From the 1830s onward a succession of well-born Britons headed west to the great American wilderness to find adventure & fulfillment. They brought their dogs sporting guns valets & all the attitudes & prejudices of their class. Prairie Fever explores why the West had such a strong romantic appeal for them at a time when their inherited wealth & passion for sport had no American equivalent. In fascinating & often comic detail the author shows how the British behaved & what the fur traders hunting guides & ordinary Americans made from them as they crossed the country to see the Indians hunt buffalo & eventually build cattle empires buying up vast tracts of the West. But as the British blue bloods became big American landowners they found themselves attacked & reviled as land vultures & accused of attempting a new colonization. The denouement came when Congress moved against the foreigners & passed a law to stop them from buying l&. Peter Pagnamentas wonderful account shows the enthusiasm of the British for new horizons in the age of empire set against the rise of a modern nation that would soon eclipse them. ...

Born into a stern farming family on the island of Keos Simonides escapes his harsh childhood through a lucky apprenticeship with a renowned Ionian singer. Travelling through fifth century BC Greece Simonides learn not only how to play the kithara & compose poetry but also how to navigate the political intrigue surrounding his rich patrons. He is witness to the Persian invasion of Ionia to the decadent reign of the Samian pirate king Polykrates & to the flourish & fall of the Pisistratids in the Athenian court. Along the way he encounters artists statesmen athletes thinkers & lovers including the likes of Pythagoras & Aischylos. Using the singers unique perspective Renault combines her vibrant imagination & her formidable grasp of history to establish a sweeping resilient vision of a golden century. ...

Jenna is a Camp Lakeview legend famed for the pranks she pulls. But frustrated by her over-protective sister & too-perfect brother her practical jokes seem to be getting less & less funny this summer. Is it just sibling strife or is something else going on? ...

The Patels & Prashad their small Indian restaurant in Bradford were the surprise stars of Ramsays Best Restaurant TV show in autumn 2010. Everyone who saw them fell in love with this inspirational family dedicated to serving delicious original vegetarian food. At the heart of the family is Kaushy who learned to cook as a child growing up on her grandmothers farm in northern India. On moving to northern England in the 1960s she brought her passion for fabulous flavours with her & has been perfecting & creating dishes ever since. Never happier than when feeding people Kaushy took her son Bobby at his word when he suggested that she should share her cooking with the world
- a launderette was converted first in to a deli & then a restaurant & Prashad was born. Now Kaushy shares her cooking secrets
- youll find more than 100 recipes from simple snacks to sumptuous family dinners to help you recreate the authentic Prashad experience at home. Whether its cinnamon-spice chickpea curry green banana satay spicy sweetcorn or chaat
- the king of street-side India
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The sound of a scream in the early morning dawn leads to a case that will change Kate Burkholder's life irrevocably.. . When the police arrive at the Amish farmstead in Painters Mill they can't imagine the horror that awaits them. An entire family slaughtered: the men shot the young women tortured & killed. The Amish are peace-loving gentle folk & the town is shocked by what appears to be a particularly brutal
- & random killing. But is it random? Every family has its secrets. Kate knows that better than anyone. & as she & Agent John Tomasetti dig deeper into the victims' lives they discover a young woman who was living a lie. A girl who had to live in silence. With her own past resonating
- Kate knows she has to maintain some distance. From the case & from Tomasetti. She knows what could happen if she gets too close. But when she puts herself in the line of fire
- she realizes that this time there may be no going back. ' Think of the movie Witness & add just a touch of the Coen brothers' Fargo & you have the feel for this brilliant nail-biting thriller'
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Multi-award winning spirituality writer Philip Yancey is loved throughout the world for his honest insightful & inspirational writing. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? carries all the hallmarks of classic Yancey a journalist by training. His quest to unravel the mysteries of prayer reads as the journal of a fellow traveller: questioning challenging lamenting the unexplainable & rejoicing in the discovery of awesome insights. His journey is beautifully illustrated with moving true stories drawn from around the world. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? tackles the following questions: What is prayer? What difference does it make? Why & how should we pray? What about unanswered prayer? How should we understand prayer for physical healing? Focusing on such a universal theme this is potentially Yanceys biggest book yet. To date his books have sold over 14 million copies & have been translated into 25 languages. His first book with Hodder SOUL SURVIVOR sold over 90 000 copies in just five years. ...

Prayer & Prayer Activities offers a versatile collection of prayers from the ROOTS archive to help you customise your worship for adults children & all-age. For every Sunday in Years A B & C it provides themed prayers based on the lectionary readings plus an activity to help everyone engage in prayer more deeply. The prayers include: * Calls to Worship * Prayers of Confession * Seasonal prayers of thanksgiving * Creative prayer responses to the day's readings * Imaginative ideas for intercessions * Prayer activities including many appropriate for children * Prayers for all ages * Blessings & sending out prayers All the prayers & activities can be downloaded from the accompanying CD-ROM helping you easily integrate the material into service booklets or project the words on screen. ...

' If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love you have to find the courage to live it'. Eleven-year-old Owen Meany playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend New Hampshire hits a foul ball & kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is both extraordinary & terrifying. ...

February AD 668 & Cashel is full of distinguished visitors. Under the old Irish custom Fidelma of Cashel & Eadulf of Seaxmund's Ham having been joined together for a year & a day are to be married. But on the eve of the ceremony the pious Abbot Ultan is found murdered in his chamber. Worse still
- one of the most distinguished guests the King of Connacht is seen fleeing from the scene & charged with the murder. He demands his right to appoint Fidelma in his defence. Fidelma soon discovers that Abbot Ultan is not the pious man he was thought to be -- indeed many of the guests have cause to hate him. It is a long weekend of suspicion fear & more death before Fidelma & Eadulf are able to reveal the truth behind Ultan's murder.
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A book of simple prayers & reflections that a grown up can say with a baby & know they are beginning to enact the promises they made at the infant's christening to help raise them in the Christian faith. The prayers have been chosen & presented to be age-appropriate & appealing to young children & adults alike. This book

Includes:: some of the favourite childhood prayers that older generations will remember as favourites to know by heart.

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