Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature These are beguiling provocative stories about manipulative men & the women who outwit them about destructive marriages & curdled friendships about mothers & sons about moments which change or haunt a life Alice Munro's stories surprise & delight turning lives into art expanding our world & shedding light on the strange workings of the human heart ...

A heartbreaking & inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass & Rosie Lewis Maggie Hartley is one of the UK's most prolific foster mothers This inspiring collection

Includes:: three heartbreaking true short stories about the children who have passed through Maggie's care TOO SCARED TO CRYWhen Ben & Damien arrive on Maggie's doorstep the two toddlers are too scared to speak More disturbingly still their baby half-brother Noah is completely unresponsive
- he doesn't smile or play or crawl The three siblings have been conditioned to be seen & not heard & it's up to Maggie to unpick what has caused this terrible void THE GIRL NO ONE WANTEDEleven-year-old Leanne is out of control With over forty placements in her short life no local foster carers are willing to take in this angry & damaged little girl Maggie is Leanne's only hope & her last chance If this placement fails Leanne will be put in a secure unit Where most others would simply walk away Maggie refuses to give up on the little girl who's never known love A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMASA tragic accident leaves the life of toddler Edward changed forever & his family wracked with guilt Maggie must help this family grieve for the son they've lost & learn to love the little boy he is now But will Edward have a family to go home to at Christmas? These heartwarming & inspiring short stories show the power of a foster mother's love & her determination to help the children who come into her care Note These stories have previously been published as individual ebooks True stories of foster care & adoption & one foster mother's attempts to help the children in her care heal from abuse neglect & trauma


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' Smart sexy & oh-so romantic' Mary Balogh Colin Mac Hugh a former officer in Wellington's army is thrust into polite society when his brother inherits a Scottish dukedom though Colin dreads mingling in candlelit ballrooms while matchmakers take aim at his fortune & his freedom He's also not very fond of the drink-gamble-swive-repeat lifestyle of his new gentlemen friends So when offered the opportunity to join the board of directors at the local orphanage he jumps at the chance to put his business acumen to use & to spend more time with the alluring Anwen Windham Anwen is devoted to helping the orphanage regain its financial footing & she's amazed at the ease in which Colin gains the respect of the former pickpockets & thieves at the House of Urchins But when a noble gentleman who wants Anwen for himself accuses Colin of embezzling funds everything is on the line
- the safety of the young boys in their charge their love for each other & even Colin's very life
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Dr Gordon Livingston has been a psychiatrist since the 1960s & has heard from his patients the whole spectrum of those things in life that work & that don't work
- & the limitless ways in which we are capable of inflicting unhappiness on ourselves Out of this lifetime of experience he has extracted thirty bedrock truths amongst them ' We are what we do' ' Only bad things happen quickly' ' We are afraid of the wrong things' & ' Be bold & mighty forces will come to your aid' Gordon believes that we all have a wonderful capacity to face loss misfortune & regret & that it is never too late to move beyond them & find greater happiness This profound & incisive book of collected wisdoms & deceptively simple truths will encourage & inspire you to seek & recognise the best in your life
- to realise that it is never too late to find your greatest happiness & how to go about it

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play On September 12 2004 just two-&-a-half days before Johnny Ramone&s death a group of musicians & friends staged a benefit concert to celebrate The Ramones& 30th anniversary & to raise money for cancer research Mandy Stein&s touching rockumentary captures that unforgettable evening Actors Tim Armstrong Dicky Barrett Clem Burke Nicolas Cage Danny Fields Flea John Frusciante brett Gurewitz Deborah Harry Lisa Marie presley Steve Jones Lawrence Katz & Anthony Kiedis Director Mandy Stein Certificate 15 years & over Year 2006 Languages English Duration 1 Hour & 17 Minutes (approx) ...

Tracklist A1 Intolerance 454 A2 Prison Sex 455 A3 Sober 506 B1 Bottom Vocals
- Henry Rollins 713 B2 Crawl Away 529 B3 Swamp Song
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Sharpening workshop tools is probably the most diverse of all workshop activities & the one that is least understood by the majority of workshop owners This is not unreasonable in view of the wide range of equipment suggested for the task ranging from the complex typically an industrial tool & cutter grinder through to the humble off hand grinder This book illustrates how most sharpening tasks can be carried out using an off hand grinder & a few simply made accessories whilst doing this to a standard comparable to that achieved using much more sophisticated equipment A lack of understanding of the processes almost certainly results in the workshop owner attempting tasks with far from perfect cutting tools that can diminish the satisfaction of a job well done With the information in this book this situation can be avoided & working with blunt tooling should be a thing of the past ...

This Toolshed Funko POP! Vinyl figure joins the South Park W2 range Toolshed is a new addition to the ever growing Funko POP! Vinyl range Each character stands at around 9cm tall & comes packed in an illustrated window box Collect them all now! ...

Nintendo characters come to life in new ways as amiibo interactive figures that have the ability to communicate with multiple specially designed games by just touching them to the Wii U Game Pad controller Nintendo first series of amiibo characters will be compatible with Super Smash Bros for Wii U with further games to be announced FEATURES Amiibo can interact with compatible games when players touch them to the Wii U Game Pad controller reading character data into games & saving data to the figure Different compatible games will use amiibo in different ways Super Smash Bros for Wii U will be the first game to use amiibo Games like Mario Kart 8 Mario Party 10 Captain Toad Treasure Tracker & Yoshi’s Woolly World are also planned to support amiibo In Super Smash Bros players can battle alongside or against their amiibo characters leveling them up in the process They can then bring them to a friend who has a Wii U & the game to show off how they’ve trained & customized their characters A new NFC readerwriter which is being designed for Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to launch in 2015 ...

This amiibo figure shows Link in his toon-shaded incarnation from The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker game Link holds the Wind Waker itself a wand that allowed him to control the winds This amiibo figure shows Link in his toon-shaded incarnation from The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker game Link holds the Wind Waker itself a wand that allowed him to control the winds Compatible with the upcoming title The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Made for Play! Discover New Characters Explore New Game Modes & So Much More! You can use amiibo on your Wii U by tapping them to the NFC touchpoint on the Wii U Game Pad You can also use amiibo on your New Nintendo 3DS & New Nintendo 3DS XL by tapping them to the NFC area on the bottom screen Alternatively using the NFC Reader Writer Accessory you can use amiibo on your Nintendo 2DS Nintendo 3DS & Nintendo 3DS XL ...