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The Man Who Was Born Too Late More Detail
The Man Who Was Born Too Late By Helen Baker
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The biography of Lionel Hoare, the last of a farming dynasty in the Blackdown Hills in darkest Somerset. Born on the eve of the first World War, saddled with ten sisters, he learnt at his father's... More > side, skills that were already obsolete. Head of the household at twenty, he struggled against the tyranny and injustice of landlords until the outbreak of the second World War, and the German Uboats, turned him into a hero. Lionel was the author's uncle. You will learn, from eye-witnesses, of a rooted, settled way of life that, after thriving for centuries, completely vanished in a few short years. 'all so well written and interesting' 'Please can we have 2 more copies of book, it is very popular.'georgina.gillingham@tesco.net 'I have read the book and thoroughly enjoyed it. You must have done a great deal of research to find out all that information - very impressive' DJOWAD@aol.com 'a lovely afternoon well spent reading' 'I thoroughly enjoyed this journey'Dnkhobson @aol.com< Less
Donald Baker - Countryman More Detail
Donald Baker - Countryman By Helen Baker
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The life, times, wisdom, humour and dialect speech of a farmhand, horseman, jockey, huntsman in rural Somerset, England, in the twentieth century. Showing how an ignored, despised and now forgotten... More > way of life flourished long after it had disappeared elsewhere. Readers say 'I loved the book Helen,a great little read and all very familiar territory for me, I was sorry when I came to the end.' bakers@jasminecottage.plus.com 'I read it in two days!! It was wonderful to be transported back in time.'jacandmark@tesco.net 'It is a real treasure!'jdbecker@shaw.ca 'Very enjoyable book in so many ways!'liisa.halme@elisanet.fi< Less
Wealth For Women More Detail
Wealth For Women By Helen Baker
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A financial adviser (female)explains from experience, all about money. What it is, how to get it, keep it, invest it, transmit it. What it can and can't do for women and their families. How, in the... More > male-dominated world of finance, to live an independant life through controlling your affairs yourself. When and how to seek good advice, avoid fraudsters and avoid becoming one by mistake.< Less
Going For Gold - the Expatriate's Financial Handbook More Detail
Going For Gold - the Expatriate's Financial Handbook By Helen Baker
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A complete guide, based on personal experience, of how to go abroad - to earn big money - and not return broke. This book, full of insider tips, tells you what business courses, the expatriate press... More > and professional advisers do not.< Less
The Brothers by Jane Austen and Another Lady More Detail
The Brothers by Jane Austen and Another Lady By Helen Baker
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Miss Austen wrote ten chapters of a novel she called The Brothers before illness stilled her pen for ever. Now, her entire draft has been incorporated into the complete story. It is hoped that the... More > resulting romance may satisfy her myriad admirers who have long regretted that such vivid characters were left in suspense.< Less
Connivance More Detail
Connivance By Helen Baker
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Miss Austen finished Persuasion with an enigma. Was the deceitful widow Mrs Clay so lost to all honour, decency and - yes - self-interest as to live installed in town under the capricious protection... More > of that equal dissembler Mr Elliot? Or was the lady, as Lady Russell proclaimed her, a very dangerous companion? Was she indeed capable, with neither money nor family connexions to sustain her, of 'wheedling and caressing' her profligate lord into making her his wife and thus, the future Lady Elliot? Without descending into the realms of vice and depravity, the authoress hopes to resolve this puzzle. A recent reader said 'I thoroughly enjoyed your latest - fabulous and the twist in the end was brilliant !!look forward to your next.'< Less
English - Laugh and Learn More Detail
English - Laugh and Learn By Helen Baker
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An entertaining way to maintain and improve your English. 2007 jokes for adults, carefully written in correct (British) English with no crude language. Each joke is supplied with helpful explanations... More > of grammar and background. Native speakers too can enjoy the jokes and learn more than most schools teach about grammar.< Less
The Substitute Bride More Detail
The Substitute Bride By Helen Baker
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A romance, based on a true incident, of multi-layered intrigue and unexpected passion set in the turmoil of the Wars of Religion in Southern France. Two different beauties, one a vivacious... More > aristocrat, the other a penniless dishonoured waif, both become the pawns of an embittered court beauty of a previous era. Or do they? "I have thoroughly enjoyed all the ones I have read but my favourite was definately the Substitute Bride." Dnkhobson@aol.cpm< Less
Under The Rainbow More Detail
Under The Rainbow By Helen Baker
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Two visits to this vast country at an interval of five years gave impressions so violently contrasting that I might be describing two different continents. Love it or loath it - I did both!
The Land of the Long White Lie More Detail
The Land of the Long White Lie By Helen Baker
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In 1986, on the day the Chernobyl fall-out could first be measured in Britian, we flew off to live in New Zealand. All guide books, friends and acquaintances promised us paradise. This is what we... More > found.< Less

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