Ruth Sillers
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Wilkie Collins was the first great detective novelist. His dark and complex mysteries influenced the work of other writers, such as Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens, with whom he developed a close personal friendship. Swinburne found his work worthy of serious criticism, and T. S. Eliot credits him even more than Poe with the invention of the modern detective novel and the popular thriller. Before such works as The Woman in White, The Moonstone,...
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"This Christmas the Miller siblings have one goal--to avoid their well-meaning family's endless stream of prying questions. Ross, Alice and Clemmie have secrets that they don't intend to share, and they are relying on each other to deflect attention. Lucy Clarke is facing a Christmas alone and the prospect of losing her job. Unless she can win a major piece of business from Ross Miller, the season promises to be anything but festive. She'll just deliver...
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Three sisters
The Great War
The end of innocence...
In 1913, in a quiet corner of London, the three Fry sisters are coming of age, dreaming of all the possibilities the bright future offers. But, when war erupts their innocence is shattered and a new era of uncertainty begins.
Cecelia loves Max, but his soldier's uniform is German, not British, and suddenly, the one man she loves is the one man she can't have.
Jessie enlists in the army as a nurse...
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Living busily on Planet Earth, we rarely remember that we inhabit only a miniscule part of the universe. In The Planets and The Solar System, Jen Green paints the wider picture, and takes us on a journey across billions of kilometres in our galaxy, from our Sun to near and distant planets. Some, like Mercury, have a molten core surrounded with crust and spin quickly; Jupiter, on the other hand, is a big ball of gas. For 2,500 years, mathematicians...
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'Adrienne Chinn is at the height of her storytelling powers…an historical novel that takes readers all over the world and ' Desperate to save the man she loves, leaves behind the life she has made for herself in Capri and enters the decadent world of Parisian society with all its secrets and scandals. new life on the Canadian prairies brings mixed blessings – a daughter to adore, but a husband who isn't the man who holds her heart. In Egypt,...
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We all talk about making changes to our lives, whether it be losing weight, gaining more confidence, overcoming anxiety or simply improving our outlook on life, but many of us struggle to overcome negative thoughts and feelings, or slip into the same old behaviours that are holding us back. Confidence and Success with CBT will show you how to recognise, challenge and change these negative patterns and thought processes, allowing you to develop a healthy...