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Every broken heart has a history.

Anna hasn't been back to Oxford since her last summer at university. Can Anna finally face up to the memories of that summer and the people she left behind

An absorbing, powerful novel of love, friendship and secrets that sweeps you away from the very first page.

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Fans of Maeve Binchy, Rosamunde Pilcher and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed by this warm and compelling story where secrets from the past threaten the happiness of a small West Country community by multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis.

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And as he eats his way to the country's culinary heart, he unearths the fascinating story of his own family's role in Italian history.

A joy from cover to cover and 100 per cent mierda di bufala-free, Al Dente is a must for anyone with an interest in Italy or its food.

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Albert Reynolds has led an extraordinary life. In this book, Ireland's eighth Taoiseach tells his life story - from his childhood and first steps as a young businessman to his action-filled years in the political arena.

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Colin is in many ways an ideal citizen. He holds down a responsible job for the council. He visits his aged mother Nora, and listens to her grumbles. He also keeps in touch with his sister Dilys, in a vain attempt to maintain family ties. But neither Dilys, Norah nor Colin's colleagues know about his secret...

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Headstrong Casey Straton has a stubborn temperament, and a prowess for roping, riding and shooting. When the family ranch is entrusted to her brother, she storms away from her Texan home. It is then that she meets Damian Rutledge III, a handsome and fearless man who awakens her passion.

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To make matters worse, Beth has insisted on bringing along their sixteen-year-old daughter Delilah, who's been ill and needs some rest and sunshine. Not so ill, however, that she can't look around for some entertainment.

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It is 1777, and captain Isaac Biddlecomb, together with his wife and child, is bound for Philadelphia aboard the brig Charlemagne. His orders are to take command of the newly-built frigate Falmouth and take her out to sea before she is taken by General Richard Howe's invading army.

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After his wife announced she had met someone else and wanted a divorce, Brad Newsham went for the drastic measure of buying a one-way ticket to Asia in the hope that she would miss him. It worked, but by then he was having the time of his life, blazing a trail across China, Japan an

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No beauty in England could outshine Elizabeth Cameron, Countess of Havenhurst. Yet for Thornton, a dangerously handsome man of secret wealth and mysterious lineage, the voyage to Elizabeth's heart was fraught with intrigue, scandal, and a venomous jealousy.

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The only daughter of alcoholic parents, novelist Pip Granger spent much of her childhood outside looking in.

No strangers to the demon booze, her parents were deeply involved in a passionate relationship that rose to exciting highs and plunged to terrible and often frightening lows.

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Since A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME scientists have been in the midst of a revolution in cosmology. Even more thrillingly - it is a lucid explanation of new scientific ideas that stretch man's powers of understanding to their highest levels.

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The idea behind the alphabet - that language with all its wealth of meaning can be recorded with a few meaningless signs - is an extraordinary one.

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To his relief and surprise, however, Preece was fully acquitted by the court.

Amongst the Marines is an unflinching expos of the culture of the Marines, from foul practical jokes and rough justice to the off-duty orgies of drink, sex and violence.

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Following in the train of her sister, the charismatic Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Harriet became one of the most glamorous and influential women of the Regency age.

At a time when marriage was an aristocratic woman's only career choice, Harriet made an excellent match, to Frederick, Viscount Duncannon.

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How did plants get to be the way they are
In this new edition Ken Thompson grabs the opportunity to explain why any old plant will do for companion planting - but also that it can do as much harm as good - and why planting by the moon is complete and utter nonsense.

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In the mid 1990s, the author and her husband were driven, forty-something professionals who were desperate for a break from their harried, deadline-dominated lives. So they left their jobs, and set sail from their home in Canada for the Caribbean. This title presents an account of this two-year midlife interlude.

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In 1757, when twelve-year-old Samuel Hearne joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice to the famous fighting captain Samuel Hood, he was embarking on a life of high adventure.

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From Shakespeare to the "Carry On" films, from Penge rep. To the London Palladium, there is hardly a theatre or studio where she hasn't appeared and in the process acquired a funny backstage story to tell.

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The women of Freesia Court have come together at life's table, fully convinced that there is nothing that good coffee, delectable deserts and a strong shoulder can't fix. The five women each have a story to tell.

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When Edie Chadwick travels to Ireland to close up her uncle's lakeside lodge, it's as much to escape the burden of guilt she's carrying as to break loose from the smart set of 1930's London. The old house is full of memories - not just her own, but those of a woman whose story has been left to gather dust in a chest in the attic.