The Secret Life of the Periodic Table uncovers the fascinating stories behind the formulation of the table. It describes how & who discovered the 118 elements, & the competition & cooperation behind scientific advances.

The character of the elements is brought to life in a bright & engaging way, making The Secret Life of the Periodic Table ideal for students & general readers.

Spared the monotony of a school text, they can gain a basic understanding of the fundamentals of atomic science.

This paperback book has 192 pages & measures: 24.6 x 18.8 x 1.2cm





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Hannah has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Cat. Cat is the flamboyant one, the one who can make everyone laugh. Hannah's so quiet that her parents often joked: Has Cat got your tongue? Now Hannah has a daughter of her own, who is about to get married, & on the day of the wedding, Cats caustic tongue is let loose with devastating consequences. As Hannah is compelled to examine her past & to try to make sense of her complicated relationship with her sister, she begins to unravel the secrets & lies on which their seemingly normal family was built. & while the truth has the potential to finally unite the sisters, it also has the power to tear them apart for good. The size of this book is 24cm in height & 16.3cm wide with 296 pages ...

For nearly sixty years Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most famous writers in the world. An enormously successful playwright & the author of over a hundred short stories & twenty-one novels
- several of which are now established classics
- Maugham expertly concealed a private life. Predominantly homosexual, & deeply in love with the charming but dissolute Gerald Haxton, he made a disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome which he would escape by travelling & writing extensively in the Far East. A talented linguist, during both world wars Maugham worked for British Intelligence. In between he moved in literary & theatrical circles in London, New York & Hollywood & entertained lavishly at his luxurious villa in the south of France. Outwardly his life was richly rewarding, but privately he suffered anguish from an unrequited love affair & a shocking final betrayal. Acclaimed biographer Selina Hastings has had access to Maugham's extensive private correspondence as well as to important family testimony, which sheds a fascinating new light on this complex & extraordinary man. This book has 614 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 3.7cm

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The Secret Midwife reveals the highs & lows on the frontline of the maternity unit, from the mother who tries to give herself a DIY caesarean to the baby born into witness protection...

And from surprise infants that arrive down toilets to ones that turn up in the lift.

But there is a problem; the system which is supposed to support the midwives & the women they care for is starting to crumble.

Short-staffed, over worked & underappreciated
- these crippling conditions are taking their toll on the dedicated staff doing their utmost to uphold our National Health Service, & the consequences are very serious indeed.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781789462524
• Author: Katy Weitz
• Publisher: John Blake
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 14.5 x 3.5 x 22.2cm
















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Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in her kitchen. He thinks she’s his mother. But Tessa doesn’t have any children. Not anymore. She doesn’t know who the little boy is or how he got there. After contacting the police, Tessa is suspected of taking the mystery child. Her whole life is turned upside down. & then her husband reveals a secret of his own… Tessa isn’t sure what to believe or who to trust. Because someone is lying. To find out who, she must confront her painful past. But is the truth more dangerous than Tessa realises? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836180685 • Author: Shalini Boland • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 304 • Format: Paperback ...

Would you stay in a haunted house for more than one night? Who you live in a place where ghostly things keep happening? Where a cellar door you know you locked the night before is always open the following morning? Where hushed whimpering is heard? Where white shadows steal through the darkness? Where the presence of evil is all around you? The Caleighs did but they had their reasons. They should have known better though. As terror mounts, they begin to regret their decision. As horror rises, they realize their very lives are at risk...and so is their sanity. For the secret of Crickley Hall is beyond all nightmares. ...

Read by David Rintoul. There is an old, empty house in Devil's Cleave, a deep gorge that leads from the high moors down to the harbour village of Hollow Bay. The house is Crickley Hall & it's large & grim, somehow foreboding. It's rumoured to be haunted. It's thought to hold a secret. Despite some reservations, the Caleighs move in, searching for respite in this beautiful part of North Devon, seeking peace & perhaps to come to terms with what's happened to them as a family. But all is not well with the house. They hear unaccountable noises. A cellar door they shut every night is always open again in the morning. They see things that cannot be real. The house is the last place the Caleighs should have come to, for the terror that unfolds in beyond belief. Soon they will discover the secret horror of Crickley Hall... Adapted as a major BBC One television series. ...

Details: When story-lover Anna takes over Longhampton's bookshop, it's her dream come true. & not just because it gets
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Brantley Foster (Michael J Fox) comes to the big city from Kansas to work in the post room of his uncle's multi-million dollar corporation. He uses his ingenuity to propel himself up the corporate ladder (in fact, he reads the mail to pick up corporate se ...

Summer 1944: Bombed out by the blitz, Bethany Merston takes up a post as companion to elderly Alice Summer, last remaining inhabitant of the dilapidated & crumbling Summerhayes estate.

Now a shadow of its former glory; most of the rooms have been shut up, the garden is overgrown & the whole place feels as unwelcoming as the family themselves.

Struggling with the realities of war, Alice is plagued by anonymous letters & haunting visions of her old household.

At first, Beth tries to convince her it’s all in her mind but soon starts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the aristocratic family’s past.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780008193850
• Author: Merryn Allingham
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 359
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm













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