Hope" is the next historical novel from the acclaimed Lesley Pearse. Her existence would be the ruin of her mother... Baby Hope the unfortunate proof of Lady Harveys adultery is smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby village. There her true identity a secret she grows up in the arms of the poor but loving Renton family. But the day comes when Hope must pay her way. What could be more natural than being taken into service by the Harveys? However when she sees something she should not she is threatened & blackmailed into leaving her beloved Rentons forever. Destitute on the streets of an unfriendly city Hopes courage & kindness are recognized by a doctor. A talent for healing sees her taken on as nurse & destined for the horrific battlefields of the Crimea. But will Hope ever come home & uncover the true story of her birth? " Hope" by Lesley Pearse
- author of bestsellers " Gypsy" & " Remember Me"
- is a historical novel of past scandal & its consequences in a compelling nineteenth century setting. Fans of Susan Lewis will love the twists & turns of Lesley Pearses work. Praise for Lesley Pearse: " With characters it is impossible not to care about.. .this is storytelling at its very best". (" Daily Mail"). " Lose yourself in this epic saga". (" Bella"). " An emotional & moving epic you wont forget in a hurry". (" Womans Weekly"). With her gripping & moving storylines best-selling author Lesley Pearse has captured the imaginations of millions in the UK & abroad. Her other titles " The Promise" "A Lesser Evil" " Till We Meet Again" " Secrets" " Charlie" " Father Unknown" " Gypsy" " Trust Me" " Faith" " Never Look Back" " Remember Me" & " Hope" are also available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol & has three daughters & two grandchildren."

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Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the second novel in the classic spy trilogy FAITH HOPE & CHARITY Bernard is trying hard to readjust his life in the face of questions about his wife Fiona & her defection to the East. Is she the brilliant high-flyer that her Department seems to think she is? Or is she a spent force a wife & mother unwilling or unable to face her domestic responsibilities? Bernard doesnt know but is determined to find out. Bernards boos Dicky Cruyer is certainly not anxious to reveal what he knows as he jostles for power with Fiona herself in London Central & takes to the road with Bernard on a mysterious mission to Pol&. This new reissue

Includes:: a foreword from the cover designer Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman & a brand new introduction by Len Deighton which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.

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Wes Richards is senior pastor of King's Church International in Windsor. When his wife Carol died of cancer in June 2002 at the age of 51 the whole family was devastated. Yet in the time of their greatest sadness good news & great healing were coming their way. After Carol's death the three Richards children Wesley James & Melody met & fell in love with two sisters & a brother from the same South African family resulting in three weddings. The wheel comes full circle; out of despair comes hope; there is a future. This is a simple story well told a testament of new horizons from a man who has suffered deeply. ...

In Hope & Glory" Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today. Taking one event from each decade of the twentieth century he visits the places where history happened & still echoes down the years. Stuart goes to Orgreave & Windsor Wembley & Wootton Bassett assembling a unique cast of Britons from Sir Edmund Hillary to Sid Vicious along the way. Its quite a trip full of sex & violence & the occasional scone & jigsaw. From pop stars to politicians Suffragettes to punks this is a journey around Britain in search of who we are." ...

' These were the days that made us & these are the day trips to find them. Should we do a flask? & are you sure you'll be warm enough in that coat?' In Hope & Glory" Stuart Maconie goes in search of the places people & events that have shaped modern Britain. Starting with the death of Queen Victoria to the Battle of the Somme & the General Strike & on to the docking of the Empire Windrush & Bobby Moore raising the Jules Rimet trophy he chooses a defining moment in our nation's story from each decade of the last century & explores its legacy today. Some were glorious days some were tragic or even shameful but each has played its part in making us who we are as a nation. From pop stars to politicians Suffragettes to punks this is a journey around Britain in search of who we are." ...

Hope Street may be just an ordinary terraced street in Leeds but its the world to Maggie Fish. & when her father returns home from the war the whole family looks forward to happier times. But then Maggies mother dies giving birth to a little boy leaving Johnnie Fish a bitter widower. He can never look at his son without remembering that this child caused his wifes death. By contrast Maggie can do no wrong in her fathers eyes & he pushes her forward to sing at Hope Street Working Mens Club. Fifteen-year-old Maggie has her first taste of show-business
- & she wants more. With the help of Charlie Chipperfield a talented piano-player new vaudeville act
- Fish & Chipperfield
- is born. But the clubs in Yorkshire only offer them a limited audience & musical tastes are changing. It may spell the end for their double act but for Maggie the road to fame & fortune is only just the beginning.. .


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' When you read Hope Street you are uplifted exhilarated excited at the profound truths that shine through. This radiant book will bring great comfort healing & hope to all who are blessed by reading it.' Patricia Scanlan This is the true story of a family with a spiritual gift which has always lived in the heart of one of the traditional working class communities of the North. Their triumphs & tragedies unfolded in the cobbled streets working men's cottages terraced houses & council houses of Horwich near Manchester. Hope Street North had more than their fair share of loss & heartbreak. A young girl was run over & killed by a horse & cart & another died of diphtheria. There were affairs a secret pregnancy an elopement & a double suicide. Every family has its secrets & tragedies but this family had this unique psychic gift passed down from generation to generation: the women of the family were able to communicate with the Spirit worlds. Hope Street begins with Pamela's own Spiritualist childhood. One of her earliest memories dating from when she was about five is of watching as Spiritualist friends arrived for one of her mother's sittings. She was a medium & the children would wait expectantly for the deep silence that preceded their mother's trances & for the different voices of the spirits & other paranormal phenomena that spoke through her. Her father told her how on one occasion a carnation real to the touch & bejewelled with dew materialized in mid air. Pamela would see her mother gradually & starting from her head down disappeared before her very eyes. Hope Street continues with the saga of Pamela's family. She traces the way Spirit worked through generation after generation culminating in her own remarkable mother. It was after her mother's death when Pamela was in the depths of despair that she found her own spiritual gift. Guided by the spirit of her mother she finally understood the prophecy & message of hope for humanity that Spirit had been working to bring to the world. Introduction by Patricia Scanlan. ...

Travelling around the Hope Valley has always been a challenge & usually involved rudimentary tracks or just paths to individual farms. Even by the late seventeenth century most of the roads were impassable because of snow in the winter & in spring they were subject to flooding as the snow melted. Transport was by horse & packhorse & was often easier on the high dry ground than on the lower mires & bogs of the Hope Valley. Agriculture has been crucial for the area for many centuries. As well as arable farming Yorkshire drovers brought their cattle to this area every May & kept them in the hills north of Castleton for the summer. Other industries included lead mining corn milling lime burning cotton weaving needle making candle making & rope & twine making. Liam Clarke takes an affectionate look at this unique part of the British Isles. ...

When we discuss eating disorders theres a tendency to focus on the sufferer. Yet there are millions of concerned parents carers friends & relatives who are confused & frustrated
- both by their own personal circumstances & by the abundance of potentially misleading information. Hope with Eating Disorders" offers real understanding of the mind-set of someone suffering with an eating disorder plus an extensive description of the various treatments available for the many & varied types of eating disorders that exist. With interviews from some of the worlds leading experts it sends the message that real full & lasting recovery is possible despite what we are so often told. Having helped her own daughter on the journey from an eating disorder back to health & happiness Lynn wants the HOPE within these pages to leap out & give a hug of inspiration & strength; to you a friend or a loved one. With the help of this book you can progressively break the negative spiral of this all too common illness once & for all."
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Solomon Kugel wishes for nothing more than to be nowhere to be in a place with no past no history no wars no genocides. The rural town of Stockton New York is famous for nothing: No one was born there no one died there nothing of any import has ever happened there which is exactly why Kugel decided to move his family there. To begin again. To start anew. But it isnt quite working out that way. His ailing mother stubbornly holds on to life & wont stop reminiscing about the Nazi concentration camps she never actually suffered through. To complicate matters further some lunatic is burning down farmhouses just like the one he bought & he fears his is next. & when one night Kugel discovers history -- a living breathing thought-to-be-dead specimen of history -- hiding in his attic bad very quickly becomes worse. Like nothing youve read before the critically acclaimed Shalom Auslanders debut novel is a hilarious & disquieting examination of the burdens & abuse of history propelled with unstoppable rhythm & filled with existential musings & mordant wit. Scabrous & determinedly iconoclastic.. .one of the funniest & most thought-provoking novels youll read all year Sunday Times A wonderful twisted trangressive heartbreaking true & hugely funny book. It will make very many people angry. It will also make very many people very happy. A. L. Kennedy author of Day Auslander writes like some contemporary comedic Jeremiah thundering warnings of disaster & retribution. What makes him so terrifyingly funny is that he isnt joking. Howard Jacobson author of The Finkler Question winner of the Man Booker Prize Can the darkest events of the twentieth century & of all human history be used to show the folly of hope? & can the result be so funny that you burst out laughing again & again? If you doubt this is possible read Hope: A Tragedy. You wont regret it. John Gray author of Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans & Other Animals ...