In desperate financial straits aspiring writer Genevieve Carter takes a job as a personal assistant only to discover that the middle-aged woman she will be working for is none other than her literary heroine Anne Tournier. Genevieve is at first ecstatic at gaining an introduction to London literary life & Anne's many famous friends. However her new employer expects rather more from her assistant than was implied in the advert & Genevieve gradually becomes enmeshed in a web of sexual intrigue & experimentation with men & women. Then by accident she learns that she has been cast as the heroine of an erotic novel that Anne is writing. Determined to get her own story out first Genevieve starts a blog where she relates her sexual liaisons to a growing & appreciative readership. Lured by the prospect of a lucrative publishing deal a competition ensues between mistress & apprentice one which will push Genevieve to her artistic & erotic limits. ...

The Surgeon has been locked up for a year but his chilling legacy still haunts the city & especially Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. But now a new killer is at work & Rizzoli senses something horrifyingly familiar about this murderers modus operandi. Its when the FBI starts taking an interest in the investigation that Rizzoli begins to wonder just what makes this case so different so dangerous that the Feds feel the need to get involved. But then the unthinkable happens: the Surgeon escapes. & suddenly there are two brilliant twisted killers on the loose
- master & apprentice united in their hunt for the most challenging prey of all: the very woman who is hunting them.
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The second edition of the highly successful 1987 book brings together the varied theoretical approaches to art therapy & provides a variety of solutions to the challenge of translating theory to technique. In each chapter the esteemed contributors experts in the approach of the particular chapter provide a definition of & orientation to the specific theory or area of emphasis showing its relevance to art therapy. Clinical examples & nearly 100 illustrations are employed as the authors present the creative & effective treatment of patients. In addition to the strength of the theoretical overview this new edition offers many new chapters including those on cognitive-behavioral therapy & person-centered therapy. The text is divided into five sections: psychodynamic approaches; humanistic approaches; psycho-educational approaches; systemic approaches; & integrative approaches. Commentaries by well known art therapists follow each section of the book. Art therapists at all levels as well as any mental health professional utilizing art in their clinical work will find this new edition of value & interest. ...

Twenty-first century civilization faces economic ecological & spiritual meltdown. To survive this century as civilized people we need to refer back to a time when city life was in harmony with nature & the wider environment. We cannot dismiss the ancients as primitive when they had a blueprint for civilization that first appeared over 5 000 years ago. Perhaps we should look at the ancient past for solutions such as the possibility of an unknown zero-carbon technology. Did they really build giant pyramids with blocks of stone weighing hundreds of tonnes using only slaves hemp rope & copper tools? For the last two thousand years however much has remained hidden
- primarily because the Greeks & the Romans did not have access to the whole archetype. The Church then further compounded the loss of knowledge under layers of misinterpretation. This book reveals more about the original concepts going back to the end of the Ice Age identifying the earliest principles & what happened to them.
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There is an epidemic of insecurity in our society today. Many people are insecure & feel bad about themselves which steals their joy & causes major problems in all their relationships. The good news is that there is a cure for the approval addiction! APPROVAL ADDICTION asks why so many of us have an overwhelming need for acceptance from the wider world
- & provides the key to breaking free from this addiction. Joyce Meyers groundbreaking book now available with a new look for the B-format edition: * Demonstrates that you can accept who you are * Identifies the cause of our addictive need for approval * Helps you to be released from the chains of past * Guides you through steps to break the pattern for the future Joyce writes from raw personal knowledge of how insecurity & low self-esteem
- stemming in her case from damaging childhood experiences
- can leave us feeling constantly frustrated & lacking real peace or joy. It was through embracing the knowledge that she is unconditionally loved by God that she found inner security & the power to live her life to her full potential.


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No matter what you cannot change human nature exclaims a soldier in the final story of this collection even under socialism. Apricot Jam & Other Stories presents a series of astonishing portraits of Russian life before during & after Soviet rule. In The New Generation a professor promotes a student purely out of good will. Years later the same professor finds himself arrested & in a striking twist of fate his student becomes his interrogator. In Nastenka two young women with the same name lead routine ordered lives
- until the Revolution exacts radical change on them both. With an unforgettable cast of displaced family members military commanders & imprisoned activists these stories play out the moral dilemmas & ideological conflicts that defined Russia in the twentieth century.
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When the new Lady Cardross begins to fill her days with fashion & frivolity the Earl has to wonder whether she did really only marry him for his money as his family so helpfully suggests. & now Nell doesn't dare tell him the truth... What with the concern over his wife's heart & pocket sorting out her brother's scrapes & trying to prevent his own half sister from eloping it is no wonder that the much-tried Earl almost misses the opportunity to smooth the path of true love in his marriage... ...

Superintendent Dalziel falls for the recently bereaved Mrs Fieldings ample charms & has to be rescued from a litter of fresh corpses by Inspector Pascoe. After seeing Inspector Pascoe off on his honeymoon with a few ill-chosen words Superintendent Andy Dalziel soon runs into trouble & water on his own solitary holiday. Rescued by a bunch of somewhat cheerful mourners he accompanies them back to their rundown mansion to dry off. The owner of Lake House Bonnie Fielding seems less troubled by her husbands tragic death than by the problem of saving the family fortunes. Prompted not only by a professional curiosity but also by a more personal interest in Mrs Fieldings ample charms Dalziel stays on. By the time Pascoe reappears there have been several more deaths & it looks as if the normally hard-headed Dalziel might have compromised himself beyond redemption... ...

High in the sky above Parkville tooth fairies April & Esme Underhill are on their way to collect their very first tooth... April & Esme Underhill have never collected a tooth before. Mum & Dad always do it. But tonight it's their turn. So equipped with a bag a coin & a mobile phone the sisters head for Daniel Dangerfield's house & a very unusual first tooth visit! This is a charming story of a pair of young tooth-fairy sisters on their first tooth-collection adventure. As always Bob Graham depicts an offbeat loving family this title adds to the mystique of the tooth fairy for young readers who believe. ...

If you liked Downton Abbey & Upstairs Downstairs it's time to discover the reality in the true story Aprons & Silver Spoons by Mollie Moran. If you love Downton this is right up your street!" (Closer). " This evocative memoir.. .provides a fascinating insight into a world that has long since disappeared". (The Sun). When young Mollie became a 'skivvy' in a stately London townhouse aged just 14 she quickly learned that a large amount of elbow grease & a sense of humour would be tantamount to surviving there. Through Mollie's eyes we are offered a fascinating glimpse into London's invisible 'downstairs' a world that has long-since vanished: cooking huge roast dinners polishing doorknobs scrubbing steps
- & covering up her employers' scandals. Going to dances with her fellow servants & flirting with Harrods' errand boys she had no idea that the oncoming war in 1939 would change her world & that of those she served forever... Discover the real hardships & rewards for a pre-war domestic servant in Mollie Moran's charming memoir Aprons & Silver Spoons. Mollie Moran is now ninety-six living in Bournemouth where she still continues to demonstrate her skills in the kitchen by hosting huge dinner parties. Over eighty years after starting as a scullery maid in London she still keeps in touch with Flo the kitchen maid & her life-long friend."
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