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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days 'Engaging, uplifting and empowering. And very funny!' Samantha Tonge 'I love, love, LOVED this book!' Amazon reviewer Chloe Usher has had enough of men. After breaking up with the love of her life, Chloe's friends tell her she needs to get back out there, and find another man before it's too late. But after a particularly disastrous date and one too many gins, Chloe has a revelation - she doesn't need a man to make her happy. It's up to her to do it herself. Never one to do things by halves, Chloe decides to make the ultimate commitment to self-love - she'll marry herself! But planning a solo wedding isn't easy, and soon Chloe finds herself on a bumpy journey of self-discovery. Will she finally get her happy ever after? A feel-good, fun read for anyone in need of a boost, perfect for fans of Lucy Vine and Joanna Bolouri. Features Summary Based on Sophie Tanner's true story comes a fresh twist on the traditional love story for readers who enjoyed Hot Mess, The List and Everything I Know About Love - as featured on ITV's This Morning Author Sophie Tanner Publisher Trapeze Release date 20190615 Pages 336 ISBN 1-4091-7760-2 ISBN 13 978-1-4091-7760-9

Paperback. English. Umuzi. 2008. In good condition. Played out against the background of university life with its corrosive effects on those caught up in its coils, the story is told by one Edward, the gullible brother-in-law to Rex Duval. Duval is an English professor obsessed with a long-dead writer whose biography he cannot bring to completion. Edward and Rex are married to sisters and in this family, including offspring, a host of skeletons refuse to stay in the closet. Likeable Rex is a reckless libertine and womaniser with a reputation amongst colleagues as an obdurate troublemaker. His wife Milla, a born-again Catholic, takes up with Father O

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Kay Clifton has waited five, long, lonely years for her husband Bob to come home from the war. Despite her excitement at his return, their whirlwind romance prior to his departure makes her feel as though she hardly knows him, so it's not surprising that Kay is apprehensive when she meets him at the station. Kay's hopes of starting their blissfully happy marriage are dashed by the presence of Bob's fellow soldier Tony. Bob is indebted to Tony for saving his life and seems hell bent on repaying that debt to the couple's detriment. But as Tony starts acting more and more strangely, Kay worries that something else happened during the war that Bob is keeping secret. And Bob himself isn't behaving like the man whom she waved off so tearfully all those years ago. But with the love and encouragement of her family and friends, Kay is determined that whatever it takes she will bring out the Bob with whom she first fell in love and forge the future that they had envisaged before the war wreaked its havoc. Features Summary Kay Clifton has waited five hard years for her husband to return from the war - but is he still the man she married? Author Lynda Page Publisher Headline Book Publishing Release date 20050801 Pages 448 ISBN 0-7553-0881-6 ISBN 13 978-0-7553-0881-1

Hardback. English. Hutchinson. 2004. 957pp + index. Good condition in hardcover with worn dw. President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident. When he was four years old, his mother wed Roger Clinton, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In high school, he took the family name. As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service. Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas. He was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas's Third District in 1974. The next year he married Hillary Rodham and in 1980 and Chelsea, their only child, was born. Clinton and his running mate, Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore Jr., then 44, represented a new generation in American political leadership. For the first time in 12 years both the White House and Congress were held by the same party. But that political edge was brief; the Republicans won both houses of Congress in 1994. In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and continued to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president.

 Instead of Diamonds: Observations on Life by Carla Lane (Hardcover)   This is the autobiography of the creator of the TV comedy series "The Liver Birds", "Butterflies" and "Bread". She describes how she was born in Liverpool, married as a teenager and how her writing ability developed. The book also covers her childhood relationships, family and her animal sanctuary.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days What makes a perfect husband? In this tongue-in-cheek guide, illustrated by Heath Robinson's inimitable cartoons and contraptions, there are many charmingly old-fashioned tips for how to succeed in almost all aspects of married life. First published in 1937, this delightful book gives an insight into how the roles of both wife and husband were viewed at the time and pokes gentle fun at them both. The perfect husband presses his own trousers; he can tend the lawn and entertain the baby simultaneously by means of two simple attachments to the garden roller; he can peel onions behind his back, with the help of a mirror, and thus avoid tears; he can make a vacuum cleaner and he even has a device to help him climb the stairs silently after a late night out with the boys. When offered the choice of a glass of milk or a Manhattan, he will choose the former. With chapters on courtship and proposal, the wedding, early married life, bringing up children, sports and hobbies, domestic difficulties and middle age, this book makes a highly amusing gift for those who are considering tying the knot or wish to celebrate wedded bliss. Features Summary In this tongue-in-cheek guide, illustrated by Heath Robinson's inimitable cartoons and contraptions, there are many charmingly old-fashioned tips for how to succeed in almost all aspects of married life... Author W.Heath Robinson (Author), K. R. G. Brown (Author) Publisher The Bodleian Library Release date 20171013 Pages 128 ISBN 1-85124-490-5 ISBN 13 978-1-85124-490-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Tim and Kathy Keller's bestseller THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE looked at the human need for love and its expression in marriage. This new devotional, drawing on that book but consisting of all-new material, is a day-by-day devotional to help couples find God's wisdom as they navigate the complexities of married life. Each day includes a quotation from Scripture, a comment from the Kellers, and a prayer to help you ground your married life in God. Covering friendship and commitment, the completion of men and women in each other, and ministry and discipleship within the context of marriage, alongside many other themes, this is a profound resource to help you connect God's wisdom with your marriage. Features Summary Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller, along with his wife Kathy, write a new daily devotional drawing on their bestselling THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE. Author Timothy Keller Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Release date 20191022 Pages 400 ISBN 1-4736-9056-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4736-9056-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann's death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arrives to research his life and work. Pouring over Klaus's letters to Elsa, Lily pieces together the story of their lives together and apart. And alone in her rented cottage by the sea, she begins to sense an absence in her own life that may not be filled by simply going home. The Sea House is the story of the village of Steerborough and the marshes and the sea beyond. It is the story of one generation living in the footprints of another; of a landscape shaped by lives, and lives shaped by landscape. With characteristic skill and a new depth and range, Esther Freud explores the twisting paths that people take -- and the places where those paths meet.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. Features Summary Exploring the twisting paths people take, "The Sea House" is the story of one generation living in the footprints of another; a landscape shaped by lives... Author Esther Freud Publisher HarperPerennial Release date 20050412 Pages 288 ISBN 0-06-056550-0 ISBN 13 978-0-06-056550-3

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days True at First Lightopens on the day Ernest Hemingway's close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves him in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great, black-maned lion that has become her obsession. Equally adept at evoking the singular textures of the landscape, the thrill of the hunt and the complexities of married life, Hemingway waves a tale that is rich in laughter, beauty, and profound insight. True at First Lightis the breathtaking final work from one of this nation's most beloved and important writers. Features Summary Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Lightoffers rare insights into the legendary American writer. Author Ernest Hemingway (Author), Brian Dennehy (Reader) Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio Release date 20111110 Pages 9 ISBN 0-85720-463-7 ISBN 13 978-0-85720-463-9

About the product Volume No.3. (5761. *2001). Publication of 174 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is in fine condition. The boards are in fine condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. ETERNAL JOY: A Guide to Shidduchim&Marriage - Volume No.3: Married Life&Shalom Bayis (Based on the Teaching of the Lubavitcher Rebbe&Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson) (Sholom B. (Rabbi) Wineberg)

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Georges and Pauline Vanier were the parents of Jean Vanier, the co-founder of the L'Arche communities. They lived an intensely spiritual life, influenced mainly by the Carmelite tradition. Mercy Within Mercy is the warmly-told story of their life together through World War Two and the second half of the 20th Century, drawing on many letters and journals by Georges and Pauline themselves and those closest to them. An incredible thirst for God can be seen in the lives of this couple, who were always striving in spite of (and through) human imperfection. The excerpts from letters and journals in this volume show a rare example of the contemplative life and struggles in prayer of an active and prominent married couple. The Vanier story is unique in that it forms a direct link back to the spiritual teaching that includes St. Therese and the Carmelite tradition in its emphasis on simplicity, trust in God's love, and self-abandonment to the mercy of God. After Pauline's death in 1991, an investigation began into the possible introduction of their cause for beatification as a married couple. Features Summary Georges and Pauline Vanier were the parents of Jean Vanier, the co-founder of the L'Arche communities. They lived an intensely spiritual life, influenced mainly by the Carmelite tradition... Author Mary Frances Coady Publisher Darton Longman & Todd Release date 20150625 Pages 160 ISBN 0-232-53189-7 ISBN 13 978-0-232-53189-3

Are you sick and tired of being overweight? Are you fighting a losing battle with your waistline and eating yourself into the grave? Have you had it with feeling drained, discouraged, and run down because of obesity but find yourself enslaved to unhealthy eating habits? Are you convinced that God has a better way, but you simply can t break through? In their first-ever jointly authored book, Michael and Nancy Brown share the inspiring, practical, and humorous story of their own journey from obesity to vibrant health. If you want to break free from the stronghold of food and discover a wonderful new way of life, this book will show you the way. About the Author Michael L. Brown is the founder and president of FIRE School of Ministry, a leadership training institute birthed out of the fires of revival that is called to equip authentic and devoted disciples of Jesus. With a PhD from New York University in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, he is recognized as one of the leading Messianic Jewish scholars in the world today. He hosts the nationally syndicated daily talk radio show The Line of Fire and is the author of more than 25 books, including The Grace Controversy. Nancy Brown came to faith in Jesus as a nineteen-year-old Jewish atheist. She and Michael have been married since 1976 and are the parents of two children and four grandchildren. A great lover of nature and photography, Nancy is known for her clear and direct communication and her uncompromising spiritual standards. Michael credits her with being the number one influence in his life outside of the Lord Himself. Read more Paperback: 224 pages Language: English Publisher: Siloam (January 3, 2017) Michael L. Brown is the founder and president of FIRE School of Ministry, a leadership training institute birthed out of the fires of revival that is called to equip authentic and devoted disciples of Jesus. With a PhD from New York University in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, he is recognized as one of the leading Messianic Jewish scholars in the world today. He hosts the nationally syndicated daily talk radio show The Line of Fire and is the author of more than 25 books, including The Grace Controversy. Nancy Brown came to faith in Jesus as a nineteen-year-old Jewish atheist. She and Michael have been married since 1976 and are the parents of two children and four grandchildren. A great lover of nature and photography, Nancy is known for her clear and direct communication and her uncompromising spiritual standards. Michael credits her with being the number one influence in his life outside of the Lord Himself.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days "Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I've ever done. It happened instantly. Completely. Irrevocably. Marrying him was a dream come true. Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Love transforms. Ours is both a refuge from the storm and the most violent of tempests. Two damaged souls entwined as one. We have bared our deepest, ugliest secrets to one another. Gideon is the mirror that reflects all my flaws...and all the beauty I couldn't see. He has given me everything. Now, I must prove I can be the rock, the shelter for him that he is for me. Together, we could stand against those who work so viciously to come between us. But our greatest battle may lie within the very vows that give us strength. Committing to love was only the beginning. Fighting for it will either set us free...or break us apart." Heartbreakingly and seductively poignant, One With You is the breathlessly awaited finale to the Crossfire saga, the searing love story that has captivated millions of readers worldwide. Features Summary Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I've ever done. It happened instantly. Completely. Irrevocably. Marrying him was a dream come true. Staying married to him is the fight of my life... Author Sylvia Day Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20160330 Pages 473 ISBN 1-4059-1642-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4059-1642-4

Rick DAmico enjoyed an impressive career in both radio and television broadcasting, spanning over fifty years in the industry. Now, the Emmy Awardwinning newscaster is here to provide readers with hilarious and insightful stories from behind the scenes. DAmico invites readers into his expansive life story. With lightheartedness and an eye toward helping others understand what it takes to succeed in a sometimes ruthless industry, DAmico opens up about his own fascinatingand sometimes unbelievableexperiences. Think you might have what it takes to be in broadcasting? It Just Wasnt Perfect for Me will help you figure that out. Get a glimpse into some of the most iconic moments in modern journalism, straight from a man who lived and breathed them. From DAmicos time reporting live at the Los Angeles riots, to interviewing President Ronald Reagan, to his time reporting live from New York City and Ground Zero in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, you will get the rare experience of being immersed in these iconic broadcasting moments. Written with enlightening candor and refreshing humor, It Just Wasnt Perfect for Me will leave you viewing television newscasters in a whole new light. About the Author Rick DAmico is an Emmy Awardwinning television newscaster with over a fifty-year radio and television career. After getting his start as a disc jockey while serving in the US Air Force, DAmico went on to work with radio stations across the United States before transitioning to television. Soon he found himself working as the news anchor at KSAZ in Phoenix. Some of the highlights of his anchor career include interviewing President Ronald Reagan and reporting live from Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11. In addition to an Emmy Award, DAmico received two Associated Press Awards and the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. A philanthropist, DAmico proudly helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. DAmico has been married to his wife, Ruth, for forty-seven years. In his free time, you can find DAmico sailing with his family along the San Diego coast. Read more Paperback: 204 pages Language: English Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 11, 2017) Rick D'Amico (Author) Rick DAmico is an Emmy Awardwinning television newscaster with over a fifty-year radio and television career. After getting his start as a disc jockey while serving in the US Air Force, DAmico went on to work with radio stations across the United States before transitioning to television. Soon he found himself working as the news anchor at KSAZ in Phoenix. Some of the highlights of his anchor career include interviewing President Ronald Reagan and reporting live from Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11. In addition to an Emmy Award, DAmico received two Associated Press Awards and the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. A philanthropist, DAmico proudly helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. DAmico has been married to his wife, Ruth, for forty-seven years. In his free time, you can find DAmico sailing with his family along the San Diego coast.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours Intricacy is a delicate investigation of the lives of the author's mother, the activist, mystic and painter Lesley, who was married to the novelist Jack Cope, and the characters surrounding her. It looks at South African political, literary, and artistic events and personalities of the fifties and sixties through the eyes of a left-wing, bohemian family and delves into the colonial roots of their presence, tracing their attempts to live creative lives through the darkest years of apartheid. In doing so, it probes at themes of memory, mortality, loss and longing. A collection of stories and memories framed by one extraordinary but ordinary life, Intricacy is a memoir, a novel and an essay on what it means to remember, to be remembered, and to find oneself in a lineage. Features Summary Intricacy is a delicate investigation of the lives of the author's mother, the activist, mystic and painter Lesley, who was married to the novelist Jack Cope... Author Michael Cope Publisher Double Storey Release date 20050101 Pages 288 ISBN 1-77013-021-7 ISBN 13 978-1-77013-021-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 17 working days Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky has never been more excited. Finally, a real sister! They'll have so much in common! They can go shopping together... choose shoes together... have manicures together... Until she meets her - and gets the shock of her life. It can't be true. Surely Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister can't... hate shopping? Features Summary Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend... Author Sophie Kinsella Publisher Black Swan Release date 20050103 Pages 378 ISBN 0-552-15247-1 ISBN 13 978-0-552-15247-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky has never been more excited. Finally, a real sister! They'll have so much in common! They can go shopping together... choose shoes together... have manicures together... Until she meets her - and gets the shock of her life. It can't be true. Surely Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister can't... hate shopping? Features Summary Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend... Author Sophie Kinsella Publisher Black Swan Release date 20050103 Pages 378 ISBN 0-552-15247-1 ISBN 13 978-0-552-15247-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners' strike. Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the youngest age girls could do so at the time. She continued working after she married and her work took her to London and Doncaster, caring for children and miners. When she took a job as a pit nurse in Doncaster in 1974, she found that in order to be accepted by the men under her care, she would have to become one of them. Most of the time rejecting a traditional nurse's uniform and donning a baggy miner's suit, pit boots, a hardhat and a headlamp, Joan resolved always to go down to injured miners and bring them out of the pit herself. Over 15 years Joan grew to know the miners not only as a nurse, but as a confidante and friend. She tended to injured miners underground, rescued men trapped in the pits, and provided support for them and their families during the bitter miners' strike which stretched from March 1984 to 1985. Moving and uplifting, this is a story of one woman's life, marriage and work; it is guaranteed to make readers laugh, cry, and smile. Features Summary A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners' strike. Author Joan Hart (Author), Veronica Clark (As told to) Publisher Harper Element Release date 20150714 Pages 304 ISBN 0-00-759616-2 ISBN 13 978-0-00-759616-4

 Excellent condition. Like new. Paperback. Postage R55.00. Extra items free. At nineteen Bieke Vandekerckhove fell ill. The diagnosis was devastating: the fatal motor neuron disease ALS. Life expectancy: two to five years. So what did she do with the paltry bit of life that was left? By force of circumstance she was led to Saint Lioba Convent in Egmond-Binnen. There she learned Benedictine spirituality and to pray the psalms, which influenced her life for good. Three years later she learned that her illness had gone into remission but that it could flare up again at any time. She has been living with ALS for twenty years now. She is married and has two assistants to help her as necessary. Ten years ago she found the silence of Zen. This encounter also proved decisive. The Taste of Silence reflects what she experienced, saw, and tasted in the stillness of life: "Benedictine spirituality and Zen Buddhism became the two lungs through which I breathe."

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days It's been eight years since town pharmacist and longtime spinster Ave Maria Mulligan married coal miner Jack MacChesney. With her newfound belief in love and its possibilities, Ave Maria has made a life for herself and her growing family, hoping that her fearless leap into commitment will make happiness stay. What she hasn't counted on is that fate and the ghosts of the past will come to haunt her and, eventually, test the love she has for her husband. The mountain walls that have always protected her cannot spare Ave Maria the life lessons she must learn. BIG CHERRY HOLLER is the story of a marriage, revealing the deep secrets, the power struggle, the betrayal and the unmet expectations that exist between a man and wife. But it is also the story of a community that must reinvent itself as it comes to grips with the decline of the coal-mining industry, and of an extended family, the people of Big Stone Gap, who are there for one another, especially when times are tough.Brimming with humour, wisdom, honesty, and the drama and local colour of mountain life from Virginia to Italy, BIG CHERRY HOLLER is a deeply felt, brilliantly evoked story of two lovers who have lost their way, and their struggle to find each other again. Features Summary The extraordinary sequel to Big Stone Gap taking us back to mountain life in Virginia and also to Italy Author Adriana Trigiani Publisher Simon & Schuster Release date 20021017 Pages 272 ISBN 0-7434-3034-4 ISBN 13 978-0-7434-3034-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Everything was fine fourteen years after she left New York. Until suddenly, one day, it wasn't. Emily Morris got her happily-ever-after earlier than most. Married at a young age to a man she loved passionately, she was building the life she always wanted. But when enormous stress threatened her marriage, Emily made some rash decisions. That's when she fell in love with someone else. That's when she got pregnant. Resolved to tell her husband of the affair and to leave him for the father of her child, Emily's plans are thwarted when the world is suddenly split open on 9/11. It's amid terrible tragedy that she finds her freedom, as she leaves New York City to start a new life. It's not easy, but Emily---now Connie Prynne-forges a new happily-ever-after in California. But when a life-threatening diagnosis upends her life, she is forced to rethink her life for the good of her thirteen-year-old daughter. A riveting debut in which a woman must confront her own past in order to secure the future of her daughter, Kim Hooper's People Who Knew Me asks: "What would you do?" Features Summary Everything was fine fourteen years after she left New York. Until suddenly, one day, it wasn't. Emily Morris got her happily-ever-after earlier than most... Author Kim Hooper Publisher St Martin's Press Release date 20160627 Pages 304 ISBN 1-250-07798-2 ISBN 13 978-1-250-07798-1

 The 'Gardens of Delight' brochure promises the opportunity to visit some of the most beautiful and enchanting gardens in the Lake Como region of Italy.  For Lucy Gray, assistant manager at Meadowlands Garden Centre, the chance to go to Italy offers more than simply gardens.  Lake Como is where her father lives and the last time she saw him was when she was just a teenager... Newly married Helen Madison-Tyler and her wealthy husband have recently moved into the Old Rectory.  With her husband spending so much time away from home, Helen throws herself into caring for the garden that was the pride and joy of its previous owner, a renowned gardening expert, Alice Wykeham.  But Helen needs help, and friends, and so decides to take the plunge and join the local Garden Club... Conrad Truman isn't the least bit interested in gardening.  Widowed for five years, his life revolves around work and humoring Mac, his curmudgeonly elderly uncle who lives with him. Mac wants to go on the 'Gardens of Delight' tour, but only if Conrad will accompany him.  Reluctantly, Conrad agrees.  Anything for a peaceful life, he concedes. But a peaceful life is the last thing any of them are in for... Hard cover, with dust jacket.  Fairly good condition.  The dust jacket shows some signs of wear but the book is clean.  217 pages.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The drawing-room was entirely English. The Office of Works had provided deep armchairs, a sofa you could have slept on, though of course nobody had ever done so, and a low glass-topped table. A young English woman arrives in the Polish People's Republic to visit her older sister, who married a Polish soldier after the war, disappearing into a life behind the Iron Curtain. This award-winning novel of the harsh cruelties and deprivations of life in Communist Poland is told with truth, wit and understanding. Features Summary An award-winning novel depicting life in Poland behind the Iron Curtain. Author Frank Tuohy (Author), Neal Ascherson (Introduction by) Publisher Head of Zeus Release date 20170428 Pages 256 ISBN 1-78497-823-X ISBN 13 978-1-78497-823-5

Amanda Casey led a privileged life and gave her heart and soul to her marriage. Married to Dr. Richard Casey, a successful Oncologist, for twenty years; mother to an adorable son, owner of a beautiful home, and privy to a lavish lifestyle, she came to discover that a single text message would be the precursor to unraveling a web of deceit that would spiral her into the depth of uncertainty and betrayal. As her life spirals out of control from the lies and a failed judicial system, one thing is for certain, retribution. Everyone pays a price. One pays the ultimate price that frees her mind and exonerates her from years of pure deception. Paperback: 371 pages Language: English Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 28, 2016)

The Cloister Walk - Kathleen Norris 135mm x 216mm (5.32″ x 8.51″) – C Format  The images below form part of the description. Softcover.  I send by Ordinary mail and supply a tracking number.  Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Jessies. For Condition see images below. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment Part memoir, part meditation,  The Cloister Walk  is the movingly written and thought-provoking record of a married, Protestant woman's time spent in a community of men in a traditional Benedictine monastery in Minnesota. Any reader seeking a meaningful life - not necessarily a religious one - will be inspired by author Kathleen Norris's experiences among monks who, while so little understood in our society, are admirable bearers of tradition, incorporating in their lives the values of stability, silence, and humility that we so desperately need, yet relentlessly avoid. An award-winning poet, Kathleen Norris brings her appreciation for language and metaphor to the reading of Bible, especially the psalms, and shares the way she slowly, sometimes painfully, "let words work the earth of her heart." Gradually she learns much about simplicity, patience, forgiveness, the value of community, and the responsibility of freedom. It is in the sanctuary of the cloister that she at last achieves healing - finding peace in her sometimes troubled marriage and gaining a new understanding of her challenging life in the outside world. Above all, she discovers the force of spirituality and the beneficial change it can effect - that "love can be the center of all things, if only we will keep it there."      

Paperback. English. Publisher: Quercus. 2011. In good condition. Japan, 1857. For centuries Japan has been on its own; isolated by choice from the rest of the world. But the Western powers are now at its shores demanding to be let in, the government is crumbling and revolution is building. The age of the samurai is ending and in its place a new Japan will be born. A young woman is readying herself for marriage in this, the most tumultuous period of her nation's history. The daughter of a doctor, Tsuru has been working alongside him and learning the ways of medicine all her life. When her father allows her to marry the man she loves - a fellow doctor - she believes her life will be all she's dreamed it could be. Happily married, working amongst men as an equal. But Japanese society does not work this way. The men of the times - boys she's known since childhood - are determined to expel the foreigners, using violence and whatever else they need to make their message heard. The women are expected to be hidden at home, or behind the paper walls of the tea houses. Tsuru is far too able to accept this and she is drawn into a shadowy world of subversion, political intrigue and a dangerous love. In time, she is working on the battlefields, alongside men, to care for the wounded. Blossoms and Shadows is a compelling tale of love and war, women and men, and the rise of modern Japan. It shines a brilliant light on a time in history that few have known about until now, though the change it brought continues to ripple around the world.

Hannah and Humphrey Drayton were regarded by all who knew them as the perfect married couple. However, Hannah soon came to realise that this stuffy, City broker was stifling her with his insistence that she should always comply with his wishes. The only relief she had from his tyranny was his absence on Thursday evenings, when he played bridge with a group of acquaintances, and at weekends, which he spent with an elderly couple who regarded him as the son they had never had.Hannah, in despair and in the face of her husband's ridicule, took refuge in her writing, and it was the completion of a book for children and an advertisement in the local newspaper that took her to the office of a publisher, a visit that was to change her life. There she was to meet David Graventon, an assistant to the publisher, and a man she was soon to think of as her Thursday friend. Taking advantage of Humphrey's absences, she and David would meet and talk, visit the theatre and the cinema - activities she had never enjoyed with her husband. He, of course, knew nothing of Hannah's 'other life', being preoccupied with protecting what he imagined were his future interests. But Humphrey had his own secrets; and when events occurred that he could not control, the outcome for his ambitions was entirely unexpected.As for Hannah, her Thursday friend was to become the saviour of her very existence - but would he manage to resolve his own not inconsiderable personal difficulties and offer Hannah the happiness she craved?With its deceptively simple theme, The Thursday Friend is a remarkable novel that displays Catherine Cookson's consummate ability to explore human relationships. It will enjoy immense popularity among her many readers throughout the world.