Born in Colombo Judith Dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school while her beloved mother & younger sister live abroad with her father. When her new friend Loveday Carey-Lewis invites Judith home for the weekend to Nancherrow the Carey-Lewises beautiful estate on the Cornish coast it is love at first sight. She falls in love too with the generous Carey-Lewises themselves. With their generosity & kindness Judith grows from naive girl to confident young woman basking in the warm affection of a surrogate family whose flame burns brightly. But it is a flame soon to be extinguished in the gathering storm of war. & Judith herself has far to travel before at last.. .coming home. ...

In the wake of his wife's murder agent Grady Shields turned his back on the FBI
- & everything else
- to retreat into the vast

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' With Andy the sky's the limit'
- John Mc Enroe. At Wimbledon 2005 Andy Murray announced himself on the tennis world stage by
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But why did it have to happen to us? Because he was a Siamese of course with his own ideas on things... Doreen Tovey enchants us again with stories of life with her husband Charles in a West Country village where they are driven to distraction by Siamese cats Annabel the donkey nesting swallows bucking horses & the villagers who still regard them as inept townsfolk even after 18 years. In an effort to get away from it all they take a trip to Canada to see the bears & wolves
- much to the alarm of Father Adams & Miss Wellington. If they can't handle Siamese cats how will they handle a grizzly? However after hearing what the villagers have been up to in their absence they wonder if they might have been safer in Canada. As for the cats Seeley & Shebalu start acting strangely when they develop a taste for dog food. But it is time for another solemn little Seal Point to come into their lives
- who takes some settling in.

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Richard J. Evans' The Coming of the Third Reich: How the Nazis Destroyed Democracy & Seized Power in Germany" explores how the First World War the Weimar Republic & the Great Depression paved the way for Nazi rule. They started as little more than a gang of extremists & thugs yet in a few years the Nazis had turned Germany into a one-party state & led one of Europe's most advanced nations into moral physical & cultural ruin & despair. In this consummate & compelling history the first book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise & fall of Nazi Germany Richard Evans reveals how & why it happened questions whether the rise of Hitler was inevitable & dramatically re-creates the maelstrom of disorder economic disaster violence & polarization that gave rise to the terror of the Third Reich. " Monumental.. .gripping.. .the definitive account of our time". (Andrew Roberts " Daily Telegraph"). " Impressive.. .perceptive.. .humane.. .the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the Third Reich". (Ian Kershaw author of " Hitler"). " The most gripping account I've read of German life before & during the rise of the Nazis". (A.S. Byatt " Times Literary Supplement" Books of the Year). Sir Richard J. Evans is Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. His previous books include " In Defence of History" " Telling Lies about Hitler" & the companions to this title " The Coming of the Third Reich" & " The Third Reich at War"." ...

First published in 1995 this touching autobiography is a unique record of the experience of immigration from one of Britains best-loved television personalities. When Floella Benjamin first came to England from Trinidad in the early sixties she hadnt seen her parents for fifteen months. At first her joy at being reunited with her mother overcomes the shock at her new surroundings in cold noisy London but when she starts school she is upset by the taunting & rejection she faces. Determined to survive Floella realizes that the only way is to be twice as good as everyone else. ...

Jon Kabat-Zinn author of the widely praised Wherever You Go There You Are shows how the power of mindfulness can bring profound changes to your personal life. As stress continues to exact a toll on everyday life we are increasingly turning to ancient meditative methods which have been tested by science to reduce stress & become more focused & healthy in our everyday lives. Jon Kabat-Zinn has been for decades at the forefront of the mind/body movement & the subsequent revolution in medicine & health care both demystifying it & bringing it into the mainstream. In Coming To Our Senses he shares his belief that every human has the capacity to mobilize deep innate resources for continual learning growing healing & transformation through mindfulness. Woven into eight parts Coming To Our Senses: Uses anecdotes & stories from Kabat-Zinns own life experiences & work to illustrate the realm of healing possibilities: Offers a remarkable insight into how to use the five senses
- touch hearing sight taste & smell
- as a path to a healthier saner & more meaningful life.

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Following the success of Dancing with Horses" & " What Horses Reveal" Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling returns with this eagerly awaited new programme in a 50 minute DVD. Join other equestrians at a one-day clinic in Switzerland & see how you can learn to speak a language familiar to your horse with your hands hips & posture. Then watch as three unmanageable stallions undergo a dramatic transformation when Hempfling approaches them in a gentle honest fearless manner. You will see how this unique method of horse training using physical expression positive energy & genuine emotion can help you approach relationships with your horses in a way that promotes mutual understanding respect & trust." ...

Years in insurance & marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This & fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small country town. But his return journey to Lower Binfield brings complete disillusionment. ...

Del Bloom & her family are busy preparing flowers for the towns Homecoming festivities. & Del is also preparing to ask her crush Hamilton to the big bonfire! But then the Blooms discover that they havent been asked to make the bouquets for the Homecoming parade. Fleur a rival florist has been hired instead! Worst of all the owner of Fleur is Hamiltons mum so Del cant even confide in him. Its up to Del to come up with a brilliant flower fix & fast. Will the Blooms be on the winning team? ...