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I learned from my family that most things could be achieved – the challenge was finding a way. Blind from birth, Graeme Innes was blessed. Blessed because he had a family who refused to view his blind
Gardeners have a special affection for those plants generally classified as 'alpines'. They are, for the most part, easy to grow, once the particular conditions of their natural habitat are understood
17-year-old Beatrice Whaley and her wildly vivid dreams about the American Revolution are back - much to her dismay! After barely surviving a battle against the British Army in the first volume, she''
A collection of witty, at times absurd, but always entertaining short stories from one of the most esteemed writers of Classic Crime. Spanning Inspector Appleby's cases from his youth to his time as
The Continuum Shakespeare Dictionaries provide authoritative yet accessible guides to the principal subject-areas covered by the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. The dictionaries provide readers with
Inferior Politics explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Parliament proved capable of generating national legislation noneth
