When rail travel boomed during the early 1900s it opened the gateway to North Wales for the bucket & spade brigade showing them that happy times were here at last on their visit to Prestatyn. Picture the scene in those uncluttered years for these early visitors to the town refreshing embracing sea air clean lengthy sands seaside Pierrots & a stroll up the towns popular hillside to experience the jaw-dropping panoramic view of Prestatyn Rhyl the Irish Sea & beyond. The vast number of visitors to the town were subsequently more than keen to settle in this alluring & slow pace of life coastal seaside resort that still retains an unspoilt village-like charm with a strong sense of community & a heritage & history that would rival any town of its size. This is an affectionate & colourful portrait of one of the oldest seaside resorts in North Wales. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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South Africa 1900. After his father dies nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the journey suggests that dark deeds & treacherous intrigues are afoot
- all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of Prester John. Written as a boys adventure story & set mostly in South Africa (where Buchan had worked) Prester John" was published in 1910 when Buchan was 35. Its a fast-moving thriller in the style of Robert Louis Stevenson & Rider Haggard."
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Two 19th century stage illusionists the aristocratic Rupert Angier & the working-class Alfred Borden engage in a bitter & deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later. Working in the gaslight-&-velvet world of Victorian music halls they prowl edgily in the background of each others shadowy life driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy & insatiable curiosity. At the heart of the row is an amazing illusion they both perform during their stage acts. The secret of the magic is simple & the reader is in on it almost from the start but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper. Both have something more to hide than the mere workings of a trick. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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In A Presumption of Death Jill Paton Walsh tells how World War II changed the lives of Peter Harriet & their growing family. The story opens in 1940. Harriet Vane
- now Lady Peter Wimsey
- has taken her children to safety in the country. But the war has followed them: glamorous RAF pilots & even more glamorous l&-girls scandalise the villagers; the blackout makes the night-time lanes as sinister as the back alleys of London. Then the village's first air raid practise ends with a very real body on the ground
- not a war casualty but a case of plain old-fashioned murder. & even before the second body is found Lord Peter Wimsey & his brilliant wife are on their way to finding the killer.


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What happens when a young woman is accidentally caught up in a dangerous murder investigation having merely been in the wrong place at the wrong time? Lacey Farrell a rising star on the Manhattan real estate scene is witness to a murder
- & to the final words of the victim. The dying woman is convinced her attacker was after her dead daughters journal which Lacey gives to the police but not before making a copy for herself. Its an impulse that later proves nearly fatal. Placed in the witness protection programme & sent to live in Minneapolis Lacey must assume a fake identity at least until the killer can be brought to trial. There she meets Tom Lynch a radio talk-show host whom she tentatively begins to date
- until the strain of her deception makes her break it off. Then she discovers the killer has traced her whereabouts. Armed with nothing more than her own courage & clues from the journal Lacey heads back to New York determined to uncover who is behind the deaths of the two women...before she is the next casualty.

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Pretending to be Normal tells the story of a woman who after years of self-doubt & self-denial learned to embrace her Asperger's syndrome traits with thanksgiving & joy. This positive & humane book provides insight into the Asperger world as well as hope & encouragement for other people with Asperger's Syndrome their families & their friends. ...

Tally has finally become Pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect her clothes are cool her boyfriend is totally gorgeous & she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted. But beneath all the fun
- the non-stop parties the high-tech luxury the total freedom
- is the nagging sense that something is very wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's Ugly past arrives. Reading it Tally remembers what's wrong with Pretty life & the fun stops cold. Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows & fighting for her life...

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Roy Shaw is the ultimate hardman. He has cult status & commands a respect that few even in the violent world he moves in can equal. To him violence is simply an accepted part of his profession. He doesn't exaggerate it he can't excuse it & he refuses to apologize for it. His name may mean nothing to you
- he's no actor no showman no wannabe celebrity. He does however live by a merciless code & though he may not have cloven hooves & a tail if he goes after someone all hell comes with him.
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