The much-loved author of ACROSS THE MERSEY tells of Liverpool under bombardment as never before
- but the Campion family refuses
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Heart of the Hero gives a compelling insight into the lives of some of the worlds most famous explorers through the eyes of the women who inspired them to achieve great things. Author Kari Herbert explores the unpredictable often heartbreaking stories of seven remarkable women who were indispensable companions intrepid travellers & sometimes even the driving force behind our best-loved polar heroes such as Scott & Shackleton. Drawing on her own unique experience as the daughter of a pioneering polar explorer & using extracts from previously unpublished historic journals & letters Herbert blends deeply personal accounts of longing betrayal & hope with tales of peril & adventure. ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD. Scobie a police officer serving in a wartime West African state is distrusted being scrupulously honest & immune to bribery. But then he falls in love & in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in with drastic & tragic consequences. ...

Darcy Gallagher has always believed in the pull of fate the magic of legend...and the importance of money. She longs to find a rich man who will sweep her away
- into a world filled with glamour & adventure & the exotic life that is her destiny. A wealthy businessman with Irish blood Trevor Magee has come to Ardmore to build a theatre
- & uncover the secrets hidden in his familys past. He thought he had given up on love long ago but Darcy Gallagher tempts him like no woman ever has. Shes gorgeous intelligent & she knows what she wants
- & hes more than willing to give it to her. Darcy too cant deny her own feelings for the handsome American though neither of them believes they have a real chance of finding lasting love without each other. Darcy knows what she wants from life & shes not convinced that Trevor is the one. But the village of Ardmore has a way of weaving its magic over visitors & inhabitants & the forces of destiny can only be resisted for so long...


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The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual.
- A contemporary classic by a world-renowned teacher.
- This new edition adds thirty-two poems by Krishnamacharya that capture the essence of his teachings. Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya who lived to be over 100 years old was one of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Elements of Krishnamacharyas teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B. K. S. Iyengar Pattabhi Jois & Indra Devi who all studied with Krishnamacharya. Krishnamacharyas son T. K. V. Desikachar lived & studied with his father all his life & now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharyas yoga. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharyas fundamental concept of viniyoga " which maintains that practices must be continually adapted to the individuals changing needs to achieve the maximum therapeutic value. In " The Heart of Yoga" Desikachar offers a distillation of his fathers system as well as his own practical approach which he describes as "a program for the spine at every level--physical mental & spiritual." This is the first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to the age-old principles of yoga. Desikachar discusses all the elements of yoga--poses & counterposes conscious breathing meditation & philosophy--and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health age occupation & lifestyle. This is a revised edition of " The Heart of Yoga.""

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A Heart so White" is the breathtaking international bestseller & IMPAC Award-winning masterpiece by Javier Marias whose highly-anticipated new novel " The Infatuations" is published in 2013. This Penguin Modern Classics edition features a new Introduction by Jonathan Coe. "A Heart so White" begins as In the middle of a family lunch Teresa just married goes to the bathroom unbuttons her blouse & shoots herself in the heart. What made her kill herself immediately after her honeymoon? Years later this mystery fascinates the young newlywed Juan whose father was married to Teresa before he married Juans mother. As Juan edges closer to the truth he begins to question his own relationships & whether he really wants to know what happened. Haunting & unsettling "A Heart So White" is a breathtaking portrayal of two generations two marriages the relentless power of the past & the terrible price of knowledge." ...

Left with her stepfathers relatives on Cape Cod following his sudden death Melody feels utterly marooned. The wealthy tight-lipped Logans harbour dark secrets & no one but their good-hearted son Cary will breathe a word. Then her mother dies in a car accident & Melody is left feeling more alone than ever. Forced to live in the room & wear the clothes that belonged to Careys dead twin sister Melody sometimes feels she has no identity at all. She manages to escape from the family by taking a summer job with Kenneth Childs the man she believes might be her real father. & from the moment she learns that she & Carey arent real cousins the tender affection she feels for him matures into something much stronger. But although Carey has pledged his love for her she knows she cannot echo his words until she discovers the buried truth about her past. ...

A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ' The Shipping News' & ' Brokeback Mountain'. Just outside town beyond the drugstore & the diner there's another world
- a wilderness
- waiting to be explored. On the high wooded hillsides there are deer to be stalked; far upriver there are quiet pools of trout & grouse to be shot & traplines to be laid for fur. In the far-flung settlements of New England life revolves around hunting. Whether they are yuppies from the town who think that country life is improving or natives who know all too well that it isn't the men & women of these stories are all hunting for something better
- though getting by at all is hard enough. These are men & women who live love & lose; men & women who fall apart & who pick up the pieces who dream useless dreams & go on dreaming whatever the disappointments. Tough & tender & irresistibly humorous this unforgettable book takes its reader on a trail through the great outdoors to the innermost places of the heart.


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Fleeing accusations of a hideous crime Agnes Whites father left her with precious little: an old pipe half-recollections of a bristling moustach & jars upon jars of preserved medical specimens. What began as the only way to remember her absent father soon develops into a passion to understand & to marvel at the workings of life. Following her vocation into the medical profession it takes all her intelligence & determination to defy the establishment & win the right for women to hold medical degrees. Yet despite a rapid rise to stardom she continues to find herself up against a wall of prejudice & exclusion. Set against the conflicts & upheaval that permeated the early 1900s The Heart Specialist charts one womans struggle for the freedom to do what she loves. ...

Louise Hay's Heart Thoughts" is a charming & valuable treasure trove of small pieces of inner wisdom that can guide you through any problem you might face. Now presented in a unique gift format with beautiful illustrations to warm your heart all over again. Compiled from Louise L Hay's meditations spiritual treatments & lectures " Heart Thoughts" is an easy-to-use pick-up-&-choose guide to assist you in your day-to-day experiences. You can use the index to look up one of Louise's gems of inner wisdom for a specific area of life or open a page at random
- you may be surprised by how relevant the words are to you at that moment."
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