Ada Howard the wife of the preacher at Nashvilles Full Love Baptist Tabernacle has a whole lot of people to take care of. Theres her husband of course & the flock that comes with him plus the kids at the day care centre where she works two grown daughters & two ailing wayward parents. Its no wonder she cant find time to take care of herself. & her husbands been so busy lately shes suspicious some other woman may be taking care of him... Then it comes: the announcement of her twenty-five-year college reunion in twelve months time signed with a wink by her old campus flame. It sets Ada thinking about the thrills of young love lost & the hundred or so pounds gained since her college days & she decides its high time to change her body & her life. So she starts laying down some rules. The first rule is: Dont Keep Doing What Youve Always Been Doing. & so begins her unforgettable journey on the way to less weight & more love... For anyone who has ever found themselves at a crossroads with one hand in their pocket & the other in the cookie jar Adas Rules is a warm funny & soulfully wise novel about falling back in love with the life you have. ...

Carpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel but unknown to him he has a rival in the local squires son Arthur Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted by Arthurs seductive charm & they begin to meet in secret. The relationship is to have tragic consequences that reach far beyond the couple themselves touching not just Adam Bede but many others not least pious Methodist Preacher Dinah Morris. A tale of seduction betrayal love & deception the plot of Adam Bede has the quality of an English folk song. Within the setting of Hayslope a small rural community Eliot brilliantly creates a sense of earthy reality making the landscape itself as vital a presence in the novel as that of her characters themselves. ...

His way with words has served Adam Copeland well. It was his writing that opened the doors to his future career as a WWE Superstar when he won a newspaper essay competition for which his prize included free wrestling training. In 2002 while sidelined with a serious neck injury he began to write a weekly column for wwe.com giving fans an insight into the life of one of their favourite performers. It was the fan response to this column that led WWE Books to ask him to write his autobiography. ADAM COPELAND ON EDGE takes the reader inside the world of professional wrestling a world you can only truly know -- & write about -- if you have experienced it in the ring. But more than that this book also takes you inside the mind of one of wrestlings brightest stars as with disarming candour he shares his feelings & his reflections his inspirations his highs & lows his goals & ambitions in thoughtful articulate detail. You think you know EDGE? Read on & find out... ...

In the 1940s Adam the Gardener was a national treasure. Each week in the Sunday Express he advised gardeners exactly what to plant & how
- from carrots in the last week of May (but do this after sunset when there is less chance of trouble from the carrot fly) to lily-of-the-valley in the final week of November. Accompanied by wonderful illustrations Adams charm & expertise won over thousands. Here the weekly world of Adam the Gardener has been brought back to life for todays gardener who will be just as readily captivated by his quiet reliability & encyclopaedic knowledge. As well as techniques
- pruning & potting forcing & grafting
- & planting instructions for an impressive range of flowers fruits & vegetables also learn how to plan a new garden what gadgets you will need (including an earwig trap) & all about colour harmony in the garden. This is a period gem that will delight & inform gardening enthusiasts of every stripe.


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Lots of people are selling happiness these days as if it were a marketable commodity. But in her hip self-transformation book Add More ~ing to Your Life" motivational speaker & life coach Gabrielle Bernstein truly shows you how to make happiness a way of life. Ms Bernstein is bringing happy back. Designed to bulldoze negative thought patterns & create personal change through positive affirmations physical activity & visualisation meditations Gabrielle guides the reader to happiness in 30 days through her dynamic ~ing a proven method of sharpening ones intuitive senses & activating untapped inspirations. Gabrielle will prepare you to change your life by accessing a state of flow helping you connect with your ~ing your inner guide & readying you to release your limiting beliefs & to choose happiness." ...

Fun Farmyard Learning uses brightly illustrated farm animals to introduce Add-up & Take-Away. Parental notes explain the importance of each exercise & how to guide children through the new challenging concepts being introduced. * Pre-School activity book to introduce core areas of learning * Fun farmyard characters to make learning playful & stimulating * Parental notes to explain each exercise ...

From the New York Times ebook bestselling author of BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE this is the first in Beth Kery's One Night of Passion series about a group of connected characters who each begin their romance with a night of impulsive steamy sex... Irish film director Rill Pierce fled to the tiny backwoods town of Vulture's Canyon seeking sanctuary & solitude after a devastating tragedy. Once his raw sex appeal & sultry Irish accent made women across the globe swoon. Now he's barely recognisable... But Katie Hughes his best friend's sister is not the type of woman to give up on a man like Rill. She blazes into Vulture's Canyon determined to save him from himself. Instead she finds herself unleashing years of pent-up passion. In a storm of hunger & need Katie & Rill forget themselves & the world. But will Rill's insatiable attraction to Katie heal his pain
- or will it just feed the darkness within him? *** This was previously published under the author's pseudonym Bethany Kane***
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Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels & card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Addiction by Design takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling an increasingly popular & absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human & machine compulsion & control risk & reward. Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas anthropologist Natasha Dow Schll shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the machine zone " in which daily worries social demands & even bodily awareness fade away. Once in the zone gambling addicts play not to win but simply to keep playing for as long as possible--even at the cost of physical & economic exhaustion. In continuous machine play gamblers seek to lose themselves while the gambling industry seeks profit. Schll describes the strategic calculations behind game algorithms & machine ergonomics casino architecture & "ambience management " player tracking & cash access systems--all designed to meet the market's desire for maximum "time on device." Her account moves from casino floors into gamblers' everyday lives from gambling industry conventions & Gamblers Anonymous meetings to regulatory debates over whether addiction to gambling machines stems from the consumer the product or the interplay between the two. Addiction by Design is a compelling inquiry into the intensifying traffic between people & machines of chance offering clues to some of the broader anxieties & predicaments of contemporary life." ...

Is it really a good idea to install that expensive cappuccino maker when you havent fitted a good working boiler or decent flooring? & what about the value added by sprucing up the bathroom (and losing that avocado suite with gold taps)? Will it be worth spending a fortune on expensive fittings or will B&Q do the job? In the complicated world of home improvements it is every bit as important to know what not to do as it is what to do when planning where to focus your energies & spend your budget. Not everything adds value in cash terms but some ideas could make your house easier to sell. Phil Spencers Adding value to Your Home" is about both making your property a better place for you to live & enhancing the value of your principal asset should you decide to sell. In a competitive property market it is crucial to get this right & no one can help more than property guru Phil Spencer. Showing you how to attract the most attention from buyers & what will make your house sell quicker & for more cash this book is packed full of practical advice clear information & real-life case studies. From simple DIY projects or insulating the loft to coming up with a well-planned & well-executed extension " Adding value to Your Home" is here to help you understand what could work best for you & what will make the overall feel of your house more valuable in the eyes of a potential buyer." ...

This title offers essential practice in the key concept of addition. It is suitable for children aged 5 to 6 years old. Flash Kids Flash Cards" offers essential practice in key concepts such as multiplication division the alphabet sights words & spelling. Containing 86 cards in each package these cards are sturdier than others on the market." ...