A lavishly illustrated & deeply personal story of the creation of an idiosyncratic Australian country garden Velvet Pears is an inspirational book that is also full of practical ideas. Author Susan Southam created the amazing garden at Foxglove Spires on the land of an old dairy paddock. Susan generously shares her lifes lessons in this beautiful special gift book. Velvet Pears captures the essence of living simply & with the seasons within a local community with a sustainable lifestyle. "" ...

This is the groundbreaking examination of the psychology of homosexuality & why it leads to shame over one's identity & how to overcome it
- now expanded & fully updated. Today's gay man enjoys unprecedented hard-won social acceptance. Despite this victory however serious problems still exist. Substance abuse depression suicide & sex addiction among gay men are at an all-time high causing many to ask Are we really better off?" Drawing on contemporary research psychologist Alan Downs' own struggle with shame & anger & stories from his patients " The Velvet Rage" passionately describes the stages of a gay man's journey out of shame & offers practical & inspired strategies to stop the cycle of avoidance & self-defeating behaviour. Updated to reflect the effects of the many recent social cultural & political changes " The Velvet Rage" is an empowering book that has already changed the public discourse on gay culture & helped shape the identity of an entire generation of gay men."
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Youve devoured Fifty Shades.. . Now discover Velvet Touch. When Karen Heywood is offered a new job as assistant archivist she hopes that the mysterious halls & old libraries of Blackwood Towers will finally reveal to her the inner strength & purpose shes spent her life searching for. But as dark secrets & desires start to rise to the surface Karen realises theres more to the job than she bargained for. Secrets that she craves to unravel
- & only one man whose answers will set her free. Blackwoods mysterious owner Lord Mallory Burnet.. .the same man whos starting to consume her every waking thought.
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Once there was a velveteen rabbit who longed to be real. He was owned by a boy who loved him more & more every day even when the rabbits velveteen coat grew old & shabby & worn. Then one day something magical happened & the rabbits wish began to come true... ...

In this extraordinary new edition Donna Greens beautiful & evocative paintings bring poignant meaning to a classic tale that remains as compelling today as when it was first published in 1922. Margery Williams famous story tells of a young boy & his treasured favorite toy a splendid fat & bunchy" rabbit whose ears are lined with a pink sateen. For this new edition Green has created superb oil-on-canvas works that are fresh & innocent painted with a soft tender touch that is utterly her own." ...

On 23 May 1992 the Mafia assassinated its Number One Enemy the legendary prosecutor Judge Falcone with a motorway bomb that also killed his wife Francesca & three bodyguards. Fifty-seven days later the Mafia killed Falcones friend & colleague Judge Paolo Borsellino with a car bomb outside his mothers home that also killed five bodyguards. These two murders changed forever how Italy viewed the Mafia. VENDETTA tells the inside story of the assassination plots & the investigation that followed. Follain reveals Borsellinos desperate race against time to find out who killed his friend while knowing he was next on the list & reveals the daring undercover police mission which unmasked the killers. Based on new & exclusive interviews & the testimony of investigators Mafia supergrasses survivors relatives & friends VENDETTA recounts the events hour-by-hour minute-by-minute as the Mafiosi plan & carry out the murders & as the police hunt them down. ...

Michael Dibdins gripping Italian mysteries Ratking" " Vendetta" & " Cabal" have been repackaged to tie in with the primetime "BBC One" feature length dramas starring Rufus Sewell as detective Aurelio Zen." ...

Covering the story of the author's life of crime this title slashes open the underbelly of Britain's streets & exposes the dark forces that police them as well as revealing the truth about the conspiracies & corruption that won't leave him alone. ...

Dangerously sensual breathtakingly beautiful & utterly unforgettable she is Lucky Santangelo the sizzling star of Chances Lucky & Lady Boss. With Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge Jackie Collins continues the saga of Lucky Santangelo in a nonstop action-packed tale of sex betrayal drugs intrigue & murder. A scorching new installment of the wildly popular Lucky series Vendetta finds Lucky in the most perilous situation of her life when her prized Panther Studios is taken from her by Donna Landsman the unscrupulous widow of Lucky's arch-enemy Santino Bonnatti. Donna intends to destroy Lucky in every way she can but Lucky is street-smart powerful & just as ruthlessly dangerous. & so the battle for control begins. With Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge Jackie Collins proves once again why she is an international powerhouse a writer who digs deep into the glamorous intoxicating
- yet ultimately treacherous
- world of Hollywood.

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In all her twenty-five years lovely Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate nor enjoyed the attentions of any but her two wearisomely persistent suitors. Then in one extraordinary encounter she meets a neighbour she only knows by reputation
- the infamous Lord Damerel
- & before she knows better is egging on a libertine whose way of life has scandalised the North Riding for years.

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