Tragedy strikes the New York-based Cardinal family when their car is involved in a terrible accident. Twelve-year-old Lou & seven-year-old Oz survive but the crash leaves their father dead & their mother in a coma. It would seem their world has been shattered forever until their great-grandmother Louisa Mae agrees to raise the children on her Virginia mountain farm. But before long their rural idyll is threatened by the discovery of natural gas on the mountain. Determined to protect her home from the ravages of big business Louisa Mae refuses to sell but when the neighbours hear of the potential wealth the company could bring they begin to turn against her. & now the Cardinal family find themselves ensnared in another battle to be played out in a crowded Virginia courtroom: a battle for justice for survival & for the right to stay together in the only place they know as home. Filled with both rich humour & desperate poignancy Wish You Well" is a tale of family faith humanity & prejudice set against the magical backdrop of the Virginia high rock. ' Baldacci triumphs with his best novel yet an utterly captivating drama'." ...

Time Out Novel of the Year ' Astonishingly moving' Sunday Express On an autumn day in 2006 on the Isle of Wight Jack Luxton -- former Devon farmer now proprietor of a seaside caravan park -- receives the news that his brother Tom not seen for years has been killed in Iraq. For Jack & his wife Ellie this will have a potentially catastrophic impact & compel Jack to make a crucial journey: to receive his brother's remains but also to return to the land of his past & confront his most secret troubling memories. Building to a fiercely suspenseful climax Wish You Were Here is a hauntingly compassionate story that allows us to feel the stuff of headlines as heart-wrenching personal truth. ' Profound & powerful.. .an unputdownable read' Scotland on Sunday 'A wonderful writer' Daily Telegraph ...

Sun sea & secrets...A week on the sunny Greek island of Kethos is just what Alice Archer needs even if she has to put up with her difficult sister. Stella's tantrums & diva-like demands are a fair price to pay for crystal-clear waters blue skies & white clifftop villas. When Alice meets Milo a handsome gardener at the Villa Argenti for the first time she suddenly feels beautiful alluring & confident. But is it just holiday magic or will the irresistible pull between Alice & Milo survive against all odds? For fans of Katie Fforde & Alexandra Potter this heartwarming romantic novel is the perfect escapist read. ...

A very young Beth & Jack met fell passionately in love & had a whirlwind engagement several years ago in Corsica. But when they got back to the reality of their everyday lives in the UK Jack mysteriously ended their relationship & Beth was left alone & heartbroken. What a cad. Or was he? When Beth all grown-up & newly engaged
- again
- ends up working for Jack by a bizarre twist of fate they start to unravel a string of misunderstandings that drove them apart. But it's too late to try again
- or is it?


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Antonia is sick of being bullied by Rosie a mean girl at school. So when new girl Clarissa joins the school Ant wishes Rosie would pick on her instead. But in Ants seaside village they have a special way of making wishes: children write down their wish put it in a lobster creel & row it out to Wishcatchers Point. Any wishes that disappear really do come true. But is it just coincidence or do the Wishcatchers really exist? When Rosie starts to bully Clarissa Ant realises her mistake & tries to help. Perhaps if they can find out why Rosie is such a bully & make her wishes come true they can all become friends. & will the strange shell necklace that Ant has found help them to finally uncover the mystery of the Wishcatchers? This is a wonderful story of friendship & magic that will enchant its readers. ...

This book is dedicated to your mastery of the art of realising all your desires. The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination. Everything that now exists was once imagined. & everything that will ever exist must first be imagined. Wishes Fulfilled" is designed to take you on a voyage of discovery wherein you can begin to tap into the amazing manifesting powers that you possess within you & create a life in which all that you imagine for yourself becomes a present fact. Dr Wayne W. Dyer explores for the first time the region of your highest self; & definitively shows you how you can truly change your concept of yourself embark upon a God-realised way of living & fulfill the spiritual truth that with God all things are possible
- & all things means that nothing is left out. By practicing the specific technique for retraining your subconscious mind you are encouraged to not only place into your imagination what you would like to manifest for yourself but you are given the specifics for realigning your life so you can live out your highest calling & stay connected to your Source of being. From the lofty perspective of your highest self you will learn how to train your imagination in a new way. Your wishes
- all of them
- can indeed be fulfilled. By using your imagination & practicing the art of assuming the feeling of your wishes being fulfilled & steadfastly refusing to allow any evidence of the outer world to distract you from your intentions you will discover that you by virtue of your spiritual awareness possess the ability to become the person you were destined to be. This book will help you See
- with a capital S
- that you are divine & that you already possess an inner invisible higher self that can & will guide you toward a mastery of the art of manifestation. You can attain this mastery through deliberate conscious control of your imagination."




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Hilary Mc Kay revisits Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies after the events of A Little Princess & Sara Crewe's happily ever after. But Sara is much missed
- & most acutely by best friend Ermengarde who laments that 'nothing is the same as it was before'. But life must go on at Miss Minchin's as new friendships are made rivalries continued lessons learned & most importantly fairytale endings are had.
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The Wishing-Chair Again Mollie & Peter are home for the holidays & they long to see their pixie friend Chinky & their magic Wishing-Chair. Together they have wonderful adventures but what happens when the Wishing-Chair is stolen & then gets its wings cut off by the naughty Slipperies? Be whisked away by Enid Blytons magical Wishing-Chair stories. ...

Jump aboard the Wishing-Chair & whizz off on three magical adventures! The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair": when Mollie & Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present they discover the most extraordinary thing
- a chair that can fly & grant wishes! The Wishing-Chair takes them on some marvellous adventures
- to a castle where they narrowly escape from a giant & rescue Chinky the pixie to the Land of Dreams & to a disappearing isl&. " The Wishing-Chair Again": Mollie & Peter are home for the holidays & they long to see their friend Chinky & their magic Wishing-Chair. Together they have wonderful adventures but what happens when the Wishing-Chair is stolen & then gets its wings cut off by the naughty Slipperies? " More Wishing-Chair Stories": Mollie & Peter & Chinky the pixie have more amazing adventures on their Wishing-Chair. They find gold at the end of the rainbow they meet brownies & they visit the Land of Wishes. Best of all they get to help Santa Claus deliver presents for Christmas."

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The 'creme de la menthe' of the hilarious one-liners from John Sullivan's Only Fools & Horses have been brought together for the first time in The Wit & Wisdom of Only Fools & Horses. All of Del Rodney Grandad Uncle Albert Boycie Trigger & the rest of the gang's funniest & most memorable lines are here making this triffic book a pukka 42-carat gold-plated bargain. ...