Christmas has always been a sad time for young widow Holly Brown so being asked to look after a remote house on the Lancashire moors is the perfect excuse to forget about the festivities. Sculptor Jude Martland is determined that this year there will be no Christmas after his brother ran off with his fiancee. He's keen to avoid the family home. However he will have to return by the twelfth night of the festivities when the hamlet of Little Mumming hold their historic festivities & all of his family are required to attend. Meanwhile Holly is finding that if she wants to avoid Christmas she has come to the wrong place. When Jude unexpectedly returns on Christmas Eve he is far from delighted to discover that Holly seems to be holding the very family party he had hoped to avoid. Suddenly the blizzards come out of nowhere & the whole village is snowed in. With no escape Holly & Jude get much more than they bargained for
- it looks like the twelve days of Christmas are going to be very interesting indeed!
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A collection of interlinked tales of crime & retribution laced with dark humour set around the festive season -- from the No. 1 bestseller Stuart Mac Bride Thieves drug dealers lap-dancers gangsters & even the odd good guy populate these twelve tales exploring the seedier side of life in North East Scotl&. ...

Now as well as singing the song you can knit the characters. The Twelve Knits of Christmas brings together 12 charming knitting patterns for making all of the objects birds & people mentioned in the song & a beautifully illustrated book containing the words for each verse. Children will love to play with your knitted creations as you sing along together. & the projects can double up as Christmas decorations around your home centering on the colourful & easy-to-assemble cardboard pear tree tucked into the back of the book
- a ready made roosting spot fit for the finest partridge to enjoy.
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Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain even if no one knows she's the real author. One day a letter she receives from the governor of the notorious Bedlam madhouse plunges her into an adventure more terrifying than anything she ever imagined
- A thriller with a fast-paced cinematic style Twelve Minutes to Midnight is an electrifying story from an exciting new author.
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For each Sunday of the year there is a brief commentary & reflection taken from Tom Wrights weekly Church Times column on the Common Worship lectionary readings. Each section gives the lectionary references & gives a starting-point for thinking about the readings drawing out points of connection between them. The book can be used for regular Bible study throughout the year or for sermon preparation. It covers all Sundays in the year using track 1 (Daily Eucharistic Lectionary) for the Sundays after Trinity. ...

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive.. .A female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle.. .A young artist gets the biggest break of her career.. .A restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration.. . An escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland.. . How will they react? How would you? Twelve Red Herrings is the third collection of irresistible short stories from a master storyteller. Cleverly styled with richly drawn characters & ingeniously plotted story lines each of the twelve tales ends with a delightfully unexpected turn of events. ' Outstanding.. .white-knuckle suspense & witty denouements' DAILY EXPRESS ' Archer hits the bull's eye with an exemplary collection of short stories' DAILY MAIL ...

The mine is an impartial killer & a lethal challenge to any volunteer in the Special Countermeasures of the Royal Navy. They are brave lonely men with something to prove or nothing left to lose. Lieutenant-Commander David Masters haunted by a split second glimpse of the mine that destroyed his first & only command H.M. Submarine Tornado now defuses the beast on land & teaches the same deadly science to others who too often die in the attempt. Lieutenant Chris Foley minelaying off an enemy coast in ML366 rolls on an uneasy sea with a release bracket sheared & a lie mine jammed & hears the menacing growl of approaching E-boats. & Sub-Lieutenant Michael Lincoln hailed as a hero dreads exposure as a coward even more than the unexpected booby-trap or the gentle whirr of the activated fuse marking the last twelve seconds of his life. ...

Mystery & adventure for four young detectives in Ancient Roman times.. . Flavia is suspicious of the new woman in her father's life Cartilia Poplica. She's certain that Cartilia has an ulterior motive but to find out the truth Flavia must perform twelve tasks
- like the Greek hero Hercules. So begins a thrilling journey but what will Flavia learn at the end of her quest?
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The opening pages of Ayana's debut took my breath away. I can't remember when I read anything that moved me quite this way besides the work of Toni Morrison". (Oprah Winfrey). Fifteen years old & blazing with the hope of a better life Hattie Shepherd fled the horror of the American South on a dawn train bound for Philadelphia. Hattie's is a tale of strength of resilience & heartbreak that spans six decades. Her American dream is shattered time & again: a husband who lies & cheats & nine children raised in a cramped little house that was only ever supposed to be temporary. She keeps the children alive with sheer will & not an ounce of the affection they crave. She knows they don't think her a kind woman
- but how could they understand that all the love she had was used up in feeding them & clothing them. How do you prepare your children for a world you know is cruel? The lives of this unforgettable family form a searing portrait of twentieth century America. From the revivalist tents of Alabama to Vietnam to the black middle-class enclave in the heart of the city to a filthy bar in the ghetto " The Twelve Tribes of Hattie" is an extraordinary distinctive novel about the guilt sacrifice responsibility & heartbreak that are an intrinsic part of ferocious love."
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Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just dont get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably the spirit of Laras great aunt Sadie
- in the form of a bold demanding Charleston-dancing girl
- has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply cant rest without. Laras got enough problems of her own. Her start-up company is floundering her best friend & business partner has run off to Goa & shes just been dumped by the love of her life. But as Lara spends time with Sadie life becomes more glamorous & their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing & romantic. Could Sadies ghost be the answer to Laras problems & can two girls from different times end up learning something special from each other?

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