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Aurora:In Search of the Northern Lights
Aurora:In Search of the Northern Lights
Dr Melanie Windridge
¥95.26
The beautiful aurorae, or northern lights, are the stuff of legends. The ancient stories of the Sami people warn that if you mock the lights they will seize you, and their mythical appeal continues to capture the hearts and imagination of people across the globe. Aurora explores the visual beauty, ancient myths and science of the northern lights and challenges the popular theory of how the lights are formed. Plasma physicist Melanie Windridge explains this extraordinary and evocative phenomenon, a scientific marvel unlike any other in which the powers of astronomy, geology, magnetism and atomic physics combine to create one of the wonders of the natural world. As Melanie travels in search of the perfect aurora, she uncovers the scientific realities of this plasmic phenomenon full of natural power. She combines the science behind the lights with a fascinating travelogue as she pursues the aurora across the northern hemisphere – from the Arctic Circle to Scotland.
Walking Through Spring
Walking Through Spring
Graham Hoyland
¥73.58
Walking Through Spring follows Graham Hoyland’s journey as he creates a new national trail, walking with the Spring from the south coast in March up to the border with Scotland, which he reaches on the longest day:the twenty-first of June. How does the Earth’s angle to the sun make the seasons change? Which plants start blooming first? Which birds survive the bitter winter in our hedgerows and which arrive from overseas? Graham Hoyland introduces us to England’s unique botanical, geographical and social landscape as Spring unfolds across the country – from dairy cows cantering and kicking their heels when released into lush meadows in the West Country, to new lambs in the Peak District. Avoiding roads, Walking Through Spring begins on the sea shore at Lymington, up through the New Forest, following the old ways to Salisbury and Bath, then heads north along the Cotswold Escarpment, up the River Wye through England’s secret county of Herefordshire to Offa’s Dyke. Hoyland takes us through John Lewis-Stempel’s famous meadowland, across the Malvern Hills and along canal tow-paths to the Pennine Way, Yorkshire Dales and the English Border country. The journey also engages with England’s rural characters:farmers, tractor drivers, pub landlords and narrow-boat owners. What does Spring mean to them? Is it really getting earlier every year? Away from the streams of gleaming cars and motorways, can Springtime help us reconnect with the old England of The Wildwood and Pan?
Every Time a Bell Rings
Every Time a Bell Rings
Carmel Harrington
¥37.47
Belle has taken all the Christmas decorations down. This year they won’t be celebrating. As foster parents, Belle and Jim have given many children the chance of a happier start in life. They’ve loved them as if they were their own. They shouldn’t have favourites but little Lauren has touched their hearts. And now her mother is well enough to take her back and Belle can’t bear the loss. Hence, Christmas is cancelled. So when Jim crashes his car one icy December night, after an argument about Lauren, Belle can only blame herself. Everything she loves is lost. And Belle finds herself standing on The Ha’Penny Bridge wishing she had never been born. But what happens to a Christmas wish when an angel is listening… Will Belle realise, before it’s too late, that her life is the most wonderful life of all? Inspired by the timeless tale of beloved Christmas movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, Carmel Harrington’s next book tells the story of Belle, a young woman and foster carer from Dublin who faces the hardest decision of her life this Christmas on The Ha’Penny Bridge. Full of Irish charm, magic, and the warmth of the festive season this is an emotional, heartwarming story that will stay with you long after you’ve reached ‘The End’. Perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern & Jojo Moyes. Carmel is the bestselling author of The Life You Left & Beyond Grace’s Rainbow, voted Romantic eBook of the Year 2013.
The Silent Cry:Part 3 of 3
The Silent Cry:Part 3 of 3
Cathy Glass
¥15.60
The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help. The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. It’s a big, exciting moment for Laura when she decides to finally take her new baby out to the school playground for the first time ever. What should be a happy, magical moment quickly sours, however, when Laura suddenly feels queasy and runs off back home. None of the other schoolyard mothers seem to notice this troubled, struggling woman – apart from Cathy. But when Cathy tries to help, she finds herself hitting wall after wall. Laura needs medical help but refuses to see a doctor. Her own cold mother refuses to help. It is left to Cathy to try and bring light to this dark and dangerous place.
Can I Let You Go?:Part 1 of 3
Can I Let You Go?:Part 1 of 3
Cathy Glass
¥28.45
Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child. Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and vulnerable, and normally lives with her grandparents, both of whom have mobility problems. Cathy and her children welcome Faye into their home and hearts. The care plan is for Faye to stay with Cathy until after the birth when she will return home and the baby will go for adoption. Given that Faye never goes out alone it is something of a mystery how she ever became pregnant and Faye says it’s a secret. To begin with Faye won’t acknowledge she is pregnant or talk about the changes in her body as she worries it will upset her grandparents, but after her social worker assures her she can talk to Cathy she opens up. However, this leads to Faye realizing just how much she will lose and she changes her mind and says she wants to keep her baby. Is it possible Faye could learn enough to parent her child? Cathy believes it is, and Faye’s social worker is obliged to give Faye the chance.
The Sirt Diet Cookbook
The Sirt Diet Cookbook
Jacqueline Whitehart
¥60.14
The SIRT Diet shows how to incorporate tasty SIRT superfoods into your daily routine and how these foods can help burn fat, increase muscle definition and boost health. The world of nutrition has been revolutionized by the discovery of a chemical compound naturally found in certain fruits and vegetables called ‘sirtuins.’ These chemicals control the way our bodies deal with fat and sugar, helping to reduce hunger, burn fat and boost anti-ageing health. Not only do these sirtuin-activating foods – or, SIRT foods – aid weight loss, but they also help build muscle without any additional exercise. People incorporating SIRT foods into their diets have found their bodies get skinnier, leaner and fitter without the time-consuming and hefty price tag of a gym. The best part is that transforming your body is really easy as lots of everyday, tasty favourites are SIRT foods – like olives, tofu, blackcurrants, kale, cocoa and green tea. Best selling diet expert Jacqueline Whitehart presents a selection of SIRT food rich recipes, meal planners and useful shopping tips to help you transform your diet and find a quick and easy way to lose weight, replacing flab for muscle definition. All the while still eating delicious favourites like dark chocolate, apples and red wine! The SIRT Diet jumpstarts your fat-burning genes by restricting to 800 calories for the first two days of the week, and then allowing 1,500 SIRT-rich calories for the other five. Jacqueline provides an easy to follow four-week meal plan with over 100 feel-good, calorie-counted recipes packed with these superfoods, from grilled chicken with lemon and olives to pomegranate cheesecake. So what are you waiting for? Get ready for a whole new you!
Foxlowe
Foxlowe
Eleanor Wasserberg
¥66.22
A chilling, compulsive debut about group mentality, superstition and betrayal – and a utopian commune gone badly wrong We were the Family, and Foxlowe was our home. There was me – my name is Green – and my little sister, Blue. There was October, who we called Toby, and Ellensia, Dylan, Liberty, Pet and Egg. There was Richard, of course, who was one of the Founders. And there was Freya. We were the Family, but we weren’t just an ordinary family. We were a new, better kind of family. We didn’t need to go to school, because we had a new, better kind of education. We shared everything. We were close to the ancient way of living and the ancient landscape. We knew the moors, and the standing stones. We celebrated the solstice in the correct way, with honey and fruit and garlands of fresh flowers. We knew the Bad and we knew how to keep it away. And we had Foxlowe, our home. Where we were free. There really was no reason for anyone to want to leave.
All Aboard:A perfect feel good romance (The Canal Boat Café, Book 1)
All Aboard:A perfect feel good romance (The Canal Boat Café, Book 1)
Cressida McLaughlin
¥28.15
Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to rescue the Canal Boat Café, her late mother’s picturesque narrowboat, which has run into choppy waters. A family friend, Valerie, has been trying to keep things afloat, but the coffee machine is jammed, the cake offerings are paltry, and not all of the locals want to see the café succeed. Help comes from the boat next door, in the shape of handsome wildlife photographer, Mason and his naughty Border Terrier, who are showing more than a passing interest in Summer and her adorable Bichon Frise, Latte. But is Mason being honest about himself? Or does he have something to hide? As her life and the community of Willowbeck begin to entwine, Summer finds herself setting sail on a new adventure. Will the anchor of a steady life on land be too strong, or can Summer learn to cut loose and embrace life afloat?
Marrying the Manhattan Millionaire (Mills & Boon Romance)
Marrying the Manhattan Millionaire (Mills & Boon Romance)
Jackie Braun
¥23.05
Successful executive Samantha Bradford never underestimates the opposition. So when her ex-fiance and business rival, Michael Lewis, comes back to town, she thinks she's ready for all his tricks. The confident swagger. The devastating smile. The irresistible sex appeal. And the uncompromising determination that had pulled them together--and then pushed them apart.Now they're both bidding to land the same huge account. The stakes are high...and the buzz of working together is intoxicating. But the real merger on the table is more than strictly business....
Adopted:Family in a Million (Mills & Boon Romance)
Adopted:Family in a Million (Mills & Boon Romance)
Barbara McMahon
¥23.05
When Zack Morgan discovers he's a father, and that his little boy was given up for adoption, he decides to find him. He has to know his son is okay.Life is a struggle for single mom Susan Johnson, but she loves being Danny's mother. When Zack unexpectedly comes into their lives, he lights up their world.Zack intended to keep his distance, but he's found the family of his dreams. Only, Susan has no idea who he really is....
Hired:Nanny Bride (Mills & Boon Romance)
Hired:Nanny Bride (Mills & Boon Romance)
Cara Colter
¥23.05
Playboy tycoon Cole doesn't expect to be confronted with a frumpy nanny and a howling baby in his expensively furnished office. But the child is his nephew, so he steps in to help!Dannie Springer has been hiding behind her staid nanny uniform since she got her heart broken. Yet over the weeks with , she starts to see the man beneath the designer suits--and she is secretly wishing he could see the real her....
His Princess in the Making (Mills & Boon Romance) (Suddenly Royal!, Book 2)
His Princess in the Making (Mills & Boon Romance) (Suddenly Royal!, Book 2)
Melissa James
¥23.05
When Lia Costa discovers overnight that she's a princess and is betrothed to a royal duke, it turns her world upside down! Because regal duty means she can never tell her best friend, Toby, how she really feels....Firefighter Toby Winder has always secretly loved Lia. But, watching her swap her apartment for a palace, he realizes he must now compete with an entire kingdom for her attention!
Hired:The Italian's Bride (Mills & Boon Romance) (Heart to Heart, Book 23)
Hired:The Italian's Bride (Mills & Boon Romance) (Heart to Heart, Book 23)
Donna Alward
¥23.05
Mariella Ross has built a new life for herself at the Fiori Cascade hotel, and she isn't going to allow the new owner's devil-may-care attitude to disrupt her hard work! Even if Luca Fiori's laid-back charm and infectious smile are giving her butterflies....Luca's showing Mari a side of life she's almost forgotten. Overcoming her dark past won't be easy, but with Luca by her side, Mari's beginning to feel that anything might be possible....
The Sicilian's Bride (Mills & Boon Romance) (Escape Around the World, Book 2)
The Sicilian's Bride (Mills & Boon Romance) (Escape Around the World, Book 2)
Carol Grace
¥23.05
Inheriting a Sicilian vineyard and tumbledown farmhouse is Isabel Morrison's chance to start again. A graduate of the school of hard knocks, she's determined to stand on her own two feet.Local vintner Dario Montessori wants Isabel's land. It once belonged to his family and he blames himself for losing it. He'll do anything to claim his vineyard--and only a stubborn redhead stands in his way....
Miss Maple and the Playboy (Mills & Boon Romance)
Miss Maple and the Playboy (Mills & Boon Romance)
Cara Colter
¥24.53
Primary-school teacher Beth Maple is cautious and conventional. Until stand-in dad Ben Anderson appears at the school gates. Beth is besotted!With his confident swagger and good looks, Ben is dangerously out of her league. Yet being around him makes her feel truly alive....
Keeping Her Baby's Secret (Mills & Boon Romance) (Baby on Board, Book 25)
Keeping Her Baby's Secret (Mills & Boon Romance) (Baby on Board, Book 25)
Raye Morgan
¥24.53
You can count on me. You don't have to be alone.Diana Collins can't believe she's hearing these words from her former secret crush, Cameron Van Kirk. Popular, gorgeous and from the richest family in town, he was always out of her league.Now Cameron's back after ten years, and he's telling Diana--who is pregnant and alone--that he wants to help her.His duty is to his family dynasty. Hers is to her baby, whose secret she's keeping. What's Diana to do?
A Special Kind of Family (Mills & Boon Medical)
A Special Kind of Family (Mills & Boon Medical)
Marion Lennox
¥24.53
Having recently accepted a new job and rejected a marriage proposal, Dr. Erin Carmody was already reeling. So, after crashing her car and staggering to the door of Dr. Dom Spencer, she barely knew which way was up. At least that was how she rationalized the crazy, wonderful attraction she felt for this man she'd only just met. But as Erin healed, she began to believe in the unbelievable. Perhaps she was meant to be here--helping Dom care for the people of Bombadeen, being a mother to his foster sons. Dom had shown her what true love was--if only he'd let her prove to him that what they had was real....
Pregnant Midwife:Father Needed (Mills & Boon Medical)
Pregnant Midwife:Father Needed (Mills & Boon Medical)
Fiona McArthur
¥24.53
Different characters to The Pregnant Midwife, also by Fiona McArthur. Rescue medic Angus Campbell meets every difficult situation head-on. But bonding with his newfound son will require more than his professional training -- it will take his heart and his time. Angus's childhood home, Lyrebird Lake, is the best place to find both of those things. Pregnant midwife Mia is expecting a new arrival -- though this six-foot sex god is a total surprise! Mia does her best not to get involved, yet she can't help but realize that if she and Angus were to marry, his son and her baby would have the perfect family...but would they have love?
The Mystery Man of Whitehorse (Mills & Boon Intrigue) (Whitehorse, Montana, Book
The Mystery Man of Whitehorse (Mills & Boon Intrigue) (Whitehorse, Montana, Book
B.J. Daniels
¥24.53
SOMETIMES NAUGHTY SOMETIMES NICE NO ONE KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS COWBOY PACKAGEMontana had never seen a man like Bridger Duvall before. Quiet as the rugged stranger kept, he sure had the whole town talking. Setting up stakes in Whitehorse proper, he was in for the long haul--and looking for a sweet, hardworking female to join his company. Laci Cavanaugh thought she could unravel the town's biggest mystery by working for him. But Bridger had other plans.Whatever his angle was, Laci couldn't suss it out. After one murder threatened to spiral into more, the truth became scarce. On that Laci and Bridger could agree, even if their loyalties lay on different sides. Could they put their differences aside to ensure that everyone got what they wanted for Christmas?
The Rebel of Penhally Bay (Mills & Boon Medical) (Brides of Penhally Bay, Book 1
The Rebel of Penhally Bay (Mills & Boon Medical) (Brides of Penhally Bay, Book 1
Caroline Anderson
¥24.53
Everyone remembers heartbreaking bad-boy Sam Cavendish ; but none more so than shy practice nurse Gemma Johnson. She's spent ten long years trying desperately to forget their secret whirlwind wedding, but from the moment she sees Sam's familiar sparkling eyes she knows the passion between them is as intense as ever. . . Now a high-flying doctor, Sam has taken a job at the Penhally Bay Surgery. Gemma just can't understand why. Little does she know that this rebel has a cause:to win the heart of the only woman he's ever loved. . .
The Surgeon's New-Year Wedding Wish (Mills & Boon Medical)
The Surgeon's New-Year Wedding Wish (Mills & Boon Medical)
Laura Iding
¥24.53
Trauma surgeon Leila Ross's new colleague, emergency doctor Quinn Torres, might be the most arrogant man she's ever met--but he's also the sexiest! Quinn has closed his heart to love. With his little boy to protect, he knows he can't let anyone get too close. But the moment he takes Leila into his arms at their friend's New Year's Eve wedding, he feels a spark between them he just can't ignore. As Leila dances with Quinn she sees something in his eyes that tempts her to take a chance on love one more time. Might her wish for marriage and a family finally come true?