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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Amazir: The Berber word for 'a man of independent spirit'.An idealistic young Englishman, Harry Summerfield, befriends an American oil explorer in Gibraltar in the 1930's. Their meeting sparks a journey for both men which will take them across Morocco and northern Africa, to encounter the harsh realities of Berber opposition to French colonial rule and the passion of a love for the same young French woman. From the mysterious alleyways of Marrakech to the beautiful solitude of the Atlas Mountains, Amazir paints an unforgettable portrait of a country, a time of war, and a clash of passion.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.'They start out confident enough. They lose their puff, fall into ravines, double back, drop their compasses, go bush mad, and that has been the way since the colony was framed, when a line was drawn, and everyone stayed inside it. In the main, they still do. It is such a vast ocean of land they cannot imagine it, and when they do try, do not get far.'In the early 1800s, out of the prison society of governors, redcoats, gaolers, convicts and the few free settlers of Botany Bay, none ventured much farther inland than a few dozen miles from Sydney. Those who tried came back saying it could not be done, or did not come back at all.Or so it was believed until the brazen escape of Desmond Kale after the final vengeance of his rival, the wildly eccentric 'flogging parson' magistrate Matthew Stanton: 'Kale marched a vicious mile, changed shape over a ridgeline and was gone. His face… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to front page - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In the tradition of her bestselling novel, Red Dust, Blue Skies tells the inspirational story of a young woman battling to save the family farm no matter what it takes...Amanda Greenfield dreams of employing all the skills she's learnt at college to help her father turn their farm, Kyleena, from a debt-ridden, run-down basket case into a thriving enterprise.Then tragedy strikes and, wearied by the long struggle to keep Kyleena a going concern, Amanda's father decides to sell up so they can get on with their lives away from the vagaries of drought and fluctuating stock prices and crop yields.Desolate at the idea of losing the farm that;s been in the family for generations, Amanda summons all her strength, grit and determination to save Kyleena. And things are just starting to look up for her in both life and love when Amanda comes face to face with… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.1910, and Corley Roper, an eminent children's author, mourns the death of his young daughter. Estranged from his wife, and wracked with grief, he happens one night upon Mary Wilson, a woman in a similar position, as she mourns the stillbirth of her son.No longer able to inhabit the fictional world that made his name, and haunted by the spectre of this other lost child, Roper decides that it is only through engaging with the real world, and the mystery of Mary Wilson's dispossessed heritage, that he may find purpose. Meanwhile, a young American journalist, Alice Dangerfield, has travelled across the Atlantic on a quest of her own, to track down her most cherished author.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The Forgotten Waltz is a memory of desire: a recollection of the bewildering speed of attraction, the irreparable slip into longing. In Terenure, a pleasant suburb of Dublin, in the winter of 2009, it has snowed. Gina Moynihan, girl about town, recalls the trail of lust and happenstance that brought her to fall for 'the lover of her life', Seán Vallely. As the city outside comes to a halt, Gina remembers the days of their affair in one hotel room or another: long afternoons made blank by bliss and denial. Now, as the silent streets and the stillness and vertigo of the falling snow make the day luminous and full of possibility, Gina walks through the weather to meet a girl she calls his 'beautiful mistake': Seán's fragile, twelve-year-old daughter, Evie.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Can any of us make a difference to the great events which determine our fate? La doubts it, but when she moves from London into the Suffolk countryside on the eve of the Second World War, she gets her chance to be more than a mere spectator. Her move to the country has taken place in the trying circumstances of a failed marriage - now she hopes that rural life will offer her peace and the opportunity to recover.But the war brings people together in unexpected ways. A new friend encourages her to form an amateur orchestra, which includes musicians from the village as well as men from the air base nearby. One of the people she recruits is Feliks, a handsome but enigmatic refugee from Poland, who can play the flute. And so, a tender friendship begins to blossom.La's Orchestra Saves the World is an inspiring, gloriously atmospheric and deeply affecting novel which not only… Read More

In good condition - dust jacket has slight water damage - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Clare was devastated after her fiancé was killed in the First World War. She inherited Merle Place, a large house that was a military hospital during the war, but which now needs expensive renovation. Completely out of her depth, Clare tries to sell the house, hampered by her cousin Donald who has invited himself to stay indefinitely.Clare's only enjoyment is writing her weekly serial for The Ladies Own Journal, so her hopes rise when she is asked to write a novel. She meets fiction editor Steve Flint, who is very encouraging, but her attempts to write are thwarted by a series of disasters. And, while Steven is a friendly shoulder to cry on, could her feelings for him cause problems?

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When Jiao Mei is woken in her London bedroom by a woman claiming to be her grandmother, she dismisses the encounter as a vivid dream. What with the stress of impending examinations, her unshakeable lethargy and homesick cravings for Sichuan food, lately she's been something of a stranger to herself. But as Barbara, with whom she lodges, grows disturbingly eccentric, and the atmosphere of their Hampstead home ever stranger, Jiao Mei must accept that her night-time visitor is indeed who she claims to be, and that her message - that Jiao Mei is carrying her British boyfriend's child - is one she can no longer ignore.Meanwhile Tie Mei, Jiao Mei's grandmother, has other business in London: centuries-old scores to settle, which will affect those closest to Jiao Mei. Shocked into confronting her complex heritage, Jiao Mei begins to unlock the secrets that have eaten away at the bonds… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Two children from Sierra Leone, Liberty and A'shai, are brought together by chance only to be forced apart by fate. Ashley and JaQuavis deliver this classic love story set against modern life's most tragic realities.As Liberty lies dying, A'shai walks her through their past, reliving their journeys through the streets. Their story will take them from an arranged marriage, Mexico's drug cartel, child brothels, hustling in Detroit, to escaping L.A.'s underworld. But ultimately, this is a story of love and redemption that will leave you breathless from the first page until the unpredictable and mind-blowing ending.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing - when Japanese troops invaded this historic capital city, massacred hundreds of thousands, and committed thousand of rapes - Nanjing 1937 - is a tender and humorous story of an impossible love and a lively detailed historical portrait of a people on the verge of destruction.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Paris, 1978. A group of idealistic young doctors join Médecine Internationale on a mission of mercy. Two of them, Matthew and Silvia, fall in love.After a year together in Africa, they are swept apart by bloodshed and violence. Silvia suddenly vanishes and Matthew Hiller has been mourning ever since.He is a neurosurgeon at the very top of his field, a pioneering specialist who has developed a radical technique for treating brain tumours. He is the obvious choice for Italian industrialist Niccolo Rinaldi to contact when his wife's condition has been declared inoperable by every other expert.Imagine Matthew's shock when he discovers his new patient is none other thanthe long-lost Silvia. When she walks through the door, as beautiful as ever - "a poem without words..." - Matthew is once again smitten. But first, he must save her life.And if he does...then what?

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Red Stag is a tantalizing coming of age love story set against the backdrop of a lush estate in Normandy, France. Nineteen-year-old Vincent, the son of the Countess's maid (and whose childhood was one of ambiguous privilege) has just returned from his last year at boarding school to spend the summer on the Count's estate, where his uncle is gamekeeper and where Vincent himself was raised. Shortly after his return, his uncle is discovered brutally murdered and Vincent vows revenge. Meanwhile, the village is in a state of agitation, anticipating the opening day of the ritualized hunt, with hounds and horses, for the royal red stag. In the midst of it all, Nicole, the count's daughter, returns to the estate from America.As the search for the murderer's identity intensifies and the stag hunt approaches, Nicole and Vincent find themselves inexorably drawn together. The secrets… Read More

Good condition though spine has markings and fading - no dust jacket - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Never have women in wartime been drawn more forcefully in all their diversities of character and behaviour with their men. For love is the essential theme of this novel, love and the need that prompts it: all kinds of love from the brutality of drunken lust to the tenderness of true sentiment.The scene is an Australian coastal city where American and Australian soldiers are in transit to battle stations. Under the shadow of war, a brittle gaiety grips the city; racketeers and brothel-keepers flourish; young girls become soldier's molls; wives betray their absent husbands; and there is still a core of sanity. Both the sane and the insanely squalid aspects of this city's life are shown in a fascinating kaleidoscope of characters whose destinies are intricately linked in explosive drama.Writing with passionate sincerity and considerable… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.There are things which can be said straightaway, others need time, and some cannot be told at allIt is summer 1990. The Berlin Wall has collapsed, and Germany is preparing for reunification. Away from all the political upheaval, in the sleepy countryside of the East, sixteen-year-old Maria moves in with her boyfriend on his family's farm. Dreamy and bookish, she is not cut out for agricultural work.A chance encounter with an enigmatic older man ignites an improbable affair. Henner is unpredictable, and damaged, and yet Maria is drawn to him with a longing she can barely comprehend. As the hot, sultry summer progresses, keeping their passion a secret becomes ever more difficult.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.France: February, 1944LUC wants to join the Resistance to protect the ones he loves.ARIANNE thinks if she can prove how much she loves him, he will stay.ROMY can see his chance to get rid of Luc and have Arianne all to himself. But at a terrible cost.Caught up in the tumultuous events of the dying days of World War Two, Luc, Arianne and Romy must fight for what they believe in, and decide just how far they will go for love.

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In London a couple meet at a party. She is Israeli and he Palestinian. Both are here to escape the politics of their countries and both want to be alone. Despite that, their relationship develops and inevitably they have to confront the politics that, in principle, separates them. Can their relationship survive? This clever, well-paced novel explores the heart-wrenching impossibilities of love.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Your love, or your career - which would you choose?Sally lives in a Victorian house in London, recently converted into two roomy apartments. She's a woman with an apparently enviable life. Married to banker Edward and mother of two-year-old Louis, the family occupies the spacious upper floors. But beneath a happy exterior, Sally struggles with the legacy of Edward's past: his ex-wife Pia, his resentful step-daughter Hope - and Edward's mixed feelings about the family he left behind. When Sally discovers the house holds a secret, her need to escape the strains of her marriage lead her on an obsessive quest to discover the truth. But can she solve the challenges of the present as well as the past?While Sally struggles, Anna moves into the garden flat. Anna has always shunned domesticity. A driven workaholic and a highly successful television producer, her new project is a… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.May 1940. Brighton. Wartime.On Park Crescent, a sunlit and usually tranquil street, Geoffrey and Evelyn Beaumont and their eight-year-old son, Philip, anxiously await news. The enemy is expected to land on the beaches of Brighton any day.It is a year of tension, change and anticipation. Geoffrey becomes Superintendent of the enemy alien camp at the far reaches of town, while young Philip is gripped by rumours that Hitler will make Brighton's Royal Pavilion his English HQ and spends hours with his friends imagining life in Brighton under Hitler's rule. And as the rumours continue to fly and the days tick on, Evelyn quietly struggles to fall in with the war effort and her thoughts become tinged with a mounting, indefinable desperation.Then she meets Otto Gottlieb, a 'degenerate' German-Jewish painter and prisoner of her husband's internment camp. As Europe crumbles, Evelyn's and… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In the global convulsion of World War II, millions of people find their lives in upheaval. From the homeland to the frontlines, American citizens are suddenly diverted off their chosen paths. They'll fight a war - in the own way and with varying success, but always bound by the same cause. Can they see God's hand - and perhaps find romance - amidst the chaos?Under the community war efforts banner C for Victory, Ruth Sinclair works alongside Jim Griffin. He shares her faith and stirs her heart, but Ruth is officially committed to a fiancé who is fighting overseas.A trip to Germany would help reporter Amanda Chase learn the truth about that country's new leader and expose it to the world. But if the quiet rumours are true, her Jewish relatives maybe in danger - and Amanda could be swept into their struggle to Escape on the Wind.Keiko's traditional Japanese father has surprised… Read More