In this vast & gorgeous tapestry of a novel serf & master Cossack & tsar priest & Jew are brought together in a family saga which unrolls through centuries of history to reveal that most impenetrable & mysterious of lands
- Russia. Through the life of a little town east of Moscow in the Russian heartland Edward Rutherfurd creates a sweeping family saga from the baffling contradictions of Russia's culture & her peoples
- bleak yet exotic brutal but romantic land of ritual yet riddled with superstitious fears. From Russia's dawn & the cruel Tatar invasions to Ivan the Terrible & the wild Cossacks from Peter Catherine & the days of War & Peace to the drama of the Revolution & the extraordinary events of today
- here is Russia's story in a spellbinding novel
- history recreated with breathtaking detail & passion.



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In this book author Malcolm Tucker delves into the photographic archives of the celebrated motoring historian Mike Worthington-Williams. For over forty years Mike has collected photographs of derelict vehicles; some in scrap yards some abandoned & some neglected but often kept for sentimental reasons. Many are now fading & rusting into oblivion but there are also uplifting tales of resurrection. Old car enthusiasts the world over will know of Mikes reporting of such finds but this is the first time that a book dedicated to his lifetime passion has been published. Over 500 photographs are included each captioned with a brief explanation of the vehicle shown. ...

A fantastic new series guaranteed to captivate a whole new generation of animal lovers! In a perfect world thered be no need for Animal Magic. But Eva & Karl Harrison who live at the animal rescue centre with their parents know that life isnt perfect. Every day theres a new arrival in need of their help... Everyone enjoys having Rusty the fox cub to stay at Animal Magic especially Eva. Eva knows that the cub must be returned to the wild but has her love ruined Rustys chances of being set free...? ...

Meet Tilly Redbrow who doesn't just love horses
- she lives breathes & dreams them too! When gentle pony Rusty arrives at Silver
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As a gun-wielding bank robber Noel Razor Smith was top of the criminal tree enjoying the excitement & benefits of a dangerous & adrenalin-filled career. But hed also spent the greater part of his adult life in prison an environment where respect & basic survival were guaranteed only to those prepared to use the most brutal violence. In his new book Smith takes the story on from his highly acclaimed memoir A Few Kind Words & a Loaded Gun" & describes how he came to realize that the game wasnt worth the candle. In his mid-forties he applied to enter Grendon then the only prison in Britain offering intense therapeutic treatment to hardened criminals. He went from a brutal high-security prison HMP Whitemoor to an institution where he was encouraged to investigate just why his life had been given over to violence & crime. Smith paints an unforgettable portrait of the hardened & severely damaged inmates of Grendon many of them guilty of famous crimes & their attempts to turn round their lives. & in particular his own arduous five-year journey to re-enter society as a straight citizen." ...

At twelve she stood by her mothers grave on a bleak Yorkshire moor. Life as the daughter of a Victorian millhand had never been easy but now she was mother & housekeeper both to the little family left behind. As one tribulation after another beset her life so a longing a determination grew
- to venture out into a new world of independence & adventure & when the chance came she seized it. America even on the brink of civil war was to offer a challenge that Ruth was ready to accept & a love not easy but glorious & triumphant. This is a giant of a book
- about a woman who gave herself unstintingly
- in love in war in the embracing of a new life in a vibrant l&.


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It s no accident my sister carried the can. That murder was organised like a military exercise by experts. Ruth was hand picked. & she shielded those people whod picked her.. .the ones who promised her she wouldnt die. Muriel Jakubait sister of Ruth Ellis Who was the mysterious third man who pulled the trigger? Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain convicted 50 years ago for shooting her lover David Blakely. The case became notorious & was made into a successful film Dance with a Stranger". The story that has held ever since is of a peroxided tart who killed her man out of jealousy. But crucial questions were left unasked in the original trial & the whole case reeks of an Establishment cover-up. Ruth Ellis sister Muriel knew her better than anyone & has always sought to prove she was not guilty. Now she is able to reveal crucial evidence about how a third man pulled the trigger for the fatal shots. A man who was part of a web of British secret agents into which Ruth Ellis fell long before. & at the heart of these new findings is the startling evidence that Ruth was being run by Dr Stephen Ward at least a decade before his name became public in the infamous Profumo Affair. Muriel reveals the full story about her & her sisters abused childhood. She shows Ruth as somebody damaged at a very early age who strove to make something of herself only to be caught up in something much bigger & end up paying with her life." ...

For years scandal has rocked Rosewood Pennsylvania
- & high school seniors Aria Emily Hanna & Spencer have always been at the centre
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SHE THOUGHT SHE'D SEEN THE BACK OF THE DELANEYS. HOW WRONG COULD SHE BE.. . Annie Carter should have demanded to see their bodies lying on a slab in the morgue but she really believed the Delaney twins were gone from her life for good. Now sinister things are happening around her & Annie Carter is led to one terrifying conclusion: her bitter enemies the Delaney twins didn't die all those years ago. They're back & they want her & her family dead. This isn't the first time someone has made an attempt on her life yet she's determined to make it the last. Nobody threatens Annie Carter & lives to tell the tale.. . ...

Caleb Wilde infamous attorney has a merciless streak & a razor-sharp mind... Years of relentless work have hardened Calebs heart
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