Following the critical acclaim for his debut Patrick Flanery's Fallen Land is his astonishing break-out novel; a nail-biting story powered by a fierce anger at the utter failure of the American dream & the greatest fears that lurk in every one of us. Poplar Farm has been in Louise's family for generations inherited by her sharecropping forebear from a white landowner after a lynching. Now the farm has been carved up the trees torn down; a mini-massacre replicating the destruction of lives & societies taking place all over America. Architect of this destruction is Paul Krovik a property developer soon driven insane by the failure of his dream. Julia & Nathaniel arrive from Boston with their son Copley & buy up Paul's signature home in a foreclosure sale. They move into the half-finished subdivision & settle in to their brave new world. Yet violence lies just beneath the surface of this land & simmers deep within Nathaniel. The great trees bear witness Louise lives on in her beleaguered farmhouse & as reality shifts & the edges of what is right & wrong blur & are lost Copley becomes convinced that someone is living in the house with them. ...

Terrific novel set in the Roaring Twenties reissued to accompany Philippa Gregorys new bestselling novel The Last Boleyn. Lily Valance wants to forget the war. Shes determined to enjoy the world of the 1920s with its music singing laughter & pleasure. When she meets Captain Stephen Winters a decorated hero back from the Front shes drawn to his wealth & status. In Lily he sees his salvation -- from the past from the nightmare from the guilt at surviving the Flanders plains where so many were lost. But its a dream that cannot last. Lily has no intention of leaving her singing career. The hidden tensions of the respectable facade of the Winters household come to a head. Stephens nightmares merge ever closer with reality & the truth of what took place in the mud & darkness brings him & all who loves him to a terrible reckoning! ...

Following the defeat at Wabash in 1792 the Washington administration created a new US Army to replace the one that had been destroyed. The man chosen to lead it was the famous Major-General Mad Anthony Wayne. Having trained his new force Wayne set out in 1793 to subdue the Ohio Indians. Wayne faced many of the same problems as St Clair including the logistical & intelligence problems of campaigning in the wilderness not to mention the formidable Ohio Indians. Wayne faced additional problems including the likelihood that he would have to fight both British & Spanish forces not to mention an American army led by the celebrated commander George Roger Clark. He also faced an insurrection in western Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion & a conspiracy led by many of his officers & contractors. Despite all these difficulties Wayne managed to defeat the Ohio Indians at the battle of Fallen Timbers". This was a decisive defeat that led directly to the Treaty of Greeneville the following year which ended 20 years of conflict between the Americans & the Ohio Indians." ...

In February 2005 Edwyn Collins suffered two devastating brain haemorrhages. He should have died. Doctors advised that if he did survive there would be little of him left. If that wasn't enough he went on to contract MRSA as a result of an operation to his skull & spent six months in hospital. Initially Edwyn couldn't speak read write walk sit up or feed himself. He had lost all movement in his right side & was suffering from aphasia
- an inability to use or understand language. When he initially recovered consciousness the only words he could say were ' Grace' ' Maxwell' 'yes' & 'no'. But with the help of his partner Grace & their son Will Edwyn fought back. Slowly & with monumental effort he began to teach his brain to read & speak all over again
- with some areas of his mind it was if he had been a slate wiped utterly clean. Through a long & arduous road of therapy he began to re-inhabit his body until he could walk again. Grace's story is an intimate & inspiring account of what you do to survive when your husband is all but taken away without warning by a stroke.

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Will friendship overcome the social boundaries of Edwardian London in this bestselling historical tale perfect for fans of Audrey Niffenegger & Sarah Waters. January 1901 the day after Queen Victorias death: two families visit neighbouring graves in a fashionable London cemetery. One is decorated with a sentimental angel the other an elaborate urn. The Waterhouses revere the late Queen & cling to Victorian traditions; the Colemans look forward to a more modern society. To their mutual distaste the families are inextricably linked when their daughters become friends behind the tombstones. & worse befriend the gravediggers son. As the girls grow up & the new century finds its feet as cars replace horses & electricity outshines gas lighting Britain emerges from the shadows of oppressive Victorian values to a golden Edwardian summer. It is then that the beautiful frustrated Mrs Coleman makes a bid for greater personal freedom with disastrous consequences & the lives of the Colemans & the Waterhouses are changed forever. A poignant & historical tale of two families brought reluctantly together Falling Angels is an intimate story of childhood friendships sexual awakening & human frailty. Its epic sweep takes in the changing of a nation the fight for womens suffrage & the questioning of steadfast beliefs. ...

Packed with festive romance & fun these two seasonal stories will melt any heart this Christmas. A Cedar Cove Christmas"
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Falling for the Rebel Falcon Journalist Perdita Hanson has a reputation for getting the best scoops & to get inside the infamous Falcon family wedding Perdita goes undercover & accepts the gorgeous Leonid Falcon's spontaneous request of a date. When Leonid discovers that Perdita is really a journalist in disguise their sparks of attraction could turn into fireworks of betrayal! The Man Behind the Pinstripes Becca Taylor has worked hard to overcome her troubled past & start a new life. So when CEO Caleb Fairchild marches into her life the instant attraction to this gorgeous pinstriped man is the last thing Becca needs
- especially when Caleb wants to be closer. But Becca knows that when her secrets are revealed betrayal's inevitable.
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Falling in love can be more disastrous than you'd think...A fabulous romantic comedy from bestselling author Jill Mansell. Maddy Harvey was a bit of an ugly duckling as a teenager what with her NHS specs unfortunate hair & wonky teeth. Thankfully she's blossomed since then. But when she meets Kerr Mc Kinnon one starry summer's night & discovers days later who he actually is...well that's when the problems really start. Because everyone in Ashcombe knows what happened eleven years ago & as far as her mother's concerned Marcella would rather tear that family to pieces with her bare hands than see Maddy associate with a Mc Kinnon. It's Romeo & Juliet all over again. Quick hide those sharp knives & that little bottle of poison... ...

The girls are back home dealing with life after summer camp: while Valerie faces a wicked stepsister Priya is struggling to complete a school project with her useless partner Jordan. Meanwhile Toris dad forbids her from dating his clients son & Alyssa is censored by the school arts magazine. Luckily the girls always have each other for support & advice to save the day. Girls will be lining up to get their hands on the next batch of Summer Camp Secrets" which are sure to attract a new legion of fans too!" ...

Falling in Love" is the first book to unlock the mysteries of how & why we fall in love. Renowned psychologist Ayala Pines shows us why we fall for the people we do & argues convincingly that we love neither by chance nor by accident. She offers sound advice for making the right choices when it comes to this complicated emotion. Packed with helpful suggestions for those seeking love & those already in it this book is about love's many puzzles. The second edition furthers the work of the popular & successful first edition. With expanded research theory & practice this book once again provides one of a kind understandings of the experience of love. The new edition offers updated references to recent research new chapter exercises & "case examples" of romantic stories to begin each chapter." ...