Your first duty is to God; your second to your Sovereign; your third to yourself. During the sixty-odd years of her reign Queen Victoria gathered around her a household dedicated to her service. For some royal service was the defining experience of their lives for others it came as an unwelcome duty or a prelude to greater things. Serving Victoria" follows the lives of six members of her household from the governess to the royal children to her maid-of-honour chaplain & personal physician. Drawing on their letters & diaries
- many hitherto unpublished
- " Serving Victoria" offers a unique insight into the Victorian court with all its frustrations & absurdities as well as the Queen herself sitting squarely at its centre. Seen through the eyes of her household as she traveled between Windsor Osborne & Balmoral & to the French & Belgian courts Victoria emerges as more vulnerable more emotional more selfish more comical than is generally supposed. We see a woman who was prone to fits of giggles who wept easily & often who gobbled her food & shrank from confrontation but insisted on controlling the lives of those around her. We witness her extraordinary & debilitating grief at the death of Albert & her sympathy towards the tragedies that afflicted her household. Witty astute & moving " Serving Victoria" is a perfect foil to the pomp & circumstance
- & prudery & conservatism
- associated with Victorias reign & gives an unforgettable glimpse of what it meant to serve the Queen."



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In addition to introducing & perfecting a unique vocal style Sinatra was also his own in-studio producer -- personally supervising every aspect of his recordings from choosing the songs & arrangers to making minute adjustments in mike placement. One of the thrills of listening to Sinatra is wondering how he did it -- & this book explains it all bringing the dedicated fan & the casual music lover alike into the recording studio to glimpse the fascinating working methods he introduced & mastered in his quest for recorded perfection. Sessions with Sinatra tells the whole story of how he created the Sinatra sound & translated the most intense personal emotions into richly worked-out songs of unrivalled expression. ...

Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in 300 years. As political passions run high DI John Rebus is charged with liaison thanks to the new parliament being resident in Queensbury House bang in the middle of his patch. But Queensbury House has its own dark past. Legend has it that a young man was roasted there on a spit by a madman. When the fireplace where the youth died is uncovered another more recent murder victim is found. Days later in the gardens outside there is another body & Rebus is under pressure to find instant answers. As the case proceeds the Inspector finds himself face to face with one of Edinburghs most notorious criminals... ...

Recovering from the tragic death of his wife Tony Sheridan goes to stay with his sister-in-law Lucy & her husb&. Their home is a bizarre moated house deep in the Rutland countryside known as Otherways. Disturbed by memories of his wife & a growing attraction to Lucy Sheridan is also troubled by weird & vivid dreams. Soon he learns that Otherways is a house steeped in a history of murder & wartime treason. & it seems that these crimes hold an eerie influence over the present inhabitants. ...

Shay Phillips knows her way around Dark Canyon. Shes handy with a gun & can track a wild animal with the best of them. Its humans who usually give her the most trouble. & with a hormonally charged teenage brother to raise
- & her own admitted weakness for the wrong kind of man
- theyre giving her plenty of trouble these days. Then theres the matter of murder. As an expert on mountain lions Shay is skeptical when a local prostitute turns up mauled without a drop of blood near the body. Now together with the towns newly arrived sheriff Luke Meza
- a Las Vegas city boy with his own dark secrets
- Shay must navigate a dangerous valley filled with angry ex-lovers unfaithful spouses & poisonous snakes in a desperate search for the killer.



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Framed for murder. Three days to clear his name. New York City
- present day. Mike Byrne wants to know who framed him for murder.
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Seth is the acclaimed non-physical teacher whose collected works are the most dynamic brilliant & undistorted map of inner reality & human potential available today. His articulation of the furthest reaches of human potential the eternal validity of the soul & the concept that we create our own reality according to our beliefs has been presented in books that have sold over 8 million copies & been translated into over a dozen languages. Seths empowering voice clearly stands out as one of the major forces which led to the current New Age philosophical movement. This book chronicles Seths first contact with author & medium Jane Roberts. It is a mixture of great Seth excerpts selected by topic & further explained by Jane. Topics covered include: After Death & Between Lives; How to Get Rid of lllness; Reincarnation; Why people are born into different circumstances; God; All That Is; Dreams; Exercises to Develop the Inner Senses & much more. ...

Let us turn our faces towards Asia exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. The East will help us conquer the West. Peter Hopkirks book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt to set the East ablaze with the heady new gospel of Marxism. Lenins dream was to liberate the whole of Asia but his starting point was British India. A shadowy undeclared war followed. Among the players in this new Great Game were British spies Communist revolutionaries Muslim visionaries & Chinese warlords
- as well as a White Russian baron who roasted his Bolshevik captives alive. Here is an extraordinary tale of intrigue & treachery barbarism & civil war whose violent repercussions continue to be felt in Central Asia today.
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Those who have been bereaved are in need of support & group work is an effective way in which people can come together & support each other in a trusted environment. This book provides a practical introduction to setting up & facilitating bereavement support groups giving facilitators the confidence to run a group. It guides the reader through all the stages of setting up a group & examines different types of facilitation & the skills needed. Case studies illustrate different types of group such as closed time-limited groups & open groups & the potential of online groups is discussed. Chapters also cover group dynamics handling challenging situations & overcoming problems that may arise. This accessible book will help to make groups successful for both participants & facilitators & will be a valued source of information & guidance to anyone either running or considering running a bereavement support group. ...

This practical handbook now in a throughly revised & updated 5th edition with a new chapter on completing your application will help you understand the mechanics of running a limited company. Whether you have already started your business or are just embarking on it you will find vital advice on the benefits & obligations of forming a limited compnay & how to set one up & run it. There are deatailed explanations of the procedures involved together with essential advice on dealing with statutory information banking PAYE auditing & accounting.
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