When Julia was eight she was asked to be a bridesmaid at her beautiful cousin Iris' wedding. Her mother saw this as a chore
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When Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa with his attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941 the Wehrmacht deployed 600 000 troops to the Eastern Front. Their numbers were later swelled by a range of foreign volunteers so that at the height of World War II astonishingly one in three men fighting for the Germans in the East was not a native German. Hitler's declaration of the 'struggle against Bolshevism' reverberated throughout all of Europe
- among convinced fascists as well as among non-Russian eastern Europeans seeking to regain their independence from the USSR. Many of these volunteers subsequently became involved in the atrocities of the Wehrmacht & the SS. Vilified by Hitler for their supposed failures condemned & forgotten by their homelands for treason & collaboration their involvement in the war has been largely ignored or swept aside by historians. Rolf-Dieter Muller here offers a fascinating new perspective on a little-known aspect of World War II.
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Joy Division changed the face of music. The sound of music. The meaning of music. Godfathers of the current alternative scene they reinvented rock in the post-punk era creating a new sound -- dark hypnotic intense
- that would influence U2 Morrissey R.E.M. Radiohead & many others. The band's image once subversive & alienating has become an internationally renowned 'look' well documented by photographers Anton Corbijn Kevin Cummins & graphic designer Peter Saville. Inspired by the attitude energy & sound of Punk particularly the Sex Pistols Peter Hook & his old school friend Bernard Sumner started a band which continues to influence popular music 35 years later uniting with a gifted lead-singer & lyricist Ian Curtis & a brilliant drummer Stephen Morris. With some cobbled together instruments & a clapped out old van four young lads from Manchester & Salford shared the same vision & created their own unique sound in pubs & clubs first across the north-west then across the whole of Britain until in 1980 they had released two albums & were on the cusp of touring America. Then Ian Curtis committed suicide leaving everyone around him bereft. Best known for the propulsive bass guitar melodies of ' Love Will Tear Us Apart' Hooky was at the heart of the sound that came to define an era & inspire a generation. In the frank no-holds-barred style that has seen his previous book The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club hailed as one of the best music books of 2009 Peter ' Hooky' Hook gives us the inside story of life with Joy Division. He talks with eye-opening candour & reflection about the suicide of Ian Curtis: often seen as the intellectual one" to Peter & the band he was just "one of the lads" & the burden of balancing his epilepsy & the demands of his domestic life only really emerged when it was too late. He covers the band's friendships & fall-outs; their rehearsals & recording sessions; & the larger-than-life characters who formed a vital part of the Joy Division legend: Tony Wilson Rob Gretton Martin Hannett & more."
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An extremely rare Tigarian Katagaria Wren is half snow leopard & half white tiger. Both species are extremely dangerous. Combined they are lethal. Hes reclusive & anti-social. Marguerite Godoeau has spent her lifetime trying to please her politician father. But has come to the recent conclusion that she wants her freedom. Missing her friend Nick Gautier who was a voice of reason in her insane life she goes to Nicks favorite bar Sanctuary. From the moment he sees her Wren is completely captivated by Marguerite. Compelled he follows after her & starts a most forbidden courtship. Wren knows he has no business with a human. He has too many enemies as it is. Yet he cant seem to let go of the only thing in his life that means something to him. Through enemies both human & other they have to learn to stand together or be devoured. ...

A group of special teenagers each with an incredible power. They live together & learn how to use their abilities protected from those who wish to harm them. Now for one short week they are let out into the world with strict instructions that they must not use their powers. But good intentions are easy.. .following them through is a different matter. Gideon & Luke are spending some quality family time playing at being normal teenagers for once. They have no real reason to use their telekinetic powers in the small seaside town & there are enough bodyguards around to keep them safe right? Wrong. Someone is stalking them. A man with the cool calm air of a brutal killer & Gideon & Luke are in his sights. ...

A group of very special teenagers. Each with an incredible power they live together protected by the government. Out in the ordinary world they know they must not use their powers. But good intentions are easy.. .following them through is another matter. With his supernatural ability to conjure spectacular illusions Spook Williams knows he is destined for greatness. So when hes kidnapped by a celebrity magician claiming to be his real father he cant help but be intrigued.. . Very soon Spook is living the dream: bathing in a jacuzzi aboard a luxury yacht rubbing shoulders with billionaires & spending time with gorgeous magicians assistant Kamilah.. . But when he is asked to take part in a daring heist will Spook be able to resist this opportunity to flex his powers? ...

It is exactly like Isaiah" 11:6: " The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb & the leopard shall lie down with the kid..." Written by " National Geographic" magazine writer Jennifer Holland " Unlikely Friendships" documents one heart warming tale after another of animals who with nothing else in common bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat & a bird. A mare & a fawn. An elephant & a sheep. A snake & a hamster. It

Includes:: the well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla & All Ball the kitten; & the hippo Owen & the tortoise Mzee. & almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey
- an Indian leopard slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby oryx. Ms. Holland narrates the details & arc of each story & also offers insights into why
- how the young leopard probably motherless sought maternal comfort with the calf & how a baby oryx inspired the same mothering instinct in the lionness. Or in the story of Kizzy a nervous retired Greyhound & Murphy a red tabby how cats & dogs actually understand each other's body language. With Murphy's friendship & support Kizzy recovered from life as a racing dog & became a confident loyal family pet. These are the most amazing friendships between species collected from around the world & documented in a selection of full-colour candid photographs."



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Prepare to enter an even more adorable animal kingdom of interspecies friendships
- because this time its for kids! Jennifer Hollands
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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012: The odyssey of a simple man original subtle & touching
- Claire Tomalin. When Harold
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When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter leaving his wife hoovering upstairs he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map let alone a compass waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life. The odyssey of a simple man original subtle & touching." (Claire Tomalin). " From the moment I met Harold Fry I didn't want to leave him. Impossible to put down." (Erica Wagner " The Times")." ...