Let the Peacock Sing


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A captivating and unrequited love story is set against the action-packed background of the French Resistance in 1942, where a sophisticated, fashion-conscious Countess, Henriette, owner of a Chateau winery in South West France, is also the head of several Resistance Groups. She falls in love with Pere Louis, the Abbot of a local monastery, also a doctor, who leads a double life as a Resistance leader. A beautiful young female English radio operator and explosives expert, with a killer instinct, parachutes in to help plan the destruction of factories producing weapons and aircraft parts, dynamiting railways, and the ambush of a German armored column. Gripping, and masterfully written, the daring and adrenaline pumping exploits create a breathless suspense, taking the reader on an emotional roller coaster as people struggle to outwit the Gestapo. Let the Peacock Sing, is an engrossing story of survival and Resistance, filled with raw emotions of loss and love, even as underground preparations are being made to support the Allied landings on D-Day, June 6th.




Where the Peacocks Sing


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An international journalist meets, falls in love, and marries an Indian journalist who also happens to be a landed prince with a run-down palace in need of serious repair.




Where the Peacocks Sing


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A journalist recounts her romantic journey from Hong Kong’s jet set to a small Indian village—where she discovers her Prince Charming is an actual prince. Alison Singh Gee was a glamorous magazine writer with a serious Jimmy Choo habit, a weakness for five-star Balinese resorts, and a reputation for dating highborn British men. Then she met Ajay, a charming and unassuming Indian journalist, and her world turned upside down. Traveling from her shiny, rapid-fire life in Hong Kong to Ajay’s native village, Alison learns that not all is as it seems. Turns out that Ajay is a landed prince (of sorts), but his family palace is falling to pieces. Replete with plumbing issues, strange noises, and intimidating relatives, her new love’s ramshackle palace, Mokimpur, is a broken-down relic in desperate need of a makeover. And Alison wonders if she can soldier on for the sake of the man who just might be her soul mate. This modern-day fairytale takes readers on a cross-cultural journey from the manicured gardens of Beverly Hills, to the bustling streets of Hong Kong and finally to the rural Indian countryside as Alison comes to terms with her complicated new family, leaves the modern world behind, and learns the true meaning of home.




Mr Peacock's Possessions


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An intimate, intense and beautifully realised novel of possession, power and the liberating loss of innocence, this will delight fans of MISTER PIP and THE POISONWOOD BIBLE. Oceania, 1879. For two years the Peacocks, a determined family of settlers, have struggled to make a remote volcanic island their home. At last, a ship appears. The six Pacific Islanders on board have travelled over eight hundred miles in search of new horizons. Hopes are high, until a vulnerable boy vanishes. In their search for the lost child, settlers and newcomers together uncover far more than they were looking for. The island's secrets force young Lizzie Peacock to question her deepest convictions, and slowly this tiny, fragile community begins to fracture . . . 'Intelligent, beautifully written' The Times 'Historical fiction fans, meet your new favourite author' Stella Magazine 'Beautifully written, immaculately researched and powerfully imagined' Lancashire Evening Post




Becoming Anya


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When a young Irish nun, a surgical nurse is assigned to work in Africa with a Swiss/Italian doctor, a widower, emotional sparks fly. Born in a Gaelic village in the West of Ireland, Anya, a precocious and bright child, escapes from an alcoholic and abusive father, by joining an order of nuns. "I saw you like a beautiful bird wanting to fly but having its wings clipped" admitted her mother. Falling in love and feeling the world had left her behind, she makes a soul wrenching decision. Overcoming tragedy and crises during five years of World War II, but supported by loving relationships, her spirit is finally set free. Against all odds she achieves the highest nursing position in England. Anya finally becomes the woman she was meant to be.




Come on Everybody, Let's Sing!


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Written by the author of Music for Fun, Music for Learning, the book incorporates a child's activities such as singing, dancing, playing instruments and body movements and gestures to develop the understanding of musical concepts, musical literacy and an appreciation for different kinds of music as well as co-ordination, motor and listening skills, social skills and acquisition of basic facts. Intended to be a useful and practical resource for teachers, parents and leaders of all children, Come on Everybody Let's Sing! also encourages a greater use of music with special students. The audio package offers songs from each chapter of the book professionally recorded and produced to provide both the teacher and students with excellent representations of the songs as set out in the book. Preschool-Grade 6.




Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?


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What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the animals make. And they'll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book-- look at the last page Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle are two of the most respected names in children's education and children's illustrations. This collaboration, their first since the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (published more than thirty years ago and still a best-seller) shows two masters at their best. A Redbook Children's Picture Book Award winner The rollicking companion to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?




Let the Willows Weep


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Birddog Harlin is a willful and bitter woman whose husband leaves suddenly one morning. She is left with her sad and angry daughter. Birddog, feeling the detachment from her only child, recalls her own difficult past filled with the hurt of death, abandonment and loneliness. Painful memories flood her mind, forcing Birddog, who is teetering between self-destruction and redemption, to choose whether she will rise above her pain or whether she will fall.




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How to Live Righeteoustly


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This is a Christian book which is a guide on how to live righteously. It incorporates the message on how to live righteously through stories, examples, songs, spoken word, prayers and even biblical verses which are essential in getting the message across clearly. The bible gives the reader a reference and it gives the meaning of this book in that if one want to live a righteous life his/her life must go hand in hand with the word. The book also helps the reader to know how to pray effectively since its also a guide interms of prayer as well. There are songs and spoken words which I as the owner of these book permit all readers to use as praise songs in churches, congregation or any other worship place in order to pass across the message for in so doing the purpose of this book will be fulfilled. This book is also a guide to those who have not known Christ yet for it brings them to his knowledge and acceptance if they are willing to take their time and study this masterpiece. It gives them the merits of accepting Christ and demerits of living in sin hence leaving them with guidance interms of decision making while making a chooice between what is right and wrong and it makes their choice simple by revealing to them that two wrongs can’t make a right and so they are elevated to choose the best. This book also offers guidance not only on how those who are saved can live righteously but also helps win convert for Christ as well. It contains nine different chapters and subchapters which are meant not only to pass the message across clearly but differently to suit each and everyone level of understanding hence making it suitable for all audiences. This chapters are : CHARPTER 1: INDENTIFY GOOD ROLE MODELS. CHARPER 2 : PUT YOUR WORDS INTO ACTIONS, CHARPER 3 : DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST. CHARPTER 4: WITHOUT LORD MY EFFORT IS USELESS. CHARPTER 5: LORD HOLDS THE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS. CHARPTER 6: THE TRUE WISDOM. CHARPTER 7 : ETERNAL LIFE. CHARPTER 8 : TO LIVE IS CHRIST. CHARPTER 9: WITHOUT A BLEMISH.