The Blokes rule Jack's school They're bullies racists & meaner than anyone around & they've targeted Jack's new friend Hassan as their latest victim Hassan has escaped war in his homeland only to be faced with the wrath of the Blokes Can Jack stand up for his friend or will he break under pressure? Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers aged 12 ...

A Strangeness In My Mind is a novel Orhan Pamuk has worked on for six years It is the story of boza seller Mevlut the woman to whom he wrote three years' worth of love letters & their life in Istanbul In the four decades between 1969 & 2012 Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul from selling yoghurt & cooked rice to guarding a car park He observes many different kinds of people thronging the streets he watches most of the city get demolished & re-built & he sees migrants from Anatolia making a fortune; at the same time he witnesses all of the transformative moments political clashes & military coups that shape the country He always wonders what it is that separates him from everyone else
- the source of that strangeness in his mind But he never stops selling boza during winter evenings & trying to understand who his beloved really is What matters more in love what we wish for or what our fate has in store? Do our choices dictate whether we will be happy or not or are these things determined by forces beyond our control? A Strangeness In My Mind tries to answer these questions while portraying the tensions between urban life & family life & the fury & helplessness of women inside their homes
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A Strangeness In My Mind is a novel Orhan Pamuk has worked on for six years It is the story of boza seller Mevlut the woman to whom he wrote three years& worth of love letters & their life in Istanbul In the four decades between 1969 & 2012 Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul from selling yoghurt & cooked rice to guarding a car park He observes many different kinds of people thronging the streets he watches most of the city get demolished & re-built & he sees migrants from Anatolia making a fortune; at the same time he witnesses all of the transformative moments political clashes & military coups that shape the country He always wonders what it is that separates him from everyone else
- the source of that strangeness in his mind But he never stops selling boza during winter evenings & trying to understand who his beloved really is What matters more in love what we wish for or what our fate has in store? Do our choices dictate whether we will be happy or not or are these things determined by forces beyond our control? A Strangeness In My Mind tries to answer these questions while portraying the tensions between urban life & family life & the fury & helplessness of women inside their homes
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At a family wedding Mevlut catches sight of a girl with whom he falls in love After a secret courtship of letters passed via his cousin she agrees to elope with him & on a dark night the two come together for the first time As they rush to catch a train to Istanbul Mevlut realises he has been misled But the die is cast & the situation will determine the rest of his days Over the next four decades in Istanbul Mevlut works various jobs to support his loving wife & family; work that gives him a special perspective on his rapidly changing city & the people who live there & every evening he walks the streets selling his wares & dreaming his dreams ...

Could losing everything be the best thing to happen to Annabelle Thorley? In the fallout of her deceased father's financial ruin Annabelle's prospects are looking bleak Her fiance has called off their betrothal & now she remains at the mercy of her controlling & often cruel brother Annabelle soon faces the fact that her only hope for a better life is to do the unthinkable & run away to Fellsworth where her estranged uncle serves as the school's superintendent Upon arrival Annabelle learns that she must shed her life of high society & work for her wages for the first time in her life Owen Locke is unswerving in his commitments As a widower & father he is fiercely protective of his only daughter As an industrious gamekeeper he is intent on keeping poachers at bay even though his ambition has always been to purchase land he can call his own When a chance encounter introduces him to Annabelle Thorley his steady life is shaken For the first time since his wife's death Owen begins to consider a second chance at love As Owen & Annabelle grow closer ominous forces threaten the peace they thought they'd found Poachers mysterious strangers & murderers converge at Fellsworth forcing Annabelle & Owen to a test of fortitude & bravery to stop the shadow of the past from ruining their hopes for the future ...

1916 Bella is working as a Voluntary Aid driving ambulances in England when she gets engaged to Philip on leave from fighting in France His family strongly disapprove of her but the two of them are happy together Georgie Philip's sister is in trouble having broken her engagement & fled from her bullying family As she wonders who can she turn to for help when she needs it most she finds herself at the gates of Honeyfield When the worst happens Bella must manage on her own though there are shocks & dangers she did not foresee ahead Thankfully Philip's best friend Tez injured in France steps in to offer assistance Can he also help Bella build a new life? ...

Shari expertly traps you confounds you & leaves you gasping at the end More please ' FIONA BARTON So many dizzying twists you'd better not drive after reading' LINWOOD BARCLAYSmart twisty thriller It's taut intelligent & compelling' Heat The electrifying new thriller from Shari Lapena author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Couple Next Door Smart twisty & compulsive Suspense & suspicion accumulate relentlessly toying with your expectations & your emotions right up until the packs-a-punch ending Don't miss it & don't expect to be able to put it down' GILLY MACMILLANWhy would you run scared from a happy home? You're waiting for your beloved husband to get home from work You're making dinner looking forward to hearing about his day That's the last thing you remember You wake up in hospital with no idea how you got there They tell you that you were in an accident; you lost control of your car whilst driving in a dangerous part of town The police suspect you were up to no good But your husband refuses to believe it Your best friend isn't so sure & even you don't know what to believe Praise for Shari Lapena'I thought the read-it-in-one-sitting thing was a cliche Not any more' LINWOOD BARCLAY' Entirely compelling utterly realistic You will not see the twists coming' Daily Mail' Meticulously crafted & razor sharp' HARLAN COBEN'A twisty utterly riveting tale' TESS GERRITSEN' Shari Lapena furnishes a clever array of motives & suspects The tension is high & remains to the last stunning page' The Times ...

The electrifying new thriller from Shari Lapena author of the bestselling novel of the year The Couple Next Door Shari expertly traps you confounds you & leaves you gasping at the end More please ' FIONA BARTONSo many dizzying twists you'd better not drive after reading' LINWOOD BARCLAYSmart twisty thriller It's taut intelligent & compelling' Heat Why would you run scared from a happy home? You're waiting for your beloved husband to get home from work You're making dinner looking forward to hearing about his day That's the last thing you remember You wake up in hospital with no idea how you got there They tell you that you were in an accident; you lost control of your car whilst driving in a dangerous part of town The police suspect you were up to no good But your husband refuses to believe it Your best friend isn't so sure & even you don't know what to believe Praise for Shari Lapena'I thought the read-it-in-one-sitting thing was a cliche Not any more' LINWOOD BARCLAY' Entirely compelling utterly realistic You will not see the twists coming' Daily Mail' Meticulously crafted & razor sharp' HARLAN COBEN'A twisty utterly riveting tale' TESS GERRITSEN' Shari Lapena furnishes a clever array of motives & suspects The tension is high & remains to the last stunning page' The Times ...

The original bestseller & heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man & his streetwise cat& Bob has entranced London like no feline since the days of Dick Whittington& (Evening Standard)&A heartwarming tale with a message of hope& (Daily Mail)& Reminded me how amazing having a cat can be& (Glamour) The uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets of Covent Garden & the ginger cat who adopts him & helps him heal his life Now a major motion picture starring Luke Treadaway When James Bowen found an injured ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation he had no idea just how much his life was about to change James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London & the last thing he needed was a pet Yet James couldn&t resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat whom he quickly christened Bob He slowly nursed Bob back to health & then sent the cat on his way imagining he would never see him again But Bob had other ideas Soon the two were inseparable & their diverse comic & occasionally dangerous adventures would transform both their lives slowly healing the scars of each other&s troubled pasts A Street Cat Named Bob is a moving & uplifting story that will touch the heart of anyone who reads it IF you love A Street Cat Named Bob don&t miss The Little Book of Bob the new book from James & Bob ...

The original bestseller & heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man & his streetwise cat& Bob has entranced London like no feline since the days of Dick Whittington& (Evening Standard)&A heartwarming tale with a message of hope& (Daily Mail)& Reminded me how amazing having a cat can be& (Glamour) The uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets of Covent Garden & the ginger cat who adopts him & helps him heal his life Now a major motion picture starring Luke Treadaway When James Bowen found an injured ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation he had no idea just how much his life was about to change James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London & the last thing he needed was a pet Yet James couldn&t resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat whom he quickly christened Bob He slowly nursed Bob back to health & then sent the cat on his way imagining he would never see him again But Bob had other ideas Soon the two were inseparable & their diverse comic & occasionally dangerous adventures would transform both their lives slowly healing the scars of each other&s troubled pasts A Street Cat Named Bob is a moving & uplifting story that will touch the heart of anyone who reads it IF you love A Street Cat Named Bob don&t miss The Little Book of Bob the new book from James & Bob ...