This work is set in March 1811. After two & a half months of precious peace in Cornwall with his beloved mistress Catherine Admiral Richard Bolitho is once again summoned to London. In defence of an Empire the Admiralty must quell the unrest in America
- or face the war with those who were once friends. For when diplomacy fails the cannon will speak. For his daring mission Bolitho must call on the loyalty of his most trusted officers
- & the trust of those he loves the most. Distance too is their enemy as the Indomitable leads the fleet from Plymouth towards the rich merchant grounds of the Americas. In the troubled seas from Antigua north to Halifax Admiral Bolithos revolutionary flying squadron will face their first & harshest test. For a countrys freedom. For a heros right to turn his back on the sea.. .

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A pretty 3D birthday card to celebrate your Wife&8217;s birthday features an pink & silver heart with a sparkle & two smaller single pink hearts on wire. Below is a little poem in silver lettering which reads: With every day that passes I love you more & more You are my special someone I worship & adore Darling on your special day I&8217;d like to wish for you Love luck & happiness
- May all your dreams come true. The greeting inside the card reads &8216; Have a wonderful day&8217; & it comes complete with a pink envelope ready for posting. Approximate dimensions: 20.5 x 14.5cm Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard. Glitter content do not rub eyes.
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Every family is a ghost story.. . As a child Charley Benetto was told by his father You can be a mamas boy or a daddys boy but you cant be both. So he chooses his father only to see him disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later Charley is a broken man. His life has been destroyed by alcohol & regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits rock bottom after discovering he wont be invited to his only daughters wedding. & he decides to take his own life. Charley makes a midnight ride to his small hometown: his final journey. But as he staggers into his old house he makes an astonishing discovery. His mother
- who died eight years earlier
- is there & welcomes Charley home as if nothing had ever happened. What follows is the one seemingly ordinary day so many of us yearn for: a chance to make good with a lost parent to explain the family secrets & to seek forgiveness.

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Miserable at an elegant day school for girls Victoria Coren finds an escape in the mysterious world of poker. Twenty years later she has won a million dollars & forgotten to have children. What price adventure? This is a true story of happiness & heartbreak smoke & mirrors bright lights & shady characters. It is a memoir of friendship & belonging love & loss. It might also teach you how to win a million.. . ...

In this second instalment of John Gardners Bond series Bond teams up with CIA agent Cedar Leiter daughter of his old friend Felix Leiter to investigate Markus Bismaquer who is suspected of reviving the notorious criminal organisation SPECTRE. ...

In this mouth-watering collection of inspired & delicious dishes renowned chef Denis Cotter takes vegetarian cooking to a new level. ' No other book on vegetables in my library is so beautifully written or so thought-provoking. The recipes are intriguing & original but even if you never cook a single thing out of this book (which would be a crying shame) its worth buying for Denis's beautiful prose
- you'll never think of vegetables in the same way again.' Darina Allen in the Irish Examiner on Wild Garlic These recipes are designed to complement busy modern-day life & include ideas for mid-week bowl dishes & simple snacks as well as summer barbecue recipes & mouth-watering salads & risottos. Denis is famous for his inventive approach & this collection will inspire cooks everywhere no matter what your taste or skill level. For the Love of Food is an essential cookbook for vegetarians but will also appeal to non-vegetarians who enjoy flavour-packed food & new combinations. Full of simple & satisfying solutions this is a book that you will turn to everyday. These beautiful recipes are a joy to read. Recipes include: Orecchiette with broad beans & baby courgettes Mussaman curry of new potatoes chickpeas & green beans with cucumber & coriander salsa Pumpkin stew with fennel leeks & borlotti beans Chocolate olive oil mousse with salt & chilli sesame praline & cherry salsa Rhubarb & strawberry trifle with prosecco orange mascarpone & pistachio-lemon praline The best cheese on toast in the world Maple & chilli roasted beetroot with wild rice pecans bitter greens & orange yoghurt Broad bean & ricotta stuffed braised artichoke with citrus yoghurt & beetroot pastry Saffron-braised squash with aubergine pine nut & spinach stuffing & lentil-goat's cheese sauce
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When Sarah Taylor suspected that her four-year-old daughter Nadia had been kidnapped by Fawzi her abusive ex-husband Sarah's whole world was turned upside down. Shadowy airport CCTV images showed Nadia had boarded a flight to Tripoli with her father & Sarah's worst fears were confirmed. No child abducted to Libya had ever been successfully returned to their mother in Engl&. But then Sarah Taylor was no ordinary mother. The only possibility of getting Nadia back was to give up everything that she held dear in England & move to Libya. But her journey wouldn't be easy. Nadia was moved secretly between Fawzi's relatives for two years in a desperate attempt to hide her until a dramatic car chase through the backstreets of Tripoli finally led to the safe reconciliation of this extraordinary mother & daughter. Sarah's quest to bring her beloved daughter is described in an unfolding story of blackmail & embezzlement the involvement of the Libyan secret police death threats a meeting with Colonel Gadaffi & the intervention of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. ...

There are only three things a cat needs for a fine life
- good food a comfortable bed & universal praise & love. Luckily
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Elena Weaver in her skimpy dresses & bright jewellery exuded intelligence & sexuality. A student at St Stephen's College Cambridge she lived a life of casual but intense physical & emotional relationships with scores to settle & targets to achieve. Until someone lying in wait on the bank of the River Cam where Elena went running every morning bludgeoned the young woman to death. Called into the rarefied world of academia Inspector Thomas Lynley & his partner Barbara Havers find a tangled skein of love obsession & desire
- a maelstrom of emotion that has claimed Elena Weaver's life.
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Commander Graham Martineau was awarded the Victoria Cross for pressing home an attack against impossible odds. Few survived & crimson ribbon remains a haunting symbol of the sacrifice of ship & men. Now as captain of the crack Tribal Class destroyer H.M.S. Hakka Martineau must once again call from ordinary seamen the ultimate in courage & prepare to defend to the death vital convoys to Russia. There is no hiding place in these bitter Arctic seas where a pitiless enemy awaits a fatal rendezvous. All are heroes & no man & no ship is immortal. ...