Told in the distinctive & memorable voices of working class women, Life as We Have Known It is a remarkable first-hand account of working lives at the turn of the last century. First published in association with the Women's Co-operative Guild in 1931, Life as We Have Known it is a unique evocation of a lost age, & a humbling testament to what Virginia Woolf called 'that inborn energy which no amount of childbirth & washing up can quench'. Here is domestic service; toiling in factories & in the fields, & of husbands
- often old & ill before their time, some drinkers or gamblers. Despite telling of the hardship of a poverty-stricken marriage, the horrors of childbirth & of lives spent in search of jobs, these are spirited & inspiring voices.
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The author has a gift for being able to receive messages from souls in the spirit world. This title explains how he was able to develop his gift, & what being a psychic medium actually means. It offers an advice on how to make better connections with your family, how to be open to new things in life, & how to accept all that happens to you. ...

Downton Abbey
- the most successful British period drama in years & the number
- is one most-watched drama programme of 2010.

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Last year, the telly-watching public was gripped by Downton Abbey
- the most successful British period drama in years & the number
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Six months on from the events in NO ESCAPE, forensic psychologist Karen Taylor is busy assessing prisoners out on parole for a Ministry of Justice project designed to predict which of them will re-offend. One of them is Randall Greer, a violent serial rapist, whose last offence took place on the Isle of Wight. Karen is sure he will attack again
- & that this time he will probably kill. So when Randall breaks the terms of his parole & goes missing, Karen breaks all the rules. She returns to the Isle of Wight to warn DCI Charlie Trench, because he was involved in Greer's arrest & subsequent trial for the rape of Lizzie Fane. Randall had threatened to kill Lizzie if she gave evidence against him. Lizzie Fane has secretly reinvented herself as Lisa Raithe, & is enjoying a burgeoning career as a successful artist. She's settled into an attractive village well away from the Island
- & has tentatively started dating again. As Lisa, she has everything going for her. Until she hears that Randall is out, & on the loose. She has stoically rebuilt her shattered life
- how far will she go to protect it? Soon people who gave evidence at Randall's trial are found murdered. Has the rapist now turned killer, as Karen predicted? Has Lizzie herself turned avenging angel? Or, as Karen starts to suspect, is someone else pulling the strings?


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Jean Collins had two daughters. But she only loved one of them. She knew it was wrong, but she just couldn't help herself. Jess was a little sweetheart, everyone said so. Anne was awkward & serious & not much fun, to be frank. But now the years have passed. Jess is missing
- run off long ago, no one knows where or why. So when Jean is left in a coma after a road accident, it's Anne who travels back up north to sit at her mother's bedside. & she wonders
- why did Jean dash out into the road without looking? What distracted her? & why was she carrying a box of vanilla slices, the cream cakes she only ever bought for extra special occasions? Meanwhile there are secrets waiting for Anne & Jean, back at the old family home. Secrets that were buried a long time ago...

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Craig Venter is no ordinary scientist, & no ordinary man. He is the first human being ever to read their own DNA
- & see the key
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Good drawings aren't always the ones that you've spent a lot of time on; some of the best pieces are swift, energetic studies

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Martin Lawrence & Eddie Murphy play it surprisingly straight in this film by director Ted Demme. Though there are laughs to be had, this is a story about perseverance in the face of a life of disappointment (yet the film was sold as a prison comedy). But Stir Crazy this isn't. Rather, Lawrence & Murphy play a couple of New Yorkers making a moonshine run from New York to Mississippi during the Prohibition who find themselves framed for murder & sentenced for life to a prison chain gang. As they age, the two become close friends, although the strait-laced Lawrence always resents the freewheeling Murphy for getting him into the situation in the first place. Ultimately, these two men learn to find meaning where they can, taking value from friendship & their limited ability to affect the lives of others. At times preachy, it ends on an upbeat note; the film's biggest laughs are reserved for the final section, in which Lawrence & Murphy don age makeup & play octogenarians. ...

Addresses the many turbulent, confusing, & exhilarating situations teens face. This memoir explores questions such as: who am I, what's important to me, & what am I called to do on this planet. It covers important adolescent topics such as: sexuality, drug use, friendships, stress management, & self-esteem. ...