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There was a show of shooting stars when harry Potter was born - weathermen all over our world were amazed.

Post-war Liverpool saga following the fortunes of young working-class widow Dot Baker.

An important book by a leading gerontologist which will go far to restoring the dignity and confidence of the ageing, especially in their value and potential to society.

A group of ex-Special Forces mercenaries parachute into the desert to kidnap a rebel Bedouin leader, Omar James Ross. He is dressed like an Arab but has remarkable bright blue eyes.

Cliff rubs elbows with Sydney's blue bloods in his latest case, involving murder threats received by a woman filing for divorce.

"The facts behind these stories are true. However, they have been dramatized to make them into gripping stories, and some of the characters are ficticious."

It is barely three months since the murder of his wife and Thomas Lynley has taken to the South-West Coast Path in Cornwell, determined to walk its length in an attempt to recover from his loss.

In 1856, Martha Brown was publicly hanged for the brutal murder of her husband.

It's 1941, Liverpool is taking a hammering from the German bombers. During the worst air raid, fate deals Mary the first of many blows where dreams are broken and life becomes a nightmare.

Sixteen-year-old Pi's father owns a zoo in India, until the family decides to immigrate to Canada. On the way tragedy strikes and the ship sinks.

Gripping and poignant tale of psychic possession concerns Arthur Lawford, who appears to have been possessed by the spirit of a long-dead 18th-century pirate.

Young or old, everyone in Jen's life has a story to tell.

Rancher Chance Qualtrough has deep roots in Primrose Creek.

A cheerful conversational account of the experiences of two ladies in a moorland cottage in Scotland.

Things are finally looking up for George and Ann Richardson. After years of worry, their youngest daughter Tess is starting to blossom into a confident, clever girl.