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View book details for The Last Fighting Tommy
The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009
'An extraordinary biography by the very last witness of a devastating four years in British history' Daily MailOn 17 June 2009, Harry Patch celebrated his 111th birthday. At the time, he was the last living British Tommy who had fought …
The Flying Goat (Jonathan Cape, 1939) features sixteen diverse stories from slapstick sketches to portraits of marital tension; one Uncle Silas tale; and three that hark back to Bates's boyhood roots. 'A Funny Thing' is an escalating bragging match between …
Having your name in lights can be murder... Stewart 'Hoagy' Hoag hasn't written any fiction since writer's block struck him after his hit debut novel. He's been reduced to ghostwriting celebrity memoirs, but his latest project has him diving back …
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A Preacher, a Klansman and a True Story of Redemption in the Modern South
A harrowing true story of the modern Ku Klux Klan and an act of grace that shook a community in the Deep South.The true events that inspired the film, with a foreword by writer/director Andrew HecklerIn 1996, the town of …
View book details for Summer Secrets at Willow Tree Hall
A perfect feel-good summer read
A feel-good love story in a gorgeous country village, perfect for fans of Milly Johnson and Heidi Swain. Previously published as Escape to the Country. Journalist Eleanor McCartney leads a glamorous life in London exposing the sordid secrets of famous …
Magical interlinked stories about what one girl learns from talking to trees throughout Time and from around the world in a sumptuous gift book presentation. From the team who brought you Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror, Costa Book Award …
View book details for We all know how this ends
Lessons about life and living from working with death and dying
'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in MindEnd-of-life doula Anna Lyons and funeral director Louise Winter have joined forces to share a collection of the heartbreaking, …
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The Ken Dodd Story
'I suffer from acute kleptomania. But when it gets bad, I take something for it.' Ken Dodd was a legend of British comedy. He launched his career in 1954, adopted his trademark 'tickling stick' two years later and went on …
View book details for Outbound Hiring
How Innovative Companies are Winning the Global War for Talent
Outbound focuses time and effort on candidates who are most relevant and more likely to convert. It's a 100% Results-Focused strategy that fills your hiring funnel with people that your recruiters and hiring leaders believe are right for the role …
View book details for Sapphire
An absolutely addictive and gripping crime thriller
She's got her street family but who can she trust?TWO SISTERS ALONESophie and Kelsey have always had each other. When their mum is diagnosed with cancer and their dad fails to step up, they're forced to move into the care …
Loretta Lawson is already a little apprehensive about spending a hot, muggy weekend alone in New York City at her friend Toni's apartment. And it seems her fears are confirmed when she receives a series of mysterious and threatening phone …
View book details for The Foyles Bookshop Girls at War
Gloriously heartwarming story of wartime love, loss and friendship
Swapping books for the bomb factory takes courage and could be dangerous. Working at the Foyles bookshop was Molly Cooper's dream job. But with the country at war she's determined to do her bit. So Molly gathers her courage, and …
View book details for Borrowed Time
The Science of How and Why We Age
As featured on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week'A rich, timely study for the era of "global ageing"'- NatureThe ageing of the world population is one of the most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century up there with …
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The Battle for the Labour Party
'A meticulously researched and balanced history' The Times'Highly-readable and well-researched' The Sunday Times'Faultless account of the twists and turns undertaken by the hard left of the Labour Party to retain relevance and the hope of power' James O'Brien, TLS'A very …
This book provides a detailed study of the fortifications of the founders of ancient Israel from the time of their first settlement in the Middle East, through the periods of the united and divided kingdoms, until the sack of Jerusalem …
All Anna Xu wants to do as she starts freshman year at the local prestigious Brookings University is keep up her stellar academic performance, break out of her shell, be more social ... and investigate the unsolved on-campus murder of …
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2016Satire has been used in ceramic production for centuries. Historically, it occurred as a slogan or proverb written into the ceramic surface; as pictorial surface imagery; or as a satirical figurine. The use of satire …
With more than 23,000 copies sold of the first edition, this second edition of the best-selling Bolt Action World War II wargaming ruleset from Osprey and Warlord Games presents streamlined and refined rules, incorporating all the FAQs and errata compiled …
View book details for The Company Quartet
The Anarchy, White Mughals, Return of a King and The Last Mughal
'Gorgeous, spellbinding and important' Sunday Times'Rampaging, brilliant, passionate history' Wall Street Journal'Magnificent ... Dalrymple has uncovered sources never used before' Guardian'Vivid ... unmatched ... revolutionary ... humane' Sunday Telegraph____________________________From multi-award-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple, a four-book collection chronicling the …
Rolls-Royce is one of Britain's legendary car brands, representing the pinnacle of engineering quality and luxury like no other manufacturer. Since 1904, when Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce began their collaboration, the Rolls-Royce name has earned respect and …
Jessica and Paddy were two very different sisters, in love with the same man...Of all the best-selling romantic novelists, Ruby M. Ayres has the greatest insight into human devices and desires. Her stories mirror the love, the hope and the …
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The Last Tsar and his Family
In this commanding book, Robert K Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs. Nicholas's political naivete, Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis's brave struggle with …
**A HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES AND THE SUNDAY TIMES**The extraordinary story of a woman's quest for the truth against all odds - and how her story changed the world'A moving story' SUNDAY TIMES, Best historical …
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Imagining a World Without Narrow Nation States
The outcome of the author's experience confirms that what our societies need is to institutionalize and instill the concept of the "National State". We must carry out this process in a nuanced and unprecedented meaning, and move beyond the conventional …
The final title in the brilliant Marsh Road Mysteries adventure series by hugely popular children's author Elen Caldecott. For fans of the Laura Marlin Mysteries by Lauren St John.Meet Piotr, Minnie, Andrew, Flora and Sylvie the Marsh Road Mystery solvers.Sylvie …
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