This special edition marks ten years of the brilliantly funny children’s novel. The Parent Agency is an epic wish-fulfilment adventure for every child – & for the child in everyone. Barry said, a third time, “I wish I had better parents!” & then suddenly the entire room started to shake… Barry Bennett hates being called Barry. In fact it’s number 2 on the list of things he blames his parents for, along with 1) ‘being boring’ & 3) ‘always being tired’. But there is a world, not far from this one, where parents don’t have children. That’s far too random for something so big & important. In this world, children are allowed to choose their parents. For Barry Bennett, this world seems like a dream come true. Only things turn out to be not quite that simple… Product Information:  •� ISBN: 9780008619466 •� Author:� David Baddiel •� Publisher:� Harper Collins Children’s Books •� Format:�   Paperback •� Pages:� 400 ...

In her first book, Sue Jenner wrote that it is never too late to make positive progress with toddlers. In this new, comprehensive but easy-to-follow book, she explains why it is never too early to establish that all-important emotional bond between you & your baby. Sue shows new parents how to understand an infant's need for warmth, approval, security, & stimulation, & she describes how to translate love for your baby into a language he or she can recognise. The Parent/ Baby Game uses the latest psychological theory & current research into children's neurological development. But Sue is more than aware, as a mother, stepmother & grandmother, that what we really need to know in moments of crisis is not a series of complex formulas, but simply what to do. So every chapter in this book gives practical solutions to all kinds of challenging situations
- everything from birth fears, post-natal depression, strains on your relationship & coping with fatigue, to problems with sleeping, tantrums, crying, playing, feeding & disobedience. The Parent/ Baby Game offers an endlessly useful combination of sense, sensitivity & reassurance, with a healthy touch of humour to help new parents along
- just the elements needed for successful parenting in this most crucial phase of your child's life. This book has 368 pages & is 24cm x 16cm x 3cm

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Bringing up children is one of the most difficult tasks in the world
- & potentially one of the most rewarding. Loving & conveying
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March 1941. As the war rages on, the Buckingham Hotel has become a microcosm of the world. Its ballroom & restaurant are peopled with exiled royal families, politicians & dignitaries, but the beating heart of the Buckingham remains its hardworking, talented staff. With the heroic Raymond de Guise away fighting in North Africa, his beloved wife Nancy must balance her new position in life- as Head of Housekeeping at the Buckingham, but also as a new mother to their child. & all the while, mysterious new figures are beginning to take centre stage: a secretive new bandleader from across the Atlantic, an unknown thief pilfering luxury goods from the Buckingham's larders, & a charismatic ghost from Raymond's past, stirring up old memories from his time on the circuit in 1920s Paris. As tensions flare & dark secrets rise to the surface, it's all the Buckingham staff can do to retain their trademark elegance & poise... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398710139 • Author: Anton... ...

Welcome to No.12 rue des Amants.

A beautiful old apartment block, far from the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower

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Kate Moore
- a mother with an interesting past
- is living the quiet life in another European city, or trying to. 

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Books Contemporary Fiction Books Sometimes you have to lose everything to find yourself.. . A stunning novel of love, betrayal ...

12.40 a.m. Copenhagen. Cotton Malone wakes up to find a stranger in his house, bearing bad news: Malone's closest & most dangerous friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen, is in serious trouble -- & the men who want to kill him are on Malone's doorstep. Thorvaldsen has been tracking a shadowy group called the Paris Club. Not only does he believe that they are about to trigger a global financial meltdown, but also that one of the club's members murdered his son, Cai, two years ago. Thorvaldsen won't rest until he has avenged his boy's death. Dragged into his friend's schemes & secretly under pressure from the US government to stop both Thorvaldsen & the Paris Club, Malone soon discovers that the key to defeating the conspiracy & saving his friend's life -- & his own -- lies in the past, & an astounding treasure that Napoleon took to his grave. ...

1920 Chicago, Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight year old, who has given up on love & happiness. Then she meets a successful, high energy Ernest Hemmingway who has burning ambition, they marry then the problems start, a new baby cannot rekindle their relationship, can his success in his career become a success in their marriage? 19.8cm x 12.5cm x 2.3cm, pages 392 ...

Bobby Cummines was only 28 when he passed through the grim gates of Parkhurst, Britain’s Alcatraz, as a category-A prisoner with a host of crimes to his name.

Joining the most notorious gangsters & criminals of the day – from the Krays, the Yorkshire Ripper & Charles Bronson, to high ranking members of the IRA – nothing could have prepared him for the brutal regime, violent convicts, vindictive screws & riots on the inside.

It’s the story of Britain’s most hellish prison, from one of its hardest inmates.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781785035166
• Author: Bobby Cummines
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 303
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm











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