Whether applying for a job writing a letter of complaint or simply talking with colleagues or friends the people who get listened to are those with a confident command of language. Choose the Right Word is a fun guide to using English effectively & to avoiding common mistakes. It is both a valuable work of reference & an enjoyable read. While plotting a path through a minefield of rules & conventions the book acknowledges that English is an ever-changing language & points out those rules that can at times be broken. 70 light-hearted quizzes show you how to use words that will make your point powerfully & usage tips set you right on contextual issues. Curio Corners tell the fascinating stories behind dozens of everyday words & phrases. Whats the difference between affect & effect; abjure & adjure? Does AD for Anno Domino come before or after the year
- & the century? Should you write all right or alright; adviser or advisor? How did the word alcohol come into our language? Just how sure are you about your apostrophes?
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More & more people even those in cities are keeping chickens tempted by the appeal of eating fresh free-range eggs. This comprehensive guide covers everything from choosing a breed to ensuring they are happy healthy & productive. How do I make their house secure? What if I go on holiday? Will they get on with my children? All your questions & more are answered. Choosing & Keeping Chickens"

Includes:: a gallery of 60 of the most popular breeds from the Dorking to the Silkie."

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A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin first published in 1979 & unavailable in English for many years. Few composers elicit such strong emotions as Chopin. Few have been more revered & cherished. & few have had so much sentimental nonsense written about them. Published to coincide with the bicentenary of Chopin's birth Adam Zamoyski's compelling new biography cuts through the mass of anecdote & myth that has sprung up around the composer's life & the ebullient & striking personalities of Romantic Paris among whom he lived including Liszt Berlioz Victor Hugo & George Sand in search of the real Chopin. Zamoyski brings to the subject an unrivalled knowledge of the historical social & cultural background of the composer's native Poland as well as of the France in which he spent most of his creative life. He has scoured the archives of Warsaw Krakow Paris & London in his quest for the truth & has based his account exclusively on primary sources & contemporary accounts. The result is a biography of authority perception & wit. Chopin emerges from the sugary romantic mist in which he has been shrouded as a real palpable personality a man of intelligence & humour; in music an innovator of genius; in business a feckless spendthrift; in love hesitant & tender; in friendship passionately loyal but often intolerably exacting. Through a close reading of his letters & the use of everyday detail Zamoyski draws the reader into the private world of this most complicated & reticent of men
- 'a man made for intimacy' as the poet Heinrich Heine called him
- & reveals the real passions suffering & ultimate tragedy of his life.

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Bullied at school & growing up dreaming of revenge Mark ' Chopper' Read determined to be the toughest in any company. He became a crime commando who terrorised drug dealers pimps thieves & armed robbers on the streets & in jail
- but boasts never to have hurt an innocent member of the public. Streetfighter gunman & underworld executioner he has been earmarked for death a dozen times but has lived to tell the tale. This is his story.
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If you dont know Chopper by now then where on earth have you been hiding? Since the movie of his life & the eight bestselling books that followed hes been shocking & amusing his fans in all corners of the globe. Now hes back with another of his intriguing blends of fact & fiction
- Pulp Faction as he calls it
- in this his ninth book. Based on his extensive experience in the underworld these hilarious tales of violence allow Chopper to draw from some of the tales hes never before shared in a series of stories thatll make you laugh & wince in equal measure. A motley crew of characters lies in these pages ready to shock you with the kind of extreme & hysterical criminal antics that only Chopper has the nerve & verve to put down on paper. Guaranteed to storm the charts & upset the public at large all over again this latest volume is a must-read for any self-respecting Chopper fan.

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Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy recently widowed is a cook & food journalist; Joanna a successful business woman never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads & they quickly form a bond. The trio decide to combine their talents to restore a crumbling pile in Cornwall & turn it into a cookery school & spa. The project brings its own conflicts both professional & personal. The novels themes touch on the sustaining power of female friendship & how a woman copes with mid life & onwards. Prues narrative voice is warm witty wise very accessible. Her characters are sympathetic & engaging: very different women but each with demons to face as she gets older & confronts a future without
- perhaps
- a man in it. Her knowledge of food & business adds detail & zest enriching an already compelling tale.

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I guess it had gone okay with Stevie Rae. I mean she had agreed to meet me tomorrow. & she hadn't tried to bite me which was a plus. Of course the whole trying-to-eat-the-street-person thing was highly disturbing.. ." Zoey's best friend Stevie Rae is undead
- in an eww! zombie! kind-of-way not in a cool vampire kind-of-way. She's struggling to retain her humanity & Zoey doesn't have a clue how to help. But she does know that anything they discover must be kept secret. Trust has become a rare commodity. Sinister forces are at work at the House of Night where the line between friend & enemy is becoming dangerously blurred.
- Not suitable for younger readers -"

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I guess it had gone okay with Stevie Rae. I mean she had agreed to meet me tomorrow. & she hadn't tried to bite me which was a plus. Of course the whole trying-to-eat-the-street-person thing was highly disturbing.. ." Zoey's best friend Stevie Rae is undead
- in an eww! zombie! kind-of-way not in a cool vampire kind-of-way. She's struggling to retain her humanity & Zoey doesn't have a clue how to help. But she does know that anything they discover must be kept secret. Trust has become a rare commodity. Sinister forces are at work at the House of Night where the line between friend & enemy is becoming dangerously blurred.
- Not suitable for younger readers -"

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When Kylie Galen left Shadow Falls she thought it was the hardest decision of her life. Heartbroken & separated from everyone she loves she finally comes to terms with her abilities & what it means to be a chameleon. But as Kylie's journey comes to a close she must return to the camp that started it all...and she must finally choose between the two boys who love her. The werewolf who broke her heart when he chose his pack over her & the half-fae who ran from their intense attraction before they ever really had a chance. For Kylie everything will finally be revealed & nothing will ever be the same. ...