For some people, a disagreement with a loved one is a catastrophe, a sign that a relationship must surely be over, for others a heated discussion is a way of letting off steam, a way of ensuring that passion is kept alive. But what is 'normal' communication for couples? How can you get past the raised voices or silent disapproval, to listen & understand what is really being said by your partner? Relationships change over time, & the way we communicate does too. This practical, readable & sometimes humorous book, based on over 60 years cumulative experience from Relate, the marriage guidance experts, will help couples to break free of old patterns of behaviour & avoid using words as weapons when the going gets tough. It will help encourage upfront discussion rather than resorting to nagging, & will give you the skills you need to understand what your partner is really trying to say to you
- to bring discussion rather than confrontation back into your relationships.
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For those who feel they are at a crossroads & don't know how to choose the way, Elizabeth Mapstone's Stop Dreaming Start Living will help you to find positive, practical ways to change your life for the better. Illustrated throughout with case studies from people of all ages who have taken part in her ' Life Planning' programme, Stop Dreaming Start Living combines Mapstone's straightforward, expert advice with simple, carefully constructed pencil & paper exercises to help you to appreciate & develop your own skills & talents. You too can learn how to use your own personal powers to make your dreams come true. Clear all the debris, tap into those hidden strengths, stop dreaming about what you want & create a healthier, happier, fulfilled life! ...

Pop The Little Red Train through the slots on every page! Drive the Little Red Train over a bridge, past the lighthouse & through a tunnel! Duffy Driver has set off down the tracks without his trucks!
So Jack the guard races after him on his motorbike. Can Jack catch up with the Little Red Train?

Little ones will love following the winding track & sliding The Little Red Train through the slot in each picture!


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Dave Courtney
- the original behind Vinnie Jones's character in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
- tells all in his no-holds-barred

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Classic adventure stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson & Jack London mix with marvellously imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith & J. G. Ballard. Robert Olen Butler explores the memories of a Titanic victim who has become part of the sea that swallowed him; Ray Bradbury ...

Just typical. No love life to speak of for months, then all at once, every horny creature in the Otherworld wants to get in your pants...

Eugenie Markham is a powerful shaman who does a brisk trade banishing spirits & fey who cross into the mortal world. Mercenary, yes, but a girl's got to eat. Her most recent case, however, is enough to ruin her appetite. Hired to find a teenager who has been taken to the Otherworld, Eugenie comes face to face with a startling prophecy
- one that uncovers dark secrets about her past & claims that Eugenie's first-born will threaten the future of the world as she knows it.

Now Eugenie is a hot target for every ambitious demon & Otherworldy ne'er-do-well, & the ones who don't want to knock her up want her dead. Eugenie handles a Glock as smoothly as she wields a w&, but she needs some formidable allies for a job like this. She finds them in Dorian, a seductive fairy king with a taste for bondage, & Kiyo, a gorgeous shape-shifter who redefines animal attraction. but with enemies growing bolder & time running out, Eugenie realizes that the greatest danger is yet to come, & it lies in the dark powers that are stirring to life within her....




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Just typical. No love life to speak of for months, then all at once, every horny creature in the Otherworld wants to get in your pants...

Eugenie Markham is a powerful shaman who does a brisk trade banishing spirits & fey who cross into the mortal world. Mercenary, yes, but a girl's got to eat. Her most recent case, however, is enough to ruin her appetite. Hired to find a teenager who has been taken to the Otherworld, Eugenie comes face to face with a startling prophecy
- one that uncovers dark secrets about her past & claims that Eugenie's first-born will threaten the future of the world as she knows it.

Now Eugenie is a hot target for every ambitious demon & Otherworldy ne'er-do-well, & the ones who don't want to knock her up want her dead. Eugenie handles a Glock as smoothly as she wields a w&, but she needs some formidable allies for a job like this. She finds them in Dorian, a seductive fairy king with a taste for bondage, & Kiyo, a gorgeous shape-shifter who redefines animal attraction. but with enemies growing bolder & time running out, Eugenie realizes that the greatest danger is yet to come, & it lies in the dark powers that are stirring to life within her....




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In early 1970, the Commanding Officer of 22 SAS flew into the strategically critical Sultanate of Oman on a covert intelligence mission. A Communist rebellion in the South threatened not only the stability of the Arabian Peninsula but more importantly the vital oil routes through the Persian Gulf. Within six months, the Regiment arrived in theatre to lead a fierce, secret war against the rebels.

While from a remote RAF airbase in the desert, an elite band of British pilots, flying difficult, dangerous missions in Strikemaster jets & Vietnam-era Huey helicopters, were scrambled alongside them.

For the British soldiers & airmen, it was to be no easy victory. The enemy were well supplied with weaponry & training from China & the Soviet Union, & despite confronting the largest assault force ever deployed by the SAS, many months later the rebels were still fighting back.

And at dawn on July 19th, 1972, a force of nearly 300 heavily armed, well-trained guerillas attacked the little fishing port of Mirbat without warning. Between them & glory stood a team of just nine SAS men. And the skill of the British fighter pilots. The scene was set for an epic encounter; a modern day Rorke





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