New Releases by Jean Ritchie

This is a collection of pictures and and poems about the players in the Hickory Bridge Club---Eldon''s Bridge Bums

Two sisters. One extraordinary true story. Germany, 1945. Trapped between advancing armies, stranded hundreds of miles from their mother, and with their father missing in action, sisters Barbie and Eva were confronted with an impossible choice. Should they stay and face invasion or risk their lives to find their mother? Together, they set out on a perilous three-hundred mile journey on foot across a country ravaged by war. Fuelled by courage and love, Eva and seven-year-old Barbie encounter incredible hardship, extraordinary bravery, and overwhelming generosity. Against all odds, they both survived. But neither sister came out of the journey unscathed . . . This is the powerful true story of their escape.

JEAN RITCHIE''S KENTUCKY MOTHER GOOSE: SONGS AND STORIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD

''I''ll always remember that Christmas. It was the day the angel came...'' It is Christmas Eve and Lisa faces another Christmas alone. After running away from home as a teenager to live with a man who treated her badly, Lisa has spent years searching for a peace and happiness that seem forever out of her reach. Now, at the age of 35, although she''s settled in a job, she has never managed to open herself up to love. For Lisa has a hidden guilt that''s been at the centre of her life for as long as she can remember. And on this lonely Christmas Eve, the burden becomes too much to bear. But then something extraordinary happens, and suddenly Lisa realises that perhaps there is hope. And maybe it''s time to forgive herself for her mistakes. There are many obstacles to overcome, but with the help of her angel, Lisa can learn to heal the rifts from her past, and find a love that will last...

(Homespun Tapes). This easy and immediately playable introduction to the mountain dulcimer will get anyone playing, regardless of prior musical experience! ONE CD * INCLUDES TAB * LEVEL 1

This Big Brother expose features: interviews with the contestants; the auditions that whittle the wannabees down to the chosen few; photographs and interviews with the selectors; horoscopes, palm readings and profiles of each housemate; past housemates; and Big Brothers around the world.

Big Brother 3 features exclusive interviews with the show''s 2002 contestants. It answers those niggling questions that crop up as you watch your favourite housemate - what was their most embarrassing moment? When was their first kiss? Interviews with each contestant''s nearest and dearest reveal all.

He was a pillar of the community, serving on local committees, donating prizes to the rugby club, organising charity collections. His patients thought the world of him: he was attentive, kind, never too busy to chat. Yet Dr Harold Frederick Shipman was also the most prolific serial killer the world has ever known, with between 200 and 300 victims. Quietly, for many years, the small, bespectacled GP was making unexpected house calls - and walking out leaving a dead body behind. The murderous career of Dr Shipman only came to an end when police in Hyde, Greater Manchester, were called to investigate a forged will. Overnight, they found themselves embroiled in the biggest murder case in British history. Substantially revised and updated since Shipman''s suicide in prison, this is a compelling account of these monstrous crimes and of the man who committed them. The authors have had unparalleled access to friends, colleagues and patients. Their in-depth and authoritative investigation looks at how he killed, how he was able to get away with it for so long, and - most important of all - why.

Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. The youngest daughter of one of the most famous American ballad-singing families, the Ritchie family of Perry County, Kentucky, Jean carries on her family''s legacy as a singer of folk songs and traditional ballads. The music found here tells the story of the ""Singing Ritchie Family."" Built upon a foundation of balladry inherited from old-world Scotland, the family''s repertoire was certainly eclectic but not haphazard. The Child ballads, lyric folksongs, play party or frolic songs, Old Regular Baptist lined hymns, Native American ballads, "hant" songs, and carols brought together in this collection were assembled by family members who actively sought out fragments of tunes and completed them by adding or embellishing verses and melodies. This new edition has faithfully retained all seventy-seven line scores of the songs and added four new ones, Loving Hannah, Lovin'' Henry, Her Mantle So Green, and The Reckless and Rambling Boy. The original headnotes and photographs tell the history of the song as well as how it became a part of the family''s life. Chords are indicated for accompainment, and a new audiography and videography have been added to this edition.

This book written by Jean Ritchie contains colour photocopies of Alexander''s paintings and portraits.

This book tells the story of what it is like to be near death, or, in some cases, to actually die and be brought back to life. It is a fascinating collection of near-death experiences and brings together some of the most extraordinary first-person stories ever told.

Classic crimes from the News of the World archive, giving full details of some of the newspaper''s to stories over 150 years.