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Rosie
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Lesley Pearse
Will Rosie ever escape from her brutal brothers? As a child Rosie Parker spent the war years battling her brutish half-brothers Seth and Norman on the farm under the less-than-watchful eye of her father Cole. But when housekeeper Heather Farley arrives, Rosie finds a mother - and a friend - to look after her. Several years later, Thomas Farley ...
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Rough Cider
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Peter Lovesey
The author of the highly acclaimed The False Inspector Dew and The Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray mysteries presents a tense and gripping crime novel about a lonely college professor who is haunted by the arrest and murder conviction of a G.I. in World War II England.
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Various
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Steve Augarde
The first novel in a gripping trilogy about 11-year-old Midge and her discovery of the Various, a tribe of fairies whose livelihood and existence becomes increasingly threatened.
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A House Unlocked
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Penelope Lively
In presenting this tour of the English country house purchased by her family in the 1920s, the esteemed novelist Penelope Lively chronicles a history much larger than merely that of the family inhabiting it. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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Glastonbury: Avalon of the Heart
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Dion Fortune
First published in 1934, this is a tribute to the history and magic of Glastonbury and reference guide for those visiting the area. The famous legends are examined in detail, from Arthur, Merlin and Morgan Le Fay to the Holy Grail and mystic Avalon, a "gateway to the unseen".
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The Family at Tammerton
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Margaret Erskine
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Spiderweb
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Penelope Lively
Stella Brentwood, a retired anthropologist famous for her detachment from life, retires to rural Somerset and finds herself getting involved in spite of herself.
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The sun and the serpent
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Hamish Miller, Paul Broadhurst
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Paupers and Pig-Killers: The Diary of William Holland, a Somerset Parson 1799-1818
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Jack Ayres (Editor), William Holland
'A good diary can provide an unsurpassed entry into society, and the diary of William Holland is a very good diary indeed' -- The Spectator This is a day-to-day record of William Holland's life at the vicarage of Overstowey, together with detailed accounts of visits to Bath, Bristol, South Molton and London.
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The Avalonians
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Patrick Benham
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The Optimists
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Andrew Miller
Clem Glass was a successful photojournalist. While in Africa he witnesses the grotesque aftermath of a genocidal massacre and returns to London with the belief that people, including himself are fundamentally wicked. Just as his sister is recovering from mental illness news arrives about the man responsible for the massacre...
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Sir Vivian : the definitive autobiography
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Viv Richards, Bob Harris
"Wisden Cricket Monthly" announced in May 1999 that Vivian Richards had been voted the best international cricketer of the past 25 years by his peers. Ian Botham came second and Shane Warne third. Both of them voted for Viv Richards. The most compelling and exciting batsman in the modern game, Viv Richards played for the West Indies from 1974 to ...
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Glastonbury: Maker of Myths
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Frances Howard-Gordon
This is an illustrated guidebook to the famous landmarks in Glastonbury and the mysteries and tales associated with these sites. Information is included on the Tor, the Abbey, the Lake Villages, the trees Gog and Magog, the Chalice well and the Glastonbury churches. Tales are told of the ancient fertility rituals, the Neolithic spiral maze, the ...
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Dorset to Gloucestershire
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Martin Robertson
This guide provides a discriminating view of the buildings, monuments, parks and gardens of Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire. How much of the past we see is "original" and how much have successive ages, not least our own, made them?
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Highways and byways in Somerset
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Wells: A Pictorial History
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Tony Scrase, Scrase Tony
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The architectural history of Glastonbury Abbey
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Robert Willis
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE GREAT CHURCH FROM 1184 TO THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERY. The position and date of the church of St Mary being fixed, we may ...
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The Last Days of Steam in Bristol and Somerset
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Colin G Maggs
200 nostalgic steam photographs recapture the end of the age of steam in Bristol and Somerset.
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Turning for Home
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Sarah Challis
Maeve finds a job caring for old Lady Pamela, who is terrified of being put in a home by her rapacious daughter-in-law. Maeve not only gets Lady P. back on her feet but brings her injured racehorse out of retirement--and in the process meets an eligible veterinarian.
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Walford's Oak
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Jill M Phillips
Based upon a true account which fascinated the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, Walford's Oak is a haunting story of madness, delusion, witchcraft and a savage passion which could never die.
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Shelter from the Storm
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Rowena Summers
England, 1935. The Retreat is a popular seaside hotel on the Somerset coast. The family-owned hotel is run by Donald and Ruth Elkins, their three daughters, and Clover, their delightfully eccentric grandmother. Charlotte, the eldest daughter, is hoping that the local blacksmith will propose to her soon. Josie, at 15, is more interested in the ...
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The Witch of Wookey Hole
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Beth Webb
Two children who have recently lost their beloved grandmother become fascinated by a stone formation in the caves at Wookey. Resembling an old woman and her dog, it is reputed to be a woman from the middle ages who was shunned by the village and lived alone in the caves.
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Montacute House
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National Trust, Malcolm Rogers
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Christianity in Somerset
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Avalonian quest
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Geoffrey Ashe
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