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A celebrated humanitarian doctor's unique perspective on sickness, health and what it is to be alive.

For twenty-one-year-old Harriet Purcell life irrevocably changes the moment she steps out the door of her respectable suburban home for the very last time.

Ruthie Swain, the bedridden daughter of a dead poet, tries to find her father through stories -- and through generations of family history in County Clare.

In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy.

As three teenaged girls seek to make a difference in the ongoing struggles of World War I, they find that the war will impact them in ways they could never have imagined.

Another inspiring collection of new stories, anecdotes and tales.

Julia Mitchell had worked on Women's Medical alongside Professor van der Wagema for three years and had never seen the warmth underneath his crisp professional exterior.

Second book in trilogy of "The lark shall sing" and "Six impossible things". A story of family life.

They blazed a trail of infamy, of murder and mayhem, defacing the glory of Australia's heritage with the wheelmarks of the Castlereagh Coach Company.

Bill Bailey, the rugged Liverpudlian, was now a fully-fledged Tyneside building contractor, as staunchly loyal to his squad of workmen as they were to him.

Anne had thought him lost to her forever.

Every year on the first Monday in December twelve friends gather with batches of homemade cookies wrapped in beautiful packages.