The O' Neils who have lost brothers & sons into the bowels of London's East End keep watch over their one remaining young male a boy named Seamus. Hardworking & good-hearted they cling together & help each other & a whole community. Meanwhile Rosh Allen mourns the loss of Phil her dearly-beloved husb&. Aided & impeded by her mother Anna she struggles to raise three fatherless children. With the help of a kind-hearted neighbour her wounds begin to heal & she begins to take the first faltering steps into 'normality'. Tess & Don Compton are on the verge of separation. An apparently greedy & selfish woman Tess wants a semi-detached house & all her own way. But what really lies behind her desire to live on the posh side of the street. Behind the three families two men are at work. One will do serious damage; the other will reunite a clan that goes all the way back to Ireland & to ancestors thrown ashore from the ships of the Spanish Armada. ...

As Britain stands alone against a monstrous enemy the inhabitants of Pearl Street face hardship & heartbreak with courage & humour. The war touches each of them in a different way: for Annie Poulson a widow it means never-ending worry when her twin boys are called up & sent to France; Sheila Reillys husband Cal faces the terror of U-Boat attacks; Eileen Costello is liberated from a bitter loveless marriage when her husband is sent to Egypt & she goes to work in a munitions factory
- & falls in love. & Jessica Fleming down on her luck is forced to return to the street shed hoped never to see again.
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Before World War II has even been officially declared ten-year-old Hazel Morgan & her eight-year-old brother Peter are evacuated leaving London for the safety of the Sussex countryside. With her children gone & her husband John in the army Rene Morgan misses her family terribly. When she learns that John has become a prisoner of war she has to take on the highly dangerous job of firewatcher. Meanwhile Hazel & Peter are desperate to go back home. Returning to the city they are overjoyed to be reunited with their mother & Gran. But their father is still far away & the worst of the war is yet to come. As the air raids increase the Morgans must face the terror of the Blitz together... ...

In The Lightworkers Way" Dr Doreen Virtue takes you on a spiritual adventure as she recounts her own life story of awakening her healing & clairvoyant power. You are a lightworker if you feel called to heal others; want to resolve the worlds social & environmental problems; believe that spiritual methods can heal any situation; feel compelled to write teach or counsel others; & know that you are here for a higher purpose even if you are unsure what it is or how to fulfil it." ...

The only in-depth guide to Liguria a mountainous region of dizzy passes & breath-taking views where mountains plunge down into the sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean. Liguria will leave you awestruck by its beauty. The narrow strip of coast

Includes:: the gems of the world famous Italian Riviera the great port city of Genoa the glitzy resort of Portofino & the charms of the Cinque Terre. Yet in the hinterland there are many beautiful villages & mountain walks that have yet to be discovered by tourists. The walks vary in difficulty so are accessible to all. Many of the walks & cycle routes featured in the book are through beautiful wilderness. Unlike other guides to the region Liguria

Includes:: a detailed description of the mountains & their hilltop villages. With a strong regional identity all of its own Liguria is almost a country within a country. The spectacular scenery the mediaeval towns quaint fishing ports & the wonderful food have attracted some of the world's most famous writers among them Byron Mary & Percy Shelley Henry James Dickens Maupassant D H Lawrence Virginia Woolf & Dylan Thomas. Tourists flock to the Cinque Terre & Portofino but many of the other resorts have few foreign visitors so Liguria has the best of both world's to offer the visitor the big names on the Mediterranean destination list & mountain villages & small fishing ports which are almost exclusively Italian.



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Rebelling against the domineering man she believes to be her father Elin Jones runs away from her Welsh home to find a job on Merseyside as a maid in the wealthy Oxley household. Seduced & left pregnant by the son of the family she feels forced to marry the butler but finds herself condemned to a life of abuse & poverty. Only her love for her daughter Laura keeps Elin going. Laura grows up with her natural fathers intelligence & drive as well as his talent for business & when she seizes the chance to buy an ailing company it is the start of a meteoric career. But Lauras personal life is less of a success & it will take a twist of fate to enable Laura & her mother to find love & happiness. ...

Chely Wright singer songwriter & country music star writes in this moving telling memoir about her life & her career; about growing up in Americas heartland & about barely remembering a time when she didnt know she was different. The youngest of three children Wright would ascend the ladder to the top of the country-music world only to find herself trapped in a place she hadnt foreseen but had to face. From high-school homecoming queen to successful recording artist with her first hit single Shut Up & Drive " Wrights journey was dictated by keeping the truth of who she was closeted in a world in which country music stars had never been
- & could not be
- openly gay. Working with the biggest names in Nashville she navigated these treacherous waters until the charade took too great a toll. Ultimately as she reveals in this candid & outspoken work Wright found the courage to untangle herself from the image of the country music star shed become an image steeped in long-standing ideals & notions about who
- & what
- a country artist is & what fans expect that artist to be."



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Rachel Smedling is not like the other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller stronger & weaves cloth like a man. Without her the household would fall apart for her mother is ailing & her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her. When her mother dies Rachel is at the mercy of her increasingly violent father. Her only escape is by marrying a kindly man with whom she finds happiness if not passion & her life begins to seem complete. Rachels growing prosperity infuriates her father & his cronies however & they will stop at nothing to see her destroyed. ...

A breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world's best loved storytellers Paulo Coelho. In this riveting collection of thoughts & stories Paulo Coelho the author of ' The Alchemist' offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery & music to elegance traveling & the nature of good & evil. An old woman explains to her grandson how a mere pencil can show him the path to happiness...instructions on how to climb a mountain reveal the secret to making your dreams a reality...the story of Ghengis Khan & the Falcon that teaches about the folly of anger
- & the art of friendship...a pianist who performs an example in fulfilling your destiny...the author learns three important lessons when he goes to the rescue of a man in the street
- Paulo shows us how life has lessons for us in the greatest smallest & most unusual of experiences. ' Like the Flowing River'

Includes:: jewel-like fables packed with meaning & retold in Coelho's inimitable style. Sharing his thoughts on spirituality life & ethics Paulo touches you with his philosophy & invites you to go on an exciting journey of your own.



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There were few more controversial British politicians of the twentieth-century than Enoch Powell. There were few more brilliant & yet whilst being an MP for thirty-seven years his ministerial career lasted a mere fifteen months. His influence however was enormous not least as a harbinger of Thatcherism. There was much more to him though: he was a Professor of Greek at the age of twenty-five: a brigadier at the age of thirty-two: he was also a poet biblical scholar & devoted family man. The word definitive is hackneyed but in describing this biography it can be used legitimately. Not only was Simon Heffer able to interview Enoch Powell he was also given access to Powells massive private archive. In future anyone who want to study Enoch Powell will start here
- Bruce Anderson Spectator". First published in 1998 this biography has been out of print for a number of years. Demand for it however remains constant & Faber Finds is happy to meet that dem&."
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