Leys Physical Training College was famous for its excellent discipline & Miss Lucy Pym was pleased & flattered to be invited to give a psychology lecture there. But she had to admit that the health & vibrant beauty of the students made her feel just a little inadequate. ...

Keep up with all of Miss Read's amazing stories in this fantastic 10 book collection, packed with unforgettable characters & enchanting stories. In include din this great collection is Winter in Thrush Green, News from Thrush Green, Tyler's Row, Village School, Over the Gate, Village Diary, Storm in the Village, Thrush Green, Early Days & Christmas at Fairacre. Web Exclusive ...

In 1954, Shirley Bassey was seventeen years old. Depressed, disillusioned & four months pregnant, her dream of becoming a professional singer seemed over. A mere ten years later, ' Goldfinger' topping the charts, she had become one of the biggest stars in the world. Miss Shirley Bassey traces this extraordinary transformation, recapturing the lost landscape of Fifties Soho, with its smoke-filled jazz clubs, notorious gangsters & predatory managers, which a raw, but talented, Welsh singer fought to make her name. In this vivid & gripping book, John L. Williams shows how Shirley Bassey battled from Tiger Bay to the top. ...

One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop. The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, an expert in the ways of snow & ice, suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow. ...

Alistair Carsington really, really wishes he didn't love women quite so much. To escape his worst impulses, he sets out for Derbyshire, where he hopes to avoid temptation. But this noble aim drops him straight into opposition with Miss Mirabel Oldridge, a ...

Based on a true story, this is a political drama set during a military coup in South America. American political activist Charles Horman (John Shea) suddenly disappears. His wife Beth (Sissy Spacek) & his father Ed Horman (Jack Lemmon) go in search of t ...

It's an early autumn day like any other as Miles Avery drives his wife, Jacqueline, to the station. Nothing remarkable crops up in conversation, nor do either of them appear anything other than their normal selves. At the station, Jacqueline gets out, takes an overnight bag from the back seat, then turns towards the platforms. This is the last anyone sees of her. Three weeks later, Miles calls the police. Enquiries are made, but there is no evidence of her boarding a train, or even entering the station. Very soon the finger of suspicion starts to turn towards Miles, & as dark secrets from the past begin to merge with those of the present, the great love he has been trying to protect is not only revealed but thrown into terrible jeopardy... ...

One perfect summer day, mother of two Alice walks into the sea... & never returns.

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Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series. Over 5 million copies of the series sold in the UK alone since 2005. It is based on Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools. Level 4 First Stories have been specially written to introduce & practise a range of key everyday words. Fun plots & carefully levelled text create the perfect combination to build children's confidence & enjoyment in reading. Key words at this level include: saw, said, came, out, she, was, looked, children, went, going, what, help, them These four engaging Biff, Chip & Kipper storybooks include tips for reading together & for talking about the story, puzzles & fun activities. Written by Roderick Hunt & beautifully illustrated by Alex Brychta, they are perfect for children who are developing their vocabulary & reading skills. Level 4 Phonics stories are also available to introduce letter sounds & practise reading by sounding out words, as children learn to do at school. ...

In this ground-breaking study of missing masterpieces, Gert-Rudolf Flick presents detailed case histories of great works of art that have simply vanished. None of them is known for certain to have been destroyed; all of them are recorded in the form of copies, drawings, studies, or engravings. Tantalizingly, any of them might turn up at any time... The fate of the masterpieces discussed in this book remains a mystery. Everyone knows of Michelangelo's David in Florence, but what happened to the famous bronze of the same subject? It was last heard of in a chateau in France, after its aristocratic owner went to the guillotine. Officials of the French Revolution identified it as worthy of inclusion in the national museum, but it has not been seen since. & what of Jacques-Louis David's Lepeletier on his death-bed, pendant to his famous Death of Marat? Nineteenth-century gossip suggested that it was burned by Lepeletier's devoted daughter, but if so, how could it later have been passed on in a disputed will? & what of the fate of David's drawing of this composition, which the same daughter had kept locked in a secret box? The story of these works & many more are traced in minute detail, bringing to life some of the most famous art collectors of all time, such as Charles I, Queen Christina of Sweden, & Archduke Leopold Willem. Hitherto obscure but no less avid collectors are introduced to the reader for the first time, such as the English barrister Robert Roupell, no fewer than seven of whose paintings now adorn the walls of the National Gallery in London. Missing Masterpieces is a milestone in the history of collecting
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