Rivalries flare & scandal abounds in Rebecca Shaw's sparkling tale of love loyalty & village life. The villagers of Turnham Malpas are in for a shock. With Sir Ralph now dead his fortune & title go to a newcomer. It swiftly becomes clear that Johnny Templeton could not be more different to his well-loved predecessor. Johnny soon finds himself in conflict with long-standing members of Turnham Malpas
- particularly Craddock Fitch who is determined to obstruct Johnny's plan to buy back the Templeton estate. Meanwhile there are two other villagers in crises but theirs is a much more private issue. Marcus & Alice March have longed for a child for years. But when Alice finally becomes pregnant there are those in the village who harbour doubts about the child's progeny knowing how close Alice has grown to Johnny. As gossip begins to circulate the village Alice must make the most difficult of decisions
- whether to follow her heart or her morals...

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This reprint of the third book in Nichols Allways Trilogy" contains a new foreword by Bryan Connon Beverley Nichols biographer. Set in the English countryside the hilarious memoir is as much about the authors love for plants as it is about the village in which he lived. The depictions of flowers & ornamentals
- A single one of those gloxinias would be an event in Allways...I should give a party for it
- are both inspiring & unforgettable. This is the voice of one whose chief endowment is an appreciation for plants & the landscape including a keen understanding of the importance gardens play in an increasingly modern world."

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This book is the perfect antidote to the stress of life in the 21st Century. It portrays the idyll of life in an 1850s village far from the sound of the trains whistle". The identity of the village was lost to the world for 150 years & only by a miracle does this magical set of stereoscopic views survive brought together for the very first time by Brian May & his co-author photohistorian Elena Vidal. Their research is amazingly in-depth but the book is utterly readable & the pictures leap into glorious 3-D viewed in the new focussing stereoscope which May has designed & produced to bring the stereos to life & then fold neatly into the slip-case of the book. The book gives an extraordinary insight into everyday village life at the time
- with a woman at her spinning wheel the blacksmith outside his smithy three men at the grind stone sharpening a tool the villagers in the fields bringing in the harvest as well as often taking time to enjoy a good gossip. In every case the original verse which accompanied the view is reproduced. In addition May & Vidal have researched & annotated all the views revealing another layer of meaning by exploring the history of these real characters this idyllic village & its links with the present day. The result is a powerfully atmospheric & touching set of photographs." A Village Lost & Found brings master pioneering stereographer T. R. Williamss passionate life-work Scenes in Our Village to a new audience
- in glorious 3-D as never before. For an Electronic Press Kit for A Village Lost & Found click here"

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Ford & Mercedes Barclay have decided to spend their twilight years in the lovely village of Turnham Malpas
- but will these two
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The village school is to get a new head & the inhabitants of Turnham Malpas await her arrival with curiosity. At first sight Kate Pascoe seems ideal. She's young pretty & obviously loves her job. But when she introduces meditation classes for her ten-year-olds & even tree-hugging the villagers begin to think again. Then a strange malaise afflicts the whole village: lights are seen in Sykes Wood at night; a dog long dead appears to come to life & a sudden shocking death plunges the village into a state of superstitious dread. & always at the eye of the storm is Kate Pascoe... ...

It's 1980: recession & unemployment have hit Britain a royal wedding is on the way & the whole country is wondering Who Shot JR? As Jack returns for his fourth year at Ragley-on-the Forest School there's a definite chill in the air. Village schools are being closed down all over the place
- will his be one of them? As school life continues
- Vera the school secretary has to grapple with a new-fangled electric typewriter Ruby celebrates ten years as the school cleaner & the village panto throws up some unusual problems
- Jack wonders what the future holds...' Wry observation & heartwarming humour in equal measure'
- Alan Titchmarsh.



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Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurnas South Face achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970 remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made
- but behind this & all his other formidable achievements lies a tough recalcitrant reality: the character of the man himself. Whillans carried within himself a sense of personal invincibility forceful direct & uncompromising. It gave him sporting superstar status
- the flawed heroism of a Best a Mc Enroe an Ali. In his own circle his image was the working-class hero on the rock-face laconic & bellicose ready to go to war with the elements or with any human who crossed his path on a bad day.

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Small-time villain Sean O' Donnell walked out on his family almost twenty years ago & hasn't been heard of since. Now his daughter Iris has returned to the East End to find out just what happened. But it isn't going to be easy. Everyone close to Iris seems to be keeping secrets. When the mysterious Guy Wilder offers to help Iris uncover the truth he changes everything. As the son of the local criminal matriarch though Guy has plenty of problems of his own.. . ...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the VILLAINOUS VICTORIANS including Why burglars were scared of bogies which poet said he ate an ape & how a snick fadger might kiddy-nap your spangle. With a bold accessible new look & a heap of extra-horrible bits these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans ...

Police officers are now no longer encouraged to talk to criminals & thats a pity. Wonderful stories once were shared as a result of a quick pint with a snout down the pub or as a respite during interrogation when both copper & criminal would stop for a fag. Those were the glory days where gripping accounts of slashings fit-ups dodgy deals blaggings & petermen would filter through & become folklore. These days such intimacy is frowned upon (and smoking in interrogation cells is of course banned) so it is only here that these stories can be recounted. In Villains Tales" the reader will be introduced to the bad the mad & the dangerous to know recounted in gripping style by those who had intimate dealings with the shady characters both criminal & copper from Londons underworld long ago. All the usual suspects are here
- the Krays the Richardsons plus a few surprises & several hidden gems. Literally."
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