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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Read the heartwarming story of Pea Horsley the UKs first professional animal communicator as she tracks lost animals tackles troublesome pets & helps people to truly understand their devoted friends. Pea Horsley never set out to be an animal psychic so you can imagine her surprise when she realised that animals could talk & that she could hear them. Heartwarming & funny Pea describes how she learnt to harness her powers & in doing so the incredible characters that she meets
- on two legs & four! Pea tells how she saved Musgo the horse who was unable to recover from a past trauma helped a client find her reincarnated puppy & the wonderful story of Mono the dog & his owner Mike. Mono had saved Mikes life so when the vet told Mike that Mono was so ill that there was no hope Mike refused to give up on him. Pea came to the rescue to help Mono tell Mike what he needed to survive. Peas immense compassion & love of animals has allowed her to help so many animals in need & to celebrate the unconditional love & devotion that our closest friends bring to our lives.
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Heart to Heart is a miscellany of reflections parables photographs & memories. If we are to continue learning & growing spiritually as we go through life we must take the time to reflect on our experiences. Few incidents are so small that we cannot learn by reflecting on them. Here Janet Walker shares thoughts inspired by incidents as diverse as a child walking on a wall a game with a balloon a visit to the snake house & a moment of panic as she crawled through a cave far below the ground. ...

A compelling brutal & heart-breaking story about identity infamy & revenge from debut author Tanya Byrne. Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2012 They say Im evil. The police. The newspapers. The girls from school who sigh on the six oclock news & say they always knew there was something not quite right about me. & everyone believes it. Including you. But you dont know. You dont know who I used to be. Who I could have been. Sometimes I wonder if Ill ever shake off my mistakes or if Ill just carry them around with me forever like a bunch of red balloons Awaiting trial at Archway Young Offenders Institution Emily Koll is going to tell her side of the story for the first time. Heart-Shaped Bruise is a compulsive & moving novel about infamy identity & how far a person might go to seek revenge. ...

Bill Thigpen had his finger on the heartbeat of America as writer & producer of a popular TV drama. He was so busy watching his career soar that he never noticed his marriage collapse
- until it was too late. Now nine years later he believed his life to be in perfect balance. Adrian Townsend thought she had everything: a job she liked as production assistant for a TV network show...a handsome husband she loved. It was an enviable life
- the American Dream. Until she got pregnant & Steven gave his ultimatum. Him or the baby. Bill & Adrian meet by chance & are irrevocably drawn to each other. & as their friendship deepens into love as they meet the obstacles that life presents Danielle Steel touches the heartbeat of two wonderful people in a challenging modern-day relationship.

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He is one of the most charismatic showmen ever to grace a WWE ring. He is HBK: The Heartbreak Kid -- the most resilient champion in WWE. & pound for pound he may well be the toughest. He was the first Grand Slam champion -- the only competitor to hold every title WWE had to offer at the time. Weighing in at 225 pounds he was WWE Champion on three occasions defeating men who were close to twice his size. From the very beginning of his spectacular career Michaels gained a reputation for pushing his body to extremes. He was willing to go the limit: to do whatever he had to do to put on a stunning show -- & eventually his body paid the price. In his early thirties an age when most Superstars are hitting their prime Michaels had to bow out of the spotlight plagued by recurrent injuries which had ended -- or so he thought -- his career. But then sensationally after four years out of the ring in June 2002 ' The Showstopper' returned to a rapturous reception from which he has never looked back. This is the full story of his truly remarkable comeback & of his glittering twenty-year-plus career. ...

At Myrtle House the twin beds have never been so busy... The irrepressible Russell ' Buffy' Buffery has upped sticks from London & moved to a decrepit B&B in rural Wales. He needs to fill the beds & what better way than with ' Courses for Divorces' his new money-making wheeze. Those checking in include: Harold whose wife has run off with a younger woman; Amy who's been unexpectedly dumped by her (not-so) weedy boyfriend & Andy the hypochondriac postman whose girlfriend is much too much for him to handle. Under Buffy's tutelage these casualties of the marriage-go-round find themselves re-learning all those skills never thought they'd need again & a whole lot more besides. ...

The City of London in the 1990s is a dark adrenaline-charged square mile deep in recession where sex is just another commodity & keeping ones integrity is a daily struggle. Gavin Blake is riding high. Hes up to his neck in money sex & sleaze but hes young & handsome & hes making a lot of money. Carta Graham wants nothing more than to forget her life as a high-flying lawyer so shes buried herself in a fund-raising project for the City Church of St Benets. When she meets Gavin she thinks the only thing they share is a temporary sexual attraction but shes wrong. They are about to change each others lives forever. For Gavin comes to see that in order to survive he must escape from the harrowing world he inhabits. His fight for freedom will be hard & fierce but Carta searching for her own freedom from the past is with him every step of the way... ...

Seven months into her pregnancy Rachel discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact that this woman has a neck as long as an arm & a nose as long as a thumb is no consolation. Food sometimes is though since Rachel is a cookery writer & between trying to win Mark back & wishing him dead she offers us some of her favourite recipes. HEARTBURN is a roller coaster of love betrayal loss &
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- revenge. This is Nora Ephrons (screenwriter of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY & SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE) roman a clef: I always thought during the pain of the marriage that one day it would make a funny book she once said
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