1961: On a sweltering summer's day while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called Billy a move to London & the bright future she can't wait to seize. But before the idyllic afternoon is over Laurel will have witnessed a shocking crime that changes everything. 2011: Now a much-loved actress Laurel finds herself overwhelmed by shades of the past. Haunted by memories & the mystery of what she saw that day she returns to her family home & begins to piece together a secret history. A tale of three strangers from vastly different worlds
- Dorothy Vivien & Jimmy
- who are brought together by chance in wartime London & whose lives become fiercely & fatefully entwined. Shifting between the 1930s the 1960s & the present The Secret Keeper is a spellbinding story of mysteries & secrets murder & enduring love.

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1961: On a sweltering summer's day while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called Billy a move to London & the bright future she can't wait to seize. But before the idyllic afternoon is over Laurel will have witnessed a shocking crime that changes everything. 2011: Now a much-loved actress Laurel finds herself overwhelmed by shades of the past. Haunted by memories & the mystery of what she saw that day she returns to her family home & begins to piece together a secret history. A tale of three strangers from vastly different worlds
- Dorothy Vivien & Jimmy
- who are brought together by chance in wartime London & whose lives become fiercely & fatefully entwined. Shifting between the 1930s the 1960s & the present The Secret Keeper is a spellbinding story of mysteries & secrets murder & enduring love.

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This is the book that turned the art world on its head now with new & exciting discoveries. Hockney takes his thesis further demonstrating how Renaissance artists used mirrors & lenses to develop perspective & chiaroscuro radically challenging our view of how these two foundations of Western art were established. ...

Flowers are one of the most popular & well-received gifts given to express love & affection. But did you know the type of flowers you give can speak volumes? The Secret Language of Flowers is a fascinating insight into the Victorian tradition of using flowers to convey secret messages in a society where feelings often had to be suppressed. In this beautifully illustrated book
- the perfect gift itself
- Samantha Gray reveals how flowers came by their meanings in folklore & how flowers became the language of courtship love friendship beauty & more. Discover the meanings behind over 50 flowers
- such as how lily of the valley symbolises the return of happiness how bluebells stand for constancy & everlasting love & how daffodils represent high regard & chivalry. With stunning illustrations by artist Sarah Perkins that capture all of the beauty of flowers this is an exceptionally lovely & fascinating gift book.


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The mind of the Renaissance artist differs from our modern mind in its habit of encoding meanings into symbols
- everything from
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The much-anticipated new book in the number 1 bestselling Monk series a compelling & timely fable about living your best life in these complex times Published in over 46 languages with more than five million copies sold The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari has touched people around the world. Published to coincide with the fifteenth anniversary of the very first The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari book Robin Sharma has written a powerful & moving fable that will resonate with readers now & for years to come. When the now-famous character of Julian Mantle falls ill he sends his nephew on an international adventure to retrieve Julian's mementoes & secret letters-writings that reflect what Julian has learned over many years about living a remarkable life a collection that may become his legacy. A moving & fascinating journey from the Bosphorus River in Turkey to a remote fishing community in India to the catacombs of Paris The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari offers transformational lessons for happiness & true success & shows readers how to live an authentic & meaningful life. ...

Sarah K has a secret. By day shes a writer & level-headed single mother; by night shes a submissive surrendering herself to forbidden delights. But will she perform the most illicit act of all
- falling in love? Written with complete honesty this is an electrifying journey to the heights of pleasure; a real-life Fifty Shades of Grey. When Max comes into Sarahs life
- charming handsome & deliciously brooding
- she cant stop herself. Before long she has surrendered to him in every way: becoming his submissive yielding her body to his every desire powerless to fight his sensual temptations. As Sarah pushes her mind & body to its limits she begins to realise that shes in too deep. Pleasure & pain have become her world. Shes addicted
- to the adrenalin to the sensation to Max himself. Now shes in serious danger of giving in to the ultimate temptation: falling in love... Daring evocative & thrilling but told with wit & honesty this is the explosive true story of life as a submissive & of a secret world in which only a few dare to play.



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Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen she yeams for her mother & for forgiveness. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father she has only one friend: Rosaleen a black servant whose sharp exterior hides a tender heart. South Carolina in the sixties is a place where segregation is still considered a cause worth fighting for. When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon & Rosaleen is arrested & beaten Lily is compelled to act. Fugitives from justice & from Lily's harsh & unyielding father they follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world as about the mystery surrounding her mother. ...

Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous
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- achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's Enigma"

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Catherine Alliott bestselling author of One Day in May" & "A Crowded Marriage" takes a heart-warming look at what happens when your whole world is turned upside-down in " The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton". Evie Hamilton has a secret.. .one she doesnt even know about. Yet.. . Evies an Oxfordshire wife & mum whos biggest worry in life is whether or not she can fit in a manicure on her way to fetch her daughter from clarinet lessons. But shes blissfully unaware that her charmed & happy life is about to be turned upside-down. For one sunny morning a letter lands on Evies immaculate doormat. Its a bombshell knocking her carefully arranged & managed world completely askew & it threatens to sabotage all she holds dear. What will be left & what will change forever? Is Evie strong enough to fight for what she loves? Can her entire world really be as fragile as her best china? Step into Alliott country with " The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton" Praise for Catherine Alliott: " Classy wonderfully gossipy & breathless". (" Red"). " We defy you not to get caught up in Alliotts life-changing tale". (" Heat"). " Alliott at her best". (" Daily Telegraph"). Catherine Alliott is the author of twelve bestselling novels: "A Crowded Marriage" "A Married Man" " Not That Kind of Girl" " Going Too Far" " The Old-Girl Network" " Olivias Luck" " Rosie Meadows Regrets..." " The Wedding Day" " The Real Thing" " The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton" " One Day in May" "A Rural Affair". She lives with her family in Hertfordshire." ...