The wisest & wittiest argument imaginable for the preservation of handwriting. I have learnt so much & by it have been so happily entertained that I am compelled to recommend it to everyone. Diana Athill The simple pleasure of picking up a pen & writing is a skill that has existed for thousands of years
- but that skill is slowly dying. Where once we would have reached for a pen & paper to commit our innermost thoughts to a diary to send a letter home or to slip a note to a loved one instead we now stare at tiny screens typing with our thumbs. & all that typing looks the same. The Missing Ink is a book about the characters who shaped our handwriting & how it in turn shaped us. From Victorian idealists preaching the moral worth of italic copperplate to great modern educational reformists such as Marion Richardson throughout history the style in which we write has influence the way we learn behave & communicate. But this is also a book about the physical act itself: about the pots of ink treasured pens & chewable Biros that we used to take for granted & whether the style of our writing really does reveal anything about our true selves. Hugely entertaining witty & thought-provoking The Missing Ink is itself a love letter to the warmest of technologies & the place it still has in our lives.
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When Deborah St James hears of the unexpected death of Reverend Sage her sadness has a very personal tinge. For their paths had crossed some months earlier at a particularly vulnerable time for Deborah & she had found herself confessing her intimate anguish to this sympathetic stranger. When she realizes that his death is far from accidental Deborah with her husband Simon enlists the help of Inspector Lynley & the trio embark upon an investigation that hinges upon the overriding
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A brand new tale in the Animal Stories series from best-selling author Holly Webb. The Missing Kitten is the 24th book in Holly Webb's Animal Stories series a must for any kitten loving Holly Webb fan. Scarlett is excited to be moving to the countryside especially as it means she will finally get a pet. She chooses Bootle a ginger kitten with four white socks & the two of them become inseparable. Then Scarlett has to start at her new school... Bootle tries following Scarlett to school each day. But when there's a downpour he gets lost. How will Scarlett ever be able to find him when she has no idea where he could be? Holly Webb's Animal Stories have sold over a million copies in the UK. From stolen kittens to lost puppies & runaways Holly's tales of puppies & kittens have won her legions of fans. The perfect series for little girls. ...

Six years have passed since the end of Sister Missing & Madison is now a teenager. During a visit to older sister Lauren she learns that their biological father was an anonymous sperm donor & sets out to track him down. Her search bears fruit sooner than she expects but is the father she discovers all he seems? As Madison gets drawn into a mysterious investigation involving missing girls & secret hideaways she finds herself in more & more danger... ...

Im torn between throttling you & kissing you. Lana Kelley never imagined the magical night she shared with a stranger would result in pregnancy. But when shes kidnapped Lana is shocked to discover one of her captors is none other than the father of her unborn child. Mercenary Deacon Holt cant understand Lana. She should hate him. Instead she refuses to believe hes cold-hearted. Though Deacon tries to remain detached he cant deny he still wants Lana. & when Lanas life is threatened Deacon will risk all to help her escape. ...

Her story adds to the growing literature related to individual life stories of Holocaust survivors. There is much we can learn from her book."
- Benjamin Schlesinger Professor Emeritus University of Toronto Until age seven Olga Barsony Verrall lived an idyllic life in Szarvas a small town in Hungary surrounded by her doting observant Jewish family. After the Nazi invasion in 1944 Olga found herself along with most of her family interned in the Auspitz (Hustopece) labour camp. Eventually reunited after the war the family returned to Szarvas only to face a different kind of oppression at the hands of the new Communist government. After immigrating to Winnipeg in 1957 Olga met & married Orland Verrall the cantor at Rosh Pina synagogue. Together they built a new life in Canada & soon welcomed two daughters Judy & Lesley. Yet Olga continued to be haunted by her past. Though she was very young during her time in the camp Olga had vivid & painful memories of the horrifying things she had seen & experienced there. A nagging sense of emptiness & anger stayed with her all her life. After her beloved husband Orland passed away her emotional state became increasingly fragile & she became dependent on prescription drugs to numb her pain. A long journey of physical & mental healing along with the support of her family helped Olga piece her life back together. For Olga writing her memoir was a catharsis. For her readers it will be an inspiration."
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At absolutely no point in Swallows & Amazons does Susan cry John look out theres a patch of shit-eating jellyfish ahead! Yacht racing
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The so-called missing years of Jesus constitute the 18 years that are unaccounted for in the Bible from when Jesus was a boy of 12 to his sudden reappearance at the age of 30. Archaeologist & classical scholar Dennis Price has investigated the clues in Blakes evocative poem Jerusalem" & has paid meticulous attention to the accounts in the ancient Aramaic & Greek versions of the Bible & hes also conducted an exhaustive & unprecedented study into the myths & legends of Christ in Britain. With the assistance of specialists in their own fields & by viewing this enthralling subject as a modern missing persons investigation Dennis Price has pieced together the various pieces of the jigsaw & now presents compelling & highly original evidence that Christ did indeed visit Britain in the company of Joseph of Arimathea in ancient times. The weight of new material suggests that Christ remained in Britain for several years before eventually returning to his homeland in the east & this truly extraordinary book now provides a wealth of new information for all those who are intensely curious about this otherwise undocumented period in the life of the most famous person the worlds ever known. The implications are astonishing & they are presented here in the greatest story never told." ...

Fen works in a bookshop & is devoted to her young son Connor but she keeps herself to herself. Haunted by guilt & a terrible secret Fen lives a compromised life isolated from her family far from home & too afraid of the past to risk becoming close to anyone. She is constantly looking over her shoulder knowing that one day the truth will catch up with her. Sean on the other hand is enjoying a seemingly perfect life. He has a successful career lives in his dream home & adores his beautiful wife Belle & their six-year-old daughter Amy. That is until the day Belle announces she has found someone else & wants Sean to move out. Circumstance throws Fen & Sean together. Slowly their quiet friendship turns into something much deeper & the joy they find in one another eventually gives them the confidence to trust & love again. But will the past tear them apart just as they find happiness? ...

In May 1945 Italy was liberated from Nazism & Fascism by the British Eighth & American Fifth Armies. By that time the Italian resistance movement had emerged as one of the strongest in Europe
- crucially aided & abetted by the UKs Special Operations Executive. As what Winston Churchill graphically described as the red-hot rake of the battle-line advanced bloodily up the Italian peninsula clandestine cells in the cities & partisan bands in the countryside fought to free their country from enemy occupation & shape the politics of Italys post-war future. SOE in Italy known as Number 1 Special Force parachuted in dozens of missions to supply the underground with weapons & ammunition food & supplies. In a remarkable twist it also secretly collaborated with its former enemy the Italian military intelligence service & with the Italian navy which used fast torpedo boats & rubber dinghies to land British agents on heavily defended beaches. Based on recently released official files documents retrieved from other agencies diaries memoirs & personal interviews Mission Accomplished" provides the first ever complete & authoritative account of Britains secret war in Italy
- the heroic exploits the larger than life participants & the extraordinary against-the-odds achievements."

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