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This title features four TV soundtrack episodes from the first award-winning BBC TV series starring Paul Eddington Nigel Hawthorne & Derek Fowlds. A Real Partnership"
- A governmental financial crisis collides with plans for a Civil Service pay rise & Sir Humphrey has to summon all his skills to get past a well informed PM. "A Victory for Democracy"
- Is the Foreign Office carrying out government policy? Or is the government there to carry out Foreign Office policy? Hacker is about to find out..." The Bishops Gambit"
- The PM has to recommend the appointment of a new bishop to the Queen
- but its not an easy choice for Jim Hacker. " One of Us"
- The recently deceased Head of MI5 has been passing government secrets to Moscow
- worse still Sir Humphrey headed the Committee of Enquiry..."





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This title features four TV soundtrack episodes from the second award-winning BBC TV series starring Paul Eddington Nigel Hawthorne & Derek Fowlds. Man Overboard"
- Jim Hacker is in favour of moving army regiments to the north to create jobs until Sir Humphrey hints that the PMs job is under threat. " Official Secrets"
- The former PMs memoirs have to be scrutinized for security reasons. But Jim realises that they will make him look bad & he tries to suppress their publication. "A Diplomatic Incident"
- The death of the former PM provides Jim Hacker some leverage over negotiations with the French about the Channel Tunnel. "A Conflict of Interest"
- There are rumours of a scandal in the City. So can Sir Humphrey persuade the Prime Minister to choose the right man to become the new Governor of the Bank of England?"



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What is your name? she asks staring at me. Jennifer Ross. Jennifer Ross Sister. Well Nurse Ross you are dressed in the uniform of a nurse from the Leeds General Infirmary. Such a uniform is not worn with a cardigan. Take it off at once. Yes Sister. I can feel my face turn red. A trainee nurse in the 1950s had a lot to bear. In Jennifer Craigs enchanting memoir we meet these warm-hearted yet naive young girls as they get to grips with strict discipline long hours & bodily fluids. But we also see the camaraderie that develops in evening study sessions sneaked trips to the cinema & mischievous escapades with the young trainee doctors. The harsh conditions prove too much for some girls but the opportunity to help her patients in their time of need is too much of a pull for Jenny. As she commits to her vocation & knuckles down to her exams she is determined that when she reaches the heights of Ward Sister herself she will not become the frightening matron that struck fear into her student heart.. . Rich in period detail & told with a good dose of Yorkshire humour Yes Sister No Sister" is a life-affirming true story of a life long past." ...

How often do you say YES to something when you know you really wanted to say NO? You have the right & the power to choose. This book will show you how. The Yes/ No Book is about choice. It empowers you with the ability to know exactly when to say YES & when to say NO showing you how to handle both with no fear no guilt & with complete confidence & self-assurance. Empowered with the decision-making skills to know how & when to say YES & NO you will develop increasing control over your life. You will become more focussed more productive less stressed more involved in doing the things you want to do & less in doing time-sapping chores that offer no benefit or joy. The book is structured into two parts. The first examines our addiction to YES the second tells us how to embrace & start using NO & how to choose when each is best for us. ...

This is the extraordinary story of Jenny Cockell a young woman from Northamptonshire who has always known that she has lived before. In her previous life her name was Mary. She was an Irishwoman who died 21 years before Jenny was born leaving several very young children without a mother or a stable happy home. Yesterdays Children describes the trauma & worry of this continual pastlife memory & Jennys decision to search for her lost children. The book follows her progress through her dreams & memories the revelations of hypnotism her searches through maps through local groups in Ireland & her trip to the village where Mary had lived. Finally she details her painstaking search for the children (now in their sixties & seventies) who had been split up after Marys death & the extraordinary reunions that took place. This is a fascinating book. In many ways it is a real life detective story as we learn about Jenny about Mary her difficult life & finally with great joy & trepidation discover what happened to her children. ...

In England today we enjoy a rich diversity of folk traditions many of which can trace their beginnings back hundreds of years. They stem from every phase of our antiquity & embody all the peoples who have traditionally enriched our culture. In this book we visit some of the best known examples including mumming cheese rolling tree dressing rushbearing beating the bounds flitch trials & Wassailing among many other customs festivals & traditions. Covering all aspects of English folklore & tradition including myths legends traditional song & dance games seasonal events & calendar customs this volume encompasses the history of many of Englands best-loved folk traditions. ...

Local Whitby girl Colette Shipley has become fascinated by the mysteries of the new art of photography & begins to create a record of her scenic home town with its tall ships & twin lighthouses street urchins & weathered old fishermen. One day she encounters Arthur Newton who shares her passion for the towns unique atmosphere. Colette & Arthur begin a friendship that develops further. However unbeknown to Collette Arthur is also married with a young child. Arthur has tried to be content with his steady job at the railways & his marriage to his childhood sweetheart Rose. However even before meeting Colette Arthur had been living a secret life one which he has not shared with his family friends or even Rose: he has a real talent for painting. His talent has blossomed under the tutelage of a sympathetic gallery owner Ebenezer Hirst & the patronage of Laurence Steel an established painter in the Pre-Raphaelite school. Arthur is now faced with a difficult decision: remain comfortably in his railway job or risk the security of his wife & child by becoming a full-time artist. A decision not made any easier by his growing attraction for Colette... ...

Sinister rumours link clandestine Arab arms dealing with the man who led the old anti-Nazi Guernica network. Time to reopen the master file on yesterdays spy... Sinister rumours link clandestine Arab arms dealing with the man who led the old anti-Nazi Guernica network. Time to re-open the master file on yesterdays spy... This new reissue

Includes:: a foreword from the cover designer Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman & a brand new introduction by Len Deighton which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.

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A powerful & moving new saga from this popular author Kate Cleary feels no sorrow when her brutal father dies. At last she will be free from him even though she & Nuala the sister who depends on her for everything must now leave his miners cottage. Then Kate discovers they have an aunt in the Midlands whom their father had kept secret & who now offers them a home. Despite leaving her heart in Durham with Matthew a young artist Kate feels loved & safe with Aunt Beth. But her peace is shattered by an astonishing revelation from Nuala & a series of brutal attacks on the women of Nuneaton. Kate turns to a handsome widower Martin Denby but is his kindness too good to be true? ...