She was the last icon of an age of leisurely travel fading into memory even as she embarked on her maiden voyage: a luxurious ...

Meet Valentine an unforgettable & passionate woman with a heart & a dream as big as New York City. Her dream? To design the perfect pair of shoes.. . The Angelini Shoe Company makers of exquisite wedding shoes since 1903 is one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village. Now in the twenty-first century the company run so devotedly by Valentine & her grandmother Teodora faces financial ruin. Juggling a romantic relationship with dashing chef Roman Falconi her duty to her family & a design competition for a prestigious department store Valentine accompanies her grandmother to Italy in the hope of finding inspiration. There in Tuscany & on the Isle of Capri she discovers her artistic voice & much more turning her life around in ways she never expected. ...

This inexpensive photographic history of Vespa first published in 1993 receives a much-needed overhaul to bring it up to date &



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From a pre-eminent biographer in the field this well-documented & illustrated biography examines the life & time of the emperor Vespasian & challenges the validity of his perennial good reputation & universally acknowledged achievements. Examining received opinions on Vespasian Barbara Levick examines how this plebeian & uncharismatic Emperor restored peace & confidence to Rome & ensured a smooth succession. Outlining how he gained military experience & political skills Levick goes on to explore how Vespasian coped with the military political & economic problems of his reign & his evaluation of the solutions to these problems before she finally examines his posthumous reputation. Part of the bestselling Roman Imperial Biographies series Vespasian will engage enthral & inform both students of classical studies & history & the general classical enthusiast alike. ...

ONE MAN Born in rural obscurity ONE DESTINY To become one of Rome's greatest Emperors 26 AD: Sixteen-year-old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome his sights set on finding a patron & following his brother into the army. But he discovers a city in turmoil & an Empire on the brink. The aging emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus commander of the Praetorian Guard. Sejanus is ruler of the Empire in all but name but many fear that isn't enough for him. Sejanus' spies are everywhere
- careless words at a dinner party can be as dangerous as a barbarian arrow. Vespasian is totally out of his depth making dangerous enemies (and even more dangerous friends
- like the young Caligula) & soon finds himself ensnared in a conspiracy against Tiberius. With the situation in Rome deteriorating Vespasian flees the city to take up a position as tribune in an unfashionable legion on the Balkan frontier. Even here rebellion is in the air & unblooded & inexperienced Vespasian must lead his men in savage battle with hostile mountain tribes. Vespasian will soon realize that he can't escape Roman politics any more than he can escape his destiny...""

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Italy 1944
- this is the setting of one of the most convincing & quietly magnificent stories about man & war that has ever been
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Lucifer Box is the darling of the Edwardian belle monde
- societys most fashionable portrait painter is a wit a dandy a rake the
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Fresh out of university Luke joins a mixed practice in Dorset run by the stern but benevolent Mr Spotswode & is quickly thrust into the real world of veterinary medicine: truculent farmers out-of-hours-surgery nasty biting squirrels operating on frogs eyeballs & some of the harsher facts of farming life like dealing with an outbreak of foot & mouth & subsequent slaughter. Lukes dream is to set up on his own & find his place in the world. These things however are never quite straightforward. Across the course of this memoir the young vet not only learns much about his trade but about his own character
- & develops a group of close friends
- both animal & human
- who will stay with his across his career. The most important of these is Cordelia
- the woman of his dreams
- his quest to win her heart is a marathon!




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Luke Gamble cut his teeth as a mixed practice vet in the West Country. Now its time to see if he can stand on his own two feet. Wild stallions drowning cows & constipated snakes aside Lukes challenges have only just begun. No longer working at the West Country clinic hes marrying the girl of his dreams while launching his own practice Pilgrims. On top of that hes managing his international veterinary charity & two other veterinary businesses. On his extreme travels around the world Luke dodges hippos & chimps & swaps the familiar farms of home for the refugee camps of Africa all on his idealistic quest to make a difference. But Luke is more than just an international vet. Hes also a husband a friend an entrepreneur & potentially an Ironman triathlete. Does he have what it takes to juggle it all? ...

The Yorkshire dales have never seemed more beautiful for James
- now he has a lovely wife by his side a partners plate on the gate
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