Same Bridget, but brand new diary. Having finally found the perfect man in gorgeous lawyer Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), 30-something ex-singleton Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is now faced with the even bigger challenge of keeping him. When her self-doubts ...

Bridget Jones is everyones favourite spinster. In Bridget Joness Diary she documents her struggles through the social minefield of her 30s & tries to weigh up the eternal question: Daniel Cleaver of Mark Darcy? She is supported through the whole process by four indispensable friends, Shazzer, Jude, Tom & a bottle of chardonnay.

A dazzling urban satire of modern relationships?

An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family?

Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?





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When his philandering wife Henrietta is found with her throat slashed, Charles Holborne finds himself up to his neck in serious trouble of the murderous kind. Arrested for her murder, can Charles discover the truth of her brutal death, & prove his innocence to a skeptical investigators? ...

The final book from Professor Stephen Hawking, the bestselling author of A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME & arguably the most famous scientist of our age, BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS is a profound, accessible & timely reflection on the biggest questions in science. ...

Jane Austen is a mystery. The first incontrovertibly great woman novelist, she is, among other things, one of the finest prose stylists in literature; the first truly modern writer, the Godmother of chick lit. She is also the greatest enigma (next to Shakespeare) in English literature. Soldiers in the First World War sat in the trenches & read them for the civilising comforts they provided. Hard-nut literary critics such as F. R. Leavis lauded their austere complexity. World Book Day, 2007, found that Pride & Prejudice was the one book ' The nation can't live without'. In this witty, accessible guide, Charles Jennings goes in search of this enigma through her words as well as her times, including a short biography, an overview of the novels, as well as the world that she inhabited. Finally, the book contains Jane's very own words of advice for the modern life. ...

Exploring the beliefs, history & politics of the ordinary people of Muslim countries, this title offers a comprehensive account of Islam. It addresses the big issues
- can Islam support true democracy or is the West merely seeking a cover of legitimacy for a policy of 'might is right'?
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A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient's brain instead of the malignant tumor. A man whose leg is scheduled for amputation wakes up to find his healthy leg removed. These examples are part of a history of medical disasters as old as the profession itself. This title offers an account of medical mishap in modern times. ...

From the death of Richard III on Bosworth Field in 1485 to the execution of Charles I, after the Civil Wars of 1642-48, England was transformed by two Dynasties. This title recreates the political landscape over this early modern period & shows how the nation was forged in these anxious, transformative years. ...

The British did not take to water like ducks, for centuries doing little but cling to coastal waters. The Romans & Vikings knocked spots of us as seamen, & the English upper classes saw seafaring as mercantile & beneath them. In the 20th century, the British navy was twice as big as any other. This account contains anecdotes & humor. ...

We human beings have trouble with infinity
- yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. This title takes us on a tour of that
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