Born on a Friday Sophie Winters has always been a loving & giving child whod do anything for her family. Yet her father Bill has always seemed to resent her. For her mothers sake Sophie learns to live with Bills animosity
- until the night he drunkenly forces himself upon her. Left pregnant & ashamed at seventeen Sophie doesnt know where to turn. So when she meets the charming Ben Lewis & he offers her refuge at his mothers hotel she accepts. At first it seems that Ben & his mother are quite the good Samaritans. But there is little goodness in the Lewises hearts. As Sophie realises their dark intentions a web of danger & deceit wraps itself around her. She knows if she is to survive she will have to fight for all shes worth...
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Captivate kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy was the order given to the American soldiers. THE FORT is the blistering new novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell. Summer 1779. Seven hundred & fifty British soldiers & three small ships of the Royal Navy. Their orders: to build a fort above a harbour to create a base from which to control the New England seaboard. Forty-one American ships & over nine hundred men. Their orders: to expel the British. The battle that followed was a classic example of how the best-laid plans can be disrupted by personality & politics & of how warfare can bring out both the best & worst in men. It is a timeless tale of men at war written by a master storyteller. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Qais Akbar Omar's young life coincided with one of the most convulsive decades in Afghan history: invasion & civil war the rise of the Taliban & the arrival of international troops in 2001. A Fort of Nine Towers named for the place his parents first sought shelter from war is Qais's memoir about his family & their remarkable survival. When the fighting came this group of tenacious & deeply loving people was buffeted from one part of Afghanistan to the next 'like kittens in the jaws of a lion'. They set up camp on the plains in the Buddha caves of Bamiyan & later with Kuchi nomads before they were finally able to return to Kabul -- where in many senses their trials were just beginning. As he shares this long journey through terror loss heartbreak & sudden moments of joy Qais's spirit never ceases to shine. This is an extraordinary book about a beautiful & civilized country ravaged by war & about the power of stories to embolden console & bind a family together in the face of almost unimaginable odds. ...

This is the definitive book on fashion in the 1940s covering everything from French style under the Occupation & the make do & mend mentality through issues of dress patriotism & propaganda & the development of faux fabrics & rationing to the rise of American fashion houses & the creation of Christian Diors New Look. International attitudes emerge from some 250 illustrations including period advertisements images of real clothes & first-hand accounts from contemporary publications. ...

For over 300 years Fortnum & Mason has been internationally renowned for its style elegance English charm & above all as a purveyor of foods of the finest top quality including a distinguished range of honey & preserves. This beautiful pocket book celebrates Fortnum's outstanding heritage in preserving. From the fascinating history of its preserves & why Fortnum & Mason continues to use time-honoured methods in their manufacture to how the store came to house a colony of bees on its rooftop this is a charming collection of anecdotes & stories alongside over 50 delicious recipes using honey & preserves. From Scallops with Honey Soy & Chilli Beef & Stout Puff Pastry Pie & a Marmalade-glazed Ham to delicate teatime treats & elegant puddings there is a something for every occasion & every time of the day. Beautifully illustrated with colour photography & line illustrations throughout you can now enjoy a taste of Fortnum's at home. ...

It had been the wish of her whole life to flee from all the Herries but Walter Herries had challenged her & she had taken up the challenge. Judith Paris now middle aged returns to the Lakes to deal with the bitter feud between the two branches of the family. A feud culminating in the construction by one branch of a huge house known as The Fortress which will dominate the land of the others. But within this conflict the children of the two families have important roles to play. ...

The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Suddenly people from all corners of the globe began to develop terrifying powers
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Israel six decades after its founding remains a nation in thrall to an original martial impulse. Born of idealism under David Ben Gurion & his proteges Dayan Sharon & Peres Israel came to prioritize security at all costs & to seize land & water whenever opportunity arose. The security state erected around the nation is the most efficient ruthless intelligent & skilful in the region. & it is very little understood. Patrick Tyler believes that the way to understand it is to understand the men & women who have created sustained & directed it. Less an anatomy of institutions & administrations than a searching biographical study of the outsize personalities who headed its operations & in consequence steered Israels course since its foundation this book is a landmark in the revelation of the inner workings of the Israeli nation-state. ...

In March & April 1942 more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta ' smaller than the Isle of Wight ' than on the whole of Britain during the first year of the Blitz. Malta had become one of the most strategically important places in the world. From there the Allies could attack Axis supply lines to North Africa; without it Rommel would be able to march unchecked into Egypt Suez & the Middle East. For the Allies this would have catastrophic. As Churchill said Malta had to be held 'at all costs.' FORTRESS MALTA follows the story through the eyes of those who were there: young men such as twenty-year-old fighter pilot Raoul Daddo-Langlois anti-aircraft gunner Ken Griffiths American Art Roscoe & submariner Tubby Crawford
- who served on the most successful Allied submarine of the Second World War; cabaret dancer-turned RAF plotter Christina Ratcliffe & her lover the brilliant & irrepressible reconnaissance pilot Adrian Warburton. Their stories & others provide extraordinary first-hand accounts of heroism resilience love & loss highlighting one of the most remarkable stories of World War II.
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