The final Tommy & Tuppence novel in which a poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all! Tommy & Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However when she writes down the letters they spell out a very disturbing message: M a r y -- J o r d a n -- d i d -- n o t -- d i e -- n a t u r a l l y! ...

Posters of World War II is a study of the war poster as a phenomenon. It considers that they were often excellent & beautiful pieces of artwork as much as they were tools for imparting information. Never before has such a comprehensive collection of World War II posters & authoritative text been combined. Posters of World War II gives the reader a full-page image which is then explained in full on the opposite page. The text details the facts about the poster where possible profiling the artist explains the significance of its message & considers its impact in the context of the war. The book considers the changing nature of posters as the war developed giving an insight into the thoughts & fears of the officials tasked with producing the propaganda. Posters of World War II is a study of posters from the artistic angle an insight into the psychology of poster production during the war & the overall importance of posters in the conflict. ...

He was a survivor: a wanderer who traded tales for food & shelter in the dark & savage aftermath of a devastating war. But when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker his life changes for ever. As he journeys from one isolated community to the next the old worn uniform becomes far more than a protection against the unrelenting cold: its a reminder of how things were before the world collapsed
- & a symbol for how things might be again. His story is one of a lie becoming the most important kind of truth. Translated into 25 languages around the world The Postman is a powerful & affecting novel about survival of the human spirit from the award-winning author of EXISTENCE & The Uplift novels.
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* This unique range of colouring books features two engaging activities young children love to do! First they find the colour stickers that match the black-&-white pictures on each page. Then they use the stickers as a guide to colour in the pictures of their favourite characters! ...

Collected together in this hardback jacketed book are nine delightful stories with bright & colourful illustrations from the Postman Pat Special Delivery Service" Library. The titles included in the " Postman Pat Pocket Treasury" are: " Postman Pat's Bouncy Special Delivery"; " Postman Pat's Chilly Special Delivery"; " Postman Pat's Runaway Special Delivery"; " Postman Pat's Precious Special Delivery"; " Postman Pat's Musical Special Delivery"; " Postman Pat's Colourful Special Delivery"; " Postman Pat's Speedy Special Delivery"; " Postman Pat's Secret Special Delivery"; & " Postman Pat's Snowy Special Delivery"." ...

This completes Ed Sojaa s trilogy on urban studies which began with Postmodern Geographies & continued with Thirdspace. It is the first comprehensive text in the growing field of critical urban studies to deal with the dramatically restructured megacities that have emerged world--wide over the last half of the twentieth--century. ...

The Sunday Times" bestseller " The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake is a heart-rending & profoundly moving story of love & loss in World War II. It is 1940 & bombs fall nightly on London. In the thick of the chaos is young American radio reporter Frankie Bard. She huddles close to terrified strangers in underground shelters & later broadcasts stories about survivors in rubble-strewn streets. But for her listeners the war is far from home. Listening to Frankie are Iris James a Cape Cod postmistress & Emma Fitch a doctors wife. Iris hears the winds stirring & knows that soon the letters she delivers will bear messages of hope or tragedy. Emma is desperate for news of London where her husband is working
- she counts the days until his return. But one night in London the fates of all three women entwine when Frankie finds a letter
- a letter she vows to deliver..." The Postmistress" is an unforgettable story of three women: their loves their partings & the secrets they must bear or bury..."A beautifully written though-provoking novel that Im telling everyone to read". (Kathryn Stockett author of " The Help"). "A brilliant story beautifully crafted that touches the heart & captures the imagination". (" Sunday Express"). " Unforgettable heart-wrenching captivating. A profoundly moving story of love loss & life in war time". (" Sunday Independent"). " Heartbreaking". (" Daily Express"). "A World War Two blockbuster with echoes of Atonement". (" Red"). "A moving tale that will stay with you long after the final page". (" Good Housekeeping"). Sarah Blake lives in Washington D.C. with her husband the poet Josh Weiner & their two sons."

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It is 1940 & bombs fall nightly on London. In the thick of the chaos is young American radio reporter Frankie Bard. She huddles close to terrified strangers in underground shelters & later broadcasts stories about survivors in rubble-strewn streets. But for her listeners the war is far from home. Listening to Frankie are Iris James a Cape Cod postmistress & Emma Fitch a doctors wife. Iris hears the winds stirring & knows that soon the letters she delivers will bear messages of hope or tragedy. Emma is desperate for news of London where her husband is working
- she counts the days until his return. But one night in London the fates of all three women entwine when Frankie finds a letter
- a letter she vows to deliver... See Judys Review See Richards Review See Sarah Blake talk about her book Reading Group Questions Read our exclusive Q&A with Sarah Blake Write a Review for The Postmistress Judys Review Novels about the Second World War have a tendency to leave me cold: Sarah Blakes The Postmistress proved to be a glorious shining exception; a mesmerising story of bravery passion & diabolical evil. The story opens in 1940 & simultaneously traces the lives of three American women: Iris postmistress of a small town at the tip of Cape Cod; Emma the local doctors new wife & Frankie a glamorous radio reporter broadcasting bulletins to the US from London now being heavily bombed nightly in the Nazi blitzkrieg. As postmistress almost everything affecting the lives of the people back in Franklin passes through Iriss hands. She takes her responsibilities so seriously that now aged 40 she remains unmarried & a virgin. But she is gradually drawn to an older man Harry who runs the town garage. Their gentle tender romance unfolds against the heart-stopping backdrop of Frankies nightly live dispatches into their cosy homes describing the hellish scenes in London. Emma & her husband Will listen to them too appalled at Frankies vivid portraits of suffering & death. Eventually the doctor decides he must go to London & do what he can to help. A devastated Emma cannot stop him. Meanwhile Frankie is agitating to be sent to Nazi-occupied Europe
- America is still neutral & its journalists can travel there
- because she is convinced Hitler has moved beyond herding Jews into ghettos & has embarked on a covert policy of genocide. Her subsequent interviews with Jewish families fleeing the pogrom are among the most moving passages I can remember reading. Richards Review



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A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond Virginia. Three women have died brutalised & strangled in their own bedroom. There is no pattern: the killer appears to strike at random
- but always early on Saturday mornings. So when Dr Kay Scarpetta chief medical officer is awakened at 2.33 am she knows the news is bad: there is a fourth victim. & she fears now for those that will follow unless she can dig up new forensic evidence to aid the police. But not everyone is pleased to see a woman in this powerful job. Someone may even want to ruin her career & reputation.. .
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Postnatal" is the fourth title in the " Midwifery Essentials" series & explores contemporary postnatal care for women & their families exploring the role of the midwife as a member of the multi-professional team. This book thoroughly prepares the reader to provide safe evidence-based woman-centred postnatal care for mothers & their babies. It

Includes:: the postnatal examination of the woman & the baby check; care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period; the features of the normal neonate; the newborn clinical examination; hospital postnatal care & caesarean section; the role of the community midwife & emotional wellbeing; postnatal fertility control; & issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby."

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