Lucy Nolan is the golden girl. The only daughter of local grocers Sally & Mike Nolan shes grown up in a home of total love & security. The one thing her heart desires is that Jack Hanson might ask her to marry him & when he does eventually propose Lucy is prepared to give up everything to be with him
- even though it means leaving her beloved parents to live abroad where Jack has been offered an exciting business opportunity. But then almost on the eve of the marriage itself tragedy strikes. & for the first time in her life Lucy is forced to realise that Fate which has been so kind to her can also be just as cruel.
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After all we live in a visual age when history is both made & experienced through photographs from the flag raising at Iwo Jima to the thrill of the first footstep on the moon. Now TIME" has gathered the most significant & influential photos in history in a magnificent volume that celebrates the art & craft of photojournalism: Great Images. Here are scientific breakthroughs political upheavals & social revolutions from the first photographs of an embryo in a human womb to the indelible images of America's Civil Rights movement. Here are sailors kissing nurses a single man defying a Chinese tank fire-fighters raising the American flag over the ruins of the World Trade Centre. Based on a highly successful 2000 book this new edition has been completely updated to add the most significant pictures of the last decade from hanging chads ands the wars in Afghanistan & Iraq to Hurricane Katrina & the 2010 earthquake in Haiti." ...

In this stunning new novel the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure time. He is banished to ...

Banished for centuries as punishment for trying to measure time the inventor of the world's first clock is finally granted his freedom along with a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two people the true meaning of time. He returns to our world & embarks on a journey with two unlikely partners: a teenage girl who is about to give up on life & a wealthy ageing businessman who wants to live for ever. To save himself he must save them both. Gripping & filled with deep human truth this unforgettable story will inspire readers everywhere to reconsider their own notions of time & just how precious it truly is. ...

This is the Penguin English Library Edition" of " The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells. ' Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness & cast grotesque black shadows in which dim spectral Morlocks sheltered from the glare'. Chilling prophetic & hugely influential " The Time Machine" sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802 701 AD where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty & contentment in the form of the Eloi an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realizes that they are simply remnants of a once-great culture
- now weak & living in terror of the sinister Morlocks lurking in the deep tunnels who threaten his very return home. H. G. Wells defined much of modern science fiction with this 1895 tale of time travel which questions humanity society & our place on Earth. " The Penguin English Library" contains 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War."
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When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802 701 AD he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty contentment & peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi an elfin species descended from man he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture now weak & childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity the sinister Morlocks. & when the scientists time machine vanishes it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever to return to his own era. ...

Geralt the Witcher has fought monsters & demons across the land but even he may not be prepared for what is happening to his world. The kings & armies are maneuvering for position each fearing invasion from across the river each fearing their neighbours more. Intrigue dissent & rebellion are on all sides. The Elves & other non-humans are still suffering under decades of repression & growing numbers join the commando units hidden deep in the forest striking at will & then dissolving into the trees. The Magicians are fighting amongst themselves some in the pay of the kings some sympathetic to the elves. & against this backdrop of fear & contempt Geralt & his lover Yennefer must protect Ciri orphaned heir & sought by all sides. For the prophecy rests on her & whether she lives or dies she has the power to save the world
- or perhaps end it.
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Alex Barclay is back with another stunning Ren Bryce FBI thriller NOWHERE TO RUN FBI agent Ren Bryces hunt for some of the ...

In 1933 at the age of 18 Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot
- from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople.
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In September 2009 movie star Patrick Swayze lost his long & bravely fought battle against pancreatic cancer. His was a life richly led & this memoir completed just weeks before his death is a testament to the strength & passion of this remarkable man. It was January 2008 when Patrick Swayze was given the worst news of his life. What he hoped was just a stomach ache was actually stage four pancreatic cancer. This book isn't just the story of Patrick's fight against cancer it's the story of a remarkable life & career. Intended as a low budget straight-to-video production Dirty Dancing became a cult hit & remains one of the most enduring films of the 80s. Ghost cemented Patrick as a hugely bankable star & most recently Patrick returned to the public's adoring arms in TV's The Beast. This book will chronicle Patrick's personal life too -- including his treatment for alcoholism following the death of his father & sister's sudden death. What remained a constant in Patrick's life was his marriage & Patrick & Lisa's love story is inspiring honest heartfelt & transcends the typical celebrity marriage. Lisa & Patrick have shown the world that cancer isn't just a diagnosis given to one individual but a disease that can bring a household together or pull a family apart. Bold honest & inspiring Patrick Swayze's memoir is the story of a remarkable man's life & career & of his refusal to give up without a fight. ...