All He Really Needs Griffin Cain makes love better than any man. Night after night his decadent sensual acts turn conservative Sydney Edwards into a wanton woman. But all that stops when Griffin is made CEO of his family company...and becomes Sydney's boss. Now Griffin needs his forbidden lover's help
- in the boardroom...A Tricky Proposition Ming Campbell is no longer in the market for love; however starting a family is at the top of her todo list. There's no one better to assist than her best friend Jason Sinclair. Only Jason has a proposal of his own: conceive their child the oldfashioned way.
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A magisterial history of the greatest & most terrible event in history from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers sailors & airmen; housewives farm workers & children. Reflecting Max Hastingss thirty-five years of research on World War II All Hell Let Loose describes the course of events but focuses chiefly upon human experience which varied immensely from campaign to campaign continent to continent. The author emphasises the Russian front where more than 90% of all German soldiers who perished met their fate. He argues that while Hitlers army often fought its battles brilliantly well the Nazis conducted their war effort with stunning incompetence. He suggests that the Royal Navy & US Navy were their countries outstanding fighting services while the industrial contribution of the United States was much more important to allied victory than that of the US Army. The book ranges across a vast canvas from the agony of Poland amid the September 1939 Nazi invasion to the 1943 Bengal famine in which at least a million people died under British rule- & British neglect. Among many vignettes there are the RAFs legendary raid on the Ruhr dams the horrors of Arctic convoys desert tank combat jungle clashes. Some of Hastingss insights & judgements will surprise students of the conflict while there are vivid descriptions of the tragedies & triumphs of a host of ordinary people in uniform & out of it. The cliche is profoundly true he says. The world between 1939 & 1945 saw some human beings plumb the depths of baseness while others scaled the heights of courage & nobility. This is everymans story an attempt to answer the question: What was the Second World War like ? & also an overview of the big picture. Max Hastings employs the technique which has made many of his previous books best-sellers combining top-down analysis & bottom-up testimony to explore the meaning of this vast conflict both for its participants & for posterity. ...

A magisterial history of the greatest & most terrible event in history from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers sailors & airmen; housewives farm workers & children. Reflecting Max Hastings's thirty-five years of research on World War II All Hell Let Loose describes the course of events but focuses chiefly upon human experience which varied immensely from campaign to campaign continent to continent. The author emphasises the Russian front where more than 90% of all German soldiers who perished met their fate. He argues that while Hitler's army often fought its battles brilliantly well the Nazis conducted their war effort with 'stunning incompetence'. He suggests that the Royal Navy & US Navy were their countries' outstanding fighting services while the industrial contribution of the United States was much more important to allied victory than that of the US Army. The book ranges across a vast canvas from the agony of Poland amid the September 1939 Nazi invasion to the 1943 Bengal famine in which at least a million people died under British rule- & British neglect. Among many vignettes there are the RAF's legendary raid on the Ruhr dams the horrors of Arctic convoys desert tank combat jungle clashes. Some of Hastings's insights & judgements will surprise students of the conflict while there are vivid descriptions of the tragedies & triumphs of a host of ordinary people in uniform & out of it. ' The cliche is profoundly true' he says. ' The world between 1939 & 1945 saw some human beings plumb the depths of baseness while others scaled the heights of courage & nobility'. This is 'everyman's story' an attempt to answer the question: ' What was the Second World War like ?' & also an overview of the big picture. Max Hastings employs the technique which has made many of his previous books best-sellers combining top-down analysis & bottom-up testimony to explore the meaning of this vast conflict both for its participants & for posterity. ...

Seven years ago Zella Grisham was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm assault with a deadly weapon attempted murder & grand theft. After two years of fruitless negotiations Zella was sentenced to 25 years in prison mainly because she refused to give up her accomplices in a $6.8 million heist from Rutgers Assurance Corp. But Zella had played no part in that heist. PI Leonid Mc Gill had planted the evidence. All Zella had done was shoot her man her cheating husband Harry Tangelo when she'd caught him in bed with her best friend. That was a long time ago & Mc Gill has regrets. So he hires a hotshot attorney to set her free. Zella's big regret is that she tried to kill Tangelo. Mc Gill agrees to track him down but the trail leads back to Rutgers Assurance & the man who paid Mc Gill to plant the evidence is found dead. As Zella is hounded & an attempt is made on Mc Gill's life the detective realises the case is more complicated than he had ever imagined
- but can he live long enough to sort it out?
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When asked what he does Robert Fulghum usually replies that he is a philosopher & explains that what he likes to do is to think about everyday things & then to express what he thinks by writing speaking or painting. This is a collection of his favourite observations written over the years that reveal simple truths about small lives with big meanings. ...

Entertaining instructive thought-provoking & hilarious the unmistakeable voice of Deborah Devonshire rings out of this volume which combines her two collections of 'occasional' writings
- Home to Roost & Counting my Chickens. The pieces are broad & eclectic in their subjects ranging from treasures unearthed while the kitchen was being redecorated musings about the reason for the reworded town sign tourism at Chatsworth a ringside view of both John F. Kennedy's inauguration & funeral & the value of deportment. No matter what she's writing about she is always affectionate shrewd & uproariously funny.
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This is a modern picture-book classic
- theres never a dull moment with the Large family! Mr & Mrs Large are getting ready for
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Television past as LP Hartley might have once said is another country. & in the early 1980s it certainly was a different beast. There were still only three channels to watch; the evenings programmes finished with the playing of the national anthem; & the biggest prize on TV was not Chris Tarrants million pounds but a speedboat on Bullseye.. . But as Tom Bromley suggests in this funny & warming memoir all that was about to change: The 1980s saw the end of the original golden era of television & the beginnings of TV as we know it today. In 1982 Channel 4 became the first new terrestrial channel for almost twenty years & by the end of the decade Rupert Murdochs Sky Television was vying to become Britains first multi-channel provider. The result of all this was that slowly but surely British viewers had more choice than ever before & the cost of this choice was the erosion of television as a shared national event. & no-one felt this change more deeply than Tom Bromley. Television played a large part in Toms childhood. His first word was two as in BBC Two & his earliest childhood memory is seeing Johnny Ball at a church fete. With great humour & affection Tom Bromley tells the story of a childhood spent with his three siblings & that other all-important family member; the television set. ...

Its the early 1980s & TV-land is a weird place to be.. . There are only three channels! Everything stops at midnight! Theres no Breakfast TV no daytime telly.. .and the biggest prize on TV is not Chris Tarrants million pounds but a speedboat on Bullseye. As Tom Bromley suggests in this hilariously funny & entertaining walk down memory lane all that was about to change. Coming our way were new channels yoof TV Dynasty Dallas TV-AM Charles & Di Scott & Charlene talking cars & a Royal Its a Knockout. By the end of the decade we were primed & ready for satellite TV multi-channels rolling news & incredibly.. .you could watch TV all the way through the night! & no-one felt this change more deeply than Tom Bromley. From Fame to the Falklands War Live Aid to Loadsamoney All in the Best Possible Taste tells the story of a childhood spent with his mum dad & three siblings & that other all-important family member; the TV. ...

Hundreds of ideas for affordable finishing touches that will enhance the elegance & individuality of your home. Caroline Clifton-Mogg looks at the principles of display & arrangement of the importance of scale & how to edit your possessions so they make the maximum impact in chapters including Pictures Mirrors & Other Wall Art Flowers & Plants Soft Furnishings China & Glass & Living (encompassing Living with Books Mantelpieces & Fireplaces Lighting & Decorative Collections). From hanging pictures to arranging quirky collections from displaying textiles to making the most of mantelpieces she shows you how to display items in an attractive way how to combine different pieces to best effect & how to create focal points in a room. Caroline proves that genuinely stylish interiors do not have to cost a fortune; it is the way items are displayed that brings them to life. ...