In this title bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey out of London along the banks of the River Thames to discover the secrets & stories of Englands most famous waterway. Discover the Thames literary heritage at Pangbourne near Reading famous as the home of The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame then explore Mapledurham House the inspiration for its famous Toad Hall. Explore Henley-on-Thames where the first Oxford & Cambridge boat races were held then marvel at Southend Pier the longest pleasure pier in the world. As he follows the river from source to sea visiting its towns villages & places of interest Winn unearths a fascinating array of facts folklore landmarks & legends that are guaranteed to have you exclaiming I Never Knew That!. Illustrated with line drawings this charming gem of a book is guaranteed to inform & delight in equal measure. ...

Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on an intriguing journey through Britains largest county uncovering the hidden places legends secrets & fascinating characters of this unique & compelling piece of Engl&. From Englands largest vale & northern Europes largest gothic cathedral to Britains oldest city Yorkshire is home to some of Britains best architecture most ravishing scenery & is the cradle of some of our countrys most influential & individual characters. You will discover the only clog factory in the world the first English actor to win an Oscar the worlds oldest association football club & largest expanse of medievel stained glass. This gem of a book will act as a wonderfully surprising & highly entertaining guide to one of Englands best loved counties. ...

If there is any solace in growing older it is that you will find yourself guffawing in hysterical recognition at the situations Nora Ephron describes from the impossibility of trying to remember peoples names at parties to struggling with the new technology. You will find yourself rolling off the sofa snorting with laughter as she recalls with her signature clarity & wisdom everything she hasnt (yet) forgotten including what it feels like to produce a flop
- & you will swallow down a lump in your throat at the poignancy of her insights into the pain of losing friends & the guilt of separation & divorce. One thing is for sure there is nobody else who can put her finger so very precisely so beguilingly with so much wisdom & with so much wit on what we all struggle with as we journey into our later years.
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This horrifying thriller partly based on a true story is the scariest novel yet from an international bestseller. The crunching noise had resumed now accompanied by a disgusting indefinable smell. It could best be described as a blend of kelp & rotten meat. The voice spoke again now slightly louder & clearer: Dont go. Dont go yet. Im not finished. In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords three friends set to work renovating a derelict house. But soon they realise they are not alone there
- something wants them to leave & its making its presence felt. Meanwhile in a town across the fjord a young doctor investigating the suicide of an elderly woman discovers that she was obsessed with his vanished son. When the two stories collide the terrifying truth is uncovered.. .
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The third book in the bestselling & hilarious series of ' Am I Alone.. .?' books From bin Laden to Pippa Middleton's bottom & from riots to Rebekah Wade Telegraph readers offer their maverick & hilarious take on the year's events in the letters the paper didn't publish because they were just too off-the-wall too outrageous or too waggish for an august Letters page. The first two volumes of unpublished letters to the Daily Telegraph Am I Alone in Thinking? & I Could Go On.. .have both been Christmas bestsellers & sold well in excess of 100 000 copies. Once again it will be an essential Christmas present to give or to receive. SIR
- A question for your male readers: which would you rather be invited to
- the Royal wedding or one of Silvio Berlusconi's bunga bunga parties? SIR
- All these years I have lived under the impression that Middleton Bottom was a rural west-country village. SIR
- It is a pity Osama bin Laden was not taken alive. He could have been sentenced to go through airport security for the rest of his life. SIR
- May I suggest that if the police are to use water cannon to disperse rioting students they include some soap in the tank? SIR
- Is a super-injunction the morning-after pill for celebrities?





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When bestselling thriller writer Andrew Danner wakes up in a hospital bed with no idea how he got there he is horrified to be told that he is responsible for the murder of his ex-fiancee. In the resulting celebrity trial Drew is exonerated on the grounds of temporary insanity caused by a recent brain tumour. But he still has no idea if he did kill Genevieve & is desperate to find out. Haunted by what appear to be his bizarre night-time actions
- did he really cut his own foot with a knife?
- Drew is shocked when another woman is discovered dead murdered in the same way as Genevieve. Trying to clear his name & understand what's happening to him Drew enlists the help of a tame forensic scientist a sympathetic detective his staunch friend Chic who has helpful underworld connections & an over-confident teenager. Can Drew discover what really happened that night & unmask the real killer?

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Heart-breaking hopeful & horrifying I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctors inspiring account of his extraordinary life growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza & Israel regardless of their ethnic origin. A London University- & Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor who was born & raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip & who has devoted his life to medicine & reconciliation between Israelis & Palestinians (New York Times) Abuelaish is an infertility specialist who lives in Gaza but works in Israel. On the strip of land he calls home (where 1.5 million Gazan refugees are crammed into a few square miles) the Gaza doctor has been crossing the lines in the sand that divide Israelis & Palestinians for most of his life
- as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the line as a humanitarian who sees the need for enhanced health & education for women as the way forward in the Middle East. & most recently as the father whose three daughters were killed by Israeli shells on 16 January 2009 during Israels incursion into the Gaza Strip. It was his response to this tragedy that made news & won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge or sinking into hatred Izzeldin Abuelaish called for the people in the region to start talking to each other. His deepest hope is that his daughters will be the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians & Israelis.
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The extraordinary story of a Palestinian doctor who despite witnessing the death of three of his daughters in the Israeli incursion into Gaza in January 2009 continued his medical & humanitarian work with the aim of bringing the people of the region together in peace. Heart-breaking hopeful & horrifying Lan Akrah (I Shall Not Hate) is an inspiring account of Dr Izzeldin Abulaishs extraordinary life growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza & Israel regardless of their ethnic origin. ...

Heart-breaking hopeful & horrifying I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctors inspiring account of his extraordinary life growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza & Israel regardless of their ethnic origin. A London University- & Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor who was born & raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip & who has devoted his life to medicine & reconciliation between Israelis & Palestinians (New York Times) Abuelaish is an infertility specialist who lives in Gaza but works in Israel. On the strip of land he calls home (where 1.5 million Gazan refugees are crammed into a few square miles) the Gaza doctor has been crossing the lines in the sand that divide Israelis & Palestinians for most of his life
- as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the line as a humanitarian who sees the need for enhanced health & education for women as the way forward in the Middle East. & most recently as the father whose three daughters were killed by Israeli shells on 16 January 2009 during Israels incursion into the Gaza Strip. It was his response to this tragedy that made news & won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge or sinking into hatred Izzeldin Abuelaish called for the people in the region to start talking to each other. His deepest hope is that his daughters will be the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians & Israelis.
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A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his head... It's not easy being a witch & it's certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks but Tiffany Aching
- teen witch
- is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches so that just wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea. Worse still this evil ghost from the past is hunting down one witch in particular. He's hunting for Tiffany. & he's found her...A fabulous Discworld" title filled with witches & magic & told in the inimitable Terry Pratchett style "I Shall Wear Midnight" is the fourth " Discworld" this title features Tiffany & her tiny fightin' boozin' pictsie friends the Nac Mac Feegle (aka " The Wee Free Men")."

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