Greece 1936. A young British diplomat & his wife have been posted to Athens. Hugh loves the life there but his spirited & unconventional wife Evadne finds it hard to fit in with the whirl of endless parties & socialising. When Hugh is sent to Crete to sort out a problem they stay in a rundown house owned by his family. His wife falls in love with the place & the people & stays on when Hugh returns to his duties. As she tries to rebuild the ramshackle home Evadne
- known as Heavenly by the locals
- makes firm friends with Anthi a young woman from the village & Christo the handsome & charismatic young builder. But the dark clouds of war are gathering & the island will become a crucible of violence & bloodshed in the days to come. For Heavenly her friends & family it will be the greatest test they have ever known.

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Newly discovered & with an introduction by Johnny Depp this is legendary American folk singer Woody Guthries only finished novel: a compelling portrait of two hardscrabble farmers struggling during the Dust Bowl. Filled with the homespun lyricism that made Guthries songs unforgettable this is the story of an ordinary couples dream of a better life in a corrupt world. Living in a precarious wooden shack Texan farmers Tike & Ella May yearn for a sturdy house to protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a government pamphlet Tike knows how to build a simple adobe dwelling from the land itself- a house of earth. But while the land on which Tike & Ella May live & work is not theirs their dream remains painfully out of reach. A rural tale of progressive activism HOUSE OF EARTH is a searing portrait of hardship & hope set against a ravaged landscape. Combining the moral urgency & narrative drive of John Steinbeck with the erotic frankness of D.H. Lawrence it is a powerful tale of America from a great artist. ...

When Joss an adopted child discovers that her real mother has left the beautiful family home Belheddon Hall to her she is thrilled until she discovers that the Hall is haunted by a presence which will not tolerate husbands or sons living in the house. Joss Grant is eager to begin a new life when she inherits Belheddon Hall. She brings her husband Luke & their small son Tom to the dilapidated house & sets about discovering her family roots which lie in the village. But not long after they move in Tom wakes screaming at night. Joss hears echoing voices & senses an invisible presence watching her from the shadows. Are they spirits from the past? Or is she imagining them? As she learns with mounting horror of Belheddons tragic & dramatic history her fear grows very real for she realises that both her family & her own sanity are at the mercy of a violent & powerful energy which seems beyond anyones control. ...

Two sisters fight to assert themselves after being plunged into devastating poverty following their fathers death. Luckily their natural flair for design soon finds them in demand as dressmakers. Beatrice is the elder & apparently wiser of the two who considers herself plain & unmarriageable & whose relationship with society photographer Jack Maddox is seared with conflict & doubt. Her younger sister is Evangeline ravishingly beautiful the victim of chancers philanderers & rogues -- but most of all the victim of her own desires. Throughout all their private turmoils their professional goal is constant: to establish a fashion house in London to rival any in Paris. Based on the massively successful television series created by Jean Marsh & Eileen Atkins this is the full story of Beatrice & Evangeline & of the strength & triumph bitterly made decisions & anguishes that accompanied the rise of the House of Eliott. ...

In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's through a twist of fate & fortune a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother & her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens' parents & Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops prosecutors & a community for decades to come... When police found Sylvia's emaciated body with a chilling message carved into her flesh they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. Soon they would learn how many others-including some of Baniszewski's own children-participated in Sylvia's murder & just how much torture had been inflicted in one House Of Evil"." ...

Madness are a British institution. Formed at the height of Punk London in 1976 the Nutty Boys mixed old Ska & Reggae rhythms astute social comment & music hall humour to make them the most successful UK singles band of the Eighties
- as popular with the grannies as with post-punk teenagers hungry for an alternative to the glossy pop of the age. In Thatchers Britain Madness seemed like an anachronism: resolutely working class down-to-earth & facing adversity with a glint in the eye. & yet in terms of pop music they helped define the age via hits like My Girl" " One Step Beyond" " House of Fun" & " Baggy Trousers". From their roots in North London through their emergence as part of 2-Tone & onto their fall in the late 80s & subsequent rise via the Madstock festivals " House of Fun" celebrates this very English musical phenomenon. John Reed offers an affectionate yet insightful version of events helped by candid interviews with those whove worked with Madness over the years. From the trials & tribulations of inter-band disputes accusations of racism & their eventful split to the highs of their violet patch from 1979 to 1986 when they justified their nickname of The Magnificent Seven via an unmatched succession of classic hit singles " House of Fun"
- for the first time
- tells the story of Madness."


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This is a revised edition of one of NHB's consistently best-selling theatre books
- a treasure trove of drama games & exercises.
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As in all hospitals the medical hierarchy of The House of God was a pyramid
- a lot at the bottom & one at the top. Put another
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This is the latest title to join Fighting Fantasy's br&-new look! The multi-million selling gamebook series is back with a hugely popular revamped updated package a brilliant new interactive website & the monsters dungeons & peril to capture a whole new generation of imaginations. Stranded miles from anywhere on a dark & stormy night your only refuge is a distant ramshackle mansion. But the dangers outside are nothing compared to the nightmarish creatures that await you within its gruesome walls. Can you make it through the night without being scared
- to death?
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Johnny Truant wild & troubled sometime employee in a LA tattoo parlour finds a notebook kept by Zampano a reclusive old man found dead in a cluttered apartment. Herein is the heavily annotated story of the Navidson Report. Will Navidson a photojournalist & his family move into a new house. What happens next is recorded on videotapes & in interviews. Now the Navidsons are household names. Zampano writing on loose sheets stained napkins crammed notebooks has compiled what must be the definitive work on the events on Ash Tree Lane. But Johnny Truant has never heard of the Navidson Record. Nor has anyone else he knows. & the more he reads about Will Navidson's house the more frightened he becomes. Paranoia besets him. The worst part is that he can't just dismiss the notebook as the ramblings of a crazy old man. He's starting to notice things changing around him.. . Immensely imaginative. Impossible to put down. Impossible to forget. House of Leaves is thrilling terrifying & unlike anything you have ever read before. ...