In the wild windswept Welsh marches a noble young lord rides homewards embittered angry & in danger. He is Guyon lord of Ledworth heir to threatened lands husb&-to-be of Judith of Ravenstow. Their union will save his lands
- but they have yet to meet... For this is Wales at the turn of the twelfth century. Dynasties forge & fight & behind the precarious throne of William Rufus political intrigue is raging. Caught amidst the violence are Judith & Guyon bound together yet poles apart. But when a dark secret from the past is revealed & the full horror of war crashes over Guyon & Judith they are forced to face insurmountable odds. Together...
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Say the word Italy & a scene lights up in the mind: a cafe table in St Mark's Square perhaps a Renaissance fresco a Tuscan villa on a hilltop. There are many books about these things. In Wild Italy Tim Jepson takes a different tack leaving the well-worn tourist haunts behind him in search of fresher pleasures. He explores the whole country from its Alp-studded waist to its distant toe kicking the football of Sicily towards Africa. Like an unhurried lover he works his way down thigh & shin following the line of the Apennines locating the pressure points between continental & peninsular Italy pinching to see where the prosperous north gives way to the Mediterranean south looking for those last innocent stretches of littoral down one side & up the other where the bathers have not set up their parasols. Having lived in Rome & trekked the entire peninsula he knows the secret places that are as oxygen to a suffocating man after the murderous drive through the suburbs of Milan or Naples. He has picked out the loveliest spots in Sicily & Sardinia & plotted the last few pinpricks of Italian territory the scattered islands off the Tunisian coast which are some of the most isolated & primitive places in Europe. As well as having an extensive knowledge of wild places he also has the ability to write about them with passion. ' One view of a cypress tree or stone farm-house & we are entranced ' he writes 'overcome by that longing for the warm south which Icelanders describe nicely as the need for figs".'" ...

Statement jewellery has become a staple in the modern wardrobe
- nothing can lift an outfit more than a fabulous necklace or a
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As he ducked he heard the familiar sound like a giant ripping heavyweight canvas an automatic weapon throwing bullets at a cyclic rate of almost two thousand rounds a minute & the bullets tore into the side of the Maserati beating in the metal with an ear-numbing clangour while glass exploded in upon Peter like the glittering spray as a storm-driven waves strikes a rock. Glass chips pelted across his back & stung his cheek & the back of his neck. They sparkled like a diamond tiara in his hair. The hijacking of a jumbo jet off the Seychelles galvanizes anti-terrorist chief Peter Stride into the action for which he has spent a lifetime training. But even in the hail of bullets which follows he knows that this is only the beginning of a nightmare. Stride is the one man who might find the twisted genius who holds the world hostage -- if only his every move were not anticipated by the enemy.. . ...

Walking around his Herefordshire farm one October John Lewis-Stempel saw a trout flash in the brook mushrooms sprinkle the fields a squirrel eat hazelnuts & thought: Wouldnt it be wonderful if one could live just on what Nature provided for free? The Wild Life" is Johns account of twelve months eating only food shot caught or foraged from the fields hedges copse & brook of his forty-acre farm. Nothing from a shop & nothing raised from agriculture. Could it even be done? John takes the reader on a Thoreau-esque journey through a landscape that is true England as he uncovers the ancient past of his five-hundred-year-old farm & the startling symmetries between his life now & that of the farms peasant founders. Lyrical observant & sometimes mordantly funny " The Wild Life" is an extraordinary celebration of our natural heritage. & a testament to the importance of getting back to ones roots
- spiritually & practically."
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Wild Ones! scissors inspire creativity & make cutting FUN! These colourful characters will brighten up any desk & are sure to be your child’s favourite new friends! Wild Ones! are perfect for Crafts Party Favours & Gifts!

this character is Stretch. Collect them all- Tusk Roary Paws Ooh Ooh Stripes

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The Wild Places" is both an intellectual & a physical journey & Macfarlane travels in time as well as space. Guided by monks questers scientists philosophers poets & artists both living & dead he explores our changing ideas of the wild. From the cliffs of Cape Wrath to the holloways of Dorset the storm-beaches of Norfolk the saltmarshes & estuaries of Essex & the moors of Rannoch & the Pennines his journeys become the conductors of people & cultures past & present who have had intense relationships with these places. Certain birds animals trees & objects
- snow-hares falcons beeches crows suns white stones
- recur & as it progresses this densely patterned book begins to bind tighter & tighter. At once a wonder voyage an adventure story an exercise in visionary cartography & a work of natural history it is written in a style & a form as unusual as the places with which it is concerned. It also tells the story of a friendship & of a loss. It mixes history memory & landscape in a strange & beautiful evocation of wildness & its vital importance."

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It is whispered behind the fans of London's dowagers & in the corners of the fashionable ballrooms that scandal follows wilfully wild Lady Beatrix Lennox wherever she goes. Three years earlier the debutante created a sensation by being found in a distinctly compromising position. Now the ton has branded her as unmarriageable her family has called her a vixen & Beatrix sees no reason not to go after what
- & who
- she wishes. & she wants Stephen Fairfax-Lacy the handsome Earl of Spade. Beatrix with her brazen suggestions & irresistibly sensuous allure couldn't be more different from the earl's ideal future bride. Yet Beatrix brings out a wildness in him that he has tried to deny for far too long. Still he's not about to play love's game by Lady Beatrix's rules. She may be used to being on top in affairs of the heart but that will soon change.

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With a wide variety of whale species covered you can learn about all kinds of whales from the minke to the bottlenosed or beluga whales to name but a few. Packed with interesting information: did you know that a blue whales tongue weighs as much as a baby elephant? Or that a human hand is very similar to a whales fin? Read about one sperm whales mighty battle with a giant squid & the humpback whales plight against the humans that want to hunt them. For real whale enthusiasts this book also suggests websites & places to visit to find out even more! Other titles in this series: Big Cats Sharks Elephants Bees Dinosaurs Wolves Snakes Rats Frogs & Toads Spiders Crocodiles Dogs & Horses. ...

This wonderful book about wolves covers a wide range of topics. Follow the story of a wolf pack & how they stick together to live & hunt. Learn about the amazing skills that the grey wolf has to survive from its sharp senses & amazing memory to its ferocious ability to hunt & kill. & find out more about how wolves communicate with one another & look after their pups. For real wolf enthusiasts this book also suggests websites & places to visit to find out even more! Other titles in this series: Big Cats Sharks Elephants Bees Dinosaurs Whales Snakes Rats Frogs & Toads Spiders Crocodiles Dogs & Horses. ...