This title is the first in the enthralling Revolution at Sea" series. As the War of Independence begins in earnest American merchant seamen prepare to strike the first blows. None strikes more deftly than Isaac Biddlecomb captain of the Judea whose smuggling activities are making a mockery of His Majestys Royal Navy. Pursued by the HMS Rose he sacrifices the ship he loved to the depths together with the fortune he stood to gain rather than surrender. On the run from the enraged forces of King George Isaac disguises himself as a merchant seaman. He is reunited with Ezra Rumstick a comrade & fierce rebel as the revolution gathers momentum. On a brig bound for Jamaica & now serving as a lowly mate fate tests Isaacs mettle as he is captured by the enemy & faces a life of servitude under the deranged captain & sadistic crew of the HMS Icarus..." ...

Meet Stan & his mates. All football fanatics all enthusiastic followers of the English national team
- so far so normal right?
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Elizabeth Smarts passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker described by Angela Carter as Like MADAME BOVARY blasted by lightening.. .A masterpiece. One day while browsing in a London bookshop Elizabeth Smart chanced upon a slim volume of poetry by George Barker
- & fell passionately in love with him through the printed word. Eventually they communicated directly & as a result of Barkers impecunious circumstances Elizabeth Smart flew both him & his wife from Japan where he was teaching to join her in the United States. Thus began one of the most extraordinary intense & ultimately tragic love affairs of our time. They never married but Elizabeth bore George Barker four children & their relationship provided the impassioned inspiration for one of the most moving & immediate chronicles of a love affair ever written
- By Grand Central Station I Sat Down & Wept. Originally published in 1945 this remarkable book is now widely identified as a classic work of poetic prose which more than six decades later has retained all of its searing poignancy beauty & power of impact.

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What has happened to the lost art of memorizing poetry? Why do we no longer feel that it is necessary to know the most enduring beautiful poems in the English language by heart"? In his introduction Ted Hughes explains how we can overcome the problem by using a memory system that becomes easier the more frequently it is practised. The collected 101 poems are both personal favourites & particularly well-suited to the method Hughes demonstrates." ...

April Dunne is not impressed. Shes had to move from Edinburgh to Highgate London with her parents. Shes left her friends
- & her
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In the nine centuries since the creation of the world the Church of God Awaiting has grown all-powerful as the keeper of mens souls. It rules the planet of Safehold with the imprimatur of God Himself.. .and with an iron fist. Lately the island kingdom of Charis has rejected the Churchs authority. Charis has repelled the Churchs first attack & is preparing to strike back. Yet not all those who support the Church are corrupt & the Church stands ready to use the faith & belief of those blameless souls for its own cynical ends. The gauntlet has been cast down & full-scale religious war -- the ugliest war of all -- looms over Safehold. To prevail King Cayleb of Charis has one ally with resources not even he can imagine: the mysterious warrior monk called Merlin who holds the secret knowledge Charis may need to survive. Merlin is Caylebs adviser protector & friend.. .and secretly also the cybernetic avatar of a young woman named Nimue Alban who died before the day of creation itself. Who was born on a murdered world called Earth. ...

London 1793: Young firebrand John Pearce is illegally press-ganged from the refuge of the Pelican tavern to a brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant a frigate on its way to war. The pressed men from the tavern eventually form an exclusive gun crew the Pelicans with Pearce their elected leader. During an action-packed two weeks as HMS Brilliant chases a French privateer across the English Channel this disparate group of men form friendships that will last a lifetime. ...

Superintendent Battle is called to investigate the murder of an elderly widow at a clifftop seaside house in Devon! What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl & the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gulls Point the seaside home of an elderly widow earlier events come to a dramatic head. Its all part of a carefully laid plan -- for murder! ...

An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace... When Tommy & Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew & Mrs Lancaster talked about 'something behind the fireplace' Tommy & Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic... ...

The third Tommy & Tuppence novel. When Tommy & Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew & Mrs Lancaster talked about 'something behind the fireplace' Tommy & Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic... ...