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'Full of smugglers tales, childhood memories and the real-life struggles of living on a remote island.' - Touring Tales ***'In the January dark, a young man walks slowly into the sea. He can't see where he is going, but he knows the island is calling...'Mary and Patrick's dream was to live in London, have 2.4 children, the nice house, the successful jobs. But life had other plans, and in one traumatic year that all came crashing down.Bruised and battered, Mary finds herself pulled towards Cornwall and dreams of St George's Island, where she spent halcyon childhood summers. So, when an opportunity arises to become tenants if they renovate the old Island House, they grab it with both hands.Life on the island is hard, especially in winter, the sea and weather, unforgiving. But the rugged natural beauty, the friendly ghosts of previous inhabitants, and the beautiful isolation of island life bring hope and purpose, as they discover a resilience they never knew they had.

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Sharply witty and highly relatable - KATE SMITH When a junior on her team pitches an exciting new idea to her boss, Briony is so preoccupied by her fear of public speaking that she misses the concept entirely, and ends up in a spiralling web of lies and excuses as she tries to manage a project she knows nothing about. When everything comes to a head with a colossal panic attack, she is signed off work for a month on mental health leave.To make matters worse, Briony's boyfriend Ben is being distant, and her best friend Sami seems to have replaced her with a new work friend. And then there is her dad, who needs a lift home from jail - again. Briony feels like she will never be enough for any of them. Briony decides that she needs to make a change, to become a better employee, a better girlfriend, a better friend and a better daughter, and signs up to a local social anxiety support group in order to deal with her issues. It is there that she meets Jordan and Sarah, two new friends who might just show Briony that she is 'enough' already.

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New York Times bestselling author and artist Mary Engelbreit delivers the perfect giftable package for Valentine’s Day—a book of quotes about love!What the world needs now...is to read about the joys of love! Whether between friends, family, or that special someone, it’s never too late to be reminded of its power and importance.In this jacketed hardcover, Mary Engelbreit pairs heartfelt and affectionate art with her favorite quotes about love of all kinds. Readers will be inspired, endeared, and cheered by the warmth within!

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Giles Wood (Author) Giles Wood is an accomplished artist, and is also a published writer, with columns in The Telegraph and The Oldie. In the podcast space, he can be heard on Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount.Mary Killen (Author) Mary Killen is a busy journalist, with a weekly column in The Spectator, and regular contributions in many other national publications. She has been appearing on Channel 4's hit show Gogglebox since 2015 with her husband Giles, sitting together in their cottage in Wiltshire. This is Mary's seventh book.

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One of NPR''s Best Books of the YearFrom the author of Nothing to Declare, a moving travel narrative examining healing, redemption, and what it means to be a solo woman on the road.In February 2008, a casual afternoon of ice skating derailed the trip of a lifetime. Mary Morris was on the verge of a well-earned sabbatical, but instead she endured three months in a wheelchair, two surgeries, and extensive rehabilitation. One morning, when she was supposed to be in Morocco, Morris was lying on the sofa reading Death in Venice, casting her eyes over these words again and again: “He would go on a journey. Not far. Not all the way to the tigers.” Disaster shifted to possibility and Morris made a decision. When she was well enough to walk again, she would go “all the way to the tigers.”  So begins a three-year odyssey that takes Morris to India on a tiger safari in search of the world’s most elusive apex

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SPECIAL EDITION: MURDERNot even in Alpine, Washington, could the death of octogenarian Jack Froland be considered big news—except by his drinking buddies at Mugs Ahoy. But that suddenly changes when in the middle of the funeral, Jack’s widow hysterically insists that he was murdered. Emma Lord, publisher of The Alpine Advocate, who is already investigating a threatening letter received by the town’s beautiful blonde judge, now suspects she has two hot stories to unravel. Backed by her House and Home editor, that bottomless repository of scandal Vida Runkel, she prepares for a triple-threat special: murder, blackmail, and—as wildfire sweeps the mountainside— possible arson as well. But success will not come cheap. With a killer roaming the woods, it may cost Emma her life. . . .READ ALL ABOUT IT!The Alpine AdvocateNovels by Mary Daheim

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Ambientada en 1937, "Dos amigas" es una comedia romántica sobre bohemios más allá de Bloomsbury. Ingenua, sobreprotegida y con apenas dieciocho años, Elsie huye del asfixiante entorno de la casa de sus padres en Cornualles en busca de su hermana, Leo, que se fue de casa nueve años antes. Cuando la encuentra, Leo comparte su vida y su cama en una casa flotante con Helen, una belleza rubia. Aunque la llegada de Elsie parece muy inocente, es el primero de una serie de detonantes que transformarán la vida satisfecha de Leo. En poco tiempo, un médico ligón empieza a perseguir a las tres mujeres a la vez, un vecino y amigo da muestras de atracción erótica, y fantasmas dormidos del pasado de Leo empiezan a despertar. Pronto, nadie está demasiado seguro de lo que siente por los demás.Mary Renault escribió esta deliciosa y provocadora novela a principios de los cuarenta, creando personajes que son ligeros, atractivos y de espíritu libre, en parte como respuesta a la desesperación que se tras

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* Sumérgete en este viaje musical por el mundo y conoce a los compositores, músicos e intérpretes que se han hecho famosos por haber creado la música que nos apasiona.* Por qué creamos y tocamos música? Cómo afecta la música a nuestro cerebro y a nuestras emociones? Estas son solo algunas de las fascinantes preguntas que se abordan en este libro, que analiza las cualidades transnacionales y trascendentales de la música.* Nosotros también podemos crear música, y de formas muy diversas: solo hace falta que escojas tu instrumento preferido (la batería o el didyeridú, el sitar o el sintetizador, el tocadiscos o la tuba) y te unas a la fiesta!En todo el mundo y a lo largo del tiempo, la música se ha grabado y transmitido a través de diferentes tradiciones orales y formas de notación. Siempre ha sido un poderoso catalizador para el cambio y la conexión entre las personas. Y qué nos depara el futuro de la música? Al explorar la tecnología utilizada para escuchar y crear música, los

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A finales de los años cuarenta, un grupo de entusiastas neoyorquinos, intelectuales urbanitas, se aventuran en las montañas de Nueva Inglaterra para crear una comuna a la que deciden bautizar muy apropiadamente como Utopía. Sin embargo, pronto surgen la discordia y el cisma ideológico entre las dos facciones del grupo: los utópicos puristas, entre los que se cuentan el estruendoso editor libertario Macdougal Macdermott, que carece de opinión propia, o la bienintencionada Katy Norell, que enel fondo solo desea agradar a los demás, y los realistas, encabezados por el amargado exmarxista William Taub, que pretende reírse del fracaso de Utopía al tiempo que alberga la secreta esperanza de que prospere. Así, alternarán periodos líricos de paz pastoral con la concepción de ideas alocadas, como crear unos Estados Unidos deEuropa en el exilio, hasta desembocar en un desenlace previsiblemente desastroso.Más controvertida y ácida que nunca, McCarthy se inspira sin disimulo alguno en

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In this “scrupulously reported biography” (NPR) Jordan documents how Melania Trump had discussing being First Lady nearly two decades before she landed in the White House and how she encouraged her husband to enter the race for president.Based on interviews with more than one hundred people in five countries, The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump is “an extraordinary work” (Salon) that draws an unprecedented portrait of the first lady. We see that behind the scenes Melania Trump is not only part of President Trump’s inner circle, but for some key decisions she has been his single most influential advisor. Jordan interviewed key people in Melania's close circle who speak publicly for the first time and uncovered never-before-seen photos and tapes of the tall woman with “tiger eyes,” as a judge in an early modeling contest said. The Art of Her Deal shows Melania’s ascent from a modest life, tracing her journey from childhood under a communist dictator to her complicated relationship with Donald Trump. The picture that emerges is “that the first lady is not a pawn but a player... and a woman able to get what she wants from one of the most powerful and transparently vain men in the world” (NPR). And while it is her husband who became famous for the phrase “the art of the deal,” this is the story of the art of her deal.

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What fate awaits a girl who hears monsters at night …Sixteen-year-old Jaclyn looks up to her father. An honest man who once fought for the king, he now teaches Jaclyn how to use her wits—and her sword. But he has a secret. And his secret may have a connection to the one thing Jaclyn is hiding from him.Upon hearing "monsters" are terrorizing the small villages around Black Mountain, Jaclyn's father and his friends head out to hunt them … but they don't return. Armed only with her sword and three magic beans—a gift from a mysterious old woman—Jaclyn sets out for Black Mountain to save her father.On her climb, one bean drops and grows into a beanstalk, catching her when she falls.She isn't the only one that takes the ride. Jack, her childhood friend and secret crush, is following her.Together, Jaclyn and Jack must battle to save not only their fathers, but the townspeople the beasts plan to lay waste to before it's too late.

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Social media is a new type of public space that has revolutionised the way women express themselves, placing the power of representation in female hands like no technology before. But this increased visibility looks both ways, with the gazed upon also gazing back through platforms designed for judgement and surveillance. A man-made tool, social media is now deeply entwined with women’s lives in an always-on culture where new and intrusive forms of comparison, shaming and watchfulness are completely normalised and women’s bodies, minds and emotions are picked apart. While many are acutely aware of this ‘visibility trap’, taking ownership of it remains a minefield. In The Visibility Trap, Mary McGill blends feminism, media studies and lived experiences to explore the contradictions and dangers of online visibility for women, asking how we can build better, safer digital spaces for all. From current research to real-life testimonies, via the Kardashian Industrial Complex (KIC) to image-based sexual abuse — ‘revenge porn’ — and its belated criminalisation, she offers urgent and welcome insights into using social media more consciously, powerfully and positively. This is a must-read for anyone who loves or hates social media; for the guardians of future social media users and for anyone else who is still half-on, half-off this most twenty-first century of obsessions.

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A light look at the Star Sign Pisces. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside the head of a Pisces? Has your life ever been challenged by one that you know or knew? Are you at your wits end trying to get one to understand you? This insider information will guide you through the process of easily making a chart using on-line resources. Thereby gleaning enough information to avoid the common mishaps relating to knowing the last sign of the Zodiac. Discover how to make a chart, how to find the 3 key points that will help you understand one better and how to make the best of the Pisces you know...and the ones you have yet to meet. Drawing on her extensive client files and using real-life examples Mary English guides you in learning "How To Survive a Pisces".

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Mary Contini grew up in East Lothian above her family's Italian cafe. She is the bestselling author of numerous books about Italian life and cooking, including Dear Francesca, Dear Olivia, Valvona & Crolla: A Year at an Italian Table and The Italian Sausage Bible. She is a Director of Valvona & Crolla, the renowned Edinburgh delicatessen, restaurant and cookery school.

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Mary Contini grew up in East Lothian above her family's Italian cafe. She is the bestselling author of numerous books about Italian life and cooking, including Dear Francesca, Dear Olivia, Valvona & Crolla: A Year at an Italian Table and The Italian Sausage Bible. She is a Director of Valvona & Crolla, the renowned Edinburgh delicatessen, restaurant and cookery school.

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This is the history both of Tuberculosis in Minnesota and of the Glen Lake Sanitorium, where, in the first half of the twentieth century, so many TB patients were housed as they fought their illness. Treatment methods changed over time, success with recovery varied, and Krugerud examines all of it, offering the often stark reality of this terrible disease, and the heart-warming stories of people suffering from it and those who sought to cure them.

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Captivating from the very beginning … this thrilling dystopian drama has a splash of romance and tons of action." —School Library Journal THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SCIENTISTS WARNED IT WOULD HAPPEN. Meteors devastated the Earth. World governments developed plans to help surviving citizens. The United States disbanded and salvageable land was divided into four quadrants—North, South, East, and West—governed by The Remnant Council. Struggling to survive, seventeen-year-old Ava ends up in juvenile detention, until she is selected for a new life—with a catch. She must be injected with an experimental serum. The results will be life changing. The serum will make her better. To receive the serum, Ava agrees to join a program controlled by ISAN: the International Sensory Assassin Network. While on a mission, she is abducted by a rebel group led by Rhett and told that not only does she have a history with him, but her entire past is a lie perpetuated by ISAN to ensure her compliance. Unsure of who to trust, Ava must decide if her strangely familiar and handsome captor is her enemy or her savior—and time is running out.

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Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the nudes of classical Greece, Beard explores the power, hierarchy, and gender politics of the art of the ancient world, and explains how it came to define the so-called civilized world. In Part II, Beard chronicles some of the most breathtaking religious imagery ever made—whether at Angkor Wat, Ravenna, Venice, or in the art of Jewish and Islamic calligraphers— to show how all religions, ancient and modern, have faced irreconcilable problems in trying to picture the divine. With this classic volume, Beard redefines the Western-and male-centric legacies of Ernst Gombrich and Kenneth Clark.

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Warrior girl Anlei lives in a world of mechanical dragons, automatons with Chinese opera masks, and shadow spirits who are terrorizing her city. In an effort to save her people, she teams up with a young thief and the two embark on an epic quest that takes them all the way to the Courts of Hell. But the existence of the shadow spirits is more complicated than either of them could have imagined. It wasn't a demon who created these beings, but a power-hungry man. Dark experiments, unique magic, and a page-turning plot bring this vivid steampunk world to life. Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon spins together fantasy and adventure in a way that will delight fans looking for new worlds to explore.

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