' Unusual & brilliant.. . It has similarities to Alan Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child.' Deborah Orr, Guardian A beautifully written novel, which tells a story of love & loss through three generations of a family. When she grew up, Ruth would say that she could place the day that her mother had decided to go away. She didn't know the actual date, but she recalled the occasion: it was on the afternoon of a wet day, early in 1942, during a visit to the cinema. She thought she could even pinpoint the exact moment at which Iris had made up her mind to go, leaving her only child behind. Neither of them could have guessed then that they would never live together again. Spanning the second half of the last century, My Former Heart, Cressida Connolly's mesmerising first novel, charts the lives of three generations of Iris's family, the mother who walked away from her child. Ruth will be deserted again, many years later, by a husband she loves, but not before she has had two children by him. She leaves London to live with her uncle, where she creates a new life for herself with another woman. & we follow the lives of her two children, trying to make a place for themselves in the world in the shadow of the family that precedes them. With its large cast of fascinating characters, this is an outstanding novel about families & their ability to adapt. It surely marks the beginning of long career as a novelist for Cressida Connolly. ...

Little Four is a curious & playful boy who enjoys counting things that come in fours. Follow Little Four on his fun-filled day as he counts zoo animals & shares lunch with a friend. My First Steps to Math makes learning math fun! Each book features a different character your child will love & focuses on a single number. Together, these books provide a strong foundation for math awareness, helping your child to develop the early skills of number recognition, counting & even simple addition & subtraction. Creatively written by early childhood educator Jane Belk Moncure, the My First Steps to Math series will not only help your child learn to love numbers but also to master the essential concepts. Before you know it, your child will be stepping up to math with confidence ...

Meet Ben—the bendiest of all Ruby's relations! 

Join Ruby & Ben as they continue the hilarious tour of their crazy

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Meet Boris
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How does it feel to be betrayed by your closest friend? A close friend who turns out to be the most prolific grifter in New York City... This is the true story of Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin), the fake heiress whose dizzying deceit & elaborate con-artistry deceived the Soho hipster scene before her ruse was finally & dramatically exposed. After meeting through mutual friends, the ' Russian heiress' Anna Delvey & Rachel De Loache Williams soon became inseparable. Theirs was an intoxicating world of endless excess: high dining, personal trainer sessions, a luxury holiday... & Anna footed almost every bill. But after Anna's debit card was declined in a Moroccan medina whilst on holiday in a five-star luxury resort, Rachel began to suspect that her increasingly mysterious friend was not all she seemed. This is the incredible story of how Anna Sorokin conned the high-rollers of the NYC social scene & convinced her close friend of an entirely concocted fantasy, the product... ...

A perfect tale for Grandads to share! A sweet story about friendship between Grandad & Grandson. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781787004719 •†Author:   Joshua George & Natalia Moore •†Publisher:   Imagine That •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:† 20 x 14 x 1 cm ...

James has a special soft-toy friend. His name is Harry. He & James go everywhere together ï ½ around the farm, on holiday, to bed... Harry always listens & he never complains, even when he gets wet or dirty or is made to stand on his head! Then, one day, James starts school... ...

Maya is a young girl who loves to dance. In this rhyming picture book, she attends a lively dancing class with her friend. They practice their steps & follow the command of their teacher, who says in French, ' Plie, mes amis'. Maya loves everything about the dance: The costumes, grand entrances, music, the final bow & the magic of recitals. ...

In a fly-blown bar in West Africa, British war reporter James Brabazon found himself being briefed on covert military plans to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea by one of Africa's most notorious mercenaries
- his friend Nick du Toit. The Byzantine plot, its farcical execution & its tragic consequences led to Simon Mann & a host of celebrated guns-for-hire falling victim to their own avaricious plans, Machiavellian scheming & ruthless double-crosses. In a twist of fate, James Brabazon remained free. His mercenary friend wasn't so lucky. Nick du Toit was sentenced to serve thirty-four years in Black Beach prison, Africa's most notorious jail
- a sentence which James could have been serving alongside him. Their unlikely friendship began two years earlier on the bloody battlefields of the Liberian civil war. With Nick as his bodyguard, James was the only journalist to film behind rebel lines. Establishing him as a brave & talented filmmaker, the war tested James's physical & moral boundaries to the limit
- & opened a door on to a dangerous world of mercenaries, spies & violent regime change. MY FRIEND THE MERCENARY recounts James's courageous journey into the Liberian war, & tells the inside story of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history. Through this gripping narrative, James Brabazon explodes the myth of the modern mercenary, & paints a moving portrait of an extraordinary friendship. It is a brutally honest book about what it takes to be a journalist, survivor & friend in the morally corrosive crucible of war.


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Meet Happy, a magical imaginary friend who can make any day brighter.

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