Many children spend their entire school lives struggling with their work. Research has shown that at least 10-15 per cent of children with apparently normal learning ability will show a significant problem with school learning. They may feel that whatever they do it is not good enough ...

Dyslexic teenagers face special problems
- this book will help solve them.

Dyslexia, involving problems with reading,


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Dyslexic people face many problems in the workplace: difficulties with reading & writing, memory, organisation & time management, & a recent TUC report on dyslexia in the workplace estimates that 3 million people are affected.

Dyslexia: How to survive & succeed at work is written by a leading expert in the field for people of all backgrounds & abilities & will help you to master complex organisational skills, deal with a large workload & cope with the demands of deadlines. It also shows how to improve confidence, deal with stress, & build on the creative talent that many dyslexics possess.

Dyslexia: How to survive & succeed at work:
- Explains what dyslexic & dyspraxic difficulties are
- Describes how they affect workplace efficiency
- Offers strategies to manage dyslexic difficulties & reduce their adverse effect on work efficiency
- Provides information about ways in which employers can help dyslexic employees







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William Wharton's extraordinary novel is the story of a man & his father. It is also the story of the same man & his son. Through the boy Billy we learn of Jack the father; through Jack we learn of his own unforgettable Dad. Dad, who long ago handed over the running of his life to his domineering wife, starts an amazing transformation when she is hospitalised after a heart attack; he suddenly finds freedom once more, & with it his old true self, mischievous & strong. Brilliantly capturing the relationship between sons & fathers with humour & poignancy, Dad is a story of the love that binds generations of fathers & sons. ...

On 6 April 1943, Ian Reid, an officer in the Black Watch, was wounded & captured in Tunisia & sent off to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp. Five months later, when the Germans took over the camp as the Italians pulled out of the war, he escaped. So began a life-or-death game of hide & seek in the heart of the beautiful Italian countryside, living in barns, sleeping in ditches & desperate scavenging for food. He was recaptured ...

On 6 April 1943, Ian Reid, an officer in the Black Watch, was wounded & captured in Tunisia & sent off to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp. Five months later, when the Germans took over the camp as the Italians pulled out of the war, he escaped. So began a life-or-death game of hide & seek in the heart of the beautiful Italian countryside, living in barns, sleeping in ditches & desperate scavenging for food. He was recaptured ...

If you want to get your kids to turn off the TV, step away from the computer & do something less boring instead, dadcando ...

To the outside world, Sarah & Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage. Happy & successful, with three beautiful children, they seemed to have it all. But under the surface, Sarah felt lost, empty & inadequate. & one Christmas, after eighteen years of marriage, she walked out.

Left alone, Oliver struggles to cope with raising his three children. Seventeen-year-old Benjamin rebels with disastrous consequences, while fifteen-year-old Melissa angrily turns against her father, & nine-year-old Sam, the

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To the outside world, Sarah & Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage. Happy & successful, with three beautiful children, they seemed to have it all. But under the surface, Sarah felt lost, empty & inadequate. & one Christmas, after eighteen years of marriage, she walked out.

Left alone, Oliver struggles to cope with raising his three children. Seventeen-year-old Benjamin rebels with disastrous consequences, while fifteen-year-old Melissa angrily turns against her father, & nine-year-old Sam, the

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