When Clara O' Toole & her grandmother Bernie attend a meeting held by a medium they hope to be able to get in touch with Clara's father who was killed at the Front. Whilst they remain doubtful about the existence of a spirit world the experience does inspire Bernie to trace her one surviving child
- Gertie. Clara's search for her missing aunt brings her into contact with a whole new extended family. She is over the moon to find she has a cousin but is she ready to be drawn into the tragedies & secrets of family's past?
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When the Clyde Ran Red paints a vivid picture of the heady days when revolution was in the air on Clydeside. Through the bitter strike at the Singer sewing machine plant in Clydebank in 1911 Bloody Friday in George Square in 1919 the General Strike of 1926 & on to the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s the men & women of Glasgow Clydebank & beyond fought for the right to work the dignity of labour & a fairer society for everyone. They did so in a Glasgow where overcrowded tenements stood no distance from elegant tearooms art galleries & glittering picture palaces. Red Clydeside was also home to Charles Rennie Mackintosh the Glasgow Style & magnificent exhibitions showcasing the wonders of the age. Political idealism & artistic creativity were matched by industrial endeavour. The Clyde built many of the greatest ships that ever sailed the seas as locomotives from Glasgow pulled trains on every continent on earth. When the Clyde Ran Red celebrates the determination achievements & sheer lust for life of the people of Glasgow Clydebank & Clydeside. ...

Is the devil merely the name we give the worst in ourselves? When private investigator Jasmine Sharp is hired to find Tessa Garrion a young woman who has vanished without trace it becomes increasingly clear that there are those who want her to stay that way. What begins as a simple search awakens a malevolence that has lain dormant for three decades putting Jasmine in the crosshairs of those who would stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried. Uncovering a hidden history of sex drugs ritualism & murder Jasmine realises she may need a little help from dark places herself if she's going to get to the truth. But then needs must... ...

When a family-load of boisterous bumbling dragons burst into peaceful Poppledown Town theres sure to be trouble! Before long the whole town is thrown into chaos. The local market is turned upside down the library is louder than ever & the local playgroup has never experienced such disruptive pupils! Will Poppledown Town EVER be the same again? ...

For the Duke of Cosway it was a marriage of convenience. For his bride it was anything but... Isidore has waited for many long frustrating years for her mysterious husband to return from exploring the world. They were married by proxy when she was just a child but now shes fully grown & yearns for nothing more than for her Duke to return. Until he does come back. & he is not what she expected. At all. Not only does he refuse to conform to any of societys norms: he wont powder his hair has little regard for cravats & seems frighteningly keen on running around the countryside in nothing but short trousers. But
- more shocking than any other revelation
- he reveals that he is a virgin. There is an undeniable attraction though & while Isidore tries to establish whether this Duke was actually worth waiting for Cosway himself begins to discover that there may be more adventures in marriage than in all of the rest of the world...

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Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction When the Emperor Was Divine" is the critically acclaimed debut novel by bestselling writer Julie Otsuka
- author of " The Buddha in the Attic"
- in which she explores the lives of Japanese immigrants living in America during the Second World War. It is four months after Pearl Harbour & overnight signs appear all over the United States instructing Japanese Americans to report to internment camps for the duration of the war. For one family it proves to be a nightmare of oppression & alienation. Explored from varying points of view
- the mother receiving the order to evacuate; the daughter on the long train journey; the son in the desert encampment; the family's return home; & the bitter release of their father after four years in captivity
- it tells of an incarceration that will alter their lives for ever. Based on a true story Julie Otsuka's powerful deeply humane novel tells of an unjustly forgotten episode in America's wartime history. " Honest & gloriously written will haunt you long after you've turned the final page. Brilliant". (" Elle"). " An intense jewel of a book written with clarity & beauty". (" Marie Claire"). " Vindicates the suffering of the Japanese in America...a blistering first novel". (" The Times Literary Supplement"). "A compelling powerful portrait of a terrible endurance. Terrific". (" The Times"). Julie Otsuka was born & raised in California. She is the author of the novel " When the Emperor Was Divine" & a recipient of the Asian American Literary Award the American Library Association Alex Award & a Guggenheim fellowship. Her second novel " The Buddha in the Attic" was nominated for the 2011 National Book Award. She lives in New York City."



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Andy & Marnie think they've won big when they get a free souvenir from a gift shop in Horror L&. So what if this souvenir happens to be a rare (and possibly haunted) hound's tooth? It's totally worth the risk to have a gift that grants wishes. But when Andy hears howling at night & Marnie starts acting strangely they realize that they might have to pay a price after all... ...

The tide is turning but on the home front the battle is far from over for the Campions... Autumn 1944 the allies are invading Italy. On the home front the Campion family are doing their bit -working tirelessly in the hope that the end of the war is now in sight. Sasha newly engaged to Bobby has been tormented by nameless terrors ever since she was rescued from a bomb shaft. But she needs help if she is to face down her fears & look to the future. Lou separated from her twin Sasha is breaking the mould in her new role as a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary. But she is shaken to her core when a face from her past shows up the devilishly handsome American GI Kieran Mallory. Back in London Katie hopes that she is finally over Luke the man who broke her heart until a surprise letter from him arrives. But can they rebuild something stronger on the ashes of their love? Even though today is full of suffering & pain there is hope that tomorrow the lights will go on again. ...

It is the 1870s & twin brothers Sean & Garrick Courtney are born into the wilds of Natal. They could not be more different & fate war & the jealous schemes of a woman are to drive them even further apart. But as history unfolds a continent is awakening. & on the horizon is the promise of fortune adventure destiny & love.. . The bestselling novel that launched Wilbur Smiths stellar career this is the first in the riveting saga of the Courtney brothers. ...

The Western world has experienced extraordinary economic progress throughout the last six decades a prosperous period so extended that continuous economic growth has come to seem normal. But such an era of continuously rising living standards is an historical anomaly economist Stephen D. King warns & the current stagnation of Western economies threatens to reach crisis proportions in the not-so-distant future. Praised for the dose of realism" he provided in his book " Losing Control" King follows up in this volume with a plain-spoken assessment of where the West stands today. It's not just the end of an age of affluence he shows. We have made promises to ourselves that are only achievable through ongoing economic expansion. The future benefits we expect
- pensions healthcare & social security for example
- may be larger than tomorrow's resources. & if we reach that point which promises will be broken & who will lose out? The lessons of history offer compelling evidence that political & social upheaval are often born of economic stagnation. King addresses these lessons with a multifaceted plan that involves painful
- but necessary
- steps toward a stable & just economic future."



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