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A 1939 evacuation photograph reignites Caryl's search for her brother and forces her daughter, Megan, to reconcile her own past mistakes.Caryl Hunter believes she lost her brother during the wartime evacuation of 1939. Her adoptive mother denies his existence and Caryl was too young to remember with certainty.When she finds a black and white photograph of her family standing on a London station platform in the company of a mystery boy, her determination...
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When Sarah is sacked from her accountancy firm, despite being told she's not being sacked, merely being given the "golden opportunity" to explore new avenues - she doesn't think her life could get much worse - then her sister announces she's getting married. It's not that she's jealous she just wishes that she wasn't getting married to the brother of the one person ultimately responsible for her unemployment!Now she finds herself appointed as Maid...
3) Period Piece
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Sisters Brooke and Leah go to see a matinee of Romeo and Juliet. This period piece fails to take them back in time. Instead, the movie and the events that follow come to define a special moment in their lives, a different kind of period piece of discovery and growth.
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Janna Hargrove's life wasn't a fairy tale, not even close. She'd never imagined her life would have it's happily ever after moment. Until she met Ryan. The moment their eyes met, everything changed. She knew he was the one - he was her happily ever after.Five years into their two-year plan, Ryan finally popped the question. The moment was everything Janna had dreamed of. She had the man, the ring, the wedding date, the house, the career and the plan...
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A wonderful new collection of four captivating short stories by Mary Grand, author of best selling anthology 'Catching the Light', including a special Christmas story, 'Holly's Perfect Christmas?'Four stories, four women making changes that will alter their lives for ever.Holly's Perfect Christmas?Holly plans her dream Christmas at an idyllic cottage in Snowdonia. However her partner's difficult teenage daughter, ex-wife and new husband join them...
6) Yoginis
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Ein Figurenroman in 13 Asanas
Das Yoga-Haus am frühen Montagabend – Zeit für einen besonderen Kurs der Yogalehrerin Dörte. Sie hat ihr Yogastudio gegründet, als sie ihr Leben nach dem Tod ihres Mannes neu aufgestellt hat. Elf Frauen nehmen an ihrem Kurs teil – jede mit ihrem ganz persönlichen Schicksal.
Der Roman erzählt von einem Vierteljahr des Yogakurses, immer an einem Montagabend mit einer Yogini und einer ausgewählten Asana im...
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.A Year of Change begins in a hillside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand and tells the story of some of the residents over the period of one year. As with any group of people they have their similarities and their differences.Eleanor Chandler, in her eighties, is pompous and a snob. She looks down on the likes of Kay Smith, in her forties, a newcomer to the area and at the bottom of the social, economic ladder with a husband in gaol.Her neighbour,...
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Ein Figurenroman in 13 Pranayamas
Dörtes Yoga-Haus am frühen Montagabend: Die elf Yoginis dürfen sich nach Überwindung der pandemischen Krisenzeiten wieder ohne Einschränkung treffen und voller Freude Yoga praktizieren.
Der dritte und letzte Teil der „Yoginis"-Romane erzählt wiederum von einem Vierteljahr dieses besonderen Yogakurses, immer von einem Montagabend mit jeweils einer Yogini und einem Pranayama, einer yogischen Atemtechnik, im...
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Natalie Brannon's recipe for "Honeymoon on the Rocks."Take one husband, usually aboard ship somewhere. Add one minuscule apartment with a "sea view" that is only visible from atop the kitchen counter, but which comes fully equipped with large, flying cockroaches; two scantily clad neighbors who entertain male friends at the most astonishing times of night; three of your husband's Coast Guard buddies who are wagering whether a fourth can sleep with...
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Crita has come a long way from her small-town Ohio roots. A successful tax accountant living in Manhattan, she finally has the independent life that she dreamed of as a girl. However, with one fateful phone call, Crita's life is turned upside down. Suddenly back home, living under her parent's roof, Crita must confront two powerful men from her childhood--Link, her destructive brother with whom she shares a dark secret, and Tree, her first love.
Facing...
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Living happily ever after is a full-time job.Charlotte's life is on an upward swing. She's in business with her best friend and her art is finally getting noticed.Nothing could possibly go wrong ... until everything does.One disastrous night out ends with the sudden collapse of her best friend's husband, putting him in the hospital and leaving Charlotte to manage things alone.Uncertain about her ability to keep her business and her aspirations for...
13) The Wedding
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Emma's small, simple wedding has turned into the event of the season! Things to do before the big day:-Find something, anything, for Mom and Dad to talk about with Taylor's parents-Get a job-Discuss strange underwear found in Taylor's laundry-Keep the families apart until absolutely necessary-Find out exactly what's going on between Aunt Virginia and Taylor's uncle-Convince Taylor's mother I don't want $480-a-place-setting china and Baccarat crystal-Try...
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Journey through a collection of tales that cross the globe and pull from the rich flavours of the author's Chilean roots.Each story traverses the intricacies of the human condition with themes of love in all its forms: courage and hope, loss and grief, and what it means to grow older.These tales are explored across cultures and through the lattice of family dynamics. Whether provoking joy or grief, each delivers an intimate look into what it means...
15) Zulaikha
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In the winter of 2007, Zulaikha is travelling from Amsterdam to Tehran when she is approached by Kia, a family acquaintance she hasn's seen for many years, who is on the same flight. Kia's father has passed away and she is flying home to attend his funeral. In a shocking twist, Zulaikha suspects that Kia may have had information about her missing brother, Hessam, and their mutual friend, Abbass, who was murdered before Hessam's disappearance during...
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As featured in The Guardian - Superb edition of this historic gem!
Celebrate the centenary of women getting the Vote by cooking and eating some of the Suffragettes' favourite meals.
Dozens of vintage recipes contributed by some surprising supporters of the popular cause, including famous writers, governors and even a judge.
With none of the fads of modern-day cooking, these simple recipes range from hearty breakfasts to healthy soups, salads and meaty...
17) A Current Affair
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All Kentucky-born Jane Denton wanted was to have an iced coffee from the comfort of the clubhouse at the Porters Ford Golf Club. Given the state of play, she faced a long wait for her husband's foursome to come within view at the eighteenth green. Her husband, senior pro golfer Charlie Denton, was participating in the club's annual charity golf tournament.Never a golfer herself, Jane was there only for moral support. Otherwise, she finally had the...
19) Paper Boats
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About the book: PAPER BOATS, is a collection of poems which like it's title would like to freely float and be picked by anyone who wishes to share the journey it carries. Each poem is distinct from the other and holds different emotions. This is for everything we never asked for, to all of the things the world gave us, to every piece life took away from us. This is all I could bleed and weave into words. For me, for you, and for us. This is for everyone...
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Secrets of a Charmed Life is a novel about two young sisters in London and how they survived during World War II.It's the year 2015 and Kendra Van Zant, a student majoring in history, is interviewing ninety three year-old Isabel McFarland in the English countryside at Stow-on-the-Wold. Kendra quickly discovers Isabel is not the woman's real name, nor is ninety three her real age. Isabel, a well-known artist, tells Kendra the story of two young girls...
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