In these seventeen essays (and one short story) the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner examines British French & American writers who have meant most to him as well as the cross-currents & overlappings of their different cultures. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling from the many translations of Madame Bovary to the fabulations of Ford Madox Ford from the National Treasure Status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq Julian Barnes considers what fiction is & what it can do. As he writes in his preface ' Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is how we live it what it might be for how we enjoy & value it & how we lose it.' When his Letters from London" came out in 1995 the " Financial Times" called him "our best essayist". This wise & deft collection confirms that judgment." ...

With his infectious energy & charisma Gok Wan has an incredible gift of making women feel more confident within themselves
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This book sheds new light on the extraordinary healing potential of past life therapy. It builds on the pioneering work Dr Weiss described in his first book the worldwide bestseller Many Lives Many Masters. Authoritative accessible & based on extensive clinical experience. Uses vivid past life case studies to show the many benefits of regression therapy
- how it can overcome problems of obesity & substance abuse create more loving relationships uncover hidden talents open the mind to mystical experiences & much more.

Includes:: techniques to explore past lives & access higher wisdom. Compelling & thought provoking Through Time Into Healing shows us how to help ourselves lead healthy productive lives secure in the knowledge that death is not the final word & that healing & wholeness are inside us.


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When Lockhart Flawse is catapulted out of his upper-class & rapunzel-esque life with the curmudgeonly Flawse Senior he must enter the world of suburbia & marriage. Rendered an absolute twit in modern society by his medieval upbringing Lockhart must resort to drastic tactics in his attempt to return to Flawse House. Faced with the horrors of suburbia he must either terrorise blackmail & potentially kill an entire street of his tenants or attempt to find his unknown & elusive father in order to inherit the estate. However with the belief that he was dropped into his mother's arms by a stork killing a street of people may be the wiser option for the socially inept young man. He is also under mounting pressure as it may all be in vain if his gold-digging mother-in-law has her way. Now the wife of Flawse Senior she has decided that if Lockhart's wealthy grandfather can't have the decency to die on his own she will take matters into her own hands. ...

It's the May Day holiday & a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair. For young Paul just recovered from an illness it is a joy to be allowed out to play at the fair; for Ruth who returned to the soothing tranquillity of Thrush Green nursing a broken heart the fair is a welcome distraction from her own problems. & for Dr Lovell the fair brings an unexpected new patient. Then there is Mrs Curdle the long-standing matriarch of the fair. For her this year's visit to Thrush Green awakens mixed feelings & a difficulty she doesn't want to face... Full of Miss Read's inimitable charm & humour THRUSH GREEN is a wonderful introduction to this bestselling series. ...

A hilarious picture book from Nick Butterworth the highly-regarded prize-winning creator of Percy the Park Keeper. In a fantastical land where even warthogs are beautiful the peace is shattered one day by the deafening thud of something very large nearby. Is it a monster? None of the animals feels brave enough to find out but they know of an Ugly Beast who might be able to help. & when they find him the animals are in for a truly monstrous surprise. ...

VOTED AS READERS' FAVOURITE DISCWORLD NOVEL IN THE DISCWORLD CUP 2010! ' Some people would be asking: whose side are you on? If you're not for us you're against us. Huh. If you're not an apple you're a banana' When it comes to racial hatred & sectarian violence the phrase 'vive la difference' is usually one of the furthest from the tip of the mob's tongue. When a whole city is poised on the very brink of anarchy it only requires one thing to pitch it over the edge. Like the murder of one of the key participants for example... ...

Tasha & Trae the hood's favourite couple are still together & have moved far away from the drama in New York for the sunny skies in Los Angeles...or so they think. From running a night club dealing with models & shiesty lawyers seduction temptation big money drugs & new love interests...can this infamous couple weather the storm & keep it together? ...

The world has been gripped by a catastrophic virus & everyone over the age of eighteen is infertile. Society now values teenagers above all others & conception contracts with the most attractive intelligent girls are eagerly snapped up by would-be-parents desperate to pay for a healthy baby. Eight-&-a-half months ago Melody scored an amazing contract with a rich couple & was matched with the hottest bumping partner in the world: the gorgeous Jondoe. Her future looked set
- until her identical twin Harmony opened the door to Jondoe. A case of mistaken identity & a moment of madness followed
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- & for the last eight-&-a-half months Melody has been faking the most high-profile pregnancy in the world. & both sisters know time is running out...


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Across the Old World the powers of Chaos seek to bring corruption & death poisoning the minds of men & filling them with hatred & fury. Only the bravest dare stand against them
- two Empire soldiers marching into the cold wastes of Kislev to face the barbaric Northern hordes where one will lose his soul to the Ruinous Powers. The high elf Gilead Lothain who seeks to strike at the servants of the Dark Gods in a quest for vengeance that can never end. The ranks of the noble White Wolves who stand to defend the majestic city of Middenheim until the last man never backing down in the face of their enemies. Thunder & Steel is an epic collection of Dan Abnetts Warhammer fantasy including the novels Riders of the Dead Gileads Blood & Hammers of Ulric plus short stories & the full graphic novel of The Warhammer.
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