Hello there! Youll have had your tea? Dougal here. Well here we go with our wee book. Its a collection or pot pourri (Ive no idea what Hamish means by that
- it sounds like something to do with the Pope) of our activities or doings in the village we call home because thats exactly what it is. Together with our housekeeper Mrs. Naughtie & of course the Laird who lives up at the big hoose & shoots grouse & other bottles of whisky these are the actual scripts of our wee show which we performed on the wireless when most of you were probably in bed! Hamish & I have known each other all our lives
- well not yet obviously! We have a very close relationship & also with each other. Mrs. Naughtie been with us since we first met her at the Krankie Arms where she was working as part-time barmaid & bouncer. In addition to the scripts youll find all kinds of other things tucked away under its kilt. Theres a hectic social life in the village. Youll visit the bide a wee cafe proud possessor of three Michelin tyres. Youll have a conducted tour of the big hoose by Big Tam our local guide (not during opening hours). Youll marvel at the site of the Battle of Auchtermuchty now allotments. Youll peek into the Lairds social diary in oot & aboot (40p at the post office). & a great deal more. Well I hope this wee note will make you hurry to the till & spend the terrible amount of money these wee books cost these days. But then again this particular wee book is Scotlands answer to Richard & Judy! Hurrah! Away now.

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Think losing weight is all about avoiding your favourite foods & punishing exercise routines? Wrong! La Dolce Diet combines recipes so delicious & exercises so simple that it won't feel like you are denying yourself. From romantic suppers & meals to impress your guests to healthy snacks & not-so-naughty treats here is everything you'll need to lose weight & tone-up without missing out on your favourite foods. With menu plans from a leading dietitian & advice on what to eat & what to limit this stress-free approach to slimming will revolutionise the way you think about healthy eating. Be it Fresh Salmon Carpaccio with Chilli & Oregano followed by Amaretti Biscuits with Vanilla Trifle or a meal of Light Lamb Burgers with Sundried Tomatoes & Pecorino Cheese finished off with Baked Ice Cream in Crispy Meringue shedding the pounds has never tasted better. ...

Twelve-year-old Zach is too old to play with toys. Or at least that's what his father thinks. But even though he stops hanging out with Poppy & Alice stops playing with his action figures it's no good. There's one toy that still wants to play with him. A doll that's made from the bones of a dead girl. The only way to end the game is to lay the doll to rest forever. It's time for a journey to Spring Grove cemetery. It's time to grow up. A chilling ghost story by the bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles Holly Black. ...

Its Manchester July 1996 the month after the IRA bomb & the Evening News is carrying reports of two murders. On the front page theres a photograph of a glamorous Egyptian woman a socialite & heiress to an oil fortune whose partially clothed body has been found in the basement of a block of flats. It would appear that she has been the subject of a sexual attack. In the back pages of the same paper there is a fifty-word piece on the murder of a young prostitute whose body has been found dumped on a roadside near the Mc Vities Factory. For Bane
- fixer loanshark & legman for one of Manchesters established ganglords
- its the second piece of news that hits hardest. Determined to find out what happened to his childhood sweetheart he searches through the tribes & estates of his bombed city for answers. It soon becomes clear that the two newspaper stories belong on the same page & that Banes world belongs to others
- those willing to profit from gun arsenals human trafficking & a Manchester in decay. The Doll Princess" introduces the mesmeric narrator Henry Bane a conflicted man caught up in a mire of evil & his creator Tom Benn
- an assured & exhilarating new voice in literary crime fiction."



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Its Manchester July 1996 the month after the IRA bomb & the Evening News is carrying reports of two murders. On the front page is a glamorous Egyptian woman a socialite & heiress to an oil fortune whose partially clothed body has been found in a basement. In the back pages there is a fifty-word piece on the murder of a young prostitute found dumped on a roadside. For Henry Bane fixer loanshark & legman for one of Manchesters established ganglords its the second piece of news that hits hardest. Determined to find out what happened to his childhood sweetheart he searches his bombed city for answers finding that these two stories belong on the same page & that Banes world belongs to others
- those willing to profit from guns human trafficking & a Manchester in decay.
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Dollhouse" is an addictively entertaining novel about an exciting high-profile complicated family with a huge heart & a lot of love. Written by superstars Kourtney Kim & Khloe Kardashian " Dollhouse" is a delicious glimpse that goes behind the glitter of fame into the hearts of three sisters fiercely devoted to one another & the family they love. Kourtney Kim & Khloe combined their truly scandalous imaginations with the secrets they know about life in the fast lane to give you a book like nothing youve ever read before! Nothing is more important to the Rameros than family. Just ask Kamille Kassidy & Kyle
- three beautiful loving & deeply loyal sisters who are the heart & soul of their family. Their mother has remarried & their new stepfather a world-famous all-star baseball player has come complete with two stepsiblings. Life in L.A. is pretty typical for this newly blended clan. Until the day everything changes. Overnight one of the Ramero sisters has become famous-magazine-cover fashion-icon headline-making famous! Trailed by paparazzi invited to every red carpet event she has set a new standard for Hollywood royalty. Youd think that all the glitz & the glamour would make life a breeze. But as the sisters painfully discover being a celebrity in L.A.s gilded dollhouse isnt all its cracked up to be. Suddenly their problems are much bigger than sharing clothes & discussing crushes. Who knew that having a famous sister would bring up so many issues: jealousy backstabbing friends fix-ups plastic surgery & paparazzi run-ins to name just a few. As the sisters deal with their new lives complete with a televised wedding crazy nightclub parties & forbidden stepsibling attraction theres a huge secret that threatens to break even their tightest family bonds."
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Two sisters tragically divided by love jealousy & ambition.. . For Ruby & Rosetta Capretti life in the slums of the East End holds little promise. Although very similar in looks they dream of very different futures. Coquettish flamboyant Rosetta is desperate to leave the claustrophobic confines of the sewing sweatshop to follow in her wayward aunts footsteps & work under the bright lights of the music hall. Ruby quieter & more modest has always longed to train as a nurse a pipe-dream for a girl from her humble background. & then by the side of their fathers grave they meet handsome Jonas Crowe but little do they know how much one man will affect both their lives forever.. . ...

Little girls everywhere will love dressing the characters in this collection. This is a collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. Help the characters dress for a variety of different occasions such as the disco shopping & going for a day at the beach using the colourful & trendy items of clothing on the stickers. It

Includes:: over 800 stickers to chose from to help the characters look their best."

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Little girls everywhere will love dressing the characters in this collection. This is a collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. Help the characters dress for a variety of different occasions such as the disco shopping & going for a day at the beach using the colourful & trendy items of clothing on the stickers. It

Includes:: over 800 stickers to chose from to help the characters look their best."

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The League of Youth" (1869) was Ibsen's first venture into realistic social drama & marks a turning-point in his style. By 1879 Ibsen was convinced that women suffer an inevitable violation of their personalities within the context of marriage. In "A Doll's House" he portrayed the wife struggling to break free: this was unheard of at the time & Ibsen's play caused a sensation. Continuing the theme of tensions within the family in " The Lady from the Sea" Ibsen put forward the view that freedom with responsibility might at least be a step in the right direction." ...