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Roughly a quarter-century from now life as we know it is no more. The Stewart and Davis families are managing to hang on and even thrive on their farms in southern Tennessee. But when sixteen-year old Tim and his best friend Bobby decide to run off to see the ocean, older sister Eddie has to chase them down before they come to any harm. Her pursuit of the boys leads her across landscapes both familiar and irrevocably changed and ends with a heartbreaking finale on home ground.

Susannah Misselthwaite was gazing up at the brightness of the blue sky when the deer leapt in front of the car. She never knew what happened. Her husband Guy, Professor of Botany, hides from his grief in his greenhouse - without Susannah, everything is lost. Meanwhile, little Felix pores over photographs of his mother who is slipping from his memory more each day. Happiest sitting in the branches of a tree in the university's botanical garden, away from the emptiness of home, he presides over the dreams and dramas of those who pass beneath him. Teachers and students, young and old, happy, sad, or filled with longing, all find sanctuary and space for contemplation in this few square feet of soil.

This fun Star Wars™ sticker book gives a simple but exciting introduction to the fantastic Star Wars saga. Featuring more than 60 reusable stickers of all the best-loved characters from the original Star Wars movies, including Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and C-3P0, DK's Star Wars Sticker Book will keep young Star Wars fans entertained and help them to develop their reading and comprehension skills. Stickers are matched to informative captions, so children can read and learn as well as have fun! The stickers can also be peeled off and used to decorate books and personal items.© & TM 2004 LUCASFILM LTD.

Posy has always dreamt of being the heroine of a Francoise Sagan novel. But life seems to have her passed by and now here she is, a stressed-out mother of four. Although she's married to a man called Parouselli who comes from a long line of trapeze artists and they live in a large, romantic house, it's not quite as magical as it sounds. Frank's dream of being a musician is a reality of distributing BettaKleen catalogues, the house is falling to bits and there are slugs living under the bath. Posy wonders how everyone else manages. Struggling through the mess of family life, she dreams of being a member of The Thin Legs Club, with an immaculate house, children who don't get ill, and a human Renault Espace of a husband. If only!

Lucy works in the newly-opened Bluebird Cafe, above which is the flat she shares with Paul, who works at The Badger Centre as a volunteer. But across the street, newsagent John Vir thinks of little else but Lucy, hoping that if she visits his shop, it will be a prelude to something more exciting.