On the day she is abducted, thirty-two-year-old Annie Sullivan has three goals: sell a house, forget a recent argument with her mother & be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. Then a van pulls up outside the house she is selling. Annie thinks it's her lucky day. But nothing could be further from the truth. Crackling with suspense, this blistering debut novel tells the story of Annie's abduction, her year in captivity & the chilling aftermath. ...

A survey of the songs of Bob Dylan. It begins in 1974 with Blood on the Tracks, the album filled with masterworks such as Tangled Up in Blue & Simple Twist of Fate that heralded a watershed in Dylan's creative journey, & continues to chart his never-ending fascination with music & the art of song up to 2006's Modern Times. ...

Tom Jones's rags to riches story
- his journey from a Welsh mining village to superstardom. The author explores his musical career,
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Twenty years ago they were high school royalty, the girls everyone envied. But life for Tracy & Holly has subsided into suburban contentment, husbands, homes & families. So when Olivia, the group's glamorous leader, returns to America as a rich widow, they decide to celebrate their reunion onboard a luxurious sailing boat in the Caribbean. Accompanied by Tracy's unruly teenage daughter & an attentive & experienced crew, the three friends set sail for the holiday of a lifetime. But what really awaits them in the sun-drenched Caribbean is more mysterious & terrifying than anything they could have imagine. As their dream trip turns into a desperate fight for survival, the women soon find themselves faced with dwindling supplies, modern-day piracy &, above all, the deep, lonely ocean. To survive, they must rely on the bonds that have held them close all these years, friend to friend, mother to daughter
- even as old secrets, old alliances & new treacheries push them beyond endurance. In her breathtaking new novel of suspense, Jacquelyn Mitchard explores the limits of friendship & the truths that bind us to each other forever. The size of this book is 19.7cm in height & 12.8cm wide with 405 pages
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Tash & Rich are wild about each other; wrapped up in their fairy-tale love & excited for the future, they plan an elopement in

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Julie & Toby have grown up in a family wrecked by violence. Julie is trying to come to grips with the memories of the court case. Her father is sentenced for murder, but all he can think of is his own 'excuse' for violence. But Julie's new passion for s ...

? If all girls are like that -? said William. ? Well, when you think of all the hundreds of girls there must be in the world ? well, it makes you feel sick.? Williams natural desire to do the right thing leads him into serious trouble, as usual, & when blackmail & kidnapping are involved, its no surprise. Even when he turns over a new leaf, the consequences are dire. But its his new neighbour violet Elizabeth Bott who really causes chaos ? & no one will believe that its not Williams fault... ...

Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas & emotions into short rhyming couplets & setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book, but upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to long passages that were as stimulating & intriguing to me as any songwriting I have ever done. And so Broken Music began to take shape. It is a book about the early part of my life, from childhood through adolescence, right up to eve of my success with the Police. It is a story very few people know. I had no interest in writing a traditional autobiographical recitation of everything that's ever happened to me. Instead I was drawn to exploring specific moments, certain people & relationships, & particular events which still resonate powerfully for me as I try to understand the child I was, & the man I became. ...

A Sunday Times bestseller Shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets & dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee & his mission to protect our rarest bees. ...

As a small boy, the author was obsessed with wildlife
- from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets to his ill-fated experiments
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