Elkie Brooks is a genuine national treasure. Blessed with one of the richest & most distinctive voices in showbusiness she has been entertaining people around the world for the last five decades. Her professional debut at age 15 began a career that has spanned most musical genres & collaborations with some of the finest musicians of their generation making her a household name. Along the way she has recorded some of the most iconic songs in rock history including Lilac Wine Sunshine After the Rain Fool (If You Think Its Over) & her signature tune Pearls A Singer. But the road to stardom was never an easy journey. Along the way she has experienced hardships that would have daunted most & dealt with them with the same spirit grit & determination that colours the extraordinary emotional power of her singing. In Finding My Voice Elkie tells her remarkable story in her own unique voice laying bare the nuts & bolts of stardom & her commitment to the great passion of her life
- music.
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Last year The Voice UK changed Leanne Mitchell's life forever. This is the exclusive full story of that incredibly journey told in her own words. ' Half of me was overwhelmed to have won the show & the other half was scared stiff because I knew that from that moment on I really did have to prove myself. OK so I have just won The Voice! What the hell happens now?' The Voice UK was the unique opportunity Leanne Mitchell had been waiting for. She had been so close to success before including a record deal that took her to America but didn't work out. Leanne knew that this could be her last chance to realise her dream of becoming a recording artist & she had to give that dream one last shot. This is the story of a true vocal talent how she finally found confidence in herself & went on to win the first series of The Voice UK & a major record deal. ...

Freddie Perkins has lost a lot. His mum for a start. His friends & his home now he's been dragged up to Scotland to live with his granny. & even his dad
- because even though Dad's still there he & Freddie can't seem to talk any more. But something is watching Freddie. Something very rare & very special. Something that finds things that are lost. Freddie has lost a lot but he's about to discover how much there is out there to find...
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This is the second of three volumes of posthumously collected writings of G. A. Cohen who was one of the leading & most progressive figures in contemporary political philosophy. This volume brings together some of Cohens most personal philosophical & nonphilosophical essays many of them previously unpublished. Rich in first-person narration insight & humor these pieces vividly demonstrate why Thomas Nagel described Cohen as a wonderful raconteur". The nonphilosophical highlight of the book is Cohens remarkable account of his first trip to India which

Includes:: unforgettable vignettes of encounters with strangers & reflections on poverty & begging. Other biographical pieces include his valedictory lecture at Oxford in which he describes his philosophical development & offers his impressions of other philosophers & " Isaiahs Marx & Mine " a tribute to his mentor Isaiah Berlin. Other essays address such topics as the truth in "small-c conservatism " who can & cant condemn terrorists & the essence of bullshit. A recurring theme is finding completion in relation to the world of other human beings. Engaging perceptive & empathetic these writings reveal a more personal side of one of the most influential philosophers of our time."

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Meg Henderson grew up in Glasgow in the fifties & sixties as part of a large & often troubled family. The tenement block in which they lived suffered a major collapse & they were moved to the notorious Blackhill district where religious sectarianism gang warfare & struggles with hostile bureaucrats were part of daily life. Meg was born into a mixed-religion family where there was warmth & laughter as well as conflict. Her mother Nan & her mother's sister Peggy were two idealistic women who took on the troubles of the world. Together they shaped Meg's life shielded her from the effects of her father's heavy drinking & helped her to move on eventually from the slums of Glasgow. Peggy searched for a husband until late in her life & then endured a harsh unhappy marriage until she died tragically in childbirth. Her death devstated the family & destroyed Meg's childhood but it was only as an adult that Meg was able to uncover the shocking facts behind Peggy's untimely demise. ...

On 19 February 2008 a little girl was reported missing. The same thing happens somewhere in Britain every day. Usually they turn up a few hours later unharmed having stayed with relatives or slept over at a friends house but a few do not. Shannon Matthews did not return & as the days & weeks went by her whereabouts & her fate became front page news throughout Britain & around the world. & when Shannon was eventually found 24 days later it was in circumstances that were more shocking & starling than the most lurid tabloid speculation. Now for the first time the inside story of the Shannon Matthews case is told by the one man granted access to the closed world of Shannons family & the Dewsbury Moor estate on which she lived. In Finding Shannon
- The Inside Story" Richard Edwards reveals the full inside story of the case that gripped the entire nation & also casts a searching light on what the often vicious media coverage of the estate & its inhabitants says about Britain today."
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You have half our gifts I have the other.. . When English girl Sky catches a glimpse of bad boy Zed in her new American high school she can't get him out of her head. He talks to her with his thoughts. He reads her mind. He is the boy she will love for ever. Shadows stalk her past but a new evil threatens her future. She must face the dark even if it means losing her heart. Will Sky have the strength to embrace her power & be brave enough to control her own destiny or will the demons of her past prevent her from realizing her true potential? ...

Are you ready for the best adventure ever? Wanna's not feeling well & Jamie & Tom don't know how to help him. Then an enormous Apatosaurus is attacked & the boys have two poorly dinosaurs on their hands! As the boys take care of Wanna the Apatosaurus disappears. They search all over but what they find is not what they ever expected.. . Dinosaur Cove is an exciting & fun series which is growing in popularity as more & more children read the stories & talk about them with their friends. Each book features illustrations on every page maps fact files free stickers & of course an action-packed dinosaur adventure! Visit the Dinosaur Cove website at www.dinosaurcove.co.uk ...

From the outside Laura Templeton's life looks charmed: the daughter of a wealthy family married to the man of her dreams & the mother to two beautiful daughters. But her dreams are short-lived & it all collapses when Peter doesn't prove to be the kind of husband or father material Laura has dreamed of. With her best friends Margo & Kate recently married & starting their own families Laura feels isolated. Then her brother's friend bad boy Michael asks to rent her stables & she reluctantly agrees. Laura finds him disturbingly attractive but Michael is a man who has never stayed long with any project or commitment. Dare she lay her heart open once again? ...

Dax Jones is an ordinary schoolboy.. .until something extraordinary happens one day. Whilst frightened for his life he inexplicably changes into a fox! Before long both a government agent & an ambitious young journalist are on his tail. The agent tells him that he is one of several children with special powers & hes been offered a place at a secret government school where he can develop & learn to control these powers. If Dax accepts on no account can he tell anybody especially not the journalist. Dax jumps at the chance of attending the boarding school. His home life is unhappy & he would do anything to escape it. & when he gets to the school he is amazed to find himself amongst kids with all sorts of talents from the ability to levitate to the ability to move things using only the mind. Dax immediately feels at home. But first the journalist tracks him down. & then he begins to wonder who exactly is behind the school & what they want from the pupils there. Suddenly Daxs fox senses are on high alert.. . ...