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'A charming page-turner of a romance' Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of Our Stop 'A heart-warming tale . . . sure to tug at your heart-strings' Woman's Own _________________ Alice and Alife couldn't be more different. He's charming, talkative and outgoing. She's reserved, efficient and a workaholic. Forced together by circumstance, they can't see each other but they can talk - and as Alfie slowly brings Alice out of her shell, they start to get to know each other better. The connection between them feels real, but can you really fall for someone you've never seen? ___ Readers are falling in love with Before I Saw You: ***** 'One of the must-reads of 2021! It is beautifully written with characters that have such great depth.' ***** 'An absolute joy and a love story about falling in love and allowing yourself to be loved.' ***** 'A funny, heart-wrenching and beautiful love story. Absolutely loved it.'
"This nonfiction book documents 1,000 years of exciting English and American history from the perspective of one family--the Houghtons. From the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 AD, when our earliest ancestors first fought for William the Conquerer, to the 21st Century in America, this has been an epic adventure." "I have included a new chapter at the end of the book captioned '21st Century DNA Testing.' It provides, for the first time in print, fascinating information on the origins and lives of stone Age ancestors of the Houghton Family that lived in Europe over 300,000 years ago!" --from back cover.
This book provides a fan's-eye account of the Fab Four as they conquered the world. From their skiffle days as The Quarrymen, their thrilling early gigs at the Cavern Club in Liverpool through to the Beatlemania of the Shea Stadium concerts in the USA. Share in the excitement of more than 400 first-hand encounters with The Beatles: the teenagers, kids, twenty-somethings, promoters and support bands who can all proudly say 'I was there!' Featuring fascinating anecdotes, stories, photographs and memorabilia that have never been published before, this book is a portrait of an amazing era. It's like being at your very own Beatles gig!
An emotional friends-to-lovers romance, perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane and Colleen Hoover Readers have fallen for Emily Houghton's brilliant romances: 'I'm an absolute sucker for a good friends-to-lovers trope and this book definitely delivers that' 'An absolute joy and a love story about falling in love and allowing yourself to be loved' 'A funny, heart-wrenching and beautiful love story. Absolutely loved it' 'Beautifully written with characters that have such great depth' ONE PROMISE Aged thirteen, best friends Eleanor and Fin are inseparable. Convinced it will always be this way they make a pact - to go to university together, always live near each other, and if they're both single ...
The definitive survey of one of the great treasures of the English country landscape and British architectural heritage.
Harvard's home for rare books and manuscripts opened in 1942, and thanks to the energy of a small group of librarians and the creativity and generosity of its benefactor, Arthur Houghton, it quickly emerged as a center of inquiry and memory without equal. This 1992 volume, compiled by senior Houghton librarians, blends documentary with oral history to look back on the library's origins, the growth of its collections, and the activities of the staff who made it a home for precious books and original scholarship.
Alanson B. Houghton—American industrialist, politician, and diplomat—was the world's most influential diplomat during the "New Era" of the 1920s. Houghton, who served as ambassador to both Germany (1922–1925) and Great Britain (1925–1929), offers a unique window into the formation and implementation of American foreign policy. This fascinating new text by Jeffrey J. Matthews provides a clear and concise account of Houghton's diplomatic experience and consequently a fresh assessment of U.S. foreign policy during a pivotal decade in world history. As the leading ambassador in Europe, Houghton played a key role in the major diplomatic achievements of the era, including the Dawes Plan fo...