It's been months since Rafel ventured over Barl's Mountains into the unknown in a desperate bid to seek help. With his father's Weather Magic exhausted & Lur ravaged by polluting magics there seemed no other hope. Now this too has died. Only Deenie believes Rafel still lives sensing her brother in tortured dreams. She also knows she must try to find him as only Rafel's talents could heal their l&. The prospect terrifies Deenie yet she sees no other choice. But she finds the lands beyond Lur blighted with lawlessness & chaos
- & here Deenie & her companion Charis find the dark sorcerer Morg's deadly legacy. As they travel they learn of a dangerous new power in the l&. Deenie comes to suspect that not only is her brother involved but that the evil their father destroyed is somehow reborn. & if she can't save Rafel then through him Morg's vast power could once again command their world. THE RELUCTANT MAGE is the sequel to THE PRODIGAL MAGE & set in the same world as Karen Miller's bestselling debut THE INNOCENT MAGE. With her cast of unforgettable characters & masterful storytelling Karen Miller has once again created an irresistible drama of political intrigue & magical adventure.
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Harper lost his lifemate Jenny during her turn & has blamed himself for her death ever since so hes rather happy for the distraction when Tiny & Mirabeau arrive with a young immortal in tow. Stephanie Mc Gill is a young newly turned immortal who is being hunted by a mad no-fanger named Leonius. When Anders & Drina Argenis (Argeneau) arrive to help Harper finds himself working with the beautiful young Spanish woman. But things get interesting when Stephanie decides to take on the role of cupid & bring Drina & a reluctant Harper together. How much trouble could a newly turned teenage vamp be? ...

Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling & dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate & partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight she is a bride by dawn a widow. A typically thrilling & sweeping tale of romance & tragedy The Reluctant Widow is Georgette Heyer at her best
- the undisputed queen of historical romance.
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Like many people Carla Mc Kay thought that yoga was for health nuts only. Things changed however when a friend persuaded her to give it try for a laugh. She did laugh
- throughout the class. But the practice was also different from what she had expected. In The Reluctant Yogi she describes how she got hooked over time & asks experts what yoga does for us. She discovered that research shows yoga has something for everyone of every shape & size young to old: it will tone your body calm your mind make you sleep better strengthen your bones boost your immune system & even make you lose weight. Learning her asanas from her pranayama Carla finds along the way how you too can change your life with yoga.
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Traumatised by an accident which involves something falling from the sky A & leaves him eight & a half million pounds rich- er but hopelessly estranged from the world around him Remainders hero spends his time & money obsessively reconstructing & re-enacting vaguely remembered scenes & situations from his past: a large building with piano music in the distance the familiar smells & sounds of liver frying & spluttering lethargic cats lounging on roofs until they tumble off them... But when this fails to quench his thirst for authenticity he starts reconstructing more & more violent events as his repetition addiction spirals out of control." ...

The Calder valley west of Halifax was the last ditch of Elmet the last British Celtic kingdom to fall to the Angles. For centuries it was considered a more or less uninhabitable wilderness a notorious refuge for criminals a hide-out for refugees. Then in the early 1800s it became the cradle for the Industrial Revolution in textiles & the upper Calder became the hardest-worked river in England. Throughout my lifetime since 1930 I have watched the mills of the region & their attendant chapels die. Within the last fifteen years the end has come. They are now virtually dead & the population of the valley & the hillsides so rooted for so long is changing rapidly". (Ted Hughes Preface to " Remains of Elmet" (1979). Ted Hughes remarkable pennine sequence celebrates the area where he spent his early childhood. It mixes social political religious & historical matter
- a tapestry rich in the personal & poetic investment of a landscape that both creates & is inured to its people whose moors Are a stage for the performance of heaven. Any audience is incidental. " Remains of Elmet" is one of Hughes most personal & enduring achievements."
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A stunning novel of female friendship forbidden love & evolution from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. ...

Eliza is ousted by her new stepmother from her family & finally makes her way to London
- only to be thrown straight into prison
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In this inspiring look at the lives of women in the Bible bestselling author Elizabeth George reveals refreshing models of faith for today. Stories about Eve Deborah Sarah Ruth Mary & other women from Scripture offer testimonies of changed lives & reflections on the remarkable strengths God cultivates in women who love Him
- Jocebed is an example of a remarkable mother Deborahs life is an illustration of wisdom Ruth & Naomi model pure devotion & Hannah demonstrates sacrifice. Conveying the assurance of Gods love The Remarkable Women of the Bible" provides nourishment from a womans point of view & connects todays woman with the source of fulfillment that sustained her sisters in Bible times
- a relationship with God. It is adapted from " Women Who Loved God"."

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Two families one terrible secret & a painting to die for.. . Glastonbury an art restorer has been brutally murdered & the newly discovered Rembrandt he was working on has disappeared. For spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon it has been six months since his final showdown with the murderous Russian oligarch & arms dealer Ivan Kharkov. He has severed his ties with the Office with only one thing in mind: recovery. But this unspeakable act of violence once again draws Allon into a world of danger he thought he had left behind forever. Allon is persuaded to use his unique skills to trace the painting & those responsible for the crimes. As he investigates he discovers there are terrible secrets connected to the painting & terrible men behind them. Before he is done he will have undertaken a journey through some of the twentieth centurys darkest history
- & come face to face with some of the same darkness within himself.
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