Family weddings can be hell.. .and marooned in Italy for her cousin's nuptials Ailsa can be forgiven for thinking that this one is worse than most. With the bride & groom at loggerheads & the guests in uproar it is a million miles away from the rest & relaxation she'd been hoping for. & then suddenly in the middle of the mayhem she comes face-to-face with Nick the man she walked out on just a few months earlier. How can Ailsa help get the wedding back on track when she & Nick can't stop arguing? But if they do she might remember why she fell in love with him in the first place
- & then there really would be trouble.
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Described by its author as 'almost irresponsibly optimistic' Saved is a play set in London in the sixties. Its subject is the cultural poverty & frustration of a generation of young people on the dole & living on council estates. The play was first staged privately in November 1965 at the Royal Court Theatre before members of the English Stage Society in a time when plays were still censored. With its scenes of violence including the stoning of a baby Saved became a notorious play & a cause celebre. In a letter to the Observer Sir Laurence Olivier wrote: ' Saved is not a play for children but it is for grown-ups & the grown-ups of this country should have the courage to look at it.' Saved has had a marked influence on a whole new generation writing in the 1990s. Edward Bond is a great playwright
- many particularly in continental Europe would say the greatest living English playwright" (Independent)"
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Do you wonder whether there are angels around you who they are & what they look like? In this inspiring work
- which is a compilation
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Learn to bake with Britain's favourite women's fiction author Marian Keyes
- author of Watermelon" & " Anybody Out There"
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In September 1975 Dannion Brinkley was talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm when he was struck by lightning & 'died'. He was clinically dead for more than 20 minutes. But between leaving his body & returning to it he had an extraordinary experience. He visited a spiritual realm & was brought before 13 angelic instructors in what he describes as 'a cathedral of knowledge'. There he was told of event that would shake the world before the year 2000. Of the 117 revelations that he recalls 95 have already come to pass. In SAVED BY THE LIGHT Dannion Brinkley now uses the psychic & spiritual gifts he received to help the dying & the desperate. He has chosen to tell his story to inspire others & share his amazing insights into life death & the future. ...

The highly anticipated novel from the bestselling author of ' The Joy Luck Club' & ' The Bonesetter's Daughter'. On an ill-fated art expedition of the Southern Shan State in Burma eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas morning tour
- & disappear. Through the twists of fate curses & just plain human error they find themselves deep in the Burma jungle where they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of the leader & the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages & destruction of the Myanmar military regime. Filled with Amy Tan's signature 'idiosyncratic sympathetic characters haunting images historical complexity significant contemporary themes & suspenseful mystery' (Los Angeles Times) ' Saving Fish from Drowning' seduces the reader with a facade of Buddhist illusions magical tricks & light comedy even as the absurd & picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions
- both good & bad
- & of the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.


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It all started with a bottle of Baileys that was a year out of date but I drank it anyway.. . One minute well Friday night youre in a long-term if long-distance relationship with the perfect Shane. The next Saturday morning youre waking up in bed with the mother of all hangovers.. .and Bernard OMalley newest member of the I.T. department. Another entry on the list of things you cant forgive yourself for. The worst is Spain. What you did there. & what happened to your brother. Ever since then life has slowly spiralled out of control. You dust yourself down have a cigarette & pull on your stiletto boots. But you know that somethings got to give. You just hope its not the zip on your skinny jeans.. . ...

On the eve of the 1943 invasion of Italy just weeks before Allied bombs nearly destroyed Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper in Milan General Dwight Eisenhower empowered a new kind of soldier to protect mankind's greatest cultural treasures. In May 1944 two unlikely American heroes
- an artist & a scholar
- embarked from Naples on the treasure hunt of a lifetime tracking billions of dollars of stolen art including works by Donatello Titian Caravaggio & Botticelli. As the Germans blew up the historic bridges of Florence & Allied air raids threatened Michelangelo's David a heretofore-unknown SS general held the art hostage while negotiating a secret Nazi surrender with American spies. A gripping narrative that will appeal to fans of history art travel & adventure Saving Italy takes us from the battlefields of Monte Cassino to the Vatican & behind closed doors with the great Allied & Axis leaders: Roosevelt Eisenhower & Churchill; Hitler Goring & Himmler.

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When Jon Katz hears about Izzy a three-year-old Border collie kept alone in a field on an abandoned farm his heart speaks louder than his head & he agrees to take him in. Once again Jon finds himself challenged by a difficult dog. Having found his human Izzy wants to go with Jon wherever he may be & jumps fences & chews through locks to do so. Jon has been through this before with his dog Orson & isn't sure he can cope with the responsibility & potential heartache again. But Jon's motley collection of animals
- from Jesus the baby donkey to Elvis the surprisingly sociable steer as well of course as farm manager & Border collie Rose
- form an ideal refuge for Izzy. & as Jon & Izzy decide they are perfect companions Jon realises just how much life on the farm has taught him about patience perseverance & love. Please note Saving Izzy is the UK title for the book published in the US as Dog Days.

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If shed waited less than two weeks shed have been June who died in June. But I guess my sister didnt consider that. When sixteen-year-old Harpers sister June the perfect popular pretty one to Harpers also-ran commits suicide just before her high school graduation nothing in Harpers world makes sense anymore. With her family falling apart Harper has a plan
- steal Junes ashes & take her sister to the one place she always wanted to go: California. Embarking on a wild road trip of impromptu gigs & stolen kisses with mysterious musician Jake the one person who could hold answers about June Harpers determined to find peace for her sister. But will she find peace for herself along the way? fresh fun & poignant
- Kody Keplinger tender funny & moving
- Courtney Summers raw powerful & absolutely spot-on
- YA Reads.com



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