From breakfast at the zoo to bathtime by the sea, every moment of the day with Daddy is an adventure.

With father lion

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Lucy is growing up in Dublin, dreaming of fitting in. Being like Alison from next door, with the good exam results, tennis prizes & the lovely boyfriend. That would be great. Unfortunately, she's not. Instead, she fails at exams, has never won a prize worth having & her relationships are never quite what they should be. Muddling her way to London to find work, have adventures & generally get away from her parents, Lucy lands a dream job. She doesn't really know what she's doing & spends most of her days trying to look busy by running everywhere & hiding with a good book. She even has a go at a relationship with the boss, but to no avail. Eventually, when a family crisis forces Lucy to grow up, she's going to realise that if she wants a better life, she'll have to take matters into her own hands. ...

From playing in the park to cuddles at bedtime, being with Mummy makes every moment of every day special.

A touching celebration

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Alistair Taylor was privy to all the secrets that we were never supposed to know. Now, on the 50th anniversary of Ringo's appointment as drummer, he reveals for the first time what it was really like to ride the rollercoaster that was the sixties with The Beatles. ...

Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This memoir tells the cruelty, bravery & deaths of the men he fought alongside, & of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran. ...

Abandoned Olivia Copley is an orphan. Sent to live with her uncle, the ruthless mine owner Hesley Mexton, she soon discovers that a house ruled by men can not only be desperate: it can be cruel. Humiliated A new governess, Harriet Trent, offers Olivia a glimpse of hope. But Harriet's past is full of secrets &, alone & without protection, Olivia realises that Hesley Mexton will take full advantage of her vulnerability ï ½ despite her governessï ½s protests. Determined Starved of love, Harriet & Olivia form a close bond. But when forced to fight for their freedom, will they find the courage to defy the man who seeks to hold them captive? ...

Charismatic, handsome property developer Charlie Fitzgibbon has disappeared, leaving behind more than just a property empire in chaos... Shelley, his stunning, elegant wife, has lost everything
- her adored husb&, her home & the luxurious life she took for granted. Charlie's eldest daughter, Olivia, a beautiful, aspiring TV-presenter, has lost her designer apartment, her trust fund & now her social-climbing boyfriend. When Charlie's estranged mother, Vera, opens her doors to the broken family, secrets emerge that reveal there's more to Charlie than meets the eye.
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Barbara's father was a sadistic man at the best of times
- his idea of fun was to kill the family dog by tying it to the back of
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Meg Kirkland fears her impudent tongue has caused her fathers dismissal from his job & forced her whole family from their home on Middleditch Farm. Worse still, her father abandons them outside the workhouse, leaving Meg to care for her devastated mother, Sarah, & little brother as tragedy continues to haunt the family. Isaac Pendleton, Master of the workhouse, rules the lives of all those within its walls but when Sarah becomes his latest mistress, Meg is disgusted. Her loyal friend, Jake, born & bred in the workhouse, has a maturity & understanding beyond his years. Yet it is Megs fiery independence that encourages Jake to leave the workhouse & seek employment on Middleditch Farm. His future is assured, but who will take care of Meg? The pretty, vivacious girl, once so innocent, becomes a calculating & manipulative young woman who will stop at nothing to get her own way even if it means betraying those she has loved. WITHOUT SIN is Margaret Dickinsons spirited historical saga of a passionate young woman who learns to fight for her own survival in a cruel world. ...

Without Warning details the horrifying events of Black Saturday as Jane O' Connor & her family fought for their lives in the face Australia's worst natural disaster. It details how they survived the day & the immediate aftermath, living in a landscape of death before emergency crews could reach them. ...