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Powell, Emma
Overview
| Works: | 31
works in
67
publications in
2
languages and
761
library holdings
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| Roles: | Narrator, Editor |
| Classifications: | pr6066.e37,
823.914 |
Most widely held works by
Emma Powell
Georgia by Lesley Pearse (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
between
2007
and
2008
in
English
and held by
126
libraries
worldwide
When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband she can hardly believe her luck. But then--on her fifteenth birthday--she suffers the cruellest betrayal of all at the hands of her foster father and is forced to run away, leaving everything she loves behind her. Penniless, sleeping rough, Georgia is soon introduced to the sleazy Soho world of brassy strippers, sweat shops, camaraderie and hardship. Fired by a fierce ambition, blessed with an extraordinary voice, her long struggle for fame and fortune begins. But even when she reaches the top she finds that the scars of the past can open up to ruin her.
The smile of a ghost by Philip Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
in
2006
in
English
and held by
58
libraries
worldwide
Working undercover Merrily investigates three suspicious suicides.
For all our tomorrows by Freda Lightfoot (
Book
)
4
editions published
between
2005
and
2006
in
English
and held by
58
libraries
worldwide
It might be a friendly invasion, but when hundreds of US Marines arrive at a quiet Cornish town in the summer of 1943 with only two things on their minds, making love and making war, there are bound to be problems. Bette Tredinnick embarks on a whirlwind romance and finds herself bound for America as a GI bride. Her sister Sara is already married, but Hugh's jealous attempts to keep her out of temptation's reach can't prevent her falling for officer Charles Denham. By the time the war is won, the lives of both sisters have changed forever.
One-hit wonder by Lisa Jewell (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
between
2002
and
2006
in
English
and held by
55
libraries
worldwide
"Shy and unassuming, Ana Wills always looked up to the half sister she never really knew. Bee Bearhorn's one 1980s gold record indelibly etched her pop star image into Ana's mind, if not the rest of London's. But when Bee dies unexpectedly, Ana is left wondering who the sister was she thought she had all figured out. With the help of Bee's friends, Ana unearths her sibling's secrets and discovers the true staying power of a one-hit wonder"--Library Journal.
The farmer's wife by Rachel Moore (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
between
2005
and
2006
in
English
and held by
53
libraries
worldwide
Poppy Lovering is feeling somewhat frustrated with life as a farmer's wife in a remote corner of Cornwall in the 1950s. Spending her days baking bread or mucking out pigs under the watchful eye of her overbearing mother-in-law is hardly glamorous. Her husband Sam is a decent man, but taciturn and set in his ways, so when a handsome young reporter starts to pay her attention Poppy finds it hard to resist. A naive and unworldly young woman, who has never ventured further than Penzance, Poppy doesn't realise an innocent flirtation can have devastating consequences.
The lamp of the wicked by Philip Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
2
editions published
in
2006
in
English
and held by
44
libraries
worldwide
What goes around by Alexandra Carew (
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
2003
in
English
and held by
39
libraries
worldwide
This timee last year Cat Wellesley had a great job, a lousy boss and a boybriend who was in love with someone else. This time this year she has a lousy job but a great boss ... and a collection of inceasingly steamy fantasis in which he plays a starring role.
The remains of an altar by Philip Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
18
libraries
worldwide
Merrily Watkins - parish priest, single mother and Deliverance Consultant - heads for the Malvern Hills to investigate an alleged paranormal dimension to a spate of road accidents. A revamped local pub has injected the valley with a shattering surge of inner-city nightlife and drugs. When a dealer is found savagely murdered below the great earthen hillfort of Herefordshire Beacon, police wonder if it is a gangland disposal, a cry of outrage or something more sinister. Merrily and the police follow separate paths towards the truth until, on a night of frenzied violence, in a place at the centre of an ancient mystery, the final, shocking connections are made.
To dream of the dead by Philip Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
14
libraries
worldwide
Late December and the river is rising. The Herefordshire village of Ledwardine has not been flooded in living memory but in these days of climate change nothing is certain. Merrily Watkins, parish priest and diocesan exorcist, has learned that one of the incomers is an author who is a figure of hate for religious fundamentalists. Meanwhile, the Hereford police make a gruesome discovery linked to the Dinedor Serpent, a unique prehistoric monument. In Ledwardine itself, buried Bronze Age stones have been unearthed. Overnight, the village is isolated in the floods, cut off with a killer inside. As the waters rise, shocking savagery paralyses an ancient community untangling its own history against the swirling uncertainty of the future.
The prayer of the night shepherd by Philip Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
13
libraries
worldwide
A crumbling hotel on the border of England and Wales, a suggestion of inherited evil, a mystifying love affair...and the long-disputed origins of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. It's all endlessly fascinating for young Jane Watkins, flushed by the freedom of her first weekend job. But her mother, Merrily, Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, is increasingly aware of the sinister secrets that are being unearthed. It seems that Stanner Hall is linked not only to the Victorian fascination with spiritualism and the legacy of a medieval exorcism but with a chain of murders that is far from fictional.
How we used to live : late Victorians cd-rom(
file
)
1
edition published
in
1996
in
English
and held by
12
libraries
worldwide
The fabric of sin by Phil Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
10
libraries
worldwide
Garway church was built by medieval Knights Templar, and after seven centuries, the Welsh Border village is still shadowed by their mysteries. A few fields away, the Master House, abandoned and falling into ruin, has been sold to the Duchy of Cornawll. But renovation plans stall when a specialist builder refuses to work there, insisting it's a place that doesn't want to be restored. Directed by the Bishop of Hereford to investigate, Merrily Watkins is wary of being used and suspicious of the people she's supposed to be helping. But violent death changes everything, and Merrily uncovers hidden layers of sin and retribution in a secretive landscape.
Getting away from it all by Alexandra Carew (
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
2004
in
English
and held by
9
libraries
worldwide
Midwinter of the spirit by Phil Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
9
libraries
worldwide
When offered the post once styled Church of England Deliverance Minister, the Reverend Merrily Watkins - parish priest and single parent - cannot easily refuse. But the retiring exorcist, strongly objecting to women priests, not only refuses to help Merrily but ensures that she's soon exposed to the job at its most terrifying. And things get no easier: as an early winter slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is desecrated and there are signs of dark ritual on a hill overlooking the city.
The cure of souls by Philip Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
8
libraries
worldwide
Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, both fictional and factual. Her father wanted the simple life of an English farmer, but shrapnel almost killed him in the trenches, causing the loss of his leg. Her mother Emily's great love was a doctor, who drowned in the Channel, and she spent the war nursing the wounded in the Royal Free Hospital. In the first half of this book, Doris Lessing imagines the lives her parents might have made for themselves had there been no war at all. This is followed by a piercing examination of their lives as they actually came to be in the shadow of that war and their move to Rhodesia.
A crown of lights by Phil Rickman (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
between
2008
and
2009
in
English
and held by
6
libraries
worldwide
When a disused church is bought by a young pagan couple, who intend to use it for their own rituals, the evangelical local rector reacts with fury. In an isolated community on the Welsh border, an atmosphere of stifling menace develops - with the persecution of innocent people, false accusations and the formation of a Christian vigilante group. Diocesan deliverance consultant Merrily Watkins is expected to keep the peace as this cauldron of conflict threatens to boil over into serious violence, Merrily uses all the diplomacy she can muster. But, as the confrontation moves towards its climax, she is unaware of a personal threat against her from a deranged and violent man.
The Gallows girl by Melanie Gifford (
Sound Recording
)
2
editions published
in
2006
in
English
and held by
5
libraries
worldwide
Isaac and Harriet Curtis are in trouble. Their coaching inn, Green Gallows, is threatened by the rumours of a new turnpike stretching from London to Portsmouth which will take away all their important trade. They also plan to find a wealthy husband for their eldest daughter Lucy, while keeping her sister Rachel as little more than a servant. Isaac does not hesitate to trade Lucy's virtue to pay his debts, but neither sister will submit without protest. Rachel may pay the price for Lucy's final act of defiance, but it will also be Rachel who seeks the ultimate revenge.
The music makers by E. V Thompson (
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
2006
in
English
and held by
4
libraries
worldwide
Set in Ireland during the famine years, Liam MacCabe turns his hand to politics to offer his countrymen the hope they need to survive the failure of the potato crop. Despite the support of the women in his life, he is faced with dangerous enemies.
The gallows girl by Melanie Gifford (
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
2005
in
English
and held by
0
libraries
worldwide
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