Prue Leith describes herself as greedy in all senses of the word. Cook, caterer, restaurateur, food writer, journalist, novelist, businesswoman, teacher, television presenter, charity worker, lover, wife & mother, she has certainly been greedy for life. Born in South Africa, the daughter of a well-known actress, Prue came to London in the early 1960s, set up a successful catering company, & later opened Leith's Restaurant, a food lovers' oasis in London's then gastronomic desert. By the mid-seventies she was a regular food columnist on the Daily Mail, had published several cookbooks & opened Leith's School of Food & Wine. But it wasn't all work. For thirteen years she had a secret affair with the married man who was to be her husband for another twenty-five years. She writes movingly of the anguish for both families; of her longing for children; the birth of her son, Daniel, & the adoption of her daughter, Li-Da. Prue writes with relish, humour & honesty. Whether she is running her own businesses or sitting on the boards of public companies; founding charities or leading institutions, her down-to-earth attitude to triumph & disaster is an inspiration. She is forthright about her love life; her mother's senility; her husband's smoking himself to death; the theft of her savings, & falling in love at sixty-six with a manic-depressive. Above all, Relish reflects one lucky woman's incredible zest for life. ...

' Now, dragon, ' said the Boy imploringly. ' You've got to fight him some time or other you know, 'cos he's St George & you're the dragon. Better get it over, & then we can go on with the sonnets.' Everyone knows St George has to do battle with the dragon, but what happens when the dragon simply won't fight St George? ...

This book charts elbow's long journey from humble roots through modest success to international recognition. Elbow started out at a time when great songs & evocative lyrics were not generally recognised. Their music transcended genre, age & image, eventually finding its own distinctive global audience as Guy Garvey evolved into one of the most brilliant & intriguing lyricists of recent times. ...

The Calder valley, west of Halifax, was the last ditch of Elmet, the last British Celtic kingdom to fall to the Angles. For centuries it was considered a more or less uninhabitable wilderness, a notorious refuge for criminals, a hide-out for refugees. This title celebrates this area where the author spent his early childhood. ...

Offering a bridge between the short story & the novel, this book is made up of eight stories with each one portraying a character for a single day. The stories range from a transsexual coping with her new body, prejudice & literary agents, to a cheating husband finding everything catching him up too quickly for comfort. ...

It has been said that " The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recently begun to awake'. This nightmare was particularly evident on the streets of Victorian London when society was going through a massive & tumultuous change. In the nineteenth century, the population in Britain trebled from 10 million to 32 million bringing with it numerous social problems, principally poverty & attendant ill-health. Many of the victims of this upheaval were children who made up 40 per cent of the population (compared to 20 per cent now). This led to an increased focus on the role children played in society seen most famously in the writings of Charles Dickens. Indeed Charles Dickens became one of the chief supporters of the new children's hospital founded at Great Ormond St to alleviate infant suffering & death. The ensuing history of the hospital is no less intriguing & this book charts its rise to become a world famous institution, surviving the blitz, pioneering many medical procedures & saving many lives. Wonderful pictures accompany the fascinating text along with celebrity anecdotes & stories from the children themselves. ...

The author follows the story of R.E.M. from its origins to a leading world-wide act. This edition brings the band's story up-to-date, covering the departure of drummer Bill Berry, Michael Stipe's increasing role as a spokesman for humane causes, & the group's music up to their Reveal album. ...

The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers & creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits & achievements of each subject, & uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. ...

Unable to forgive herself for the death of her two-year-old son Bobby in a car accident, Menley Nichols' marriage to Adam starts to fall apart
- until the birth of their daughter Hannah. Determined to rebuild a life together around their precious baby, Menley & Adam decide to rent a house on Cape Cod for a month, confident that the tranquility of the place will be ideal for Menley & little Hannah. But the peace they crave is disturbed when strange things start to happen
- incidents which make Menley relive the horror of the accident in which she lost Bobby...incidents which make her fear for Hannah. & step by step, Menley & Adam are drawn into a dark & sinister web of events which threatens their marriage, their child, & ultimately Menley's sanity.

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Mary, a Cornish mariner's daughter, makes the biggest mistake of her short life when she steals a silk hat.

Convicted

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