Antigone defending her integrity & ideals to the death Oedipus questing for his identity & achieving immortality
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This is a book for anyone who has ever thought What if?" A true story about a woman who dared to follow her dreams... Jessica Fox was living in Hollywood an ambitious 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night craving another life she was seized by a moment of inspiration & tapped "second hand bookshop Scotland" into Google. She clicked on the first link she saw. A month later she arrived 2 000 miles across the Atlantic in Wigtown on the west coast of Scotland & knocked on the door of the bookshop she would be living in for the next month... The rollercoaster journey that ensued
- taking in Scottish Hanukkah yoga on Galloway's West Coast & a waxing that she will never forget
- would both break & mend her heart. It would also teach her that sometimes we must have the courage to travel the path less taken. Only then can we truly become the writers of our own stories."

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Stephanie Plum's fast becoming the most unpopular woman in New Jersey. Even her own mother can't love her for taking on the job of tracking down Uncle Mo everybody's favorite candy store owner. Cursed with a disastrous new hair color & an increasing sense that it's time to get a new job the world's favorite bounty hunter sets off on her latest adventure with a little 'help' for her new sidekick hooker turned file clerk Lula who's just itching to get a felon in the back of her racy redfirebird... ...

Three forest trees dream of what they will one day become. One dreams of becoming a royal throne; one of being a ship that can withstand any storm; & one longs to stay in the forest & grow as tall as tall can be. When they are felled it seems their dreams are over. But as each tree is crafted into a new item
- a manger a fishing boat & a rugged cross
- it becomes clear that through the role they play in one important life their hopes are more than fulfilled. This traditional folktale is accompanied by stylish artwork from a highly sought-after children's book illustrator & will help set the Christmas & Easter stories into the overall context of the Christian faith.

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VILLAGE GOSSIP: For the locals of Turnham Malpas the rural peace is disrupted when a famous actor comes to stay. When he meets Caroline the rectors wife he is instantly attracted to her. Before long the villagers lives are turned upside down: a marriage is wrecked a proud man humbled & two people are brought closer together as gossip scandal & jealousy mount...TROUBLE IN THE VILLAGE: The appointment of a new verger causes trouble when events from his past return to haunt him bringing violence & danger to the peace of the village. & there are the strange goings-on in the church at night one of the villagers houses is ransacked & a couple is beaten up...A VILLAGE DILEMMA: An unwelcome visitor arrives in Turnham Malpas. Why is Bryn Fields
- who fled four years ago under the worst possible circumstances
- back? & what are his plans for the village? For the rector & his wife there are more serious problems to cope with when their twins start asking about their real mother...

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The latest novel from the genuinely bestselling author of seventeen compelling novels from A Woman of Substance to The Triumph of Katie Byrne. As students at the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts in Paris Alexandra Gordon Kay Lenox Jessica Pierce & Maria Franconi share the challenges & excitement of developing their artistic talents to the fullest under Sedgwick's caring & demanding guidance. But once best friends they part enemies & after graduation they go their separate ways pursuing careers & establishing lives in different corners of the world. Alexandra a set designer becomes a leading figure in New York's theatre world. Kay who marries & moves to Scotland designs a successful line of clothing. Jessica an interior designer makes her home in California while Maria returns to her native Italy where she continues to work in her family's textile business. For each of them the arrival of an invitation to Paris to celebrate Anya Sedgwick's eighty-fifth birthday stirs up complicated feelings: nostalgic memories are coloured by poignant regrets & the reluctance to revisit their own pasts mixes with curiosity about the other women. It is ultimately their desire to deal with unfinished business that convinces all of them to attend the party. During three eventful weeks in Paris they visit their old haunts rekindle ties & awaken in each other the sense of wonder adventure & possibilities they had shared so long ago. ...

After years of trying for a child Jack & Melissa Mc Guane adopted a beautiful baby girl. Nine months later a call from the adoption agency plunges them into every parents worst nightmare: the father never signed away his parental rights & now he wants his daughter back. The biological father is a sullen eighteen-year-old with gangland connections & even worse is the son of a well-connected federal judge who is prepared to use the full weight of his influence to get what he wants. Together they wage a harrowing campaign of intimidation & harassment aimed at destroying the Mc Guanes before they can fight back. Jack & Melissa know that the boy has no love for his daughter but what they dont know is why he & the judge want the girl so badly. With three weeks until they must legally hand over their baby just how far outside the law are they prepared to go to find out? ...

In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks & his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. An adventure by any measure this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who by their early thirties were the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas & Micah travel the globe from the Taj Mahal to Machu Picchu the story of their family slowly unfolds. Just before Nicholas marriage he & Micah lost their mother in a horseriding accident; a week short of Nicholas triumphant debut as a novelist with THE NOTEBOOK the brothers lost their father to a car crash & just a few short years later they were forced to say goodbye to their sister who died of brain cancer at the young age of 36. Against the backdrop of the main wonders of the world the brothers come together to heal the wounds of this tragic legacy & maintain their determination to live life to its fullest. ...

The lovable hapless duo from The Kiss That Missed are back! This time the knight & his horse are left in charge of the royal prince & princess. But they find babysitting so tiring that the knight makes a wish...and before he knows it it comes true. Instead of babysitting therefore they encounter a night full of magic & surprises & before too long they are wishing they were babysitting once again! ...

Luke & Eve are heading off on their first holiday together. But theyre staying with Eves dad in his Spanish hotel & things arent going to go to plan... Eves dad treats his daughter like a little girl
- & if Luke was hoping for a some summer action with Eve her father soon puts a stop to it. Eve showcases her singing with the hotel band in the evenings which means shes spending a lot of time with the handsome male drummer. Lukes jealous but a revenge snog with the gorgeous Catalina doesnt seem to help his relationship with Eve much & Cats boyfriend is none too pleased either. Suddenly its turning into a holiday from hell...
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