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The death of her mother in 1813, brings added responsibility to 17-year-old Anna Mason. A self-confident girl, she has to shed her girlhood sooner than she would have expected as she assumes many of her mother's tasks in running the household of Hawkshead Manor. Julian Kirby, a family friend, is entranced by Anna but she doesn't feel she is able to return his affections while her father remains so devastated by his wife's death.

Lucy Gabbitas has just left school and is excited about joining her sisters at the local umbrella factory. But then her beloved father dies of lung disease leaving Lucy and her brothers and sisters broken-hearted. With barely enough to make ends meet, the family receive no sympathy from their tyrannical mother, Annie, and their first Christmas without him holds little comfort and joy. Things seem to be looking brighter for Lucy when she meets John Grey and falls in love. That is until Annie becomes seriously ill and dies, and Lucy is forced to put her family first.

Everyone says 14-year-old Billie is nothing but trouble. A fighter. A danger to her family and friends. But her care worker sees someone different. Her classmate Rob is big, strong; he can take care of himself and his brother. But his violent stepdad sees someone to humiliate. And Chris is struggling at school; he just doesn't want to be there. But his dad sees a useless no-hoper. Billie, Rob and Chris each have a story to tell. But there are two sides to every story, and the question is... who do you believe?

Award-winning author and professional hypnotist Maggie Dubris created this extremely effective hypnosis program specifically for artists, writers, musicians, and others engaged in creative work who have trouble getting started on their projects. The image of creativity as a magical road that the creator can get onto and off easily is used to circumvent the "all or nothing" mindset that prevents many artists from taking the steps they need to create the work they dream of.

In this session, hypnotist and martial artist Maggie Staiger combines hypnosis with a gentle technique that has been used for hundreds of years in the internal martial arts to dissolve and melt away blockages to energy flow. This combination of hypnosis and dissolving is extraordinarily effective, both for physical and emotional obstructions. As you use this audio, you will both become more aware of the flow of energy in your body and increase your ability to direct it freely.

Award-winning author and professional hypnotist Maggie Dubris created this hypnosis program for writers, artists, and musicians who wish to attain a higher level in their creative work. Using the image of swimming through darkness to burst into an undersea world, this download addresses the need to move through difficult areas in order to attain one's true vision, and to reach behind the conscious mind for inspiration.

In this hypnosis program, longtime paramedic and clinical hypnotist Maggie Staiger combines calming imagery of a lakeside dawn with suggestions for healing, relaxing and remaining stable during the operation itself, and for understanding the surgery as a tool for healing rather than a traumatic event.

The inability to fall asleep, maintain a deep sleep, or go back to sleep quickly after waking during the night are simply habits that develop over time, then become self-perpetuating. Insomnia may contain any combination of these elements. It turns bedtime into a dreaded ordeal, rather than a time to rest and dream. This relaxing download is designed to fall asleep to. As you listen and doze off, you will create new neural pathways to replace the insomnia habit with one of peaceful, easy sleep.

Mary Barton has a choice to make: either protect a member of her family or sit back and watch a terrible miscarriage of justice. Will she make the right decision in time?

Hypnosis has been used extensively to treat shy bladder (paruresis). In this relaxing hypnosis download, hypnotist Maggie Staiger weaves images of a calm, flowing river with suggestions for being able to urinate easily and freely. Common blocks to being able to urinate in a public restroom are also addressed.

Phyllis Kimber's entire future is called into question after her father is killed in Earl Redfern's employ. But the earl knows something about Phyllis that means she will always be looked after. As lady's maid to Martha, Phyllis is the American heiress's only confidant in England: she knows Martha doesn't love the recently widowed Lord Melton, the man Martha's socially ambitious father is determined she marries, but there's another secret - a secret that makes Phyllis give up everything to protect her friend.

Told with warmth and humour, The Ever Open Door is the story of a hard working, down-to-earth community in a small Yorkshire town during the Second World War and its aftermath.Burly steelworker Jim Butler and his wife Sally are quite content in their little house on Potters Row. Jim's only complaint is that Sally is too soft hearted for her own good, always at the beck and call of any neighbour, friend or even stranger. Sally, on the other hand, accuses Jim of being a soft touch for anyone after a drink or two at the Rising Sun.

This hypnotic session is designed to clarify goals that are truly important to you, and, using the wisdom of your subconscious mind, explore ways to reach them. As you follow a path that contains tools to assist in attaining your true desires, you meet an inner advisor to consult with and confide in. This session is a powerful ally in making your goals a reality.

When Constance Barrington dies, she leaves behind a wealthy estate and a complex family network. But when the whole family gathers to hear her last will and testament, they are in for a terrible shock. Constance - possessed of a long memory and a spiteful disposition - altered her will shortly before her death. The new provisions are far from fair; some benefit hugely and others hardly at all.

Annie Delancey is happily married with three grown children. But she guards a secret. Aged eighteen she had a baby boy, and gave him up for adoption. Out of the blue, she receives an official-looking letter from Social Services. Herson wants to make contact. As the son she has never known comes back into her life, his presence begins to expose the cracks in the family that Annie now has to try, desperately, to hold together.

In this hypnosis session, longtime paramedic and clinical hypnotist Maggie Staiger guides the listener into a relaxed hypnotic state using imagery of a gently flowing river, and addresses the many challenges that confront a person who is diagnosed with cancer.

Hypnosis has been extensively studied in the field of pain relief, and found to be very effective if practiced regularly. In this short, focused program, hypnotist Maggie Staiger guides the listener in the technique of hypnotic pain reduction, using the technique of walling off the painful area, then fading the pain. The hypnosis is meant to be used for chronic pain that has been diagnosed by a doctor as such, and mustn't be tried on pain that has not been investigated by a medical professional.

This business English guide is the second of five workbooks for the book 99 Essential Business Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. With this self-study ESL guide, you will be able to test your knowledge of common business English idioms and phrasal verbs - and immediately hear the correct answer after each question. All questions are business-related to help you learn the best ways to use each idiom or phrasal verb in a business environment.

This convenient quick-learning program is a useful aid for office and factory personnel who have no Spanish, but who interact regularly with Spanish-speaking workers and need practical and informal instruction in communicating with them. All On Target programs are targeted to meet the needs of professionals in many different fields who must communicate regularly with Latinos having little or no command of English.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation by Jon Sen of Thomas Hardy's tragic tale of star-crossed lovers in the West Country. 'Two on a Tower' is Hardy's ninth novel and contains perhaps his most complete treatment of the theme of love across the class and age divide, and also the fullest...