Following the death of her mother, Franziska turns away from love in order to pursue a career as a concert pianist. She goes on from a humble home in a small Czech town, to Prague & a life that does not conform in any way to convention. It all ends in Berlin, with a bitter lesson learned: the fragility of life, & how debilitating love can be. ...

What do estate agents & the Ku Klux Klan have in common? Why do drug dealers live with their mothers? What do schoolteachers & sumo wrestlers have in common? How can your name affect how well you do in life? This title shows you a totally new way of seeing the world. ...

The third hilarious book about ten-year-old FRANKIE FOSTER
- the girl who wants to help, but ends up causing chaos! From the best-loved
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Have you ever been called a freak or a geek? Have you ever felt like one? The author, Luke Jackson, writes briefly about his younger autistic & AD/HD brothers, providing insights into the antics of his younger years & advice for parents, carers & teachers of young Asperger Syndrome children. ...

Simon Moss is just an ordinary boy who loves action comics & wishes he were brave enough to star in one.

Mossy is

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Five people. Five chances. One woman’s search for happiness.

Allegra Bird’s arms are scattered with freckles, a

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Fred & Rose West are virtually unique in British criminal history: a husband & wife who loved & killed together. During their long relationship, the Wests murdered a series of young women, burying the remains of nine victims under their home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, including those of their daughter. What was left of Fred West's eight-year-old stepdaughter was dug up from under the Wests' previous Gloucester home; his first wife & nanny were buried in open country. Most victims had been decapitated & dismembered, their remains showing signs of sexual torture. These twelve are just the ones police found when the Wests were arrested in 1994. There may be more whose bones have not been located... Howard Sounes broke the first major story about the Wests as a journalist, & covered the murder trial of Rosemary West, before writing Fred & Rose, the definitive account of this infamous case. Beginning with Fred's & Rose's bizarre childhoods, Sounes charts their lives... ...

Fred & Rose West are virtually unique in British criminal history. They were a couple who loved & killed together as husband & wife. During their long relationship the West's murdered a series of young women, burying the remains of 9 victims under their home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, including those of their teenage daughter, Heather. What was left of Fred West's 8 year old step daughter was dug up beneath the West's' previous Gloucester home. His first wife & nanny were buried in the open country outside the city. Several victims were found decapitated & dismembered, their remains showing signs of sexual torture. However, these 12 are just the ones the police found when the West's were arrested in 1994. There may be more whose bones have not been located. This book has 362 pages & is 19.7cm x 12.7cm x 2.5cm ...

Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel & Stone
- The Machines that changed the World: The Industrial Revolution was a time when Britain
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Have you ever looked at one of our great historical buildings & wondered how on earth it was built? Well, now you can get the answer from a man who devoted his life to finding out
- Fred Dibnah. Fred takes us to some of our country's most famous castles, cathedrals, abbeys, great houses & bridges, & gives precise explanations of how they were constructed at a time when technology was limited & there were no powered tools, no concrete, steel, engines or heavy machinery. Illustrated with Fred's own beautifully executed drawings, published here for the first time, we explore engineering marvels such as St Paul's Cathedral, the Humber Bridge & Blackpool Tower. Fred's passion for the traditional skills of builders, carpenters & stonemasons shines through on every page.
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