But why did it have to happen to us? Because he was a Siamese of course with his own ideas on things... Doreen Tovey enchants us again with stories of life with her husband Charles in a West Country village where they are driven to distraction by Siamese cats Annabel the donkey nesting swallows bucking horses & the villagers who still regard them as inept townsfolk even after 18 years. In an effort to get away from it all they take a trip to Canada to see the bears & wolves
- much to the alarm of Father Adams & Miss Wellington. If they can't handle Siamese cats how will they handle a grizzly? However after hearing what the villagers have been up to in their absence they wonder if they might have been safer in Canada. As for the cats Seeley & Shebalu start acting strangely when they develop a taste for dog food. But it is time for another solemn little Seal Point to come into their lives
- who takes some settling in.

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Richard J. Evans' The Coming of the Third Reich: How the Nazis Destroyed Democracy & Seized Power in Germany" explores how the First World War the Weimar Republic & the Great Depression paved the way for Nazi rule. They started as little more than a gang of extremists & thugs yet in a few years the Nazis had turned Germany into a one-party state & led one of Europe's most advanced nations into moral physical & cultural ruin & despair. In this consummate & compelling history the first book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise & fall of Nazi Germany Richard Evans reveals how & why it happened questions whether the rise of Hitler was inevitable & dramatically re-creates the maelstrom of disorder economic disaster violence & polarization that gave rise to the terror of the Third Reich. " Monumental.. .gripping.. .the definitive account of our time". (Andrew Roberts " Daily Telegraph"). " Impressive.. .perceptive.. .humane.. .the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the Third Reich". (Ian Kershaw author of " Hitler"). " The most gripping account I've read of German life before & during the rise of the Nazis". (A.S. Byatt " Times Literary Supplement" Books of the Year). Sir Richard J. Evans is Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. His previous books include " In Defence of History" " Telling Lies about Hitler" & the companions to this title " The Coming of the Third Reich" & " The Third Reich at War"." ...

Could one calamitous evening ruin the perfect life? No challenge was too great or so she thought... All round high-flier Olympia Crawford Rubinstein has it all a busy legal career a solid marriage & a perfect family. She manages her life with grace & energy & there seems to be no challenge to which she cannot rise. Until one day she opens an invitation for her twin daughters to attend an exclusive coming out ball & her good fortune is changed irrevocably. Chaos ensues as conflicting feelings emerge about the ball & Olympia finds herself at the heart of a severe family feud. Devastated & pulled in all directions Olympia is more determined than ever to steer her family through the event. Yet events unravel at an alarming speed & Olympia is poised to surrender when suddenly a series of events result in several changes of heart old wounds are healed & new traditions born. Can an evening of heartbreak & misery make way for an evening of growth acceptance & love? In a novel that is by turns profound poignant moving & warmly funny Danielle Steel tells the story of an extraordinary family
- finding new ways of letting go stepping up & coming out.. .in the ways that matter most.
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First published in 1995 this touching autobiography is a unique record of the experience of immigration from one of Britains best-loved television personalities. When Floella Benjamin first came to England from Trinidad in the early sixties she hadnt seen her parents for fifteen months. At first her joy at being reunited with her mother overcomes the shock at her new surroundings in cold noisy London but when she starts school she is upset by the taunting & rejection she faces. Determined to survive Floella realizes that the only way is to be twice as good as everyone else. ...

Jon Kabat-Zinn author of the widely praised Wherever You Go There You Are shows how the power of mindfulness can bring profound changes to your personal life. As stress continues to exact a toll on everyday life we are increasingly turning to ancient meditative methods which have been tested by science to reduce stress & become more focused & healthy in our everyday lives. Jon Kabat-Zinn has been for decades at the forefront of the mind/body movement & the subsequent revolution in medicine & health care both demystifying it & bringing it into the mainstream. In Coming To Our Senses he shares his belief that every human has the capacity to mobilize deep innate resources for continual learning growing healing & transformation through mindfulness. Woven into eight parts Coming To Our Senses: Uses anecdotes & stories from Kabat-Zinns own life experiences & work to illustrate the realm of healing possibilities: Offers a remarkable insight into how to use the five senses
- touch hearing sight taste & smell
- as a path to a healthier saner & more meaningful life.

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Years in insurance & marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This & fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small country town. But his return journey to Lower Binfield brings complete disillusionment. ...

Del Bloom & her family are busy preparing flowers for the towns Homecoming festivities. & Del is also preparing to ask her crush Hamilton to the big bonfire! But then the Blooms discover that they havent been asked to make the bouquets for the Homecoming parade. Fleur a rival florist has been hired instead! Worst of all the owner of Fleur is Hamiltons mum so Del cant even confide in him. Its up to Del to come up with a brilliant flower fix & fast. Will the Blooms be on the winning team? ...

From a very early age Cath Kidston loved to play shop -whether she was selling the contents of her mother s store cupboard back to her or her aunt s vegetables to passers-by from a tray on the pavement. Almost half a century later Cath Kidston has become an internationally acclaimed household name & playing shop has become a serious game. From a small shop in West London Cath has grown a simple idea into an iconic British brand with stores all over the UK & as far away as Japan & Thail&. Her story is that of an entrepreneur. The questions she is most frequently asked relate to how she started out & how she s managed to grow a business in challenging times. As the company celebrates its twentieth birthday Cath Kidston shares the story of how her idea for modern vintage came about how the business was born & the journey she & the company have taken over the past two decades. Cath tells of her experiences both good & bad & gives an insight in to what it takes to build a br&. Coming up Roses is the quirky & unexpected story of one of Britain s best-loved businesses. ...

In March 1784 at a time when most of the fleet was laid up His Majesty's frigate Undine weighed anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to India & far beyond. As her new captain Richard Bolitho was glad to go despite the nature of his orders & the immensity of the voyage
- for he was leaving an England still suffering from the aftermath of war. But he was to learn that signatures on proud documents did not necessarily make a lasting peace & found himself involved in a conflict as ruthless as the one which had given him his first command during the war with France. In an uneasy peace the expansion of trade & colonial development in little-known areas of the East Indies soon pushed aside the pretence & brought the guns' fury into the open. There was no set line of battle or declared cause to rally Undine's small company. But the dangers & the endless demands had to be faced by the man who commanded the only King's ship available.
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Kylara had to leave a bright future as a military cadet & was thrown into the brutal world of off-world trading. This subsequent career in the family business was tough: marked by war mutiny & attempted assassination. But then her home was attacked & her parents killed
- their trading empire left in ruins. Now she must save what is left of the family & the business with few friends & too few assets. She must make full use of her hard-won experience to not just survive but to restore the shattered fortunes of the Vatta family & their allies. Now Kylara Vatta space-trader & sometime privateer has destined herself for a dangerous & unpredictable future. She will muster an interplanetary taskforce & forge them into a lethal weapon: one that the pirates who destroyed her family will never forget.. .
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