Marian Deacon has always been overshadowed by her cousin Madeleine, a glamorous, selfish model who will stop at nothing to reach the top. But their ordinary lives suddenly change with the arrival of Paul O' Connell, a handsome, charismatic writer who draws them into the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Hastings & the glamour & danger of her life in Italy & New York.

Stolen Beginnings is a compelling story of what happens when girls become women, & when love

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Marian Deacon has always been overshadowed by her cousin Madeleine, a glamorous, selfish model who will stop at nothing to reach the top. But their ordinary lives suddenly change with the arrival of Paul O' Connell, a handsome, charismatic writer who draws them into the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Hastings & the glamour & danger of her life in Italy & New York.

Stolen Beginnings is a compelling story of what happens when girls become women, & when love

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To lose one child is terrible; to lose two is unimaginable. For no one to believe that you are innocent of their deaths & to be imprisoned because of it must be unbearable.

Yet this is the reality Sally Clark had to face. The daughter of a policeman, wife of a solicitor & a solicitor herself, just when she was grieving from the tragic death of her second child the system she'd always believed in turned against her. Justice suddenly seemed a far-off principle as she was convicted & her initial appeal quashed. Her family, lawyers & various volunteers were relentless in their fight to clear her name. Finally, following three long years in prison, suffering abuse & the bleak horrow of bereavement, Sally Clark was finally acquitted by the Court of Appeal in 2003.

Her release caught the nation's attention, & paved the way for succesful appeals by wrongly convicted mothers such as Angela Canning. Written with the power of a thriller, the book is a tragic but ultimately uplifting story of a mother's love & a family



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The stress & anxieties of modern life can take their toll on the digestive system. If not treated in their early stages, simple digestive & absorption disorders can develop into serious conditions such as ulcers, colitis or irritable bowel syndrome. Jan de Vries shares the results of 30 years' successful treatment of stomach & bowel problems, showing the reader how to interpret the body's warning signals & setting out simple & effective remedies, diets & exercises. ...

In his most dazzling & brilliant novel since An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier ...

In his most dazzling & brilliant novel since An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier ...

In his most dazzling & brilliant novel since An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier ...

It's 1874. Jago Stonecipher has to live with his unscrupulous uncle, Archibald Callow, a fair ground charlatan, a crude performer of illusions. One night, he overhears a whispered conversation about depriving someone of their inheritance, involving a man called Ambruster. Then, when the very man Ambruster assaults Jago, & accuses him of stealing, he decides to help defeat him. But the cunning plots & the trials of deceit are much more complicated than anyone could have anticipated, & Jago becomes hopelessly embroiled in it all. In the end Jago has no choice but to take ship from Southampton for Rio. Trouble follows him out at sea, & he is left having to defend himself & his friend against unscrupulous & grasping villains. But we have seen that a boy from steerage can always outwit higher class opponents, & this story is no exception! ...