When Dan one of the farm vets is seriously injured in a car accident everyone at Barleybridge Animal Hospital is shocked. But they have even more to cope with when Scott Spencer back from Australia steps in to cover for him. Joy the Practice Manager remembers the hearts he broke when he last worked there & also his abrupt departure. She refuses to agree to this appointment however temporary it turns out to be. So Joy leaves & Scott slips seamlessly into the Practice routine. But Scott is in for a shock himself when secrets are revealed which turn his life upside down & amend his attitude to women...COUNTRY PASSIONS is a wonderfully compelling & tender novel in which Rebecca Shaw weaves her magic around the animals & the people in this busy veterinary hospital bringing them to life & sharing with us their troubles & triumphs. ...

One lousy Monday Jenna loses her gorgeous job her even more gorgeous boyfriend & her home. In an attempt to put aside her personal woes Jenna goes to catalogue books for an elderly cousin Kitty Everest at her country mansion. Horrified to discover that Kitty may be forced to sell Holtby House Jenna throws herself into a scheme to save it. But when an attempt is made on her life Jenna finds herself in a race to save Holtby Kitty
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The gorgeous women of Churchminster know exactly what they want
- a constant flow of champagne (on tap at the local pub) & the
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Possibly read more than any other railway book The Country Railway has sold over 170 000 copies. This is a redesigned edition of the original text & photographs. Everyone loved the country railway with its neat stations & colourful gardens the shining brasswork of its tank engines viaducts daringly built over gushing rivers embankments carpeted with flowers & guards whose appearance & voice as well as the traffic they carried in their vans reflected exactly the character of the terrain being served. Basing his work on deep historical research & rich personal experience David St John Thomas lovingly portrays the branch & cross-country railway in all its nostalgic technical & commercial aspects. He tells of the days of high expectation when the local promoters first met & chose the architectural style for their stations sees the navvies at work hacking through the countryside reports the arrival of the first trains recalls the troubled realisation when traffic receipts failed to provide enough for dividends. Stations signalboxes engines & their men coaches & trucks cattle docks & railway pubs junctions & termini varied landscapes special occasions & disasters... In words & pictures here is a unique study for railway enthusiasts & for those who just miss the passing of the country railway. ...

' Cuckolds like lovers should themselves deceive' So concludes one of Wycherley's most revived & much discussed plays. It is a satirical comedy sharply focussed on the follies vices & hypocrisies of Restoration London through its central characters: the desperate Pinchwife; his naive wife; the sex-obsessed Horner & Lady Fidget's 'virtuous gang' of town ladies. Wycherley's strong wit informs almost every speech & his alarmingly familiar revelations of character leave us to draw our own conclusions. It remains a controversial play admired as satire or farce condemned as immoral & frivolous & appreciated again as a serious work of dramatic art. Modern critics have much debated its central themes & question marks remain: is Horner hero or villain? This student edition contains a fully annotated version of the playtext in modern spelling. The Introduction

Includes:: an account of Wycherley's life & a detailed discussion of The Country Wife's interpretation & stage history.

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On 15 CDs. Adam inherited not just the farm from his father Joe but also his passion for farming. Imagination is essential for the farms survival & Adam has many an entertaining tale as he explores new sources of income. He explains his commitment to rescuing breeds from extinction the aspect of the farm that is perhaps closest to his heart as well as the money-spinning work of hiring oxen out to film directors & training pigs to sit on Hollywood stars. ...

In 2001 Adam Henson was chosen from 3 500 applicants to become a presenter on Countryfile. Adam's agricultural knowledge & open manner soon made him a popular figure & when the programme moved to its current Sunday evening slot in 2009 he began to present a weekly report from his own farm in the Cotswolds. There the ups & downs of the farming calendar as told in Adam's straight-talking fashion soon became one of the most popular parts of the programme as viewers watched him endure the stress of TB testing & his sadness at losing valuable cattle as well as the highs of spring lambing. This is the first book by Adam Henson & it is an enthralling first-person account of the drama emotion & sheer hard work that is life on Adam's Farm. ...

Max & Vicky Hardcastle have a daydream. One day theyll sell their cramped city-centre antiques shop & the overflowing upstairs flat & relocate to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. If they could only find the perfect place to house both family & business then that fantasy might become a reality... When a smallholding in a remote Dales village comes on the market it seems like the answer to their prayers. Bullpen Farm might need some renovation but it has an orchard outbuildings & all the charm theyve dreamt of. Before long the Hardcastles find themselves the proud owners of a collection of ramshackle buildings & the newest members of a close-knit community which seems to have more than its fair share of eccentrics. From the antics of the antiques trade to the uproarious incidents of village life it turns out that rural living isnt quite as tranquil as theyd imagined! ...

Countrywise Kitchen proved one of the most popular food series of 2010 with viewing figures regularly hitting over 4 million when it aired on ITV1 primetime. Now for the first time its co-presenter & chef Mike Robinson brings you the best recipes of the 2010 & 2011 series
- plus dishes from its sister show Countrywise which is now entering its third series. There are lots of recipes for cooking with country ingredients from partridge to chicken lamb to pork salmon to mackerel blackberries to plums. Stews roasts & soups sit alongside cakes puddings & jams in this accessible cookbook that celebrates the best of British ingredients in dishes that herald from far & wide
- from a roast shoulder of pork to a Thai noodle soup. All the recipes are simple to prepare & even those with the most surprising flavours are created from everyday ingredients that can be bought from the supermarket. Packed with information on selecting the best ingredients eating seasonally & foraging this book is an invaluable source of information as well as a delicious collection of recipes.

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These days many of us enjoy unrivalled freedom & equality when it comes to choosing & building a relationship. Yet new myths about how to live & love compromise that happiness. Kate Figes argues that whether married or cohabiting gay or straight remarried or a couple living apart the quality of our intimate relationship is fundamental to our long-term health & happiness because our need for commitment & love hasnt changed. This is not a handbook. There are no easy Mars & Venus universal recipes for success because relationships are far too complicated individual & important for easy answers. But learning how others sustain lifelong love & what really goes on in other peoples lives can help us to understand our own partnerships & take responsibility for making them work. Couples is an incisive & important look at how we can learn to make love endure. ...