It is January 1719 & Daniel Defoe almost sixty sits at a table writing. He is troubled with gout & debt but for now is preoccupied with a younger man on a barren shore
- Robinson Crusoe for which he will principally be remembered. Several miles south an old man Robert Knox is bent over a heavy volume. It is Historical Relation his account of being held captive on Ceylon published forty years ago after he escaped & returned to Engl&. It has long been out of print but a copy perhaps sits on the desk of Daniel Defoe as he writes. Where did Crusoe come from? & what is the secret of his endurance? " Crusoe" explores the intertwined lives of two real men
- Daniel Defoe & Robert Knox
- & the character & book that emerged from their peculiar conjunction. It is the biography of a book & its hero the story of Defoe the man who wrote " Robinson Crusoe" & of Robert Knox the man who was Crusoe."


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In 1904 when she was six Polly Flint went to live with her two holy aunts at the yellow house by the marsh
- so close to the sea
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Richard Bertinet's revolutionary & simple approach gives you the confidence to create really exciting recipes at home. He begins by mastering the mighty Sourdough & making your own ferments so that you can make bread anytime. & then he takes a look at speciality breads using a range of flours & flavours
- why not try making Spelt Bread or experiment with Bagels & Pretzels? He follows by exploring the Croissant & all its wonderful variations as well as covering other deliciously tempting sweet breads such as Stollen & Brioche. With stunning step-by-step photography simple advice & helpful techniques throughout Crust is a worthy following to a remarkable debut.
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Cry the Beloved Country" is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo & his son Absalom set against the background of a land & a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its contemporaneity unforgettable for character & incident " Cry the Beloved Country" is a classic work of love & hope courage & endurance born of the dignity of man." ...

After an idyllic early childhood in Surrey Lindas life descended into poverty & chaos when her parents marriage crumbled & her unstable mothers sanity declined. She experienced a brief period of comfort in a caring foster home before being plunged into the dark terrifying world of a 1960s institution. St Annes Convent Orpington was a Catholic childrens home run by the infamous Sisters of Mercy & a former monk who inflicted bizarre & barbaric beliefs & practices on the children in his care. Cry & You Cry Alone" is the achingly honest story of a survivor of shocking child abuse that took place in the heart of an English suburb." ...

When the ruthless drug-dealing natural father of Ann Nolans adopted daughter plots to take back his child Ann flees across the country changes her name & starts a new life
- as an investigator for the Mercy Street Foundation the billionaire-endowed organisation dedicated to finding missing persons. Now Emme Caldwell she takes the lead in a case looking into the disappearance of nineteen-year-old Belinda Hudson whose last steps took her to a fertility clinic & the mysterious Donor 1735. Belinda was close to discovering who her anonymous donor father is but perhaps she was too close. Now the deeper Emme digs the more she wonders if shes escaped one dangerous man only to run head-on into the grasp of another whos far more desperate & deadly...
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Alex Mc Auliff has just received an offer he cant refuse. A company called Dunstone Ltd will pay him two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaicas interior
- & they require his absolute secrecy. But British Intelligence are aware of the deal & theyve let Alex in on a secret of their own: the last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without trace. Now its too late to turn back. From the moment he lands in Jamaica Alex is a marked man. He already knows about Dunstone...which means he knows too much.
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When her father dies in battle fourteen-year-old Thirrin becomes Queen of the Icemark determined to defend her tiny kingdom from the most terrible invasion her nation has ever known. This is the epic story of how she rallies her country & finds some extraordinary new allies: Vampires Wolf-folk giant Snow Leopards
- & most precious of all her friend Oskan Witchs Son.
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Joe knew his mother was cruel & violent but he trusted his beloved father to protect him from her. When a freak accident saw his father burn to death in front of him Joe was left at the mercy of his mother. Without the love of his friend & brother he wouldnt have survived. With them he went on to spend his life fighting child abuse. Joe was just five years old & the horrific scene literally struck him dumb. He didnt speak for four & a half years which meant he was unable to ask anyone for help as his life turned into a living hell. His schizophrenic mother & two of his older brothers spent the following years beating him raping him & locking him in the cellar at the family home. Fed on scraps that he was forced to lick from the floor he was sometimes left naked in the dark for three days without human contact. Unable to read or write all Joe could do to communicate his suffering was draw pictures. The violence & sexual abuse grew in severity as more people including his stepfather were invited to use him in any way they chose. The only thing that saved Joe was the kindness of his elder brother & his only school friend both of whom showed him that love was possible even in the darkest of situations. At fourteen he finally found the courage to run away hiding in a hut by a railway line fed on scraps by some local children who found him. Joes is the ultimate insiders story casting light into the darkest of hidden worlds & a truly inspirational account of how one small boy found the strength to overcome almost impossible odds & become a remarkable man. Now that he has found his voice again Joe speaks out against child abuse & helps support & protect other children whose lives have been blighted by it. ...

Charles Cornick is his packs enforcer & lives a harsh life doing jobs other wolves cant
- or wont. & his most recent task was rescuing
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