When her only sister suddenly dies Dana Carlson is drawn back to the small Minnesota town shed turned her back on years before. When she gets there she discovers that Black Bear has changed & so have the people in it. Julies left behind a shattered teenaged daughter & a mystery
- what killed her may be killing others too. Why is no one talking about it? Dana soon finds herself struggling to uncover the truth but no one wants to hear it included Peyton who cant forgive her aunt for her absence all these years. Dana had left to protect her own secrets but Black Bear has a secret of its own
- one that could tear Danas life her family & the whole town apart. In this stunning novel of redemption regret & the complex ties of familial love critically acclaimed author Carla Buckley examines the truths people keep hidden & those they fight to expose.

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Ming & Beata share neither the same language nor cultural background yet their stories are remarkably similar. Both are single mothers in their thirties & both came to Britain in search of a new life: Ming from China & Beata from Pol&. Neither imagined that their journey would end in a British brothel. In this chilling expose investigative journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai works undercover as a housekeeper in a brothel & unveils the terrible reality of the British sex trade. Workers are trapped & controlled
- the lack of freedoms this invisible strait of society suffers is both shocking & scandalous & at odds with the idea of a modern Britain in the twenty-first century.
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When his parents are lost in space Sam is left heartbroken in the care of the horrible Hilda Hardbottom. Then he finds a tiny spaceship in the cabbage patch & meets a little alien called Splodge. How Splodge makes him invisible & how Sam uses his new talent in his darkest hour makes a touching & extremely funny story with lovely memorable characters. ...

This title has been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. It's Paris 1937. Andras Levi an architecture student has arrived from Budapest with a scholarship a single suitcase & a mysterious letter he has promised to deliver to Clara Morgenstern a young widow living in the city. When Andras meets Clara he is drawn deeply into her extraordinary & secret life just as Europe's unfolding tragedy sends them both into a state of terrifying uncertainty. From a remote Hungarian village to the grand opera houses of Budapest & Paris from the despair of Carpathian winter to an unimaginable life in forced labour camps & beyond The Invisible Bridge" tells the story of a marriage tested by disaster & of a family threatened with annihilation bound by love & history." ...

Molly loves animals & wants to be a vet when she grows up just like her dad
- as everyone says; she's got the magic touch! Snowdrop
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Joshs father is missing in Mexico presumed dead. Then Josh discovers that his dad was murdered. Suddenly he is caught in a race to find the legendary Ix Codex
- a lost Mayan prophecy that predicts the end of the world & holds the key to unmasking his fathers killers. gripping
- Telegraph". Fast-paced & exciting
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Gabriella Midwinter used to have a home. She wasn't invisible back then... For fans of Cathy Cassidy & Jacqueline Wilson a stunning ...

Hedge fund managers who survived & profited through the 2008 financial crisis share their secrets In light of the colossal losses & amidst the resulting confusion that still lingers it is time to rethink money management in the broadest of terms. Drastic changes need to be made & managers who actually made money during 2008 make for a logical starting place. The Invisible Hands provides investors & traders with the latest thinking from some of the best & the most successful players in money management highlighting the specific risk & return objectives of each & discussing the evolution of certain styles & beliefs in money management. Contains revealing interviews with top hedge fund managers who survived & prospered through the 2008 financial crisis Outlines investments & strategies for the rocky road ahead Reveals how hedge fund managers are seeking a new paradigm of risk management & profit making opportunities in the post-crisis world Gives guidance on how traditional investors such as pensions endowments foundations & family offices should rethink how they approach asset allocation & portfolio construction Page by page the top macro thinkers found in this book reveal their own approaches to markets risk & the broader world in which we live as well as their advice on how investors should be approaching money management in todays uncertain world. ...

The lives of countless millions are evoked in Ralph Ellisons superb portrait of a generation of black Americans Invisible Man". ...

She's a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend a career a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured & incapable of speech she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Enter Brandy Alexander Queen Supreme one operation away from being a real woman who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past & making up something better & that salvation hides in the last place you'll ever want to look. The narrator must exact revenge upon Evie her best friend & fellow model; kidnap Manus her two-timing ex-boyfriend; & hit the road with Brandy in search of a br&-new past present & future. ...