Offers the information necessary to differentiate between a good deal & a great deal when buying a new piano. This book supplies list prices for various piano brands & models, as well as advice on how to estimate actual street prices. Information on piano manufacturers, instrument models, & trends & conditions is also included. ...

America's first African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, has a chance encounter with a mysterious Irishman, named Altamont, when they meet at the boxer's restaurant, Cafe de Champion, in August 1912. Johnson's new relationship with the ...

After Rufus Scott, an embittered & unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida & old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover. ...

Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, this is a superb second novel from the author of the multiple-award winning ' ...

Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, this is a superb second novel from the author of the multiple-award winning ' ...

ANOTHER DAY
- Eighteen years after being disowned by her father for falling pregnant, Kirsty Lennox returns to Paisley determined
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Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has convinced herself that she deserves her distant, moody boyfriend, Justin. She knows the rules: Don't be needy. Avoid upsetting him. Never get your hopes up. Then, out of the blue, they share a perfect day together
- perfect, that is, until Justin doesn't remember anything about it.
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Capped at every level by Wales, from youth to full international, Roger Freestone was number one goalkeeper at Chelsea for two years & competed at the very highest level. He is currently at the pinnacle of his career & last season broke the Swansea City club record for the number of clean sheets as the Swans raced to the Division Three championship with the best defensive record in the country. ...

Throughout the Western world, governments & financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social & human damage inflicted by the crisis has given rise to a reconsideration of the inevitability of unfettered capitalism as a fact of life. ...

A new memoir from Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. Eight-year-old Aimee was on the child protection register at birth. Her five older siblings were taken into care many years ago. So no one can understand why she was left at home to suffer for so long. It seems Aimee was forgotten. The social services are looking for a very experienced foster carer to look after Aimee &, when she reads the referral, Cathy understands why. Despite her reservations, Cathy agrees to Aimee on
- there is something about her that reminds Cathy of Jodie (the subject of ' Damaged' & the most disturbed child Cathy has cared for), & reading the report instantly tugs at her heart strings. When she arrives, Aimee is angry. & she has every right to be. She has spent the first eight years of her life living with her drug-dependent mother in a flat that the social worker described as 'not fit for human habitation'. Aimee is so grateful as she snuggles into her bed at Cathy's house on the first night that it brings Cathy to tears. Aimee's aggressive mother is constantly causing trouble at contact, & makes sweeping allegations against Cathy & her family in front of her daughter as well. It is a trying time for Cathy, & it makes it difficult for Aimee to settle. But as Aimee begins to trust Cathy, she starts to open up. & the more Cathy learns about Aimee's life before she came into care, the more horrified she becomes. It's clear that Aimee should have been rescued much sooner & as her journey seems to be coming to a happy end, Cathy can't help but reflect on all the other 'forgotten children' that are still suffering...
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