12 year old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life. Letting go is hard
- until Granny's long-dead mammy appears.
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In outer space you can never feel sure that your adversary is altogether human. The runcible buffers on Samarkand have been mysteriously sabotaged killing many thousands & destroying a terraforming project. Agent Cormac must reach it by ship to begin an investigation. But Cormac has incurred the wrath of a vicious psychopath called Pelter who is prepared to follow him across the galaxy with a terrifying android in tow. Despite the sub-zero temperature of Samarkand Cormac discovers signs of life: they are two dracomen alien beasts contrived by an extra-galactic entity calling itself Dragon which is a huge creature consisting of four conjoined spheres of flesh each a kilometre in diameter. Caught between the byzantine wiles of the Dragon & the lethal fury of Pelter Cormac needs to skip very nimbly indeed to rescue the Samarkand project & protect his own life. ...

Adult movie actress Raven Lane is one of the most lusted after women in America with millions of fans to prove it. But when a headless corpse turns up in the trunk of her car she realizes that fame carries a terrible price. Fearing for her life & with the LAPD seemingly unable to protect her Raven turns to elite bodyguard Ryan Lock for help. Lock stops bad things happening to good people but can he stop the tidal wave of violence now threatening the city of Los Angeles as Raven's predator targets
- & kills
- those closest to her? As events spiral out of control Lock is drawn into a dangerous world where money rules where sex is a commodity to be bought & sold & where no one can be trusted least of all his beautiful new client. But what he cannot know is the terrifying price he's about to pay
- just for getting involved...


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Grief affects different people in different ways most emerge from mourning in a healthy manner but for some the death of a loved one can cause intense emotional pain that is difficult to recover from. This type of grief can often surface as an underlying cause of physical & mental health problems requiring professional treatment. This highly anticipated fourth edition builds on the success of the previous editions which received worldwide acclaim for their sensitive insightful & practical approach to grief counselling. Worden incorporates emerging theories & cutting edge research into this fully revised edition which
Includes:: a new chapter on the mourning process discussing the personal & social difficulties that shape mourning; detailed guidelines for approaching special types of grief including suicide sudden death & miscarriage; & an updated version of the Task Model. Grief Counselling & Grief Therapy" is an essential resource for everyone working with the bereaved from those just entering the field to seasoned practitioners."
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A Grief Observed" comprises the reflections of the great scholar & Christian on the death of his wife after only a few short years of marriage. Painfully honest in its dissection of his thoughts & feelings this is a book that details his paralysing grief bewilderment & sense of loss in simple & moving prose." ...

The iconic Spitfires most radical upgrade was the 2000 hp Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. The first variant fitted with this superb ...

He's back & hotter than ever! Levi is getting back to his Roots with over 100 Caribbean- & sunshine-infused recipes for the barbecue & grill. From his first appearance
- guitar in hand
- in the Dragons' Den Levi's winning personality & sunny food has brought a taste of Caribbean joy to our dinner plates. In this book Levi gets back to his Jamaican influences with over 100 recipes to conjure up those lazy hazy summer days. He cooks up feasts for the barbecue & grill with fresh healthy ingredients that have been given his special West Indian twist
- think Chicken with Molasses Sugar & Lime; Calypso Burgers with Tropical Salsa; & Jamaican Snapper Parcels
- all washed down with a Sunshine Smoothie. Grill it with Levi brings together all Levi's passions: healthy quick & flavourful food cooking outside & eating with friends. All the recipes can be cooked on a barbecue
- or if the weather's not so sunny
- you can bring the summer inside. Shake that Reggae Reggae Sauce & let's get some soul back into our food!





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This book

Includes:: fast recipes for simple tasty & healthy food. These meals can be cooked under the grill

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A Grim Almanac of Somerset is a day-by-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county. Full of dreadful deeds macabre deaths strange occurrences & heinous homicides this almanac explores the darker side of Somerset's past. The wicked the mad the violent & the bad are all crammed into this volume. Here are stories of tragedy torment & the truly unfortunate with such diverse tales as the soldier who stabbed himself with his own bayonet while turning a somersault in 1879 'the murder that never happened' in 1837 the mother who threw her child into a cess pit in 1855 as well as a catalogue of disasters which include mining & railway accidents explosions riots a devastating collapsing footbridge in Bath in 1930 & a circus big top destroyed by fire in Taunton in 1920 with the loss of five lives. Generously illustrated this chronicle is an entertaining & readable record of Somerset's grim past. Read on.. .if you dare! ...

For two centuries the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain. The recourse of only the most desperate dark & terrible tales of malnutrition misery mistreatment & murder ran like wildfire through the poorer classes who lived in terror of being forced inside the institution's towering walls. This book contains 365 incredible tales of fires drownings explosions & disasters infamous scandals such as the Andover affair
- where inmates were forced to eat the bones they were supposed to be crushing to ward off starvation
- & sickening tales of abuse assault bodysnatching poisonings post mortems & murder. Accompanied by 70 rare & wonderful illustrations this book will thrill fascinate sadden & unnerve in equal measure. DID YOU KNOW? In the early hours of 31 August 1888 the mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols
- the first generally accepted victim of Jack the Ripper
- was discovered in Buck's Row Whitechapel just a little way from the Whitechapel workhouse infirmary. Nichols aged forty-two at her death had been a regular habituee of London's workhouses. On 30 May 1896 at the age of seven future Hollywood star Charlie Chaplin entered the Newington workhouse in south London together with his mother Hannah & his older half-brother Sydney. On 19 March 1834 a revolt took place amongst the juvenile female paupers of St Margaret's workhouse Westminster. A young man named Speed appointed as their superintendent provoked their wrath by his alleged tyrannical behaviour. He was unmercifully thrashed by the girls who tore his clothes nearly off his back & beat him until his cries raised the alarm & the police were sent for to quell the disturbance.



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