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When, after serving in World War II, her grandson Joe Scott refuses to return to the small family farm, Celia Scott is furious.

The most popular detective story writer of all time here turns her hand to the subject of Christmas. The author's stories and poems capture the true meaning of Christmas.

Margaret is the breadwinner in her family. Then Margaret is made redundant. She's down and her marriage is in crisis; for the first time in her life, she sees herself as a no-hoper.

Great corporations realise that the earth has been destroyed by pollution. A chosen few plan to escape to space; a small group tries to alert the world and stop the plan.

Manchester PI Kate Brannigan becomes a bodyguard and plays nursemaid to a paranoid soap star.

The adventures of Captain James Kirk and crew of the starship `Enterprise' as they explore worlds on the farthest edge of the galaxy.

An inspiring story of a man who was brought up in Rochdale in the fifties, and who battled with the trauma of losing his sight as a teenager.

Explores the growing relationship between the recently widowed minister and the new lady doctor on the Hebridean island of Rhanna in the mid 1960's.

Another thriller set in the world of horse racing by this best-selling author.

The glitter of theatre and the debutante season are starkly contrasted with a surgeon's experience of poverty, prostitution and disease in London a century ago.

Underneath the callous, super-stud image of Toby Temple, the world's funniest man, is a lonely man. Jill Castle, a beautiful starlet, has ambition even greater than Toby's.

Practical, easy-to-follow advice on how to remain physically vital, mentally alert and emotionally fulfilled.

Miss Read, the village school teacher, relates the events of one particular summer.

When Trilby meets Lewis, the all-powerful proprietor of a newspaper group, she is drawn to his handsome, older and sophisticated personality.

Impoverished in Wicklow, Charlotte finds herself dispossessed and moved to Spain.