The new novel from the author of ' Little Children' asks what if one day some of us simply vanished? How would the rest of us cope? Following the sudden disappearance of thousands of citizens Kevin Garvey Mapleton's new mayor wants to bring a sense of hope to his traumatised community but his family has fallen apart in the wake of disaster. Kevin's wife has joined a homegrown cult & his son is a disciple of the prophet Holy Wayne. Only Jill Kevin's daughter remains & she's no longer the sweet student she once was. Written with a rare ability to illuminate our everyday struggles ' The Leftovers' is a startling novel about love connection & loss. ' An American Nick Hornby' Newsweek ...

The waste this book tackles is not just of food & money but of really good eating opportunities. With this book youll discover delicious ways of making the most of every scrap of food available without being forced into the cycle of buying more ingredients just to use up leftovers. There are hundreds of suggestions for imaginative ingredient-inspired cooking. Never again leave food to fester because you cant think what to do with it. Take advantage of special offers & discover the many ways they can be enjoyed. Find out which ingredients can be substituted for others to vary a basic recipe. Use even small amounts of food to create a cooks treat or as a tasting sample. Enjoy the freedom of impromptu cooking with the ultimate list of essential store cupboard fridge & freezer basics
- you wont have to hit the shops in order to use up what you have. Be inspired by 100s of fun & useful tips; e.g. how to turn a lonely bacon rasher into Bacon Salt to sprinkle on poached eggs roast tomatoes cheese on toast or any number of things. DID YOU KNOW? The most wasted food is bread & yet there are so many delicious dishes that can be made with it even when stale; from French Toast & Bread Pudding to Panzanella & Skordiala. This book gives 22 basic ideas for using up bread
- with numerous variations often using other leftovers! What do you do with the 1.6 million untouched bananas that are wasted annually? You peel them freeze them & dip them in chocolate!

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On the marriage of Julius von Felden & Melanie Merz the fortunes of two families are somewhat fatally entwined. In A Legacy Sybille Bedford depicts their vastly different worlds the wealthy bourgeois life of the Merzes in Berlin & the aristocratic eccentricity of the von Felden dynasty in rural Baden. Portrayed with exquisite wit & acute observation their personal upheavals & tragedies are set against the menacing backdrop of a newly unified Germany combined with Prussian militarism in the decades before the First World War. ...

In the depths of a harsh winter following the death of their grandmother Erica Calcott & her sister Beth return to Storton Manor a grand & imposing Wiltshire house where they spent their summer holidays as children. When Erica begins to sort through her grandmother's belongings she is flooded with memories of her childhood
- & of her cousin Henry whose disappearance from the manor tore the family apart. Erica sets out to discover what happened to Henry so that the past can be laid to rest & her sister Beth might finally find some peace. Gradually as Erica begins to sift through remnants of the past a secret family history emerges; one that stretches all the way back to turn-of-the-century America to a beautiful society heiress & a haunting savage l&. As past & present converge Erica & Beth must come to terms with two terrible acts of betrayal
- & the heart-breaking legacy left behind. THE LEGACY is an unforgettable deeply satisfying story that will stay with you long after the last page has been turned.

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The unimaginable has happened
- Longevity the drug that is supposed to guarantee eternal youth isn't working. A virus is
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Holly Cathers is not the same person she was almost a year & a half ago. After discovering her connection to an ancient legacy of witches Holly has accepted her destiny as a descendant of the House of Cahors. Determined to end an intergenerational feud that has plagued her family for centuries Holly will have to overcome unworldly obstacles as she battles to protect her loved ones
- including Jer a member of the rival House of Deveraux & her one true love. A war of magical proportions is being waged & Holly is at the centre of it all. Lives will be lost & sacrifices will have to be made...
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All-powerful brilliant decisive ruthlessly effective...this is the image of the CIA as portrayed in countless films & novels. It is wrong. This shocking book based on thousands of declassified documents & interviews with agents at all levels shows the reality behind the glamorous myth: a blundering chaotic & dangerously incompetent organization so ineffective it was nicknamed Cant Identify Anything by Nato forces. In a story of botched coups missed targets lost operatives & fatal errors Tim Weiner shows how the CIA now poses a threat not only to the security of the US but the world. ...

Davina Fletcher had a comfortable life & a comfortable boyfriend until the death of her uncle changed all that. As her home & artist's studio were in the grounds of his house it was always assumed she would inherit everything. Instead she finds she has a new landlord in the shape of tall dark & handsome Jay Prescott an American lawyer with a taste for Davina's paintings
- & soon for Davina herself. If she is to continue living at the house Davina must be obliging towards Jay but she soon realises he has an unconventional way of collecting the rent. In order to keep her home she must be a player in his games but the power he wields over her is far stronger than just that of landlord.. .
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Ed Hartlepool has been living in self-imposed exile for five years but with a settlement regarding his inheritance looming he must return to his ancestral seat Hartlepool Hall. On his return he discovers that his father has left him along with the house a seven million pound tax bill two massive overdrafts an 80-year-old butler & a vast country estate that is creaking at the seams. Not only that but there is a strange woman in residence
- Lady Alice
- who seems to have made herself very much at home. With the debts mounting it seems that Eds only recourse is to turn to his friend Annabels new boyfriend a property developer who plans to turn Hartlepool Hall into luxury flats & a golf course. But can Ed save his inheritance without such a drastic move? & is Lady Alice really the person she claims to be?

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THE WORLD PREPARES FOR WAR
- & THE END OF DAYS DRAWS NEAR An ancient enemy has returned to the human kingdoms. These creatures
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