This is a reflective & beautifully put-together anthology of poems to stimulate the emotions whether evoking the comforting silence of true friendship the thrill of sea tempests in the night the power of hunger or the joy of the first stirrings of love. Divided into seven themed sections (mystery animals childhood people scene war & love) it

Includes:: many classics by authors such as Walter de la Mare G.K. Chesterton Dylan Thomas Ogden Nash Michael Rosen Eleanor Farjeon T.S. Eliot W.H. Auden E.E. Cummings Roger Mc Gough & Philip Larkin.

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An acknowledged masterpiece this is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy with comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude" is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century." ...

' Many years later as he faced the firing squad Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.' Pipes & kettledrums herald the arrival of gypsies on their annual visit to Macondo the newly founded village where Jose Arcadio Buendia & his strong-willed wife Ursula have started their new life. As the mysterious Melquiades excites Aureliano Buendia's father with new inventions & tales of adventure neither can know the significance of the indecipherable manuscript that the old gypsy passes into their hands. Through plagues of insomnia civil war hauntings & vendettas the many tribulations of the Buendia household push memories of the manuscript aside. Few remember its existence & only one will discover the hidden message that it holds... This new edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most celebrated novel is published to coincide with celebrations to mark the 80th birthday of this Nobel Prize winning author in 2007. ...

From prodigal daughter to billionaire heiress? The discovery that corporate mogul Lincoln Du Bois had left her half his company rocked Deidre Kavanaugh's world. After all she'd only just learned that the billionaire could be her real father. & with his right-hand man Nick Malone up in arms claiming her share of the inheritance wouldn't be easy. Charismatic tycoon Nick Malone had his doubts about Deidre's paternity claim but it was hard to remain aloof when all he wanted to do was kiss her! Nick couldn't seem to stop wanting to protect the rebellious beauty
- or silence the desire to make her his own. & if her claim was true Nick could lose half his inheritance. So why was he focusing on what he could gain...a lifetime of love with the woman of his dreams?
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If one is a snail & two is a person... we must be counting by feet! Children will love this hilariously illustrated introduction to simple counting & multiplication with big feet & small
- on people & spiders dogs & insects snails & crabs
- from one to one hundred!

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Watching her child die is the hardest thing a mother can ever do. But for Kay Gilderdale saying a final goodbye to her only daughter Lynn was exceptionally painful: shed played a part in her death. Lynn was just 14 when she was struck down by the crippling disease ME leaving her paralysed & in constant agony. Over the next 17 years she became desperate to escape her miserable existence even begging her mum to help her die. So one night when Kay found Lynn attempting suicide she was forced to make an impossible decision. Continue watching her child suffer or help her end the pain? Eventually fighting her every instinct Kay helped her precious daughter take a fatal overdose. But while Lynn was finally free her mother faced a fresh agony
- a possible lifetime behind bars. The highly controversial trial that followed opened a fierce public debate on assisted suicide. Is it murder or mercy? Here in her heartbreaking story Kay reveals the harrowing truth behind the headlines & the desperate lengths a mother will go to for the love of a child.
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Meet Silver. Forty-four divorced & living alone. His once celebrated music career is now a faded memory & his ex-wife is about to marry another man. The only good thing in Silver's life is his Princeton-bound teenage daughter Casey
- & she would probably say the exact opposite about him. So in Silver's opinion things could be going better.. .a lot better. Then Casey drops a bombshell: she's pregnant. Yes it was her first time & no she hasn't told her mom. Silver knows things have got to change & when he discovers he has a fatal heart condition that means he could drop dead at any minute he decides it's time to make a list: 1. Be a better father 2. Be a better man 3. Fall in love 4. Die But the question is can Silver rebuild his life regain the respect of his family & be there for Casey when she needs him most or has he left it all too late? Laugh-out-loud funny & tear-jerkingly sad One Last Thing Before I Go is a testament to Jonathan Tropper's impeccable observation faultless style & utterly unrivalled wit.
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ONE LAST TIME is the remarkable true story of internationally acclaimed psychic medium John Edwards. John Edward began having psychic experiences when he was no more thn a toddler & in ONE LAST TIME he reveals how he discovered & gradually developed his amazing power to foretell the future & communicate with the dead. Johns fresh & honest approach has earned him an international following amont those who seek genuine & accurate after-death communication with departed family & loved one. His extraordinary gift has opened a window to the spirit world through which comes messages of love & healing from those who have passed over to the other side. He shows us that our loved ones never cease to leave us & never really die. ...

One little baby in a cosy baby bed one little baby with a busy day ahead. Here is a book for every baby about every baby's day. From breakfast to playtime & story-time too this is an enchanting interactive baby book full of hugs kisses tickles & lots of talk about all the daily activities that babies love. With a lilting lyrical rhyme this is a perfect book for sharing at bedtime. ...

If I'd really been serious about getting to grips with my mid-life crisis then I'd have been better opting for a course of therapy than going off travelling. Or if I had to travel I'd have been better opting for somewhere warm with a beach! In an attempt to get to grips with a Big birthday Steve sets out from Oxford to explore what makes the English! well so English. His quirky humour is inspired by Tom Rolt who took to the canals on a similar journey immortalised in the book Narrow Boat" kick-starting the revival of Britain's waterways. Prepare for a generous helping of mayhem mishaps & the staple of every English summer: torrential rain. First published as " Fruit Flies Like a Banana" this revised edition with new material is published to coincide with the 70-year anniversary of Tom Rolt's own classic trip." ...