For years Jenny & sister Kim suffered horrendous physical & sexual abuse at the hands of their father. They survived in part because of their closeness & their determination to be there for each other. Both sisters left home at the earliest opportunity to escape but before long Jenny was embroiled in a relationship with an abusive man that kept her locked in a cycle of violence & fear. Their lives followed parallel paths with first marriage then kids & always the terror that things would never change. Eventually with a lot of love grit & courage they helped each other to climb out of the pit of despair & truly free themselves from the legacy of the past. Every bit as harrowing & inspiring as Behind Closed Doors this is a story of the power of unstintingly loyal love. ...

Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century Silent Spring" exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press & heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book Rachel Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government & inspired the ecological movement." ...

American scientist & author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in 1962. She made vivid the prospect of life without birdsong. But has her warning been heeded? Fifty years on Conor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of environmentalism since Silent Spring was published. His revealing & engaging tale plots milestone events in conservation popular culture & political history in the British Isles & beyond tracing a path through the half century since 'zero hour' 1962. Around this he weaves his own observations & touching personal experiences seeking to answer the question: what happened to the birds & birdsong & why does it matter? ...

Handed a sacred scroll from Atlantis by a dying Tibetan monk Marcus Joanna & Helen are propelled into adventure as they race to get it translated & to follow its instructions. Because its contents hold the key to healing & empowering Earth & humanity vested interests will stop at nothing to prevent the information from being revealed & the lives of all three are endangered as their endeavours to protect & act on this information take them across the world & to a final denouement in Machu Picchu Peru. Diana Cooper weaves into her story profound elements of spiritual learning as her characters reveal the seven Great Mysteries that are the spiritual laws of this planet the illusions by which humans live the symbols & sounds for unblocking interdimensional portals & the true purpose of Stonehenge & Machu Picchu. ...

Over the past 20 years dramatic declines have taken place in UK insect populations. Eventually such declines must have knock-on effects for other animals especially high profile groups such as birds & mammals. This authoritative yet accessible account details the current state of the wildlife in Britain & Ireland & offers an insight into the outlook for the future. Written by a team of the countrys leading experts it appraises the changes that have occurred in a wide range of wildlife species & their habitats & outlines urgent priorities for conservation. It

Includes:: chapters on each of the vertebrate & major invertebrate groups with the insects covered in particular depth. Also considered are the factors that drive environmental change & the contribution at local & government level to national & international wildlife conservation. Essential reading for anyone who is interested in & concerned about UK wildlife.

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When Emily Gordon editor at a London publishing house commissions an account of great English novelist Hugh Morton she finds herself steering a tricky path between Morton's formidable widow Jacqueline who's determined to protect his secrets & the biographer charming & ambitious Joel Richards. But someone is sending Emily mysterious missives about Hugh Morton's past & she discovers a buried story that simply has to be told… One winter's day in 1948 nineteen year old Isabel Barber arrives at her Aunt Penelope's house in Earl's Court having run away from home to follow her star. A chance meeting with an East European refugee poet leads to a job with his publisher Mc Kinnon & Holt & a fascinating career beckons. But when she develops a close editorial relationship with charismatic young debut novelist Hugh Morton & the professional becomes passionately personal not only are all her plans put to flight but she finds herself in a struggle for her very survival. Rachel Hore's intriguing & suspenseful new novel magnificently evokes the milieux of London publishing past & present & connects the very different worlds of two young women Emily & Isabel who through their individual quests for truth love & happiness become inextricably linked. ...

What will it take to put the past to rest? Professional genealogist Melissa Grantham receives an invitation to visit her family's ancestral home Ashleigh Manor. From the moment she arrives life-like dreams & visions haunt her. The spiritual connection to a medieval young woman & her forbidden lover have her questioning her sanity but Melissa is determined to solve the mystery. Jake Precy owner of a nearby cottage has disturbing dreams too but it's not until he meets Melissa that they begin to make sense. He hires her to research his family's history unaware their lives are already entwined. Is the mutual attraction real or the result of ghostly interference? A haunting love story set partly in the present & partly in fifteenth century Kent. Christina Courtenay won the 2012 Best Historical Romantic novel of the year award (Ro NA) for her novel Highland Storms. ...

When journalist Laurie Forbes turns up on Beth Ashby's doorstep minutes after Beth's husband political high-flier Colin Ashby has been arrested for murder neither can even begin to guess the shocking repercussions that have just been triggered in both their lives. Beth attempts to escape from her shattered life by throwing herself into the kind of reckless high-living that seems destined for disaster while Laurie finds herself being threatened terrorised & even taken prisoner for what she knows. As the dangerous truth draws closer Laurie realises that if she is to save Beth from those already preparing to destroy her she must put her trust in hated rival journalist Elliot Russell & face up to a ghost from the past. ...

When identical twins June & Jennifer Gibbons were three they began to reject communication with anyone but each other & so began a childhood bound together in a strange & secret world. As they grew up love hate & genius united to push them to the extreme margins of society & following a five week spree of vandalism & arson the silent twins were sentenced to a gruelling twelve-year detention in Broadmoor. Award-winning investigative journalist Marjorie Wallace delves into the twins silent world revealing their genius alienation & the mystic bond by which the extremes of good & evil ended in possession & death. ...

Silent Voices is the fourth book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series -- which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn VERA. When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym she wonders briefly if for once in her life she's uncovered a simple death from natural causes. Then Vera spots ligature marks around the victim's throat -- death is never that simple.. . Vera revels being back in charge of an investigation again working with Sergeant Joe Ashworth to find a motive. While Joe struggles to reconcile his home life with the demands of the case death has never made Vera feel so alive. The duo investigates the victim's past & discovers a shocking case involving a young child. Probing the secretive community they try to stop a killer in the present who can't seem to let go of the past.. . Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are The Crow Trap Telling Tales Hidden Depths & The Glass Room. Ann Cleeves' Shetland series (BBC television drama SHETLAND) contains five titles of which Dead Water is the most recent. ...