When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945 killing 100 000 men women & children it was the beginning of a terrifying new episode in human history. Written only a year after the disaster John Hersey brought the event vividly alive with this heart-rending account of six men & women who survived despite all the odds. He added a further chapter when forty years later he returned to Hiroshima to discover how the same six people had struggled to cope with catastrophe & with often crippling disease. The result is a devastating picture of the long-term effects of one very small bomb. ...

Japan 1945. In one of the defining moments of the twentieth century more than 100 000 people were killed instantly by two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki by US Air Force B29s. Hundreds of thousands more succumbed to their horrific injuries or slowly perished of radiation-related sickness. Hiroshima Nagasaki tells the story of the tragedy through the eyes of the survivors from the twelve-year-olds forced to work in war factories to the wives & children who faced it alone. Through their harrowing personal testimonies we are reminded that these were ordinary people given no warning & no chance to escape the horror. American leaders claimed that the bombings were our least abhorrent choice & fell strictly on military targets. Even today most people believe they ended the Pacific War & saved millions of American & Japanese lives. Hiroshima Nagasaki challenges this deep-set perception revealing that the atomic bombings were the final crippling blow to the Japanese in a stratgic air war waged primarily against civilians. ...

From their first meeting at the student union over a decade ago Jim & Alison successfully navigated their way through first dates meeting parents moving in together & more... Then they split up & divided their worldly goods (including a sofa a cat & their flat) into his n hers. Now three years on & with new lives & new loves they couldnt be happier. Until a chance encounter throws them back together & causes them to embark on a journey through their past to ask themselves the big question: where did it all go wrong & is it too late to put it all right? ...

Men are endlessley mystified about the contents of a womans handbag their wardrobe & what they read in their magazines...equally women dont understand a mans need for gadgets power tools & their obession with sport.the His & Hers board game is a celebration of our differences as seen through everyday things. Divide your friends into single sex teams & have some fun celebrating what makes a woman a woman & a man a man. Contents:- Playing Board- 2 x Playing Pieces- 400 cards- Instructions ...

THE OTHER MAN IN HER LIFE... He was her late husbands best friend the man shed been warned to avoid
- the man shed always found
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This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind a heart of gold & a tortured soul.' From the day he was born Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By nineteen he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful story of the son she lost & the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness. Sharing tender painful memories Steel brings us a haunting duet between & singular young man & the mother who loved him
- & a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression. Nick rocketed through life like a shooting star. He spoke in full sentences at the age of one. He was a brilliant charming child who never slept. His gift for writing was extraordinary his musical talent promised a golden future. But by the time he entered junior high he was hurtling towards disaster. His mother tried desperately to get him the help he needed
- the opening salvos for what would become a ferocious battle for his life. At once a loving legacy & an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness Danielle Steel's tribute to her lost son is a gift of life hope healing & understanding to us all. 'I want to share the story & the pain the courage the love & what I learned in living through it... My hope is that someone will be able to use what we learned & save a life with it'

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His Country Cinderella Music legend Zane Gunther came to the Montana town of Thunder Canyon to escape the paparazzi
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London 1583. When young aspiring playwright William Shakespeare encounters Lucy Morgan one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting the two fall passionately in love. He declares Lucy the inspiration for his work but what secret is Will hiding from his muse? Meanwhile Lucy has her own secret
- & one that could destroy her world if exposed. No longer the chaste maid so valued by the Virgin Queen she also bore witness to the clandestine wedding of Lettice Knollys & Robert Dudley a match forbidden by the monarch. England is in peril. Queen Elizabeth's health is deteriorating her throne under siege from Catholic plotters & threats of war with Spain. Faced with deciding the fate of her long-term prisoner Mary Queen of Scots she needs a trusted circle of advisors around her now more than ever. But who can she turn to when those closest to her have proved disloyal? & how secure is Lucy's position at court now that she has learned the dangerous art of keeping secrets?
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Northern Lights" introduces Lyra an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science theology & magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children & turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. In " The Subtle Knife" she is joined on her journey by Will a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As Lyra learns the truth about her parents & her prophesied destiny the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds & leads to a thrilling conclusion in " The Amber Spyglass". The epic story Pullman tells is not only a spellbinding adventure featuring armoured polar bears magical devices witches & daemons it is also an audacious & profound re-imagining of Milton's " Paradise Lost". An utterly entrancing blend of metaphysical speculation & bravura storytelling " His Dark Materials" is a monumental & enduring achievement." ...

Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy in one slipcase. Since the first volume was published in 1995 & has now been filmed as THE GOLDEN COMPASS the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece & has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today the fabulous story of Lyra & her daemon is read & loved by adults & children alike. ...