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The Lead Generation Guide: The Five-Step Marketing System to Attract Your Ideal Clients & Increase Your Sales
When you start a business, no one teaches you how to be a business owner. No one teaches you how to market effectively and efficiently to attract your ideal client. It doesn’t matter how incredible your products or services are, without an effective marketing system, you don’t have a business.Gary has built multiple businesses to six and seven figures with one consistent method of marketing that works repeatedly, no matter the industry or niche – and he is sharing it with you in this book.
In the Lead Generation Guide, you’ll learn:
- How to find a profitable niche and the importance of niche marketing.
- How to build cohesive business and personal brands.
- My five-stage content marketing plan for creating and repurposing content.
- How to harness the power of social media and use it productively.
- Easy strategies for building an email list and starting your first campaign.
- How to run profitable ads for your business (with real-world examples).
- How to convert all of this marketing effort into consistent sales.
Whether you are building a new company or you’ve been in business for years, the marketing principles in this book will help you generate more leads, boost your bottom line, and build a lifestyle business that gives you more time to do the things you love.
Gary Das is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, and renowned speaker. He has built multiple successful businesses in a variety of service-based industries and, using the methods in this book, Gary has generated over £5 million in seven years with little marketing spend. With years of experience and a passion for marketing, Gary now teaches other self-employed people how to generate leads, increase sales, and maximise profit so they can live a lifestyle they love.
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The Social Media Marketing Master: Surefire Strategies to Go Viral and Spot Trends So You Can Boost Brand Awareness, Increase Profits, Stay Current and Win Loyal Customers in 30…
Revolutionize your brand’s online presence: Master social media marketing and become a viral sensation in 30 days, even if you’ve struggled with social media engagement before!
Many small business owners and marketing professionals find themselves in your shoes, exhausted and frustrated, believing that meaningful online engagement and reliable ROI are elusive, almost mythical, concepts.
Meet “The Social Media Marketing Master”: This one-stop guide is the ultimate tool you need to transform your social media marketing game!
Within the power-packed pages of this transformative book, you’ll discover:
- How to decipher the unique language of each social media platform and utilize it to catapult your brand!
- A detailed, practical guide to creating content that drives engagement, boosts followership and catapults your brand’s online visibility
- Foolproof techniques to stay on top of trends, ensuring your brand stays relevant and in conversations
- Proven strategies that are helping businesses go viral, with examples and a breakdown of why they worked
- A comprehensive guide to interpreting analytics, providing you with insights to refine and revamp your strategies
- The smart way to manage your time effectively across various platforms – all the while keeping the consistency up and the burnout down
- How to effectively respond to negative feedback, converting critics into advocates
- A deep dive into the secret world of influencers: When and how to collaborate for a wider reach
…and so much more!
Despite past challenges, this book provides a fresh, data-driven approach. Don’t let your brand’s posts be lost in the sea of content. Equip yourself with this tool to stand out, control your brand’s trajectory, and elevate its online presence. If you’re ready to go viral, spot trends, and see a dramatic difference in just 30 days, scroll up and click the ‘Add to Cart’ button right away!
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Social Media Marketing 2024: Mastering New Trends & Strategies for Online Success
Prepare to take your social media marketing to the next level with “Social Media Marketing 2024.”This book edition is your definitive guide to the ever-evolving landscape of social media marketing in the year 2024 and beyond. With social media platforms constantly changing and user behaviors evolving, this book is your compass to navigate the complex terrain of online engagement. It offers valuable insights into emerging trends, innovative strategies, and the latest tools that will define the social media marketing landscape in 2024.
Inside, you’ll discover:
- In-depth analyses of the newest platforms and technologies shaping the digital sphere.
- Proven methods for creating captivating content that resonates with your target audience.
- Strategies for leveraging data analytics to make informed marketing decisions and optimize your campaigns.
- Expert insights into the transformative power of influencer marketing, AI-driven automation, and video marketing.
With practical tips, real-world case studies, and actionable advice, “Social Media Marketing 2024” is an indispensable resource for marketers, business owners, and digital enthusiasts. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just beginning your journey, this book will equip you to create winning strategies and thrive in the dynamic world of social media marketing. Embrace the future of marketing with confidence and success. Are you interested? If you replied affirmatively, CLICK ON THE BUY BUTTON IMMEDIATELY!
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Mind-Hack Marketing: How to Turn Customer Psychology into Breakthrough Sales
Every day, millions of businesses are sabotaging their own results and cheating themselves out of huge profits by violating a simple rule of marketing – relevancy.Relevancy with your market is critical for the success of your business. Without it, you’ll struggle with low engagement, poor sales, people unsubscribing from your list and marking you as spam, and campaigns which fail to give a good return on ad spend.
Marketing shouldn’t be so hard!
Mind-Hack™ Marketing reveals the inner secrets of how to emotionally connect with your ideal customers and gives you a blueprint for successfully moving a stranger into a repeat customer and raving fan.
You’ll learn how getting inside the mind of your potential customers can radically increase your sales without increasing your ad spend.
By understanding what makes your customers tick, you’ll be able to create customer-specific ad campaigns, marketing funnels and unique customer journeys based on their needs.
Here’s what you’ll discover inside Mind-Hack™ Marketing:
- Mind-Hack™ Method – Travel into the mind of your potential customers by understanding the psychology of buying behaviour and create emotionally driven campaigns that dramatically improve sales.
- Continual Sales Loop – Learn multiple ways in which you can sell the same product or service to your audience without burning out your list.
- Perpetual Profit System – From your ads to your sales funnels, your content to social media, learn how to create a powerful system that continuously converts and makes you money even while you sleep!
Mind-Hack™ Marketing is based on Arfa’s signature Mind-Hack™ Avatar workshop where she personally teaches business owners how to translate customer psychology into breakthrough sales over two intense days.
“Having generated over $30m in sales in the last few years selling information courses using marketing funnels, I know first-hand how important understanding your market is – something Arfa does extraordinarily well in Mind-Hack™ Marketing.
Unlike other books that focus primarily on funnel hacks and mechanics, Mind-Hack™ Marketing starts at the very beginning – diving deep into the psychology of your ideal customer. The insights inside this book get you thinking more strategically and will empower you with everything you need to create high-converting and profitable campaigns immediately.” – Shaqir Hussyin, CEO, FUNNELS.com
“Mind-Hack™ Marketing is the most comprehensive deep dive into the psychology of your customers I’ve ever come across. It’s packed with actionable takeaways and insights that will help you create more profitable campaigns.
If you do ANY kind of marketing, then Mind-Hack™ Marketing is going to help you skyrocket your success.” – Lisa Catto, “The Queen of Automation”, thebusinesscatalyst.co.uk
“As a business coach, I’ve worked with many small businesses who’ve struggled because they didn’t know how to attract and acquire customers profitably.
That’s why I love Mind-Hack™ Marketing! It’s a MUST for business owners because it gives you a complete blueprint of how to absolutely crush your sales and make your business hyper-profitable.
Arfa’s knowledge of marketing is quite simply incredible and she’s led several of my mastermind events where her insights for our clients have been nothing short of amazing.
If you’re looking for the ‘edge’ in your marketing and want to take your business to a completely different level, then you need Mind-Hack™ Marketing.” – Robin Waite, Bestselling Author of “Take Your Shot”, Fearless.biz
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Stick Around
Member retention is a massive problem in the gym industry, despite advances in technology and new exercise trends. Many clubs have 50% of members leave within a year of joining. Guy Griffiths aims to positively affect the health and fitness of more people each year. His work with systems and people has helped many clubs to get their members to stick around. The book sets out three cornerstones of good retention; people, communication and systems. It has proven techniques for improving member interaction inside and outside your club. It also describes how to build a retention system, as well as how to use more complex retention systems. It runs through the full member journey. Each stage is accompanied by diagrams and case-studies to illustrate key points. The journey continues after the member leaves, showing how to use your ex-member database as a prospect tool. Summaries, checklists and examples provide an invaluable resource to anyone involved in the running of a health-club.Read more
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Gym Candy
“Look, Mick,” he said, “you’re going to find out from somebody in the gym, so you might as well find out from me. Those supplements you’re taking? They might get you a little bigger, but just a little. If you’re after serious results, there’s other stuff that produces better results much faster, stuff that a lot of guys in the gym use.” “What other stuff?” “You know what I’m talking about—gym candy.”Runningback Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking into the open, and running free with nothing but green grass ahead. He has dreams of winning and of being the best. But football is a cruel sport. It requires power, grace, speed, quickness, and knowledge of the game. It takes luck, too. One crazy bounce can turn a likely victory into sudden defeat. What elite athlete wouldn’t look for an edge? A way to make him bigger, stronger, faster?
This novel explores the dark corners of the heart of a young football player as he struggles for success under the always glaring—and often unforgiving—stadium lights.Read more
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The Long Walk: An Anthology by EOD & Search Veterans, 2023
“They call it the long walk. It’s like I’m in a bubble. Like the world went away and it’s just me… focussed… concentrating. You get used to it – it becomes normal.”Men and women who have worked in bomb disposal tell their stories, as they saw them, as they lived them.
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Glimpses of The Falklands War
Glimpses of the Falklands War
The Task Force’s victory in the Falkland Islands gave freedom back to the Islanders, releasing a vibrant energy to develop their lives. This fascinating compendium is another triumph in the “Glimpses” series!’
Major General Dair Farrar-Hockley MC, 2 Para in the FalklandsGlimpses of the Falklands War, from the British Modern Military History Society, recounts some of the personal experiences and stories of over 100 service men and women, Falkland Islanders and others who were involved in the Falklands War, 40 years ago. These range from the early stages with the Argentine invasion and occupation, the Task Force heading south, to the recapture and liberation of Stanley 74 days later. The book tells of [JC1] tales of heroism and tragedy, of fear and resilience, of sadness and joy, many graphically and emotionally told, not least by the Falkland Islanders who lived under a strict occupation during that time.
These stories are from many unsung heroes – the dockworkers who prepared the ships in record time, the helicopter pilots who rescued casualties from blazing vessels, freezing waters and mountainsides, the medics and padres who tended to the wounded both friend and foe alike, to the teenagers who manned the defence systems on the ships, the courage of bomb disposal teams or the ground troops which yomped across rugged terrain to Stanley and the final victory. Each and every one made an important contribution to the victory against an unwanted aggressor.
This is a unique book with many stories previously untold. Every sale generates a donation to Blind Veterans UK, as with the previous two volumes of Glimpses of War.
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An Englishman at War: The Wartime Diaries of Stanley Christopherson DSO MC & Bar 1939-1945
‘An astonishing record…There is no other wartime diary that can match the scope of these diaries’ James Holland
‘An outstanding contribution to the literature of the Second World War’Professor Gary Sheffield
From the outbreak of war in September 1939 to the smouldering ruins of Berlin in 1945, via Tobruk, El Alamein, D-Day and the crossing of the Rhine, An Englishman at War is a unique first-person account of the Second World War.
Stanley Christopherson’s regiment, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, went to war as amateurs and ended up one of the most experienced, highly trained and most valued armoured units in the British Army.A junior officer at the beginning of the war, Christopherson became the commanding officer of the regiment soon after the D-Day landings. What he and his regiment witnessed presents a unique overview of one of the most cataclysmic events in world history and gives an extraordinary insight, through tragedy and triumph, into what it felt like to be part of the push for victory.
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Through a Glass, Darkly
Steeped in classic horror, this chilling contemporary tale deals with secrets long buried, festering guilt, and haunting loneliness. Jack Trent, the most effective criminal investigation officer in the history of the department, is having bad dreams of a child’s murder in a forest at the hands of something indescribable.
But these are more than nightmares—they are visions of the future that Jack has tried for years to suppress. Something happened to Jack in his childhood— something that means he cannot touch another living person and something that killed his mother—and this something has returned to inspire his visions.
In a final race against time, Jack attempts to save a boy’s life in the clearing of Redgrave Forest. Can he face the long-dead Dr. Mendicant and the ancient Darkness of Crowman? Can he face the evil living inside himself? And what will he make of the Doctor’s final, devastating revelation?
“Horrific, haunting, and humane, Hussey’s novel is a disturbing journey into the darkest of minds.” – Tim Lebbon, author of The Last Storm
“Packed with atmosphere and beautiful writing. Hussey delivers an absorbing, creepy read.” – Rev. Peter Laws, author of The Frighteners and The Matt Hunter Series
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Dance with the Enemy (The Enemy Trilogy)
“OMG . . . talk about keeping me on the edge of my seat! . . . This is one hell of an action-packed ride!’ —Baker’s Not So Secret Blog, five starsThe action-packed first novel in the highly acclaimed and bestselling series of espionage thrillers featuring Carl Logan.
Carl Logan was the perfect agent. A loner. No real friends or family. Trained to deal with any situation with cold efficiency, devoid of emotion. But Logan isn’t the man he used to be—or the asset he once was. Five months ago, his life changed forever when he was captured, tortured, and left for dead by Youssef Selim, one of the world’s most violent terrorists.
When Selim mysteriously reappears in Paris, linked to the kidnapping of America’s attorney general, Logan smells his chance for revenge. Pursuing his man relentlessly, oblivious to the growing trail of destruction he leaves in his wake, Logan delves deeper and deeper into the web of lies and deceit surrounding the kidnapping. Is he about to learn just what it means to dance with the enemy?
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Dancing Shapes: Ballet and Body Awareness for Young Dancers (Dancing Shapes Series Book 1)
Movement. Creativity. Gratitude. Persistence. Wisdom.“A visually stunning and interactive” pandemic creation from an award-winning dance teacher and her ballerina daughter, both immersed in the ballet world until coronavirus.
Dancing Shapes is a 2021 Independent Press Award Winner.
The book provides an inside gorgeous glimpse into one ballerina’s journey. Konora, whose career has been sidelined by COVID-19, leads readers through warm-up steps, a basic ballet technique lesson, and an exploration of movement and form.
With more than fifty poses to contemplate or re-create, aspiring young dancers:
* learn basic ballet technique and vocabulary
* develop an eye for detail
* explore movement concepts
* increase body awareness
* strengthen spatial perception and balance
* celebrate gratitude, the value of practice, and making healthy choicesWhat Moms and Dads Said:
Gorgeous! Inspirational! Dancing girls alllllll over my backyard!!!…while looking at the cover with all those poses said, “I can do that one. I can’t do that one. I can do that one. I can’t do that one…” Then she started trying them. The pictures alone inspired her…
As soon as we read something like, “Can you try…” she would hop right up and try it…
She thinks the book is just right for her age [9], not too young or old feeling…
[This 11-year old] thought it was easy to follow and liked all the interesting shape pictures, she liked that there were “challenges” to try…
About the Author:
Konora climbed the pre-professional ballet ladder up to Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Professional Division. Along the way, she danced iconic roles such as Sugar Plum Fairy and Cinderella. She’s now a full-scholarship trainee at Ballet Idaho.Konora’s mother taught creative movement and ballet for decades and was honored to be chosen and recognized by her local City Council (2014) for embodying the spirit of partnership and commitment to children in our community for her work with young dancers. She’s breathed dance from every angle: child to pre-professional to adult ballet student, zoom student, dance teacher, dance mom, competition mom, ballet-school parent-guilder, audience member, recital planner, business owner, and board member.
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Dances: A Novel
A ballerina at the height of her powers becomes consumed with finding her missing brother in this “striking debut” (Oprah Daily).“A compelling novel about the spiritual and bodily costs of the dogged pursuit of art.”—Raven Leilani, author of Luster
At twenty-two years old, Cece Cordell reaches the pinnacle of her career as a ballet dancer when she’s promoted to principal at the New York City Ballet. She’s instantly catapulted into celebrity, heralded for her “inspirational” role as the first Black ballerina in the famed company’s history. Even as she celebrates the achievement of a lifelong dream, Cece remains haunted by the feeling that she doesn’t belong. As she waits for some feeling of rightness that doesn’t arrive, she begins to unravel the loose threads of her past—an absent father, a pragmatic mother who dismisses Cece’s ambitions, and a missing older brother who stoked her childhood love of ballet but disappeared to deal with his own demons.
Soon after her promotion, Cece is faced with a choice that has the potential to derail her career and shatter the life she’s cultivated for herself, sending her on a pilgrimage to both find her brother and reclaim the parts of herself lost in the grinding machinery of the traditional ballet world.
Written with spellbinding beauty and ballet’s precise structure, Dances centers around women, art, and power, and how we come to define freedom for ourselves.
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Paper Princess: The scorching opposites attract romance in The Royals Series
Be careful what you wish for . . .
Ella Harper is a survivor. She’s spent her whole life poor, her mother struggling to make ends meet – yet still believing that someday she’d climb out of the gutter. But after her mother’s death, Ella is truly lost and alone.
Until Callum Royal appears, picking Ella up and dropping her into his mansion – among his five sons, who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last. But none is as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy most determined to send her back to the slums.
Reed doesn’t want her. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals.
He might be right.
Wealth. Excess. Deception. It’s nothing Ella has ever experienced.
But if she’s going to survive in the Royal palace, she’ll need to start issuing her own Royal decrees . . .
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THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS: ORGANIZATION AND UNITS 1889—2018
This is a comprehensive record of the organization and units of the British Army’s Royal Engineers 1889-2018. The chapter include Before the Great War 1889-1914; the First World War 1914-18; Interwar years 1920-1939; the Second World War 1939-1946; post-war Regulars 1946-1992 and 1992-2018; Reserves 1947-1967; Reserves 1967-2018; the organization of RE units 1889-2018; Order of Battle 2020; Anti-Aircraft Searchlight battalions 1922-1940; and Engineer equipment. AN invaluable resource for former members, historians, and enthusiasts.Read more
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Titan Mage Apocalypse: A Harem Fantasy Adventure
A world-ending deity? An ancient superweapon? A fight for the future of Haven? Only Harper’s Harriers can save the day!When Locke came to the world of Haven, he didn’t know he’d be called upon to save it one day—but with his god-tier magic, his giant mech called a Titan, and his crew of hot, capable women, he’s the best man for the job.
Especially now that his crew includes the Precursor space witch Peth, whose memories of what destroyed her civilization a thousand years ago have come rushing back. Now that same destroyer is about to break free from its prison within the Crystal Moon. To defeat it, they’ll have to find and activate an ancient Precursor superweapon.
But reaching the superweapon won’t be easy, for Locke must now lead the Harper’s Harriers to the one place no one from Haven has gone in over a thousand years:
Outer space.
Has Locke mastered his Titan enough to face his greatest challenge yet? Will his crew, their Titans, and all their epic upgrades be enough to save the world?
He may not know how his story on Haven will end, but between his harem of badass women and the coming battle with a destroyer god, one thing’s for sure:
Whatever comes next, he’s going to go out with a bang.
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Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors. The Sunday Times no 1 bestseller
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER‘Explosive’ The Sun
‘Accounts from insiders who have never spoken before’ The Times
‘Bombshell’ The MirrorThe British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebrated around the world, was the beginning of a new era for the Windsors. Yet, within one tumultuous year, the dream became a nightmare. In the aftermath of the infamous Megxit split and the Oprah Winfrey interview, the Royal Family’s fate seems persistently threatened.
As Meghan and Harry’s much-trailed Netflix documentary finally airs, the public remains puzzled. Meghan’s success has alternatively won praise, bewildered and outraged. Confused by the Sussexes’ slick publicity, few understand the real Meghan Markle. What lies ahead for Meghan? And what has happened to the family she married into? Can the Windsors restore their reputation?
With extensive research, expert sourcing and interviews from insiders who have never spoken before, Tom Bower, Britain’s leading investigative biographer, unpicks the tangled web of courtroom drama, courtier politics and thwarted childhood dreams to uncover an astonishing story of love, betrayal, secrets and revenge.
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DUTY
Growing up in the 1970s on a tough council estate in North East England, career options were limited. As a young lad, I needed focus. Three days after my 17th birthday, the Royal Marines offered me that.
After serving in the Falklands and Northern Ireland, my career took another path, which eventually led me to almost three decades serving as a firefighter.My driving force for many roles in my life has been that of duty. Throughout life’s challenges, commiserations and celebrations, I began to appreciate just how fragile life can be – and learnt the importance of physical health, a positive mindset, and unbreakable resilience.
My story, my life, my duty.
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Reign of Royal (Memento Mori Book 1)
When the card is dropped, you are marked.
There is no escaping them, they come for their prey and will hunt until your blood soaks the ground beneath your cold lifeless body. They are the new generation and they have something to prove. They are hungry to show the OG’s that they are ready to lead, except, the crowned heir got tired of waiting and began the new generation under the name of the Memento Mori for he is the bringer of death.
The King of Clubs belongs to the heir.
The princess owns the Queen of Hearts.
Jack of Spades represents the coming Chaos.
Ace of Diamonds is for the Havoc.
It’s time for you to Reign Royal…
Those are the words that changed everything and forced us to come out of the shadows to mark our prey. They thought they could take out the Don and have us submit, we are the Memento Mori and bow to no one. We’ll infiltrate their armies and destroy them from the inside, one calling card at a time…
The cards are dropped and our victims are marked ready to be sent back to the hell they crawled out of but when the blonde-haired, green-eyed woman who hasn’t uttered a single word has me following her like a siren’s call, receives the Queen of Hearts, I’m forced to choose between her or them.
Do I break the rules and fight the ones I love most to keep her alive?
Sam’s Notes:
“Reign Of Royal” is the first book in this thrilling dark, twisted mafia series. In this series, you will get, enemies to lovers, lovers to enemies, loss, heartbreak, betrayal, and most of all, what the fu*k moments. These Murdochs are worse than the OG’s, they cannot and will not be controlled by their parents. Hold on tight ladies, these men and women are about to breach that tight forbidden muscle wall without any lube.
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A Right Royal Cozy Investigation Mystery EBox Set Vol 1: Three page turning female amateur sleuth cozy mysteries with a hint of humour
A game of wits between a Royal sleuth and a seasoned detective – but who will crack the case first in these three page-turning mysteries?
“Richard Osman and MC Beaton fans are going to love Helen Golden…Irrepressible, hilarious, intriguing and full of mischief, mayhem and red herrings.”
“I am a huge fan of ‘A Right Royal Cozy Investigation’ series and have read all the books. I love Helen’s writing style and find her humour sassy and fun to read.”
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Spruced Up For Murder
Death at Francis Court Now Confirmed as Murder! Speculation is rife that the victim, estate manager Alex Sterling (44), was found by Lady Beatrice (35), the Countess of Rossex, niece of King James. Lady Beatrice, who has finally come out of hiding following her son’s departure to boarding school, has been managing the project to refurbish and redesign the Events Suite at Francis Court, alongside Perry Juke. Heading up the murder investigation is Detective Chief Inspector Richard Fitzwilliam. Rumour has it that he and Lady Beatrice have a fractious history…Awful man! How dare Fitzwilliam suggest Lady Beatrice’s sister is the number one suspect for Alex’s murder. It could be any one of the staff who were on-site that morning. Well, she’ll show Mr High and Mighty Fitzwilliam! With her attention to detail, her clever dog Daisy, Perry’s imagination, and his partner’s contacts at Fenshire CID, they’ll find the murderer before him. And then they’ll see who’ll look like a fool. Because it won’t be Lady Beatrice, will it?
For Richer, For Deader
Is the Wedding Between TV’s Sir Hewitt Willoughby-Franklin’s Step-Daughter and Billionaire’s Son Off? Rumours are that the recent death of Kelley Lindsell (29), the personal chef of tycoon Rudy (68) and Sheri Trotman (65) at Sir Hewitt’s Fawstead Manor country estate in Fenshire, has spooked Sybil Bransgrove (36) so badly she’s considering cancelling her nuptials. Meanwhile the bride and her mother Lady Grace (61) are being supported by family friend Lady Beatrice (36), the Countess of Rossex, who, alongside her business partner Perry Juke, is currently managing the project to refurbish the Manor House and Lodge on the estate.Not again! Now that Lady Grace has asked amateur sleuth Lady Beatrice to liaise with the police during the investigation into Kelley’s death, she’ll have to cooperate with boorish Detective Chief Inspector Richard Fitzwilliam whether she likes it or not. Her only relief will be solving the murder with the help of her friends Perry and Simon and her dog Daisy to get rid of him faster. But with so many wedding party guests staying on-site, any one of them could be the killer. Can they find out who it is before Sybil calls off the wedding…
Not Mushroom For
TV Chef Luca Mazza Dies After Collapse at Food Show on the King’s Private Estate. Luca Mazza (38), who was taken ill during a food demonstration at the Fenn House Food and Wine Festival two days ago, is now known to have ingested poison. Lady Beatrice (36), the king’s niece, who is working on a refurbishment project at Fenn House with her business partner Perry Juke (34), is believed to be comforting Luca’s boss and close friend Sebastiano Marchetti (38), who she began dating last month.Is he crazy? Why else would Detective Chief Inspector Richard Fitzwilliam suggest that Sebastiano poisoned Luca without any evidence? So now, with the help of her little dog Daisy and her best friends Perry and Simon, amateur sleuth Lady Beatrice will have to prove to Mr Know-it-all Fitzwilliam that Seb is innocent. But with so many people having access to the food preparation area at the show how will she find out who did murder Luca before Fitzwilliam lets his personal dislike get the better of him and arrests Seb?
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The Royal Mile Murders: A superbly-twisty murder mystery set in Edinburgh. Book 2 of the Scottish Murders sub-series (The Maggie Bainbridge Mysteries)
It’s summer, and Edinburgh’s iconic Royal Mile is heaving with visitors. But a series of brutal murders, targeted at the city’s gay community, is causing widespread unease. Meanwhile, public discontent with the ruling Nationalist party has spilled on to the streets, whilst a loud-mouthed far-right challenger is stoking the fire of anti-English sentiment. But for private investigator Maggie Bainbridge, it’s business as usual, commissioned by charismatic politician Jack Urquhart to find out if his partner is having an affair. As for her fiancé DCI Frank Stewart, he’s reluctantly investigating the bizarre claim of a beautiful CIA spook that shady enemies of the state are secretly orchestrating this outbreak of civil mayhem. In Scotland? Surely not! But as the body-count starts to mount, and the awful truth slowly emerges, Maggie has to take drastic action to protect herself and the ones she loves.
The Royal Mile Murders is a fiendishly-twisty character-driven murder mystery, perfect for fans of Rachel McLean, Ann Cleeves and LJ Ross.Read more
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The Royal Daughter: A completely unputdownable and heartbreaking page-turner full of family secrets (The Lost Daughters Book 3)
“My darling B, my heart, my soul. I only wish we’d had longer. Longer to search for the daughter that I should never have given up. The daughter that I should have been brave enough to keep, brave enough to tell you about, brave enough to tell the world about.”London, present day.As Ella looks down at a faded black and white photograph of an unknown woman and child alongside a yellowing piece of sheet music, she wonders how the two things can possibly relate to her own family. The items were left for her family at Hope’s House, a home for unmarried mothers whose babies were adopted.
Soon Ella learns that the photograph was taken on the picturesque Greek island of Skopelos, nestled in the turquoise calming waters of the Aegean sea, and that the woman in the photo holds the key to her family’s heritage. As she opens up to her new flame Gabriel, he tells her that she should go to the island to unravel the mystery and that he will wait for her.
Though Ella is torn she decides to go and once there, she discovers a heart-wrenching story of a royal family forced to leave their country for a new life in London, and of a girl with a unique talent for music who captured the heart of a young violinist but was forced to leave him and London behind for the sake of her family.
When Ella discovers the sacrifice made by the two young lovers and comes face to face with her forgotten Greek family, will their story give her the courage to follow her own heart back to London and Gabriel, or will the beauty of the island capture her heart and lead her to a new love altogether?
A totally addictive and heartbreaking novel about the strength of family ties and never giving up on true love. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Lucinda Riley and Victoria Hislop.
This novel can be enjoyed as a standalone.
What everyone is saying about The Royal Daughter:
“Heart-wrenchingly beautiful book… just took my breath away. Made me have those big ugly tears. Made my heart beat fast… I loved reading this book… left me wanting the next book so bad… You really don’t want to miss this one… excellent… captivating… FIVE huge stars and a huge recommendation. Grab it and a box or two of kleenex.”Book Reviews by Linda Moore,
“What an emotional rollercoaster. So sad three times over, but joyous too, with a twist… The last few chapters were so good… This series is thrilling… Brilliant!” Goodreads reviewer,
“I don’t want this series to end! I love each one of these stories, and can’t wait to read the next one! Alexandra’s story just made my heart ache! Loved the ending!!!” @bookreviewsandfun,
“You’ll fall in love with this story, especially with picturesque Greece as the backdrop! I cannot wait for the next instalment!” @pawzingtoread,
“I loved this one just as much as the first two books in this series!… the story unfolds beautifully in both timelines and has the happy ending that I love so much.” Goodreads reviewer,
“An enchanting, emotional, heartbreaking read that brought tears to my eyes. A page turner with so many family secrets.” Goodreads reviewer,
“Brilliant… dual timeline story of enduring love and heartbreak… keeps you enthralled from page to page – I can’t wait for the next instalment.” Goodreads reviewer,
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God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen
Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder interrupts her Christmas cheer in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen.
Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans. She has moved to a house on the edge of the Sandringham estate, near the royal family, and wants to invite Darcy and his new bride for Christmas. Aunt Ermintrude hints that the queen would like Georgie nearby. Georgie had not known that Aunt Ermintrude was a former lady-in-waiting and close confidante of her royal highness. The letter is therefore almost a royal request, so Georgie, Darcy, and their Christmas guests: Mummy, Grandad, Fig, and Binky all head to Sandringham.
Georgie soon learns that the notorious Mrs. Simpson, mistress to the Prince of Wales, will also be in attendance. It is now crystal clear to Georgie that the Queen expects her to do a bit of spying. There is tension in the air from the get-go, and when Georgie pays a visit to the queen, she learns that there is more to her request than just some simple eavesdropping. There have been a couple of strange accidents at the estate recently. Two gentlemen of the royal household have died in mysterious circumstances and another has been shot by mistake during a hunt. Georgie begins to suspect that a member of the royal family is the real target but her investigation will put her new husband and love of her life, Darcy, in the crosshairs of a killer.
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The Royals: Warlock Court The Complete Series: Books 1-7
This box set includes all five books in The Warlock Court Series as well as the two companion novellas and is over a 1,000 pages of magic, epic romance, adventure, and twists you’ll never see coming!There’s no such thing as magical powers. . .
All my life the only kind of magic I’d ever seen was the sparkling jewels on fifth avenue. On the night of my sixteenth birthday all hell breaks loose, and by hell I mean me! I never felt power like this, so dark, so tempting, so out of my control! No one is safe around me. And now I’m being thrown into Warwick Academy.
An academy for the darker side of magic. . .the warlock side.
My captor, my savior, and the bane of my existence, Beckett Dust insists on keeping me here even though we can’t stand each other. I don’t care how drop dead gorgeous he is or that he rules the school like he owns it, I need to stay as far away from him as I can. His deepest desire is to turn me into a weapon in the great war to come. My deepest desire is . . . him. There’s a thin line between love and hate and right now I’m walking it.
Over twelve MILLION pages read. 3,000+ five-star review for the series. Now for a limited time, save over 50% compared to buying the individual books by reading the entire Warlock Court series in this special bundle deal!
Wickedly Awesome!
Another amazing read by this author. She will have you wanting to turn the pages just as fast as you can and not wanting to put your kindle/phone down. Get ready for no sleep and a cliffhanger hangover. You won’t be sorry for joining in on the Wickedness. Can’t wait to see what comes next from this author and series.
-B. Maddox, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★Amazing!
I came across Megan’s books by chance and when I did, I fell in love! I’ve read them and am currently rereading them again. The humor, the love, the tears…all of it was so perfectly put together. Megan’s stories have kept me company at night when I couldn’t sleep and have allowed me to drift away from my stress. Books are my happy place and when you combine happy place with Megan’s stories…you’re all set for a day away!!
-Brandy G, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★Must Read!!
This book was fantastic! I was immediately drawn in by the story and the characters. It will have you on the edge of your seat with the action, and your heart throbbing with the budding romance. I was so engaged in this book that I didn’t want it to end. I can’t wait for more!
-Cindy C, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★The best series ever!
Wow! Megan Montero is an amazing writer and the way she writes is out of this world! Her characters are fun, interesting and you just want to read more and more! I can hardly wait to find out what happens next to Beckett and Astrid!
-Kathleen G., Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★The Royals: Warlock Court bundle set includes all five books in the series and two series novellas packed with wicked magic, adventure, and enemies to lovers that you’ll be rooting for until the end. Titles include:
Wicked Omen
Wicked Wish
Wicked Lies
Wicked Hunt
Wicked Curse
Wicked Warlock
Wicked Ties
What are you waiting for? Scroll up and click buy now to find out why readers all over the world are addicted to The Royals: Warlock Court!!
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Lory the Lemur Learns Baby Sign Language
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Animal ABC: a British Sign Language story with the fingerspelling alphabet (Rhyme and Sign Book 4)
‘Having the alphabet signs in both Left and Right hand is a brilliant idea, as well as the animal BSL signs. Perfect addition to any bookshelf – not that it will stay on there for long…!’Snuggle in close, and let’s take a look; What could be waiting, inside our ABC book…?
The fourth children’s picture book in the much loved, award winning ‘Rhyme and Sign’ series from Little Signers Club.
Animal ABC, A Rhyme and Sign Alphabet, explores the British Sign Language alphabet in a way that is designed to enthral little ones.
Inside you’ll not only learn the BSL Alphabet and the accompanying animal signs, but discover the unwritten rules of English Language too.
Find out why learning the signed alphabet is more important than you might think for
- early independence
- life skills
- incredible preparation for literacy and language learning.
Animal ABC, A Rhyme and Sign Alphabet helps to gently develop emerging literacy and language skills in young children.
You won’t need any signing experience to be able to use and enjoy this book; it’s easy to use format will delight children of all ages – but without being too much, too soon.
Supported with sign language graphics from Cath Smith / Let’s Sign throughout, and captivating illustrations from Chris Hammond, learning your ABCs through sign language and the accompanying rhyming couplets has never been so much fun!
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Linguistic Coping Strategies in Sign Language Interpreting (Studies in Interpretation Book 14)
This ground-breaking work, originally published 15 years ago, continues to serve as the primary reference on the theories of omission potential and translational contact in sign language interpreting. In the book, noted scholar Jemina Napier explores the linguistic coping strategies of interpreters by drawing on her own study of the interpretation of a university lecture from English into Australian Sign Language (Auslan). A new preface by the author provides perspective on the importance of the work and how it fits within the scholarship of interpretation studies.The concept of strategic omissions is explored here as a tool that is consciously used by interpreters as a coping strategy. Instead of being a mistake, omitting part of the source language can actually be part of an active decision-making process that allows the interpreter to convey the correct meaning when faced with challenges. For the first time, Napier found that omission potential existed within every interpretation and, furthermore, she proposed a new taxonomy of five different conscious and unconscious omission types. Her findings also indicate that Auslan/English interpreters use both a free and literal interpretation approach, but that those who use a free approach occasionally switch to a literal approach as a linguistic coping strategy to provide access to English terminology. Both coping strategies help negotiate the demands of interpretation, whether it be lack of subject-matter expertise, dealing with dense material, or the context of the situation.
Napier also analyzes the interpreters’ reflections on their decision-making processes as well as the university students’ perceptions and preferences of their interpreters’ linguistic choices and styles. Linguistic Coping Strategies in Sign Language Interpreting is a foundational text in interpretation studies that can be applied to interpreting in different contexts and to interpreter training.
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Basic Sign Language BSL for Kids
This book is a guide for anyone who wants to learn basic British Sign Language.Sign language is a language in its own right. It is used as early as the toddler age to help express their feelings, wants, and needs. Sign language breaks down any barriers to communication, especially for children with special needs.
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The Sea-paddler’s Tale
Set in 1970, “The Sea-paddlers Tale” tells the true story of how, against all the odds and the accepted norms of the canoeing establishment, a young man gave up his job, built an Eskimo kayak and set out to fulfil a personal dream of making the first kayak circumnavigation of mainland Britain.Despite high level boat-handling skills, his early plans exposed a naivety concerning the numerous difficulties that required him to treat every day as an exercise in practical problem solving. Life-threatening battles with the sea were sometimes dwarfed by those on land in finding somewhere to sleep and eat on a minimalist budget.
There were moments of humour bordering the absurd, but more memorably, of extreme adventure and high drama, not least being robbed; spending a night astride a buoy and watching his kayak drift off on the tide. Time and again, when all seemed hopeless, he found people that were prepared to help him so that he was able to continue.
Anyone who has a taste for adventure, laced with grit, determination and resilience will find this a compulsive read.
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Mapton’s Pawfect Christmas: A Mapton Short Story (Mapton on Sea)
MAPTON’S PAWFECT CHRISTMAS
What says Christmas more than a Festive Fun Dog Show in Mapton? With rivalry between the judges, a grumpy pregnant vet about to pop, and cast of mischievous pooches causing havoc, things are about to go crackers.
Featuring a cast of dogs based on Mapton readers’ own pets, this will be sure to put a festive wag in your tail.
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Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel: A murderer plays a killer game in this charming, Scarborough-set cosy crime mystery (A Helen Dexter Cosy Crime Mystery Book 3)
The third in the page-turning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdownable whodunnit is perfect for fans of Julia Chapman’s Dales Detective Agency, Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, Betty Rowlands and Helen Cox.
Praise for Murder at the Seaview Hotel:
‘I loved this warm, humorous and involving whodunnit with its host of engaging characters and atmospheric Scarborough setting’ CLARE CHASE
‘Just the heart-warming tonic readers need right now. Endearing characters, intriguing twists and one very cute canine’ HELEN COX
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In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, a killer game is being played . . .Helen Dexter is enjoying the new four-star status of the Seaview Hotel. But she begins to wonder if this accolade is cursed when a series of disasters strike.
It starts when a crazy golf team arrive to play in a Scarborough tournament. Their odd behaviour heightens when the rival team captain turns up. Yet, there’s worse to come for Helen when one of the guests is murdered playing crazy golf.
Then the Seaview’s prize-winning cook Jean quits, leaving Helen devastated. And so, as Helen’s fiftieth birthday approaches, the last thing she’s in the mood for is a celebration. However, mysterious invitations arrive to a party that Helen doesn’t want.
Can Helen unmask the crazy golf killer, save the reputation of the Seaview, win Jean back and solve the mystery of the party invitations? With her rescue greyhound Suki by her side, Helen Dexter is on the case.
…………………………………………Don’t miss Helen and Suki’s first two cosy crime capers in Murder at the Seaview Hotel and Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel which are warmly praised:
‘I really do love this series. It is light, easy to read and a perfect cosy crime series. I highly recommend’
‘Wow I love this author. This book did not disappoint loved all the characters and how the author brought them to life. I enjoyed it so much I finished it within 24hrs’
‘A wholly entertaining mystery set . . . A fun plot and plenty of wry humour completes the package’
‘I really can’t wait for more seaside adventures!’
Love Glenda Young’s cosy crime? Don’t miss her acclaimed Ryhope-set sagas, Belle of the Back Streets, The Tuppenny Child, Pearl of Pit Lane, The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon, The Paper Mill Girl, The Miner’s Lass, A Mother’s Christmas Wish and The Sixpenny Orphan.
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Fantastic Creatures of the Mountains and Seas: A Chinese Classic
The gorgeously illustrated contemporary edition of an ancient Chinese text—for fans of fantastic beasts everywhere
Fantastic Creatures of the Mountains and Seas is a new translation for contemporary readers of a classic Chinese text that is at once the geography of an ancient world, a bestiary of mythical creatures, and a book of cultural and medicinal lore. Illustrated throughout with more than 180 two-color drawings that are so sinuous they move on the page, it is a work for lovers of fantasy and mythology, ancient knowledge, fabulous beasts, and inspired art.
The beings catalogued within these pages come from the regions of the known world, from the mountains and seas, the Great Wastelands, and the Lands Within the Seas that became China. They include spirits and deities and all sorts of strange creatures—dragons and phoenixes, hybrid beasts, some with human features, some hideous or with a call like wood splitting, or that portend drought or flood or bounty; others whose flesh cures disease or fends off nightmares, or whose pelt guarantees many progeny.
Drawn from The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Fantastic Creatures is the work of two members of China’s millennial generation, a young scholar and writer once known as the youngest “Genius of Chinese Cultural Studies” and an inspired illustrator trained in China and the United States, who together managed to communicate with the soul of a 4,000-year-old beast and have brought forth its strange beauty. Their work has been rendered into English by the foremost translator of modern Chinese literature in the West.Read more
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The Great South Sea (The Call of the Sea Book 9)
‘The Call of the Sea’ series has received more than 12,000 5-Star reviewsBloody Nick Turnhouse has returned from Mauritius to Bombay, where he is welcomed with orders received from London by the overland route. He is to frighten the Spanish by showing himself in a powerful ship of war off Manila and then along the Pacific coast of South America, lands which have not seen an enemy in a generation.
Unfortunately, the expected ration carrier has failed to arrive and is presumed lost and there are no barrels of beef and bags of biscuit to fill his depleted hold.
Nick sets off on a year-long voyage with less than six months of stores to hand. He has to scavenge food that his conservative crew will eat, from lands that do not grow wheat and where the beef cow is a rarity. The best hope, he suspects, must be to capture Spanish ships and garrisons and rob them of their rations.
He makes sure that the spirits room is stacked high with rum.
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Beyond That, the Sea: A Novel
“Spence-Ash has written the novel in eight points of view, but each character is utterly three-dimensional and distinct. This debut novel captivated me from start to finish.”
—Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton SeriesA sweeping, tenderhearted love story, Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash tells the story of two families living through World War II on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the shy, irresistible young woman who will call them both her own.
As German bombs fall over London in 1940, working-class parents Millie and Reginald Thompson make an impossible choice: they decide to send their eleven-year-old daughter, Beatrix, to America. There, she’ll live with another family for the duration of the war, where they hope she’ll stay safe.
Scared and angry, feeling lonely and displaced, Bea arrives in Boston to meet the Gregorys. Mr. and Mrs. G, and their sons William and Gerald, fold Bea seamlessly into their world. She becomes part of this lively family, learning their ways and their stories, adjusting to their affluent lifestyle. Bea grows close to both boys, one older and one younger, and fills in the gap between them. Before long, before she even realizes it, life with the Gregorys feels more natural to her than the quiet, spare life with her own parents back in England.
As Bea comes into herself and relaxes into her new life—summers on the coast in Maine, new friends clamoring to hear about life across the sea—the girl she had been begins to fade away, until, abruptly, she is called home to London when the war ends.
Desperate as she is not to leave this life behind, Bea dutifully retraces her trip across the Atlantic back to her new, old world. As she returns to post-war London, the memory of her American family stays with her, never fully letting her go, and always pulling on her heart as she tries to move on and pursue love and a life of her own.
As we follow Bea over time, navigating between her two worlds, Beyond That, the Sea emerges as a beautifully written, absorbing novel, full of grace and heartache, forgiveness and understanding, loss and love.
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Dishonour in Denmark (The Call of the Sea Book 10)
The Royal Navy is larger than it has ever been – nearly eight hundred ships and one hundred and twenty thousand men – and it is too small for the tasks demanded of it if the war is to be won.British hardwood forests have been destroyed, with the exception of the untouchable New Forest. It is impossible to build enough ships to make up for losses, let alone to expand. At least twenty of the ships at sea are unfit for service, may well sink in the next storm.
The sole answer is to find an ally with a large fleet, or to capture the ships required, which is easier said than done.
Denmark has a large ocean-going fleet, but is neutral and terrified of France. Nick Turnhouse is tasked to find a way of taking the Danish fleet, laid up in Copenhagen, intact and immediately usable.
There is a way – provided he and the government of the day are prepared to sacrifice honour and decency. Perfidious Albion may yet prevail.
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The Forgotten Farmhouse by the Sea: An emotional and uplifting tale of secrets and second chances (Welcome to Anglesey)
‘One of my favourite reads of 2023… you just have to read it. Absolutely brilliant.’ Reader review,
When a ramshackle cliffside farmhouse comes on the market on the island of Anglesey, Nan Green is determined to make it the family home of her dreams. After convincing her reluctant husband Robin to make the move, Nan sets out to restore the tumbledown house to its former glory, just like she remembers it from childhood holidays on the island.
As she settles into coastal life, Nan learns that her new home comes with a secret past that’s somehow connected to her mother, who won’t even step across the threshold and refuses to explain why. At the same time, Robin grows ever more distant, working away for weeks at a time, leaving her to care for their twin girls alone.
Devoting all her energy to transforming the old house, Nan’s wounds gradually start to heal, new friendships grow, and family secrets are set free. Soon Nan learns that her dream was about more than a perfect home by the sea. It was about finding out how to finally be happy…
Fans of Susanne O’Leary, Amanda Prowse, Liz Eeles and Sheila O’Flanagan will adore The Forgotten Farmhouse by the Sea.
What readers are saying about The Forgotten Farmhouse by the Sea:
‘One of my most favourite reads of 2023… you just have to read it. Absolutely brilliant.’ Reader review,
‘Outstanding… be prepared to shelve any other plans whilst you are reading this book.’ Reader review,
‘Captured my heart… you won’t want to put this one down!’ Reader review
‘Sweeps the reader away… you will cheer for our main character and love the description of her life in Anglesey… I read it in one sitting.’ Reader review,
‘I literally binged it overnight… hits you right in the feels… gets a hearty recommendation from me!’ Reader review,
‘Found myself reading late into the night… beautiful, compassionate.’ Reader review,
‘Read it in one day… I just could not stop reading.’ Reader review,
‘Truly marvellous… kept me pinned to the pages until the wee hours.’ Reader review
‘Love love love… draws you in immediately and gets you so invested in each character’s story… could not recommend it enough!’ Reader review
‘Amazing… a lovely, cosy read for those autumn nights.’ Reader review
‘Beautifully written, captivating… grasps your attention to the very last page.’ Reader review
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The Sea: 365 reflections
Throughout history, legend and myth, the sea has symbolized power and freedom, strength and serenity and has inspired poets, philosophers, astronomers and artists.
Reflections upon the sea from literature, philosophy, science and ancient wisdom are gathered together in this enchanting collection.
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The Magic of Tinned Fish: Elevate Your Cooking with Canned Anchovies, Sardines, Mackerel, Crab, and Other Amazing Seafood
Named one of The Best Cookbooks of 2021 by The New York Times“Excellent. . . . Thanks to McDade’s assured guidance, those curious about this understated pantry staple will have no trouble diving in. Salty and satisfying, these recipes hit the spot.”
—Publishers WeeklyTINNED FISH IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT INGREDIENTS: brilliantly versatile, harvested and preserved at the peak of its quality and flavor, more economical than fresh seafood will ever be, as healthy and nutrient-packed as food gets. Focusing on sustainable and easy-to-find anchovies, sardines, mackerel, shellfish, and more, here are 75 recipes that will change the way we think about and cook with tinned fish. Whether it’s creating an addictively delicious Spaghetti con le Sarde, transforming a pork roast with a mackerel-based “tonnato” sauce, elevating mac and cheese with crab, or digging into the simplest and best snack ever—anchovies, bread, and butter—cooking with tinned fish is pure magic.
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David Bowie FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Rock’s Finest Actor
David Bowie was one of the world’s most famous rock stars. But, as David Bowie FAQ shows, he was also far more than that. After spending the latter part of the 1960s searching for the best medium through which to express his artistic aspirations—and trying out several performing arts in the process—he experienced fleeting but significant success in music with the top-ten UK hit “Space Oddity,” released at the time of the successful Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969.
Subsequently he achieved true international fame in the early 1970s through playing the role of the androgynous alien rock-star Ziggy Stardust. From here he went on to a career that spanned five decades, exploring numerous artistic disciplines, challenging societal mores and conventions, and building a platform of constant change and reinvention. Whereas most rock stars would find a winning formula and rigidly stick to it to avoid alienating their fans, David Bowie made stylistic variation his cornerstone—an entirely new and model for rock stardom.
But David Bowie was more than a rock star. Reflecting an approach to art that knew no boundaries, he also made his mark in movie acting, legitimate stage acting, and more. There was a unifying factor in all of the roles he played, regardless of medium, because even from childhood he’d felt himself to be an outsider, alienated and estranged. Bowie’s fans quickly recognized this quality in him, and it created a bond that went far beyond the usual star-fan relationship. Through David Bowie, fans found themselves able to accept their sense of difference as a positive thing rather than a negative one. David Bowie didn’t simply entertain people—he empowered them.
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