1907. William Moon's heart swells with pride at the achievements of his daughter Maddy. When at eleven she won the talent contest held by the Pierrots on Scarborough beach William knew it wouldn't be long before she asked to join their touring company. Now that day has come; his talented young daughter has grown into a fine young woman
- beautiful & with a voice so pure it would make angels weep. & William isn't the only man to notice
- As Maddy journeys around the north of England with Morgan's Melody Makers she makes new friends everywhere she goes. Now seventeen she is eager to take her first steps along the road to love. But as she is to discover the course of true love never did run smooth & her heart is taken on a bumpy ride as she experiences the highs & lows the rapture & the heartache of falling in love for the first time. Will her dreams of romance & happy ever after come true?

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' Melvyn Bragg has added another formidable chapter to one of the most distinguished literary series of recent times' David Robson Sunday Telegraph It was not love at first sight. It proved to be not much of a conversation... Nothing should have come of it. A passionate but ultimately tragic love affair starts when two students
- one French one English
- meet at university at the beginning of the sixties. From its tentative early stages the relationship develops into a life-changing one whose profound impact continues to reverberate forty years later. ' Daring & brave... With great skill & stunning insight Bragg doesn't just tell a very tragic tale he explores what it really means to love & be loved...eclipses anything Bragg has written before' Henry Sutton Daily Mirror 'A powerful novel that communicates difficult emotional truths. Yet its dark themes are balanced by the vivid portrait it paints of 1960s London' Frank Egerton The Times ' Utterly absorbing. Melvyn Bragg is worth a host of more fashionable writers. He never shows off but tells us how it is' Allan Massie Scotsman 'A terrific book' John Harding Daily Mail

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Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident thinking it's 2004 & she's a twenty-five-year old with crooked teeth & a disastrous love life. But to her disbelief she learns it's actually 2007
- she's twenty-eight her teeth are straight she's the boss of her department
- & she's married! To a good-looking millionaire! How on earth did she land the dream life? She can't believe her luck
- especially when she sees her stunning new home. She's sure she'll have a fantastic marriage once she gets to know her husband again. He's drawn up a 'manual of our marriage' which should help. But as she learns more about her new self chinks start to appear in the perfect life. All her old colleagues hate her. A rival is after her job. Then a dishevelled sexy guy turns up...and lands a new bombshell. What the **** happened to her? Will she ever remember? & what will happen if she does?


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Remember the 60s is a fantastic 160-page hardback gift book which is superb value at GBP14.99. Written by Michael Heatley ...

Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the small town of Angel's Gap Maryland as the proprietor of Remember When an antique treasures & gift shop. At least that's what everyone in Angel's Gap thinks. They have no idea that she used to be Elaine O' Hara daughter of the notorious con man Big Jack O' Hara. Or that she grew up moving from place to place one step ahead of the law. Laine's past has just caught up with her though
- in a very dramatic way. Her long-lost uncle suddenly turned up in her shop leaving only a cryptic warning before dying in the street run down by a car. Soon afterward her home is ransacked. Now it's up to Laine & a sexy stranger named Max Gannon to find out who's chasing her & why. The answer lies in a hidden fortune
- a fortune that will change not only Laine's life but also the lives of future generations. & danger & death will surround that fortune for years to come. Until New York City Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas gets on the case. A thrill-ride of a novel that blends present-day romance & futuristic suspense.

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A searing & magnificent picture of Australia at the moment of its foundation with early settlers staking out their small patch of land & terrified by the harsh & alien continent. Focussing on the hostility between the early British inhabitants & the native Aboriginals. REMEMBERING BABYLON tells the tragic & compelling story of a boy who finds himself caught between the two worlds. Shot through with humour & written with the poetic intensity that characterised Maloufs AN IMAGINARY LIFE this is the novel of epic scope yet it is simple compassionate & universal: a classic. ...

Ronnie Barker was one of our most respected & best-loved comedy actors & here in this fascinating biography Richard Webber delves deep in to the heart of Barkers life & career peppering his narrative with original & incisive memories from some of Barkers closest contemporaries including Ronnie Corbett Michael Palin & Barry Cryer. Star of the much-adored comedy classics Porridge" " The Two Ronnies"
- one of the most successful & long-running television comedy shows ever on British television
- & " Open All Hours" Ronnie Barker was universally admired by the public & industry insiders alike. From his early days writing for & performing skits on " The Frost Report" right up to his retirement in 1988 he lit up television screens across the country with his wonderful gift for comedy & his remarkable skill for character acting. Beyond his performances on the stage & screen Barker was also an accomplished comedy writer providing many of the sketches & songs for " The Two Ronnies" & contributing material to a number of other television & radio shows. & despite his retirement he retained pole position in the publics affection returning to the screen in 1999 to team up with his erstwhile comedy partner & great friend Ronnie Corbett for a Two Ronnies night on BBC1 followed by a BAFTA tribute in 2004 & a final appearance on television in 2005 on " The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook". Effortlessly funny universally adored & an actor & writer responsible for some of Britains best-loved & most-respected comedy Ronnie Barker was a true comedy legend. Here hes brought to the page in winning style as hes remembered by those who best loved & knew him."

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On every high street there used to be butcher baker grocer greengrocer draper Boots ironmonger pub W H Smith cafe bank Freeman Hardy & Willis jeweller Marks & Spencer furniture shop hotel secondhand bookseller off-licence haberdasher Woolworths confectioner cobbler tobacconist electrical showroom Burtons gas showroom ladies fashions Home & Colonial & more & maybe a department store or two. You know what we mostly have now. A parade of pound shops charity shops building society branches ladies hairdressers kebab take-aways & shops boarded up. So what has gone wrong
- if it is wrong? The author answers this & many other important questions such as who exactly was H Samuel who was the Fifty Shilling Tailor & what the Dolly Sisters did to Mr Selfridge. So if you wondered where the yellow went when you brushed your teeth with Pepsodent wonder no more. Its all in here.
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There is no more gruesome & tragic record in the history of the 20th century than the photographs taken at the liberation of the concentration camps in Germany after World War II. These images are seared into our collective memory as brutal evidence of the atrocity of war & the evil of which humanity is capable. But the horrific content of these images has somewhat obscured their status as historical documents. This text reveals the unique significance of the concentration camp photographs
- how they have become the basis of our memory of the Holocaust & how they have affected our presentations & perceptions of contemporary historys subsequent atrocities. Prior to the Holocaust news reporters primarily told their stories in words using photographs almost as an afterthought. When the camps were liberated however journalists & reporters turned to photography to bear witness to the unspeakable & indescribable scenes of the dead & dying. Through this process the text argues photographs earned a new legitimacy as tools of reporting. The author shows how since the end of the war the use of atrocity photos" has fallen into patterns
- or waves of memory
- determined by the different roles that the photos occupy in the public imagination. Most recently for example the images from Bosnia hark back to the Holocaust imagery an echo that can actually dilute our response to what happened both then & now."


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The definitive account of Whitney Houston's astonishing life ground-breaking career & tragic death
- complete with never-before-seen
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