Janet Roberts: 13 books

Power of Distant Healing Write-up:You may have been faced with situations when people are faced with a friend, colleague or loved one who is sick or in trouble, but were at a loss as to know how to help. Maybe you’ve lived in another town or country, and didn’t have physical contact with the person,...

Seven Thin Dimes takes readers to the heart of what family means, and the value of the things in life that money cannot buy.  Select memories of Janet Roberts’ childhood visits to her grandmother’s house in McDonald, Pennsylvania, are captured here in this engaging, thoughtful memoir.  A collection...

Bess of Hardwick's grand daughter was very gifted. She wanted to use her intelligence to study and learn, probably to marry and raise a family.Her grandmother wanted her to be Queen of England.The conflict had the most tragic consequences and ruined Arbella's life.

the 4th duke of newcastle was a sad and unhappy man until he met and married 18 year-old georgiana in 1807. he took his bride to clumber house, a fine mansion in the middle of sherwood forest, nottinghamshire, england.tragically their idyllic marriage ended with her death at the age of 33 but he wrote...

the way to make money in victorian england was to open a pit, so that's what squire robert marsh eckersley wilkinson dodsley did in 1873. despite sinking considerable sums of money into the project, sutton in ashfield, some 20 miles north of nottingham, and on the edge of the derbyshire peak...

Are some wounds impossible to recover from? While studying abroad in Ireland, American graduate student Dina makes the heart-wrenching choice to give up her daughter for adoption. The grief and trauma of her desperate loss follow her back to America where, as she works to put her life back...

10 year old Tom is abducted by his estranged father and taken to Poland, to work the land. From the first moment he is determined to run away and get back to England. But he has no money, no foreign language skills, no friends and is not even sure in which direction to go! This is an inspiring story about courage, determination and the goodness of strangers.

he was the 4th Earl of Harrington, a confirmed batchelor, dandy and man-about town.she was a well-known London actress. their affair was quite acceptable, but marriage was unthinkable. shunned by most of society, he took Maria to his castle in derbyshire, and created a fantasy garden to show his love.

Aleksander is sure he's glimpsed a face at the window, high up in the old print works, but everyone knows that is empty. Then he hears that Jews are hiding! He then discovers that his teacher is their helper. He becomes Hannah's penpal but gets increasingly worried about her. Either the...

Peter can well understand why his parents think he's safer in rural France during World War II. What they don't know is that he, and his relatives, get involved with the French Resistance. All their lives are at risk - will any of them survive?

Britain is an island so supplies have to be imported. During both World Wars the Germans decided starvation - food for the people, oil for machinery, would be effective.By 1941 the situation was becoming desperate but oil had been discovered in the middle of Nottinghamshire. However, getting the equipment...

"can't you see, iI'm white, british, a skilled worker—we don't get leprosy!" was what clifford wanted to shout at the doctor. but the diagnosis was definite. he had to leave immediately for a leper colony—and it would be best if his relatives thought he'd died because of the stigma associated...

10-year old Lawrence is a prisoner of the Japanese during the Second World War. His only ambition is to have a pet monkey - what fun they could have, and he could train it like a dog! But he ends up putting everyone's life at risk after he makes a startling discover.