A wonderfully wise romantic comedy about the ones we love & the one that got away... Juliet Joyce has been happily married for twenty-five years. But with two grown-up children who treat the house like a hotel a seventy-year-old mother whos just moved in & a father whos announced hes gay its hardly surprising that her relationship with her husband Rick is beginning to suffer. Juliets resigned to the fact that the only romance shes going to get is from the pages of her library books so nothing prepares her for the unexpected return of Steven Aubrey. Last seen twenty-six years ago when he jilted Juliet on their wedding day he ignites a passion in her that she thought was long gone. But will Steven sweep her off her feet or can Rick remind her of the loving feeling that theyve lost? Theres only one way to find out... ...

Juliet Joyce has been happily married to Rick for twenty-five years. But with two children who treat the house like a hotel a mother whos moved in with them & a father whos announced a radical life change Juliet & Rick have little time for themselves let alone romance. & then Steven Aubrey returns. The same Steven who jilted Juliet on their wedding day twenty-six years ago. He ignites a passion in Juliet that she thought was long gone. Will Steven sweep Juliet off her feet or can Rick revive their marriage before its too late? ...

If there's one motorcycle race that deserves a quality hardback it's the Isle of Man TT. Commonly seen as the world's most dangerous race Rick Broadbent gets behind the scenes & into the helmets of four leading racers over the course of two seasons -- 2010 & 2011 -- following the riders through the numerous vicissitudes of an average season. Ian Hutchinson is as high as they come following his clean-up at the 2010 TT; a fortnight later his leg is being rebuilt after a fellow rider rode over it & Hutchinson has to plead the case for not amputating.. . Conor Cummins is back after battling depression following a serious injury; Guy Martin was on the same hospital after breaking his back but is now a BBC TV presenter; Bridgit Dobbs is the widow of Paul who died in the 2010 race & talks movingly on revisiting the race for the first time since her husband's death.. . Rick Broadbent's That Near Death Thing is the final word on the Isle of Man TT. ...

THAT NEAR DEATH THING is a life-affirming journey to the heart of the world's most dangerous race. The Isle of Man TT is a throwback to a maverick era that existed before PR platitudes & PC attitudes. WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR-shortlisted author Rick Broadbent gets inside the helmets of four leading motorcycle racers as they battle fear fire & family tragedy for a gritty sort of glory. Guy Martin is a tea-drinking truck mechanic & TV eccentric who 'sucks the rabbits out of hedges' but must now deal with the flipside of fame; Conor Cummins is the local hero facing a race against time as he battles depression & a broken body after falling down the mountain; John Mc Guinness is the living legend fending off the ravages of middle-age for one last hurrah; Michael Dunlop is the wild child living with one of the most remarkable legacies in sport. They tell their astonishing stories in a book that provides the most rounded intimate behind-the-scences account yet of the last great race. Rick Broadbent has delivered the final word on the Isle of Man TT one that really gets to grips with an event that continually pulls unsung riders & fans back year after year to witness That Near Death Thing. ...

A brilliant novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Proulx author of ' The Shipping News' & ' Brokeback Mountain'. ' That Old Ace in the Hole' is a richly textured story of one man's struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the Texas panhandle told with razor-sharp wit & a masterly sense of place. Some folks in the Texas panhandle do not like hog farms. But Bob Dollar the newly hired hog site scout for Global Pork Rind intends to do his job. Bob must contend with tough men & women like ancient Freda Beautyrooms who controls a ranch he covets & Ace Crouch the windmiller who defies the hog farms. As Bob settles in at La Von Fronk's bunkhouse & lends a hand at Cy Frease's Old Dog Cafe he is forced to question everything. ...

For fifteen-year-old Haven this is the summer where everything changes. Dad is remarrying. Her sister Ashley is planning a wedding of her own. Theyre both moving on but Haven is lost in memories of a time when life was happy & her family was whole. & then Ashleys ex the charming & funny Sumner Lee arrives in town. He reminds Haven of carefree days gone by & she cant help but wonder
- has fate brought this person from her past back to change her future?
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When schoolgirl Jodie Foot goes missing from a sleepy Dorset village the shockwaves that reverberate through her community are as far-reaching as they are devastating. When Rachel Turner finds out her husband has lied about his whereabouts that evening she is shattered. All she's ever wanted is a secure family life & now it's about to be torn apart. Henry Streeter Rachel's neighbour is overwhelmed by old feelings of misery & loneliness as he struggles to stifle painful memories of his own childhood. & Juliet Fairweather arriving in the village on the evening of the disappearance is involved in an unexpected personal drama while her mother Bobbie so often a bystander is drawn inexorably into other people's lives. For everyone involved one ordinary summer's day will bring extraordinary consequences & the need to examine their own sense of loss & longing. ...

Linda Weston has always lived in Eagle Street a backwater off the Tower Bridge Road market. Life in the street isn't easy: money is tight the house is overcrowded & everyone knows your business
- whether you like it or not. But it's a solid tight-knit community that laughs cries & fights together
- & helps one another out in difficult times. Linda fell in love with Charlie Bradley just before the outbreak of World War Two & now the war is over they hope to build a bright new future together. But Linda & Charlie are to find themselves caught in the middle of two rival gangs fighting for a stranglehold over south-east London. The consequences could be devastating...

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That They May Face the Rising Sun" was the last novel from John Mc Gahern one of Ireland's greatest novelists. Joe & Kate Ruttledge have come to Ireland from London in search of a different life. In passages of beauty & truth the drama of a year in their lives & those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through the action the rituals of work religious observances & play. We are introduced with deceptive simplicity to a complete representation of existence
- an enclosed world has been transformed into an Everywhere."
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When Meredith Mitchells old friend Toby Smythe turns up on leave she is delighted to see him. But Toby has a problem
- or rather
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