When his mother Joan was diagnosed with terminal cancer Rory Mac Lean & his wife Katrin took her into their home. For five months as their life fragmented & turned inward they fought both to resist & to accept the inevitable. Each gave vent to their emotions in different ways but all three kept a diary. Heartbreakingly honest & deeply moving Gift of Time" is the story of those days in the words of a son his wife & his mother. Woven together into a poignant meditation on life & death they illuminate the courage & dignity of one woman who confronted what we all must face. Threaded through with wisdom & guilt anger & acceptance the story is punctuated by a family wedding & the hope of new life by bin-bags of old letters & books rediscovered by the end of winter & the first signs of spring. Powerful raw & urgent this slender volume is above all a celebration of life. Capturing every moment of beauty & pain it acknowledges that what survives all of us is love. Praise for Rory Mac Lean's previous titles: " Stalin's Nose": " The most extraordinary debut in travel writing since " In Patagonia". A dark sardonic & brilliant book which grows in stature with every page". (William Dalrymple). "A surreal masterpiece". (Colin Thubron). " The Oatmeal Ark": " One of the most original & innovative travel books for years". (Alexander Frater). "A truly astonishing performance". (Jan Morris). " Such a book as this rather marvellously explains why literature still lives". (John Fowles). " Under the Dragon": "I cannot imagine a better book on the beauty & terror of Burma. Read it. Read it. Read it". (Fergal Keane). " It will make you cry & it will give you hope... It is astonishingly good". (Jeanette Winterson). " Magic Bus": "A disturbing gripping & intensely passionate story". (Esther Freud)." ...

A set of anonymous postcards leads Detective Chief Inspector Hennessey to make a chilling discovery. When four postcards are sent anonymously to an advice centre each with the word murder scribbled in a foreign language & the same precise OS map reference DCI Hennessey & his team visit the sinister location & make a chilling discovery: the body of a professional man who had been reported missing ten years earlier. Who sent the postcards & why so long after the crime? As Hennessey & his team investigate they find themselves drawn into a puzzling & dangerous investigation. ...

This is the first book in the epic Pellinor" series
- four books telling an extraordinary tale of another world. Maerad is
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Theres nothing quite like receiving a handmade gift & your family & friends will love being on the receiving end of these handmade designs. Designer Mags Kandis inspires with this delightful collection of beautiful & colorful little projects for you to knit crochet & felt. From wearable accessories such as hats mittens scarves socks & wraps to home decor including a tea cozy pin cushion needle case & laptop cover these 30+ pieces are sweet lively & add a little joy to every household. Each project features creative embellishments & personal touches including beading buttons needlefelting applique & embroidery. Mags also shares her recipes for easy food gifts & simple sewing projects such as sewn fabric gift bags & sachets to pair with fiber gifts. Directions for making these little add-ons that make a gift personal & extra-special are scattered throughout the book. Gifted will inspire you to grab another ball of yarn & invest a little time & love to create something special for someone special. ...

Dead people dont make great companions something cute athletic Ken finds out the hard way when following an accident on the football field he starts hearing ghostly voices. Its not the kind of gift he would have asked for
- especially when it gets him involved in a love triangle with his dead best friends girlfriend
- but theres nothing he can do about it until an anonymous note invites him to a seance. Completely convinced by the medium he meets Ken tries to tell her about his secret. Only his gifted classmates can save him from revealing the truth
- & finding himself in terrible danger...


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Brimming with ideas from the pretty to the practical Gifts from the Garden contains more than 100 projects that use the gardener's bounty throughout the seasons. Divided into Flowers & Herbs & Fruit & Vegetables Debora

Includes:: gifts that are edible for your home & for your wellbeing. There are potted bulbs in teacups & decorated personal seed packets a lavender rose & chamomile bubble bath flower & fruit lip balms a tisane planter & a pizza herb window box as well as festive wreaths & ideas for using flowers & foliage when wrapping presents. & of course delicious ideas like toffee apples herbal teas spice rubs chilli jams courgette muffins & quince vodka to name a few! So whether you want to give something practical for the home indulgent to enjoy at bathtime or to complement a delicious dinner there is a present that will suit everyone.

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What could be more wonderful than receiving a jar of piquant mango chutney a tray of gooey brownies a bottle of fresh raspberry cordial or a box of delicate almond friands? With the current trend for all things thrifty & creative now is the perfect time to explore the tradition of making & giving something homemade. Accompanied by creative packaging ideas & with a huge variety of recipes & ideas for every season & occasion
- from candied almonds & Chinese fortune cookies to slow-roasted tomatoes & macaroons
- there is sure to be something for everyone here whether you want to celebrate a birthday a wedding the arrival of a new baby welcome someone into their new home or just say thank you.

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How much nicer is it to receive something that has been made with love
- & specially for you? In this book youll learn how to
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A poet is a rock star without the sexndrugs or the rocknroll. But that never stopped Simon Armitage dreaming & in Gig" he explores how music & the muse intertwine in work & in life. Crammed with stories anecdotes jokes absurdities the odd informal homily pitfalls & pratfalls (not all the authors own) Yorkshire life & death " Gig" is about the dream & reality of what you are & what you might have been." ...

The job of the skin is to keep things in. On the buttoned-down island of Here all is well. By which we mean: orderly neat contained & moreover beardless. Or at least it is until one famous day when Dave bald but for a single hair finds himself assailed by a terrifying unstoppable. monster! Where did it come from? How should the islanders deal with it? & what most importantly are they going to do with Dave? The first book from a new leading light of UK comics The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil" is an off-beat fable worthy of Roald Dahl. It is about life death & the meaning of beards. (We mean a gigantic beard basically)." ...