The author relates his life at Monty's Leap, his farm in Cornwall, with his cat, two donkeys and the many people who find their way there having read his "Minack Chronicles".
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Recipes for cooking unrefined foods in ways that preserve their nutrient flavour and fibre content. Most of the recipes are vegetarian, but some require eggs or minimal meat. The introduction details the health benefits of wholefood...
- Author: Peters, EllisSummary:
One Thursday, just before lunchtime, Annet Beck goes out to mail a letter and doesn't return. After five days she returns insisting she has been gone for only two hours. She has been seen near a murder site whilst away. Who is she...
- Author: DRABBLE, MargaretSummary:
Sequel to "The radiant way", this novel continues the story of Alix, Liz and Esther and focuses on the industrial city of Northam in Yorkshire, where the problems and opportunities of eighties Britain are vividly encapsulated.
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Mary-Anna Clutterworth and Sandra Sutton are bitter enemies, until they have to spend an afternoon in town together and get lost.
- Author: Clarke, JudithSummary:
Nothing is more important to 14-year-old Al Capsella and his friends than being "normal", even if they are not sure what normal means. Yet despite his heroic efforts to conform, Al faces a crippling pair of obstacles: his...
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Accompany Sam the dog around the farmyard.
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Short stories by three of the world's leading writers of horror fiction. Subjects range from hauntings and witchcraft to werewolves and alternative universes.
- Author: Evanovich, JanetSummary:
When 'Wild' Bill Barnaby drops off the face of the earth, big sister Alex heads for Miami to save her brother. Battling bad-hair-day humidity, Miami hit men, and Palmetto bugs big enough to eat her alive, Alex pursues Bill...
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Remarkable story of one woman's triumph over poverty in Russia and her eventual immigration to Australia on board a migrant ship.
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Something terrible has happened at the Soviet nuclear plant at Sokolskoye. To avoid absolute catastrophe, Western technology is needed, but not sanctioned. A group of desperate people join forces in an attempt to smuggle the equipment...
- Author: Kerr, IanSummary:
A fictional diary of the author's experiences during a three week stay in hospital. An amusing, yet moving, account of a person who battles to stay honest with God despite oddball visitors, outrageous medical procedures, and...
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Oliver Moffitt's pet care service has looked after dogs, cats, birds and even two goldfish. He takes in a wild duck with a broken wing and hopes to keep it as a pet after it has healed.
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In 1982, British spymaster Ferguson learns from a Soviet defector that there is a special KGB agent at work in Ireland. Could this deep-cover agent, code-named `Cuchalain', be the ruthless assassin who has been heightening Catholic...
- Author: Broome, ErrolSummary:
Written for primary school children, this book explores the world of sports and athletics with emphasis on Australian athletes.
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A collection of sixteen Greek myths, retold for children. The collection includes Jason, Theseus and Odysseus, of Icarus who flies too close to the sun, and King Midas whose magic touch turns everything to gold.
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A selection of poetry chosen from the best works of Michael Dugan and Doug Macleod with jokes and fun, hilarious domestic life and strange forms of domestic nonsense.
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A novel of an English family who arrive in India in 1905. When the two sons of the family become captivated by an Indian dancer, sinister overtones colour the family's life.
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Michael has become "the keeper" of a dramatic secret. One hundred years after a nuclear holocaust it will have powerful consequences for his people as they face a menace from the past - and it will change his own life forever...
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In the terrible days that follow the Assyrian attack on the Jewish people, Benjamin, grandson of the prophet Isaiah, sets off with other refugees including Adad, a young blind soldier. Were Isaiah's words about "the eyes of...