Books Contemporary Fiction Books The debut novel from award-winning comedian & actress, Janey Godley! GLASGOW, 2019: Sharon has rushed home at the news her mother has been admitted to hospital. It's clear Senga's life is coming to an end. As Sharon gathers family & friends together to say goodbye, Senga, as always, does things in her own mysterious way. She instructs Sharon to find the red diary she kept in the 1970s & to read it. There's something Senga needs to talk about while she still has time. The journey into her mother's past is both shocking & surprising, forcing Sharon to re-evaluate her own childhood, her marriage & what she wants her own future to hold. GLASGOW, 1976: Life in the tenements of Shettleston is a daily struggle. You need your wits about you to survive, & your friends. Senga has both in spades: she is part of the Shettleston 'menage' alongside her friends Bunty, Sandra, Philomena & Isa, & whatever life hands to them
- cheating husbands, poverty, illness, threats & abuse
- they throw something back just as hard. These women are strong because they need to be. & they never, ever walk away in times of crisis
- as Sharon is about to find out.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781529357158 •†Author: Janey Godley •†Publisher:†  Hodder Paperbacks •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 256 •†Dimensions:† 12.8 x 2.2 x 19.6 cm


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Presenting an account of one of the strangest episodes in British political history, this work tells of Shirley Porter's wealthy upbringing as the daughter of Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco; her rise to power in Westminster; & about the scandal & its aftermath. ...

Through the distorted vision of a university lecturer, the truth about William Shakespeare's love life emerges: his affairs with a black woman & a golden man, his conflicted relationship with his wife, his affection for a young boy. Beginning with a childhood obsession with words the life & romance of the great Bard is unfolded. ...

Two small towns in Colorado: Hope & Despair. Between them, nothing but twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher can't find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four redneck deputies who want to run him out of town. ...

Conor Mc Gregor is the biggest star in the fight game. The Dubliner has achieved more in three years with the Ultimate Fighting Championship than anyone in the twenty year history of the organization. From an unknown prospect in 2013 to the first man to hold two world titles simultaneously, Mc Gregor's knockout-filled march through the featherweight & then lightweight rankings sent shockwaves through the world. But as effortless as Mc Gregor's heroics have seemed, his journey was far from smooth & his destiny anything but certain.

This is not another tale about an athlete who was born exceptional & groomed for success. It is about how one young man, through bloody-minded determination & indomitable spirit, came to change the whole game.

From Crumlin to Las Vegas & from the cage to the cars, Notorious: The Life & Fights of Conor Mc Gregor explores not just how the fight game changed Conor Mc Gregor, but how Conor Mc Gregor revolutionized the fight game.

This paperback book has 280 pages & measures: 23.4 x 15.2 x 2cm





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In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked & shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo. ...

The team behind the hugely successful ' Four Weddings & a Funeral' returns for this romantic comedy, which is now the biggest grossing British film of all time. Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) is the world's most famous movie star, whilst divorcée William Th ...

The Notting Hill Mystery was first published between 1862 & 1863 as an eight-part serial in the magazine Once a Week, written under the pseudonym Charles Felix. It has been widely described as the first detective novel, pre-dating as it does other novel ...

~ Notting Hill ~ William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is the owner of a bookshop in the heart of Notting Hill, London. One day, by a one-in-a-million chance, the world's most famous actress, Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), comes into his shop. So begins a tale of rom ...

Nottingham: The Buried Past of a Historic City Revealed covers the story of the part of the city which was known as Nottingham during the medieval times. It is an accessible read & the ideal book for anyone with a general interest in the history of the city of Nottingham. However, it will also suit professional archaeologists & students alike due to the large amount of previously unpublished material. Key points to be discussed include Nottingham Castle, the churches & friaries of the Medieval period, the Medieval town wall, Nottingham's manmade caves, the industries which took place in Saxon & Medieval times, as well as little known facts such as Nottingham's connections to the Vikings. This book also offers some possible answers to the never before published mysteries which archaeological work has uncovered such as the large burial site in the city centre & a mysterious village or suburb which briefly existed just outside of the city centre in the 14th century. ...