This entrancing collection of seven classic fairytales is organized around the theme of the fairytale princess. Each fairytale is illustrated by photographs of intricate paper sculptures cut from the pages of one of seven books one for each of the fairytales in the collection. Su Blackwells beautifully photographed paper sculptures summon up a magical world of beauty & mischief while Wendy Joness retellings of these favourite stories are fresh & lyrical. Each fairytale has its own particular visual flavour: for example the story of Sleeping Beauty" is blue & dreamy while " The Princess & the Pea" is green & summery." ...

Ross Ransome is at the top of his profession; one of the most successful & certainly one of the richest plastic surgeons in the business. Such a man would expect his wife to be perfect
- & why not? After all he has spent enough hours in surgery to get her that way. But when his wife falls ill she turns her back on conventional medicine & her arid marriage & seeks help from the world of alternative medicine & a charismatic therapist who promises not just medical salvation. For Ransome this is the ultimate betrayal. It defies logic & Ross Ransome is a profoundly logical man. Logically he can see no reason why any man should have his wife when he cant. Its all completely rational...
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Faith" is the latest from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. She was convicted for killing her best friend... Laura Brannigan is in jail for murder. She insists that she didnt kill her best friend Jackie. But her search for justice seems futile. Then she receives a letter that takes her back to her youth... Twenty years ago Laura had escaped an abusive home & together with Jackie shed made a fresh start. The pair had sworn to be sisters for ever. & Stuart had come into Lauras life bringing her love. What went wrong? Why is Stuart writing to Laura now? Does he believe shes innocent? & can he help free her from prison
- & her past? Lesley Pearse author of the UK & international best-sellers " Remember Me" & " Rosie" explores a web of secrets & injustices in the thrilling " Faith". Susan Lewis fans will love Lesley Pearse. Praise for Lesley Pearse: " With characters it is impossible not to care about.. .this is storytelling at its very best". (" Daily Mail"). " Lose yourself in this epic saga". (" Bella"). " An emotional & moving epic you wont forget in a hurry". (" Womans Weekly"). With her gripping & moving storylines best-selling author Lesley Pearse has captured the imaginations of millions in the UK & abroad. Her other titles " The Promise" "A Lesser Evil" " Till We Meet Again" " Secrets" " Charlie" " Father Unknown" " Gypsy" " Trust Me" " Faith" " Never Look Back" " Remember Me" & " Hope" are also available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol & has three daughters & two grandchildren."
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Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the first novel in the classic spy trilogy FAITH HOPE & CHARITY Bernard has known that he is not getting the full picture from London Central ever since discovering that his wife Fiona was a double agent. Werner Volkmann has been cast out by London Central as untrustworthy. Yet Werner still seems able to pick up information that Bernard should have been told... This new reissue

Includes:: a foreword from the cover designer Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman & a brand new introduction by Len Deighton which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.

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When a dangerous psychic terrorist escapes from their custody the Sisters of Battle not only have to hunt down & recapture him but also need to restore their honour in the eyes of their superiors. Armed with determination faith & the best training & weaponry the Imperium has to offer the Sisters will let nothing & nobody stand in their way. ...

Archbishop Rowan Williams is the most gifted Anglican priest of his generation. His views are consistent & orthodox & yet he has been consistently misunderstood
- especially in relation to his views on contemporary society public morality & the common good. In this the final published work of his Archepiscopate Dr Williams has assembled a series of chapters on matters of immediate public concern & the relationship of Christianity to these issues. Among his topics are Has Secularism Failed?: Europe Faith & Culture Human Rights & Religious Faith Changing the Myths We Live By Housekeeping: The Economic Challenge The Gifts Reserved for Age: Perceptions of the Elderly & Analysing Atheism.
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SOUL OF THE FIRE saw the political machinations that have dogged the midlands reach new heights as the Chimes ran free & threatened magic everywhere. As the novel ended Kahlan has narrowly avoided death & now she & Richard Rahl the Seeker must strive again to save the world from the resurgent armies of the Emperor Jagang. From the very first page FAITH OF THE FALLEN PITCHES Richard & Kahlan into their most desperate fight yet a fight where worlds once again hang in the balance. Richard must embark on a course of action that will leave his people feeling betrayed & vulnerable & which will take both he & Kahlan away from the protection of the D' Haran armies. But he has no choice; Richard who distrusts prophecy more than anyone has had a vision. It is a vision he is compelled to follow. ...

Welcome to the world of Frantz Schmidt: citizen of Nuremberg executioner of 394 unfortunates & torturer of many hundreds more. Most unusually for his times Frantz was also a diarist. Drawing deeply on this exceptional & overlooked record that he kept for over forty-five years The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside his world & his thinking. But the picture that emerges is not of a monster. Could a man who routinely practiced such cruelty also be insightful compassionate
- even progressive? Young Frantz enters the trade as the Apprentice following in his father's footsteps. Later as the Journeyman he travels the roads of Franconia learning to reconcile his desire for respectability with his violent work. After a lifetime working amid human cruelty tragedy injustice & simple misfortune as the Master in Nuremberg Frantz has become a moralist & storyteller the Sage. & in the closing chapters of his life retired now from his role as executioner he is the Healer running the large medical practice that he always viewed as his true vocation. The Faithful Executioner is the biography of an ordinary man struggling to overcome an unjust family curse & a panorama of a Europe poised on the cusp of modernity a world with startling parallels to our own.
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The course of Frank Mackeys life was set by one defining moment when he was nineteen. The moment his girlfriend Rosie Daly failed to turn up for their rendezvous in Faithful Place failed to run away with him to London as they had planned. Frank never heard from her again. Twenty years on Frank is still in Dublin working as an undercover cop. Hes cut all ties with his dysfunctional family. Until his sister calls to say that Rosies suitcase has been found. Frank embarks on a journey into his past that demands he reevaluate everything he believes to be true. ...

The Fawcett Green bell-ringers arent particularly surprised when Simone Hollingsworth fails to turn up at practice. Her fellow campanologists just assume that bell ringing has become the latest in a long list of abandoned hobbies. But then the increasingly strange behaviour of Simones husband Alan begins to raise neighbourly suspicions about her whereabouts. & when the discovery of a body draws Chief Inspector Barnaby to the village it becomes clear that unravelling the couples tangled lives will have painful repercussions for the whole village... ...