Blood is thicker than water -- unless the King decrees othewise. A compelling first-person narration of childhood as told by Henry VIIIs daughter Mary Tudor. History remembers her only as Bloody Mary" because of the brutality of her reign but this compelling recreation of her childhood brings alive the contradictions & conflicts & true danger of being the daughter of a divorced queen as her father falls under the spell of the "witch" Anne Boleyn & why such an apparently privileged little girl could grow up to be such a monster. Published by Harcourt Brace in USA 1999 it has been widely reviewed & accalimed; was an ALA Notable Book & among the ALA 10 Notable Books of that year." ...

This is the eleventh book in the Alex Cross series Somebody is intent on murdering Hollywoods A-list. A well-known actress has been shot outside her Beverly Hills home. Shortly afterwards the Los Angeles Times receives an email describing the murder in vivid detail. It is signed Mary Smith. More killings & emails follow
- the victims are all major Hollywood players. Is it the work of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor or is it part of something far more terrifying? As the case grows to blockbuster proportions Washington DC FBI agent Alex Cross & the LAPD scramble to find a pattern before Mary can send another chilling update. Filled with the ruthless & shocking twists that make his fans hunger for more MARY MARY is James Pattersons most sophisticated thriller yet.
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Mother Mary is beloved for the purity of her compassion nurturing & protection. She cares deeply about each of us & gives us tender motherly advice about every part of life. This 44-card deck by Doreen Virtue is a beautiful safe & respectful way to connect with Mother Marys loving wisdom. The accompanying non-denominational guidebook gives you step-by-step instructions on how to receive accurate & trustworthy messages for yourself & others. It explains the general meaning of each card & provides specific details that can illuminate the answers youre seeking. Mary Queen of Angels Oracle Cards" are for people of all faiths & beliefs to bring the incredible energy of Mary into your heart." ...

Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of King Henry VIII & one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. Known throughout Europe for her charm & beauty Mary is the golden child of the Tudor family & is granted her every wish. Except when it comes to marriage. Henry locked in a political showdown with France decides to offer up his pampered sister to secure peace between the two mighty kingdoms. Mary is unwillingly sent to France to marry the ailing King Louis leaving behind her true love Charles Brandon. But she will do anything to be reunited with Charles even defy her brother the most feared man in Europe... ...

Three days before Christmas Alvirah Meehan
- the famous lottery winner & amateur detective
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As one of the UK's leading commentators David Wilson shows how some serial killers stay in the headlines whilst others rapidly become invisible
- or unseen". Yet Mary Ann Cotton is not just the first but perhaps the UK's most prolific female serial killer with more victims than Myra Hindley Rosemary West Beverly Allit or male predators such as Jack the Ripper & Dennis Nielsen. But her own north east of England & criminologists apart she remains largely forgotten despite poisoning up to 21 victims in Britain's 'arsenic century'. Exploding myths that every serial killers is a 'monster' the author draws attention to Cotton's charms allure capability skill & ambition
- drawing parallels or contrasting the methods & lifestyles of other serial killers from Victorian to modern times. He also shows how events cannot be separated from their social context
- here the industrial revolution growing mobility women's emancipation. & concerning the reticence of 'human nature' Like Dr Harold Shipman Cotton was allowed to go on killing despite reasons to suspect her. The book contains other resonances to aid understanding of how serial murderers can continue to kill despite such things as coincidence gossip whispers or motives that become more obvious with the benefit of hindsight. It is also a detective story in which the persistence of a single individual saw Cotton tried & executed events analysed first-hand & in detail from the records."


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Based on the 1854 fifth edition Elizabeth Gaskells (1810-1865) first novel is accompanied here by explanatory annotations. Contexts

Includes:: letters as well as Gaskells reaction to her critics contemporary reviews reflect Mary Bartons reception Gaskells Libbie Marshs Three Eras" illustrates the authors perceptive sensitivity Dion Boucicaults dramatic adaptation informs the novels social impact & Criticism collects interpretations of Mary Barton. A chronology & bibliography are included."

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Elizabeth Gaskells first novel depicts nothing less than the great clashes between capital & labour which arose from rapid industrialisation & problems of trade in the mid-nineteenth century. But these clashes are dramatized through personal struggles. John Barton has to reconcile his personal conscience with his socialist duty risking his life & liberty in the process. His daughter Mary is caught between two lovers from opposing classes
- worker & manufacturer. & at the heart of the narrative lies a murder which implicates them all. Mary Barton was published in 1848 at a time of great social ferment in Europe & it reflects its revolutionary moment through an English lens. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote her first novel about the world in which she lived
- Manchester at the height of the industrial revolution. As the wife of a Unitarian minister she was solidly middle-class; but she also had close contact with the working classes around her sympathised with them & represented their extreme distresses in her fiction. She is radical in taking on their dialect imagining the realities of their lives & placing a working woman at the centre of her fiction. If to our eyes her vision remains limited it was an honest vision for which she was much criticised in her own time by her own class.

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Mary Barton is the pretty daughter of a factory worker who finds herself dreaming of a better life when the mill-owner's charming son Henry starts to court her. She rejects her childhood friend Jem's affections in the hope of marrying Henry & escaping from the hard & bitter life that is the fate of the workers who are resentfully dependent on the callous mill-owners for their livelihoods. But when Henry is shot dead in the street Jem becomes the prime suspect & Mary finds her loyalties tested to the limit. ...

Mary Berry is one of Britain's most respected & well-loved gurus of the kitchen. The undisputed ' Queen of the Aga' has been the focus of many television shows & regularly contributes her expertise on Woman's Hour. The recent hit BBC show The Great British Bake Off has once again put Mary back into the limelight & has reignited a passion for baking across the nation. Inspired by domestic science classes at school Mary took a catering course at her local college before gaining a qualification from the Cordon Bleu school in Paris. After a stint working for the Electricity Board where she demonstrated to new owners of electric cookers how to operate them by cooking a Victoria sponge & then as editor of Housewife & Ideal Home magazine Mary published her first cookbook The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook in 1970 & hasn't looked back since. As well as cookery books Mary has collaborated with her daughter Annabel to produce their own range of dressings & sauces which as now sold worldwide. But her personal life has also been touched by tragedy as her son William was killed in a car accident at the age of just 19. With over 70 cookery books under her belt there is no doubt that Mary Berry is one of Britain's most successful cookery writers. Awarded the CBE in 2012 her gentle personality & classic 'family' cooking style are a remarkable contrast to some of the more outspoken celebrity television chefs
- just one of the reasons why even after over forty years in the industry she is so well loved. This is her fascinating story.
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