Susanna Forrest grew up in the 1980s near Norwich & like many a girl she yearned for a pony. She was never to get one but this didnt stop her becoming obsessed with all things equine. If Wishes Were Ponies is the story of that all-consuming interest & of the authors nerve-wracked attempts later in life to ride once again. However as Susanna Forrests journey unfolds it leads her to horse-obsessed princesses recovering crack addicts courtesans warriors pink-obsessed schoolgirls national heroines & runaways across the ages. From girl-riders of the Bronze Age to lavishly adorned equestrian Victorians & twenty-first-century children on horseback in Brixton she explores the development of this Pony Cult from its earliest times to the present day. Alternating between Berlin London & Norfolk urban suburban & rural Susanna Forrest visits gymkhanas & pony shows horse refuges & inner-city riding schools acquainting herself with fabulous figures such as Alice Hayes a medical missionary turned horsebreaker who was the first woman to ride a wild zebra & a fragile & fierce old lady called Hope who today carries a knitting bag full of painkillers for her old riding injuries. In doing so she takes to the saddle once more & rediscovers her own riding legs in this frank eclectic & captivating memoir of an ever-changing equine world."" ...

Susanna Forrest grew up in the 1980s near Norwich & like many a girl she yearned for a pony. She never did get one of her own but this didn't stop her becoming obsessed with all things equine. If Wishes Were Horses is the story of that all-consuming interest. As Susanna's journey unfolds it leads her to horse-fixated princesses recovering crack addicts national heroines & runaways across the ages. From girl-riders of the Bronze Age to lavishly adorned equestrian Victorians & twenty-first-century children on horseback in Brixton she explores the development of this Pony Cult from its earliest times to the present day. In doing so she takes to the saddle once more & rediscovers her own riding legs in this frank eclectic & captivating memoir of an ever-changing equine world."" ...

Tender magical & captivating -- a story of family friends & the unlikeliest of romances from the No. 1 bestselling author Cecelia Ahern. What if love was right there in front of you -- you just couldnt see it? Elizabeth Egan is too busy for friends. As a reluctant mother to her sister Saoirses young son Luke & with her own business to run every precious moment is made to count. But with Saoirse crashing in & out of their lives leaving both her sister & her son reeling Luke & Elizabeth are desperately in need of some magic. Enter Ivan. Wild spontaneous & always looking for adventure in no time at all Ivan has changed Elizabeth in ways she could never have imagined. But is Ivan too good to be true? Has Elizabeth opened her heart only to risk it being broken again? ...

Tender magical & captivating
- a story of family friends & the unlikeliest of romances.. . What if love was right there in front
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In 1854 high in the Pyrenees in the tiny country of Andorra a band of mercenaries lead by highlander Courtland Mc Carrick wages war under ruthless general Reynaldo Pascal. Though Court is a cold-hearted merc who was cursed years ago to walk with death or walk alone " even he balks when he learns how vicious Pascals campaign against the people of this region really is. He removes his men from the fray demanding only to be compensated for the time theyd spent under the Generals leadership but the man refuses. This Scottish leader will exact his revenge-by kidnapping the generals exquisite Castilian fiance & forcing her back to his highland home. Annalia Tristan Llorente staid beautiful a noblewoman to her toes despises the fierce barbaric highlander. Because of his cadres skills her own brothers resistance was crushed & he was imprisoned-only to be freed once Annalia weds the general. Distrusting Courts seemingly mercurial loyalties she tells him nothing of her brothers imprisonment allowing Court to think Anna is more mercenary than he since she longs to return to the rich general to wed. With every mile further from her home she plots to escape hating the highlander more with each thwarted attempt outrage bubbling in her every time he captures her in his powerful arms. Annalias fury only increases when she finds herself attracted to the dark commanding warrior. But if she succumbs & loses her innocence she signs her brothers death warrant as well as her own. From the moment Court sees that Annas prim facade masks fiery passionate lass beneath his hearts ensnared. He realizes he will never let her go & for the first time he dares to defy the curse that has shadowed his life. Until it comes true when the general vows hell hunt the two never stopping until hes destroyed them both." ...

When Hugh Mac Carrick was a young man he did something very reckless with Jane Weyland the daughter of his superior. While she merely used him as a summer flirtation to practise her wiles on he fell in love. This was ill-advised because Hughs family harboured dangerous secrets & was shadowed by a deadly curse. Even if these obstacles were absent Hugh knew a woman like Jane
- heart-breakingly beautiful rich & from a prominent English family
- would never marry a Scot with no title or prospects. So to avoid the impossible temptation to kiss her & the misery of seeing her marry another he left the country. Now ten years later Hugh is wealthy an assassin in Her Majestys Service & still secretly in love with Jane. When he receives a missive that her life is in danger & rushes to protect her will he be able to resist the overwhelming need to make her his? Jane Weyland is furious when her father summons Hugh to London to protect her. Clearly her father has lost his mind even with his assurances of a speedy annulment when things die down but why would Hugh agree to this insanity after she all but begged him to say no? How dare he do this to her? Her fury stoked she decides to torment him just as she had all those years ago with soft touches whispers & seductive play
- that he can do nothing about it without risking marriage to her a consequence hed made clear he didnt want. But she soon discovers that Hugh is not the gentle young man he used to be & that toying with the fever-pitched desires of a hardened warrior might get her burned.


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Kelly Cutrone has long been mentoring women on how to make it in one of the most competitive industries in the world. In her trademark no-bullshit style she combines personal & professional stories to share her secrets for success without selling out. Raw hilarious shocking but always the honest truth If You Have to Cry Go Outside calls upon you to gather up your courage like an armful of clothes at a Mc Queen sample sale & follow your soul where it takes you. Whether you're just starting out in the world or looking to reinvent yourself this book will be the spark you need to figure out what you have to say to the world--and how you're going to say it. ...

The Beatles came up in the rock-&-roll era when Chuck Berry Little Richard & Elvis Presley defined cool. Their early shows were big beat bacchanals the Brit interpretation of that crazy American sound. But it wasnt long before they were absorbing & creating more & more music
- from folk to experimental to psychedelia & hard rock quite literally changing music forever & influencing hundreds of great bands in the process. This is the first book for music lovers that begins with the simple premise If you like the Beatles..." & takes off from there digging into their influences & everything that came after them opening up new doors for listeners looking for no-risk discs to expand their collection. Beginning with the Beatles lesser-known roots in rockabilly & Tin Pan Alley & working through American R & B the British Invasion California folk & the Summer of Love & to the great pop & rock bands of the 80s 90s & the 21st century this is a must-have for anyone who likes the Beatles which is...everyone."
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If you Sit very Still explores the territory of traumatic loss brutality & the restoration of the human spirit. In 1994 twenty-one years after her unexplained disappearance Lucy Partington's remains were discovered in the basement of 25 Cromwell Street Gloucester. In this powerful & poetic book Marian Partington Lucy's elder sister reclaims Lucy from the status of West victim" & charts her own inspiring narrative of healing. Through deep & fierce engagement with her experience & guided by powerful dreams Marian finds an authentic & compassionate response. She draws on but is not limited to Buddhist & Quaker practices. Her inner work involves a laying bare of what needs to be faced accepted & transformed in order to live with less harm in the wake of human atrocity. This ongoing everyday process of self-exploration & mindful interaction with others leads towards profound inner & outer change & culminates in ten years of restorative justice work in prisons. With a foreword by Marina Cantacuzino Founder of the Forgiveness Project this luminous book offers a way out of our destructive cycles of violence & abuse." ...

During economic contractions it becomes much more difficult to sell your products maintain your customer base & gain market share. Mistakes become more costly & failure becomes a real possibility for all those who are not able to make the transition. But imagine being able to sell your products when others cannot being able to take market share from both your competitors & knowing the precise formulas that would allow you to expand your sales while others make excuses. If Youre Not First Youre Last is about how to sell your products & services-despite the economy-and provides the reader with ways to capitalize regardless of their product service or idea. Grant shares his proven strategies that will allow you to not just continue to sell but create new products increase margins gain market share & much more. Key concepts in If Youre Not First Youre Last include: * Converting the Unsold to Sold * The Power Schedule to Maximize Sales * Your Freedom Financial Plan * The Unreasonable Selling Attitude ...