Following the successful publication of Dear Francesca & Dear Olivia, bestselling author, Mary Contini picks up the thread of her family story from 1934 in Pozzuoli, Naples, following the commercial success of the family business
- Edinburgh`s acclaimed Valvona & Crolla
- & the Dolce Vita of parent`s generation. With her inimitable style she shares stories of exuberant family relationships, mouth-watering food & hilarious laughter, painting a vivid picture of life in wartime Italy & Scotland & the decades immediately after.

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Would you risk your life to save a stranger? Discover what happens next in the Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller, Dear Amy.. .A local schoolgirl has been missing for weeks when Margot Lewis, agony aunt of the ` Dear Amy` advice column, receives a letter: Dear Amy, I`ve been kidnapped by a strange man. I don`t know where I am. Please help me, Bethan Avery This must be a hoax. Because Bethan Avery is another young girl, who went missing twenty years ago. As more letters arrive, Margot becomes consumed by finding the sender &
- unlike the police
- convinced that the girls` disappearances are connected. Solving this puzzle could save someone`s life
- but could it also cost Margot her own? `A first-rate psychological thriller. It`s simply impossible to guess what`s coming next` Irish Independent ` Terrific
- delivers suspense, twists & smart writing` Julia Heaberlin, author of Sunday Times bestselling Black-Eyed Susans ` Haunting.. .this story will stay with you` Jane Corry, author of My Husband`s Wife ` Skilfully handled. An accomplished psychological thriller` Daily Mail



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So what is this England really like & how do the English really see themselves? Intrigued by the many contradictory emotions that the English feel for their own country, Harry Reid, one of Britain's leading journalists, set out on voyage of discovery. As he travels down the byways & up the highways of this green & pleasant l&, he anatomises a country which is still as rich & diverse & eccentric as ever. But is it a country at peace with itself? Has it lost its way? At a time of economic uncertainty & international upheaval would the English fly the flag or would the contrasts between city & village, slum & prosperity, betray a deeper ambiguity about what it actually means to be English? At the end of his journey Harry Reid attempts an analysis of where England is & where it is going. ...

From an award-winning project comes an inspiring, collaborative book that makes data artistic, personal
- & open to all Each
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After a trip to the museum, Max writes a letter to his favourite dinosaur, the mighty T. Rex
- & the T. Rex writes back! As Max
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Have you ever wished you could tell your favourite books just what they mean to you? Or wanted to give a piece of your mind to the `must-read` book that you wish you hadn`t? Librarian Annie Spence has done just that, writing letters to the books under her care, from love letters to Matilda & The Goldfinch, to snarky break-up notes to Fifty Shades of Grey & The Hobbit. Annie`s letters will make you laugh, remind you why you love your favourite books, & give you lots of new entries for your reading list. She`s also on-hand to help out with your bookish dilemmas: recommendations for lazy readers; excuses to tell your friends when you`d rather stay home reading; & how to turn your lover into a reader. Hilarious, compassionate & smart, Dear Fahrenheit 451 is the consummate book-lover`s book. ...

Worried that the whale living in her pond is unhappy, Emily writes to Greenpeace, who, though offering the best of advice, insist that it is impossible for a whale to live in a pond. Undeterred, Emily continues to seek the best course of action for her beloved whale, finally setting him free. ...

From the best-selling author of Americanah & We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today
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From the best-selling author of Americanah & We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today
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This is a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller. Dear Leader contains astonishing new insights about North Korea which could only be revealed by someone working high up in the regime. It is also the gripping story of how a member of the inner circle of this enigmatic country became its most courageous, outspoken critic. Jang Jin-sung held one of the most senior ranks in North Korea`s propaganda machine, helping tighten the regime`s grip over its people. Among his tasks were developing the founding myth of North Korea, posing undercover as a South Korean intellectual & writing epic poems in support of the dictator, Kim Jong-il. Young & ambitious, his patriotic work secured him a bizarre audience with Kim Jong-il himself, thus granting him special status as one of the ` Admitted`. This meant special food provisions, a travel pass & immunity from prosecution & harm. He was privy to state secrets, including military & diplomatic policies, how the devastating ` Scrutiny` was effected, & the real position of one of the country`s most powerful, elusive men, Im Tong-ok. Because he was praised by the Dear Leader himself, he had every reason to feel satisfied with his lot & safe. Yet he could not ignore his conscience, or the disparity between his life & that of those he saw starving on the street. After breaking security rules, Jang Jin-sung, together with a close friend, was forced to flee for his life: away from lies & deceit, towards truth & freedom. ...