Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling & influential of First World War poets. Now All Roads Lead to France" is an account of his final five years centred on his extraordinary friendship with Robert Frost & Thomas fatal decision to fight in the war. The book also evokes an astonishingly creative moment in English literature when London was a battleground for new ambitious kinds of writing. A generation that included W. B. Yeats Ezra Pound Robert Frost & Rupert Brooke were making it new
- vehemently & pugnaciously. These larger-than-life characters surround a central figure tormented by his work & his marriage. But as his friendship with Frost blossomed Thomas wrote poem after poem & his emotional affliction began to lift. In 1914 the two friends formed the ideas that would produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth century. But the War put an ocean between them: Frost returned to the safety of New England while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken
- & those not taken
- that are at the heart of this remarkable book which culminates in Thomas tragic death on Easter Monday 1917."


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The perfect love.. . Jessica & Ian were a golden couple
- young glamorous successful. & deeply in love. Until one afternoons casual
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Two years ago Bernie Nolan was given the initial all-clear after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Over the moon Bernie set about rebuilding her life & making plans for the future. Then in the summer of 2012 she was in her bedroom getting dressed when she found a lump just above her breast. Terrified she immediately made a hospital appointment where she was given the devastating news that the cancer had returned. It had spread to her brain lungs liver & bones & was incurable. Bernie's first thought was of her daughter. Erin had just turned thirteen & was approaching a time when young girls need their mums more than ever. In true Bernie spirit she vowed not to let the cancer stop her from being ' Mum'. Bernie always said that her family was her greatest achievement & she wanted to be the best wife & mother she could be in the time she had left. In this book Bernie shares her struggle to become a mother
- the miscarriage she suffered & the heartbreaking stillbirth of her daughter Kate & the joyous arrival of her beautiful daughter Erin. Bernie loved seeing this book published & was thrilled when it became a number 1 bestseller. It meant a great deal to her that so many people wanted to read her story. This is a memoir brimming with happy memories & although Bernie tragically lost her battle on the 4th July 2013 she lives on in the hearts of the nation & in the pages of this book. Moving & wonderfully warm-hearted this is a powerful story of a remarkable life & a mother's brave fight against a vicious disease.
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COULD YOU BETRAY ALL YOU'VE EVER KNOWN FOR THE LIFE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED? Donovan Creed was once an assassin for the CIA. Now he's a freelance killer who works for anyone who can pay
- & double crosses anyone who can't. Creed's about to spend some ill-gotten gains on a luxurious Florida vacation with the gorgeous Rachel & he's looking forward to a holiday from trouble. But when you've just stolen billions of dollars from two of the world's most lethal criminals trouble has a habit of catching up with you wherever you are...
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Spenser knows somethings amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guys aggressive yet wary in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordans abnormal behaviour Spenser agrees. A jobs a job after all. Not surprisingly Spenser catches Jordan with another man tells Dennis what hes found out & considers the case closed. But a couple of days later all hell breaks loose & three people are dead... ...

In an empty theatre at the end of the pier the cast of the Fairbourne Follies gathers round the radio to hear Neville Chamberlain declare war on Germany. Four firm friends are forced to part. Rose the beautiful dancer must return to her family in London & the blitz leaving singer Richard to enlist in the army with their relationship still unresolved. Gay asthmatic Merry the musical director is destined for the army too while the object of his unrequited love charismatic magician Felix chooses the RAF. Before long Rose joins a group entertaining the troops in France. The Nazi war machine however is fast & merciless on the land & in the air & soon all of them find themselves in terrible danger. & as they are struck by the brutality of war they realise exactly who is most important to them & despite the odds & in terrible circumstances they determine to find each other again. With the threat of capture injury & death ever present the four of them will have to find reserves of courage love & endurance that they did not know they possessed. ...

Now is the time.. .to stop the world.. .to enjoy the rain.. .to be curious.. .to sing.. .to find peace. Its a much-proven adage that its never too late to do all those things for ourselves that we keep meaning to do but put off because of other distractions or busy-ness. Patrick Lindsay shows us in inspirational & farreaching yet practical ways how its never too late to make a change. Or learn something new. With a thought per page coupled with inspirational"es Now is the Time will inspire you to look at your life anew & help you to plan towards regaining balance finding strength & taking that first step. ...

Gary Markwick has used his incredible insight & experience of the human psyche to provide us with an antidote to the stresses & tensions that beset our lives today. Now it Begins has at its heart the simple assertion that once you can let go of illusion & draw upon a deeper universal source of motivation then you will reconnect with your true purpose on earth. The book is illustrated throughout with ancient learning & stories that gently bring home the important points being made. Now it Begins will consistently inspire & encourage people on their exciting journey to freedom & fulfilment. There has probably never been a time when a book like this has been so necessary & the reader will find both comfort & inspiration among its pages. It is now time to stop serving the illusion & see the reality. It is your awakening So...NOW IT BEGINS. ...

Now Open Sundays! is a quirky joyful & funny book from Reverend Paul Sinclair. For the past twelve years he has put up humorous church signs outside his Willesden church grabbing the attention of passers-by
- & indeed on occasion the media too. Each sign is a wonderfully witty & thought-provoking reminder of faith spreading peace & love in a wonderfully eccentric way. Regardless of religion this book celebrates & advertises faith love & unity to all. In many ways the signs are also snapshots of moments in time. Thanks to Dawkins et al much attention has recently been devoted to damning the importance of religion. Now Open Sundays! is a unique & hilarious counterpoint.
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A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Yorkshireman Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. Its quite a change from the Met where he dealt with riots on the capitals streets & drug gangs in Battersea & found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Now instead of hunting down knife-wielding muggers hes chasing runaway bullocks holding up the Last Night of the Proms traffic to escort a lost mole across the road & combing the countryside for the villains who stole the Colonels balls. Mikes first year on his new patch is told in seventeen chapters which interweave his escapades on the beat month by month together with his growing knowledge of a landscape that changes with the seasons & some snapshots from his off-duty life. Here is a wonderfully entertaining celebration of North Yorkshire its breathtaking scenery & wide variety of characters & communities. ...