charles Darwins voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story & a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order the letters he wrote & received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwins adventures as he prepares for his travels lands on his first tropical island watches an earthquake level a city & learns how to catch ostriches from a running horse. We witness slavery political revolution & epidemic disease & share the otherworldly experience of landing on the Galapagos Islands & collecting specimens. His letters are counterpoised by replies from family & friends that record a comfortable intimate world back in Engl&. Original watercolours by the ships artist Conrad Martens vividly bring to life Darwins descriptions of his travels. ...

Published 150 years ago Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" caused an uproar from the moment it was released on 24th November 1859. At once heralded for changing the course of science & condemned for its implied challenges to religion few books have been as controversial or as historically significant. In " On The Origin Of Species" author Michael Keller & illustrator Nicolle Rager Fuller introduce a new generation of readers to Darwin's groundbreaking treatise. Drawing on the author's own words
- & rarely seen letters he exchanged with this contemporaries
- Keller & Fuller have produced an accessible artfully rendered adaption of Darwin's masterwork. Including sections about the primary research that led to " On The Origin of Species" the initial public response & recent breakthroughs in evolutionary theory this is a riveting immersive read & is sure to breathe new life into Darwin's seminal & still polarising work."

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The extraordinary life & genius of Charles Dickens is brought alive for primary-age children by the author-illustrator team behind the bestselling What Mr Darwin Saw. Published to celebrate the bi-centenary of Dickens birth this beautifully & entertainingly illustrated 48 page picture book vividly dramatises his life beginning with his birth in Portsmouth & early childhood near the docks in Chatham & follows the young Charles through the hardship of working in a blacking factory at the age of 10 to his years at school & his early career as a reporter. Key incidents that inspired the later novels are described & his marriage family life dramatic readings & tours of the USA are included. What emerges is touching portrait of a writer with amazing observational skills a social conscience & a strong sense of drama. Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom specialise in fun lively non-fiction picture books. They share the illustrations between them & mix up words & pictures in inventive & delightful ways. They have won many awards including the Smarties Silver Award & the English Association Award. As well ast What Mr Darwin Saw their recent successes include Tail-End Charlie & Taff in the WAAF. ...

Charles Dickens" is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin. Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist the father of ten children a tireless walker & traveller a supporter of liberal social causes but most of all a great novelist
- the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the Artful Dodger Mr Pickwick Pip David Copperfield Little Nell Lady Dedlock & many more. At the age of twelve he was sent to work in a blacking factory by his affectionate but feckless parents. From these unpromising beginnings he rose to scale all the social & literary heights entirely through his own efforts. When he died the world mourned & he was buried
- against his wishes
- in Westminster Abbey. Yet the brilliance concealed a divided character: a republican he disliked America; sentimental about the family in his writings he took up passionately with a young actress; usually generous he cut off his impecunious children. From the award-winning author of " Samuel Pepys" " Charles Dickens: A Life" paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. If you loved " Great Expectations" " Oliver Twist" & "A Christmas Carol" this book is invaluable reading. " By far the most humane & imaginatively sympathetic account yet for the general reader". (Amanda Craig " New Statesman"). Claire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies including: " The Life & Death of Mary Wollstonecraft"; " Shelley & His World"; " Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life"; " The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan & Charles Dickens"; " Mrs Jordan's Profession"; " Jane Austen: A Life"; " Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self"; " Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man" & most recently " Charles Dickens: A Life". A former literary editor of the " New Statesman" & the " Sunday Times" she is married to the playwright & novelist Michael Frayn."


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Charles Dickens" is the definitive illustrated guide to the man & his works. It follows Dickens from early childhood including his time spent as a child labourer & looks at how he became the greatest celebrity of his age
- & how he still remains recognized as one of Englands greatest celebrities even in the twenty-first century. The book also takes an intimate look at what he was like as a husband a father a friend & an employer; at his longing to be an actor at his travels across North America his year spent living in Italy & his great love of France. Alongside Dickens himself readers will meet his fascinating family & his astonishing circle of friends
- & will discover when & how life & real-life personalities were imitated in Dickens art. The cast of characters in " Charles Dickens" embraces an incredible array of famous
- & occasionally infamous
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