The dedication of a novel is the most personal & public of gestures, & yet we don't often stop to consider how it came to be inspired. This book traces the relationships immortalized in the dedications to fifty novels that are an intrinsic part of literary & pop culture. ...

Barry Woodward grew up in Greater Manchester, Engl&. At the age of 16, he left school & was drawn into the drug scene experimenting with cannabis, amphetamine & LSD. Miraculously his life turned around following a sequence of supernatural encounters. This work features a true story of a former addict & his miraculous journey to faith. ...

It was a marriage neither of them wanted. She was orphaned, bewildered, & newly arrived from America to claim her rightful place in English society. He was a black bear of a man
- in temperament as well as size. Sought after by every matchmaking mama in London, he terrified the debutantes with his brusque manners & barely concealed sexuality.
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While never one of the biggest unions in the United States, the Akron, Ohio-based labour organisation, the United Rubber Workers (URW), wielded power for decades that seemed far disproportionate to the union's size. This book traces the history of the URW from its controversial beginning to the incarnation of the union. ...

Felix is lucky. Unlike the other children in the orphanage, he's certain his parents will come back for him one day. & whatever the Nazis do & however many books they burn, Felix's imagination provides him & his companions with an endless supply of stories that protect them when they're on the run & one day may even save Felix's life. ...

Teenager Mark Kendall (Jim Carrey) is desperate to lose his virginity to girlfriend Robin (Karen Kopins), but she would rather wait. Mark therefore proves easy meet for the Countess (Lauren Hutton), an attractive lady vampire who will start showing her age (four hundred years plus!) unless she drinks the blood of a virgin three times before the next Halloween. Mark does not prove hard to seduce, but when the night of passion is ended he can't help wondering why he feels a bit batty; once he discovers the truth, he starts searching for a way to break the Countess' spell before it is too late! ...

Angie Mc Caffrey has endured her share of liquid lunches & boardroom shmoozefests to win new advertising clients. But her latest account
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. .. Not just another 'climber gets stuck on mountain but survives to tell the tale' book. The gripping accounts... are all there, but the other half of the book is all about the journey Nigel has made since... & his refusal to disappear into the crevasses of self pity & helplessness.--Carolyn Budding. ...