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A Secret Woman by Rose Solari Louise Terry is the quintessential modern woman — a successful and independent artist, sexually confident and headstrong, she’s determined to carve out a life for herself where her painting comes first and where she can avoid messy romantic entanglements. But when her estranged mother, Margaret, dies, leaving a box of documents, photos, and journals, Louise discovers in its contents a new and very different woman from the difficult and enigmatic one who raised her. This Margaret was admired by Catholic priests and Wiccan priestesses alike for her spiritual gifts and was working, at the time of her death, on the life story of a twelfth -century girl saint of revolutionary and dangerous ideas. Determined to solve the mystery of her mother’s secret life, Louise travels to England, where she meets her mother’s former lover, the acclaimed playwright Lawrence Ware, who first helps and then tries to derail Louise’s search for the truth. -
Bermuda Shorts by James Patterson In clothing, Bermuda shorts are a kind of casual formal wear – and in this collection of essays, Bermuda Shorts is the perfect metaphor for James J. Patterson’s fundamentally serious but playful literary style. Patterson grew up with a foot planted in each of two worlds, one in Washington DC, and one in rural Ontario, where his Canadian mother insisted the family spend their summers. His father, one of the wizards of twentieth-century newspaper publishing, introduced him to the big city’s wheels of money and power, which he would later navigate as an entrepreneur. But those Canadian summers introduced him to a different world – one where a cedar strip boat was better than any car, and where the ghosts of those who’d previously inhabited the family’s island house floated out over the water of Lovesick Lake. It is those two worlds that blend in this collection of reflections about what it means to be an artist, an iconoclast, a patriot, and a man.- Paperback
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Billy Christmas by Mark Pritchard Billy Christmas is a boy with a man’s problems. Since his father disappeared mysteriously last Christmas, Billy’s mom has withdrawn into her grief, neglecting him and everything else. Now, in addition to his schoolwork, Billy must also keep the household running for both of them, paying the bills from their ever-dwindling bank account. Meanwhile, his father’s departure has become the chief topic of conversation in the small town of Marlow, and most of Billy’s classmates either ignore or bully him. He relies on his best friend Katherine for strength, and on his own inner certainty that somewhere, somehow, his father is still alive and wants to come home. Then, twelve days before Christmas, Billy is given a magical challenge, a series of twelve difficult and dangerous tasks. If he completes them all, his dream of being reunited with his missing dad might come true.- Paperback
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2026 Memory Calendar developed with the help of the Derbyshire Alzheimers Society- One day at a time format - ideal for people with memory impariment
- Add important information for each particular day: events, appointments, birthdays etc
- Large, user-friendly type
- Place in a prominent position
- Self-supporting - can be laid flat, or even carried in a handbag
- Size: 105mm x 148mm
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The Tait Florilegium notecards - is a pack of 6 different notecards (folding cards), left blank for your own message, each showing an image from the newly published book The Tait Florilegium.- Folded card size: 110m x 165mm
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The David Shepherd Archive Collection is a Limited Edition archive of over 120 pictures each chosen by David for the significance it had to him and presented as a Vellum bound large folio size book- Format: Vellum bound presented in a Solander box
- Content: over 120 pictures
- Size: 330mm x 357mm (approximately 13" x 18")
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The Tait Florilegium book contains full size reproductions of the beautiful botanical watercolours of selected South African wild flowers by Lady Cynthia Tait- Format: Hardback
- Content: 116 pages
- Size: 240mm x 335mm
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Wine a bit and Ewe will feel better A wry, sideways look at life and the benefits of fine wines. Ann Gadd, one of South Africa's best-loved artists, packs this homage to ewe, wine, and good living with images for every occasion 40 humourous illustrations of sheep and wine Format: Hardback Content: 84 pages Size: 130mm x 130mm