Mother Mary is beloved for the purity of her compassion nurturing & protection. She cares deeply about each of us & gives us tender motherly advice about every part of life. This 44-card deck by Doreen Virtue is a beautiful safe & respectful way to connect with Mother Marys loving wisdom. The accompanying non-denominational guidebook gives you step-by-step instructions on how to receive accurate & trustworthy messages for yourself & others. It explains the general meaning of each card & provides specific details that can illuminate the answers youre seeking. Mary Queen of Angels Oracle Cards" are for people of all faiths & beliefs to bring the incredible energy of Mary into your heart." ...

Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of King Henry VIII & one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. Known throughout Europe for her charm & beauty Mary is the golden child of the Tudor family & is granted her every wish. Except when it comes to marriage. Henry locked in a political showdown with France decides to offer up his pampered sister to secure peace between the two mighty kingdoms. Mary is unwillingly sent to France to marry the ailing King Louis leaving behind her true love Charles Brandon. But she will do anything to be reunited with Charles even defy her brother the most feared man in Europe... ...

Three days before Christmas Alvirah Meehan
- the famous lottery winner & amateur detective
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Arthur wakes to a grey November dawn. He lies in the dark of the bedroom he shares with his wife waiting for his dream to fade. He is fifty-six he loves his wife & the unspoken rhythms of married life. He has a grown son ONeil & a daughter Kay & he has a secret. His wife Miriam has a secret too. When the morning comes they will set out to visit ONeil at college. This day will change the lives of their family forever. We follow Kay & ONeil through the years (seeing their marriages unfold & their children born) as they learn to live with the events of that fateful day. In this wonderful debut Justin Cronin examines the fragility of good fortune & the accidental ways of finding happiness in a world where grace & joy exist alongside tragedy. Filled with tenderness & hope Mary & ONeil" is a lyrical portrait of our innermost selves." ...

As one of the UK's leading commentators David Wilson shows how some serial killers stay in the headlines whilst others rapidly become invisible
- or unseen". Yet Mary Ann Cotton is not just the first but perhaps the UK's most prolific female serial killer with more victims than Myra Hindley Rosemary West Beverly Allit or male predators such as Jack the Ripper & Dennis Nielsen. But her own north east of England & criminologists apart she remains largely forgotten despite poisoning up to 21 victims in Britain's 'arsenic century'. Exploding myths that every serial killers is a 'monster' the author draws attention to Cotton's charms allure capability skill & ambition
- drawing parallels or contrasting the methods & lifestyles of other serial killers from Victorian to modern times. He also shows how events cannot be separated from their social context
- here the industrial revolution growing mobility women's emancipation. & concerning the reticence of 'human nature' Like Dr Harold Shipman Cotton was allowed to go on killing despite reasons to suspect her. The book contains other resonances to aid understanding of how serial murderers can continue to kill despite such things as coincidence gossip whispers or motives that become more obvious with the benefit of hindsight. It is also a detective story in which the persistence of a single individual saw Cotton tried & executed events analysed first-hand & in detail from the records."


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Elizabeth Gaskells first novel depicts nothing less than the great clashes between capital & labour which arose from rapid industrialisation & problems of trade in the mid-nineteenth century. But these clashes are dramatized through personal struggles. John Barton has to reconcile his personal conscience with his socialist duty risking his life & liberty in the process. His daughter Mary is caught between two lovers from opposing classes
- worker & manufacturer. & at the heart of the narrative lies a murder which implicates them all. Mary Barton was published in 1848 at a time of great social ferment in Europe & it reflects its revolutionary moment through an English lens. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote her first novel about the world in which she lived
- Manchester at the height of the industrial revolution. As the wife of a Unitarian minister she was solidly middle-class; but she also had close contact with the working classes around her sympathised with them & represented their extreme distresses in her fiction. She is radical in taking on their dialect imagining the realities of their lives & placing a working woman at the centre of her fiction. If to our eyes her vision remains limited it was an honest vision for which she was much criticised in her own time by her own class.

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Mary Barton is the pretty daughter of a factory worker who finds herself dreaming of a better life when the mill-owner's charming son Henry starts to court her. She rejects her childhood friend Jem's affections in the hope of marrying Henry & escaping from the hard & bitter life that is the fate of the workers who are resentfully dependent on the callous mill-owners for their livelihoods. But when Henry is shot dead in the street Jem becomes the prime suspect & Mary finds her loyalties tested to the limit. ...

Mary Berry is one of Britain's most respected & well-loved gurus of the kitchen. The undisputed ' Queen of the Aga' has been the focus of many television shows & regularly contributes her expertise on Woman's Hour. The recent hit BBC show The Great British Bake Off has once again put Mary back into the limelight & has reignited a passion for baking across the nation. Inspired by domestic science classes at school Mary took a catering course at her local college before gaining a qualification from the Cordon Bleu school in Paris. After a stint working for the Electricity Board where she demonstrated to new owners of electric cookers how to operate them by cooking a Victoria sponge & then as editor of Housewife & Ideal Home magazine Mary published her first cookbook The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook in 1970 & hasn't looked back since. As well as cookery books Mary has collaborated with her daughter Annabel to produce their own range of dressings & sauces which as now sold worldwide. But her personal life has also been touched by tragedy as her son William was killed in a car accident at the age of just 19. With over 70 cookery books under her belt there is no doubt that Mary Berry is one of Britain's most successful cookery writers. Awarded the CBE in 2012 her gentle personality & classic 'family' cooking style are a remarkable contrast to some of the more outspoken celebrity television chefs
- just one of the reasons why even after over forty years in the industry she is so well loved. This is her fascinating story.
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This is Mary Berry's collection of her favourite dishes that she cooks everyday for her family & friends. Mary & her close friend & assistant Lucy Young provide over 150 simply prepared delicious reliable recipes for lunch dinner & parties. Whether you need food for two or twenty Mary & Lucy have included plenty of starters mains sides & puds together with invaluable advice on cooking for all occasions. & no book from the Queen of Cakes would be complete without some mouth-watering foolproof bakes. Mary invites you to enjoy afternoon tea with an array of delicious cakes traybakes & dainty treats. It has been nearly twenty years since Mary Berry first wrote At Home" & in this new edition she has extensively revised & updated many of her classic dishes as well as adding 60 brand new recipes. " Mary Berry's Baking Bible" is the only baking book you'll ever need & Mary Berry & Lucy Young " At Home" takes care of every other mealtime." ...

This is the ultimate family cookbook from Mary Berry. Mary Berrys Complete Cookbook" has been fully revised & updated with a fresh modern look & 30 new recipes. This is Mary Berry at her best with over 1 000 tried & tested recipes for every occasion from firm family favourites to more adventurous dinner party dishes. As well as traditional classics & Marys all-time favourites youll also find an exciting selection of healthy low-fat dishes & new ideas to give you inspiration every time. Easy-to-follow instructions clear illustrations & time-saving tips guarantee delicious results every time making " Mary Berrys Complete Cookbook" the most comprehensive cook book you could ever need. Were sure youll find yourself reaching for it on your cookery bookshelf time after time." ...