American Maggie Monroe is a journalist for New Yorks hard-hitting current affairs show Newsline. Independent & fearless, the more cutting-edge the story, the happier she is. But when her next assignment turns out to be an in-depth documentary on the decline of Englands ruling classes, shes furious at being sent to cover a bloody tea party.

Meet the Earl & Countess of Bevan, eccentric, maddening & with family secrets to hide.

Meet Daniel Bevan
- their eldest son. Funny, attractive & hopelessly alcoholic.

Meet Daniels responsible brother Rory
- angry, self-mocking & strictly teetotal.

When Maggie discovers Rory to be an uninvited chaperone on the first stop of her journey the two look set to clash. Maggie finds herself torn between her journalist ideals & coming to terms with a greater understanding. This unlikely romantic comedy paints an endearing portrait of a family, which like so many others, holds itself together despite its evident frailties.









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Can you keep a secret? Theres a place in the world where the sun shines for 365 days a year, winter & summer, where there are beautiful sandy beaches, some of the best water sports in the world, with vibrant nightlife & only five hours away from the UK. But despite all these advantages, you can still buy an apartment there for under GBP16, 000. ...

The RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight comprises three main aircraft
- the Spitfire, the Lancaster & the Hurricane. The Lancaster
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Grub Street are thrilled to announce this updated story of Hurricane R4118 from the original story twelve years ago!

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Books History Books Britain’s first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero of the Battle of Britain. Often eclipsed by the legend & aerial heroics of the Spitfire, the Hurricane was the authentic warhorse of aviation history. Stable, rugged, less expensive to build – & far more easily repaired & maintained than the Spitfire – the ‘ Hurri’ as it was affectionately known, proved to be the most fearsome fighter plane in aerial combat – at a time when Britain’s survival was at stake like never before. In 1940 the Hurricane made its mark: more than half of the 1, 200 German aircraft that were shot down in the war were taken down by Hurricanes. At the time, the RAF could call on 32 squadrons of Hurricanes & 19 Spitfires: the Hurricane was, in fact, the dominant British fighter plane, developing a reputation as a plane that could take more than a few hits from the enemy – & continue to fly. The Spit was the aviation thoroughbred, superb until damaged. The Hurri was much stronger. The skilled airmen came from all over the world; one of them from RAF 80 Squadron would later become a very famous author – Roald Dahl. Using documents, letters & first-hand accounts, this is the historic untold story of the Hawker Hurricane & the lives of the men & women who flew, helped design & construct, fit & worked behind the scenes of the ‘ Hurri’, all contributing in ways big & small, to its outstanding success as a legend of the Second World War.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781789294880 •†Author: Jacky Hyams  •†Publisher:†  Michael O' Mara •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 256 •†Dimensions:† 15.3 x 2.3 x 23.4 cm ...

One summer evening Michael Greenberg's daughter Sally was brought home by the police after rushing into a busy road in Greenwich Village, convinced she could halt the oncoming traffic. The mania had come over her abruptly: her habit of poring obsessively over poems late into the night or listening to music on her battered walkman for hours could be considered 'normal' teenage behaviour, & yet it was a clue to the internal tumult that was about to overwhelm her. Now her behaviour had moved from the realm of the adolescent & eccentric to the acutely unstable, & she needed professional help. & so just a few days later Michael found himself in the surreal world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city's most sweltering months. Confused, anxious, looking for answers, he asked himself whether he was to blame. Perhaps this illness had been Sally's genetic inheritance. Perhaps, as a writer, he hadn't been able to provide the secure & stable home she needed. Sally's mother had left some time ago, finding life in the city suffocating, & his new wife, Pat, had not found it easy building a relationship with his clever, headstrong daughter. But looking around him at the other concerned families in the waiting room, he began to realise that the answers to his questions were not so simple. Touching, memorable & unsentimental, Hurry Down Sunshine is partly an insightful exploration of what mental illness has come to mean in our culture, & partly a moving memoir about how one family learns to cope with the prejudice & uncertainty that faces those affected by it. ...

3 years ago, something terrible happened to Naomi Jenkins
- so terrible she never told anyone. Now Naomi has another secret
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We sat stunned in silence. This was a new, totally unexpected horror. I'd dealt with countless male paedophiles
- but never a
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There are some people you would do anything for... For Fran that list would include her husb&, her daughter & her best friend, Alison. But Alison has become desperately ill & now needs Fran's help. She wants Fran's help to find a new mother for her child & a new wife for her husb&. As uncomfortable as Fran is with the idea, it's hard to refuse your closest friend at the best of times, let alone her dying wishes... Reluctantly Fran joins a internet dating site but eventually stumbles upon a familiar face. ' Footloose' is divorced & his photo looks exactly like Max, her husb&, Unable to confront him outright, she poses as ' Sassy' she sets up a date with ' Footloose' but this crazy plan leads Max to have doubts of his own. Torn between suspicion & love, life for Fran just got very complicated
- can her marriage survive?
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Mother of three & wife of John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband's h&, it says: to be opened only in the event of my death. Curious, she opens it
- & time stops. John-Paul's letter confesses to a terrible mistake which, if revealed, would wreck their family as well as the lives of others.
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