As The Dream of the Celt" opens it is the summer of 1916 & Roger Casement awaits the hangman in Londons Pentonville Prison. Dublin lies in ruins after the disastrous Easter Rising led by his comrades of the Irish Volunteers. He has been caught after landing from a German submarine. For the past year he has attempted to raise an Irish brigade from prisoners of war to fight alongside the Germans against the British Empire that awarded him a knighthood only a few years before. & now his petition for clemency is threatened by the leaking of his private diary & his secret life as a gay man... Vargas-Llosa with his incomparable gift for powerful historical narrative takes the reader on a journey back through a remarkable life dedicated to the exposure of barbaric treatment of indigenous peoples by European predators in the Congo & Amazonia. Casement was feted as one of the greatest humanitarians of the age. Now he is about to die ignominiously as a traitor." ...

'I have a friend a guy called John who is undertaking a golf challenge. He has a full-time job & a wife & child & he's trying to shoot a level par round within the year. When he started the challenge he couldn't break one hundred. So he's trying to take thirty-three strokes off his game in one year & he asked me to find out your opinion on that.' Sam Torrance laughed then slowly contemplated the question. ' Well you can tell him from me to dream on.' Meet John Richardson a regular bloke who enjoys a round of golf in his spare time. That is until he sets himself the challenge of playing a level par round within a year. With no natural talent precious little time & no fitness level to speak of can John pull it off? In spite of Sam Torrance's scepticism John remains resolute & so begins an exhausting but exhilarating year of living breathing eating & sleeping golf. A rollercoaster ride from beginning to end Dream On" is funny & inspirational & a must for any golfer who dreams of improving their game." ...

In this book pioneering garden designers Henk Gerritsen & Piet Oudolf describe their ideal perennials bulbs grasses ferns & small shrubs. An ideal plant is one that is both beautiful & robust performing reliably with very little input from the gardener. Gerritsen & Oudolf have a genuinely innovative approach to gardening. Rather than striving for big bold masses of colourful blooms that are vigorously pruned back as soon as they have finished flowering the authors choose plants chiefly for their form
- leaves flower heads & stems included
- which means they retain their natural beauty through all the seasons.

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This is the new edition of the exciting adventure series set in Sandy Lane Stables perfect for pony lovers everywhere. Jess can hardly believe it but she really is the proud owner of Skylark the pony. There's only one problem. Skylark must be kept at Rychester a rival stables. Rychester couldn't be more different from Sandy Lane
- & neither could its riders. Is Jess' dream about to turn into a nightmare? More fun & frolics will be offered from the Sandy Lane Stables" series adored by horse-lovers everywhere."
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From the image of a small boy entranced by his mother's GI Escort yet still hoping for the return of a father 'missing in action' to the portrait of an adult writer trying to piece together a defining image of his late father these outstanding stories conjure up with sharp intensity the memories & events that make a man. These powerfully vivid stories range over more than a century of Australian life from green tropical lushness to 'blacksoil country' from scrub & outback to city streets
- evoking dark shadows beneath a bright sun & lives shaped by the ghosts of history & the rhythms of unruly nature.
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After years of searching Mac Dugan has finally found his dream lover. But now he faces the prospect of losing Zianne forever to the alien race holding her captive. With the fate of Zianne & all the Nyrians in the balance Mac & his dream team enter into a realm of desire like never before. As they work together the amazingly powerful sensuality of their carnal fantasies energizes the Nyrians giving them the strength they need to survive... ...

The son of Warcraft & Hate Cratus has spent eternity battling for the ancient gods who birthed him. He is death. Now that an ancient enemy has been unleashed Cratuss task is to destroy it. Delphine Toussaint is a philanthropist whose passion is for world peace. When a chance meeting brings her together with Cratus the two develop a striking bond. Cratus is at first baffled by this human & her open nature...but soon he realises that Delphine is the key to completing his mission. Delphine meanwhile is troubled by nightmares that are starting to become a reality. The only comfort she can find is around Cratus. But she refuses to give in to war & he refuses to lay down his arms. Yet one of them must give in or humanity will pay the price... ...

Whatever were searching for
- more money better health or a new relationship
- our dreams hold the key. Without dreams the world

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In the ethereal world of dreams there are champions who fight to protect the dreamer & there are demons who prey on them. Arik is such a predator. Condemned by the gods to live for eternity without emotions Arik can only feel when he's in the dreams of others. Now after thousands of years he's finally found a dreamer whose vivid mind can fill his emptiness. Dr Megeara Kafieri made a reluctant promise to her dying father that she would salvage his reputation by proving his life-long belief that Atlantis is real. But frustration & bad luck dog her every step. Especially the day they find a stranger floating in the sea. His is a face she has seen many times...in her dreams. ...

In Derry Maine four young boys once stood together & did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly underst&. A quarter of a century later the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp lost disoriented & muttering about lights in the sky. Before long these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives as they struggle with a terrible creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past
- & in the Dreamcatcher.
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