Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her One for every boy she's ever loved When she writes she can pour out her heart & soul & say all the things she would never say in real life because her letters are for her eyes only Until the day her secret letters are mailed & suddenly Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WODEHOUSE COMIC FICTION PRIZE 2017 An utterly mad entirely heart-warming Highland adventure from the Man Booker-longlisted author of & the Land lay Still Douglas is fifty years old
- he's just lost his job been kicked out by his girlfriend & moved back into his dad's house Just when things are starting to look hopeless he makes a very unexpected new friend a talking toad Mungo is a wise-cracking straight-talking no-nonsense kind of toad
- & he is determined to get Douglas's life back on track Together man & beast undertake a madcap quest to the distant Highlands hot on the trail of a hundred-year-old granny a beautiful Greek nymph a split-personality alcoholicteetotaller a reluctant whisky-smuggler & the elusive glimmer of redemption

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' The monstrous thought came into my mind as I perused the fixed eyes & the saturnine face that this was a spirit not a man' Three ghostly tales from a master of the form ' The Signalman' ' The Trial for Murder' & the title story ' To Be Read at Dusk' One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range & diversity with works from around the world & across the centuries
- including fables decadence heartbreak tall tales satire ghosts battles & elephants
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Enthralling sequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's universally loved novels A Woman of Substance & Hold The Dream Set in Yorkshire Hong Kong & America this remarkable contemporary novel continues the story of an unorthodox & endlessly fascinating family As the spirit of Emma Harte lives on in her granddaughter Paula O' Neill an engrossing drama is played out in the glamorous arena of the wealthy & privileged underscored by a cut-throat world of jealousy & treachery Paula must act with daring & courage to preserve her formidable grandmother's glittering empire from unscrupulous enemies -- so that Emma's precious dream lives on for the next generation! ...

In February 1887 Caitriona Wallace & Emile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon floating high above Paris
- a moment of pure possibility
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A supposedly reformed cat burglar out to prove himself innocent of a recent crime spree tries to capture the thief who&s terrifying the French Riviera Cary Grant is devastatingly elegant as the reformed thief John Robie & charming enough to attract the attention of the lovely Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly) a wealthy & spoiled American traveling the Riviera with her widowed mother (Jessie Royce Landis) However things do not begin on a romantic note Robie is more interested in clearing his name than in pursuing the beautiful American but the two will not go their separate ways so easily Classic suspence & romance from director Alfred Hitchcock Actors Cary Grant Grace Kelly & Jessie Royce Landis Director Alfred Hitchcock Certificate Not Rated Year 1955 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages French English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 46 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The French Riviera two luminous stars (Grace Kelly Cary Grant) & the Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock behind the camera They all add up to one romantic dazzling screen thriller in this first time on Blu-ray edition Grant plays John Robie a retired jewel thief once known as " The Cat" who catches the eye of Frances Stevens (Kelly) a pampered vacationing heiress But when a new rash of gem thefts occurs amongst the luxury hotels of the spectacular French playground it appears that " The Cat" is on the prowl once again Is Robie truly reformed? Or is he deviously using Frances to gain access to the tempting collection of fabulous jewelry belonging to her mother (Jessie Royce Landis)? Romantic sparks fly as the suspense builds in this glittering Hitchcock classic that nabbed an Oscar for Best Cinematography Actors Cary Grant Grace Kelly Jessie Royce Landis John Williams Charles Vanel Brigitte Auber Jean Martinelli & Georgette Anys Director Alfred Hitchcock Certificate PGYear 1955 Screen 1781 Languages English
- Dolby True HD (20) Additional Languages Japanese ; Italian ; Spanish ; German ; French Subtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired ; Japanese ; Spanish ; French ; Italian ; German ; Swedish ; Finnish ; Norwegian ; Danish ; Dutch Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 46 minutes (approx)
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The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character of subject & of setting but all with that trademark twist in the tale Every reader will have their own favourites the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks from the quirks of the legal profession -- & those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar -- to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service -- but for a good cause The last story ' The Grass is Always Greener' is possibly the best piece Archer has written & will haunt you for the rest of your life ...

A cable-TV weather girl who'll do anything to become a celebrity seduces a high school student & convinces him to kill her go-nowhere husband in this black comedy Gus Van Sant's sly satire on America's tabloid mentality is loosely adapted from Joyce Maynard's chronicle of the real-life tale of husb&-killer Pamela Smart ...

Experts estimate that as many as 98000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents breast cancer or AIDS--three causes that receive far more public attention Indeed more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries Add the financial cost to the human tragedy & medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent widespread public problems To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors & their consequence--but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes After all to err is human Instead this book sets forth a national agenda--with state & local implications--for reducing medical errors & improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system This volume reveals the often startling statistics of medical error & the disparity between the incidence of error & public perception of it given many patients' expectations that the medical profession always performs perfectly A careful examination is made from how the surrounding forces of legislation regulation & market activity influence the quality of care provided by health care organizations & then looks at their handling of medical mistakes Using a detailed case study the book reviews the current understanding of why these mistakes happen A key theme is that legitimate liability concerns discourage reporting of errors--which begs the question How can we learn from our mistakes? Balancing regulatory versus market-based initiatives & public versus private efforts the Institute of Medicine presents wide-ranging recommendations for improving patient safety in the areas of leadership enhanced data collection & analysis & development of effective systems at the level of direct patient care To Err Is Human asserts that the problem is not bad people in health care--it is that good people are working in bad systems that need to be made safer Comprehensive & straightforward this book offers a clear prescription for raising the level of patient safety in American health care It also explains how patients themselves can influence the quality of care that they receive once they check into the hospital This book will be vitally important to federal state & local health policy makers & regulators health professional licensing officials hospital administrators medical educators & students health caregivers health journalists patient advocates--as well as patients themselves First in a series of publications from the Quality of Health Care in America a project initiated by the Institute of Medicine ...