It is February 1818 & Adam Bolitho longs for marriage & a safe personal harbour. But with so much of Britain's fleet redundant he knows he is fortunate to be offered H.M.S. Onward a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. Under the burning sun of North Africa Bolitho is keenly aware of the envy & ambition among his officers the troubled restless spirits of his midshipmen & the old enemy's proximity. It is only when Nautilus becomes a sacrificial offering on the altar of empire that every man discovers the brotherhood of the sea is more powerful than the bitter memories of an ocean of blood & decades of war. ...

Step into NEW YORK TIMES bestseller Nalini Singh's explosive & shockingly passionate Psy-Changeling world.. .A dangerous volatile rebel hands stained bloodred. A woman whose very existence has been erased. A love story so dark it may shatter the world itself. A deadly price that must be paid. The day of reckoning is here. From 'the alpha author of paranormal romance' (BOOKLIST) comes the most highly anticipated novel of her career
- one that blurs the line between madness & genius between subjugation & liberation between the living & the dead.
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Natalia is to be married to a German sailor much older than herself but two days before the wedding she meets Diego a mysterious young dancer & they fall immediately in love. When he serenades her on the eve of the ceremony Natalias father unwittingly invites him to the festivities. There they dance a tango charged with passion before Diego vanishes knowing she is lost to him. Soon after the marriage Natalias father dies & her husband is lost at sea presumed dead. Penniless & alone Natalia is persuaded to become a dancer in a tango hall. Diego discovers her there & vows to bring her away from this existence but their reunion has devastating consequences. Many years later the spirit of the dance & the lovers longing for each other draws together two strangers in a haunting meeting a fusion of time & identities despair & hope. ...

In The Heart of the Buddhas Teaching Thich Nhat Hanh brings his gift of clear & poetic expression to an explanation of the Four Noble Truths the Noble Eightfold Path & other basic Buddhist teachings. Thich Nhat Hanhs extraordinary contribution to Buddhism & to life is the way he makes these teachings & practices accessible to everyone showing us how the very suffering that is holding us down can be the path to our liberation. ...

The Heart of the Dales" is the fifth volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling " Dales" series. A teacher was reprimanding a child who had drawn a very wobbly line freehand across his exercise book. ' Don't you know what the word "straight" means?' the teacher asked crossly.' ' Yes miss ' came the reply ' "without water"'. Awkward teachers pompous school governors & fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make Gervase Phinn's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But for Gervase the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. The new school year doesn't get off to a good start after a teacher suggests that Gervase has let him & his school down. Called up in front of his new boss the formidable Miss de la Mare Gervase fears he is going to be in hot water. To add to his woes he is given another 'little job' by the Chief Education Officer which inevitably means liaising with the infuriating & interfering Mrs Savage! Meanwhile away from the pressures of school Gervase's life with his wife Christine & their baby son is blissful
- until noises in the attic start to disturb their nights..." The Heart of the Dales" is Gervase Phinn at his story-telling best. " Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms". (" Daily Telegraph"). Gervase Phinn is an author & educator from Rotherham who after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector. He has written autobiographies novels plays collections of poetry & stories as well as a number of books about education. He holds five fellowships honorary doctorates from Hull Leicester & Sheffield Hallam universities & is a patron of a number of children's charities & organizations. He is married with four adult children. His books include " The Other Side of the Dale" " Over Hill & Dale" " Head Over Heels in the Dales" " The Heart of the Dales" " Up & Down in the Dales" & " Trouble at the Little Village School"."
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Heart of the Hero gives a compelling insight into the lives of some of the worlds most famous explorers through the eyes of the women who inspired them to achieve great things. Author Kari Herbert explores the unpredictable often heartbreaking stories of seven remarkable women who were indispensable companions intrepid travellers & sometimes even the driving force behind our best-loved polar heroes such as Scott & Shackleton. Drawing on her own unique experience as the daughter of a pioneering polar explorer & using extracts from previously unpublished historic journals & letters Herbert blends deeply personal accounts of longing betrayal & hope with tales of peril & adventure. ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD. Scobie a police officer serving in a wartime West African state is distrusted being scrupulously honest & immune to bribery. But then he falls in love & in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in with drastic & tragic consequences. ...

Darcy Gallagher has always believed in the pull of fate the magic of legend...and the importance of money. She longs to find a rich man who will sweep her away
- into a world filled with glamour & adventure & the exotic life that is her destiny. A wealthy businessman with Irish blood Trevor Magee has come to Ardmore to build a theatre
- & uncover the secrets hidden in his familys past. He thought he had given up on love long ago but Darcy Gallagher tempts him like no woman ever has. Shes gorgeous intelligent & she knows what she wants
- & hes more than willing to give it to her. Darcy too cant deny her own feelings for the handsome American though neither of them believes they have a real chance of finding lasting love without each other. Darcy knows what she wants from life & shes not convinced that Trevor is the one. But the village of Ardmore has a way of weaving its magic over visitors & inhabitants & the forces of destiny can only be resisted for so long...


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The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual.
- A contemporary classic by a world-renowned teacher.
- This new edition adds thirty-two poems by Krishnamacharya that capture the essence of his teachings. Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya who lived to be over 100 years old was one of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Elements of Krishnamacharyas teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B. K. S. Iyengar Pattabhi Jois & Indra Devi who all studied with Krishnamacharya. Krishnamacharyas son T. K. V. Desikachar lived & studied with his father all his life & now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharyas yoga. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharyas fundamental concept of viniyoga " which maintains that practices must be continually adapted to the individuals changing needs to achieve the maximum therapeutic value. In " The Heart of Yoga" Desikachar offers a distillation of his fathers system as well as his own practical approach which he describes as "a program for the spine at every level--physical mental & spiritual." This is the first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to the age-old principles of yoga. Desikachar discusses all the elements of yoga--poses & counterposes conscious breathing meditation & philosophy--and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health age occupation & lifestyle. This is a revised edition of " The Heart of Yoga.""

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