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

A touching celebration

...

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. ...

A Handmaid's Tale for a new generation! Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery has only four years left to live when she is kidnapped by the Gatherers & forced into a polygamous marriage. Now she has one purpose: to escape, find her twin brother, & go home -- before her time runs out forever. ...

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? ...

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
...

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. ...

Details:
1984, Suffolk.

When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone presumes that she drowned.



...

It is 2011, & all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science & Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Life at the university is lonely. This book offers a glimpse of life inside the world's most inscrutable country. ...