Will the curse of Sadako leave her friendless for life? Kurumi's got it all--looks popularity & friends. But underneath Kurumi's friendly exterior is a manipulative girl who'll do anything to get what she wants! & Sawako has the one thing Kurumi wants--Kazehaya's friendship. Could all of Kurumi's plotting really drive the two apart or will it instead draw them even closer together? ...

Will the curse of Sadako leave her friendless for life? Sadakos dreams come true when she finally becomes friends with her classmates instead of scaring them off. She even gets friendly with the cutest girl in school Kurumi. But will this innocent friendship with Kurumi make Sadako realize that her feelings for Kazehaya are more than just friendly? Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroin for a horror movie. With her jet-black hair sinister smile & silent demeanour shes often mistaken for Sadako the haunting movie character. Unbeknownst to but a few behind her scary facade is a very misunderstood teenager. Shy & pure of heart she just wants to make friends. But when Kazehaya the most popular boy in class befriends her shes sure to make more than just that shes about to make some enemies too. ...

The Kinanes
- stalwarts of Irish racing Regarded by many as the perfect jockey Mick Kinane rounded off his thirty-four-year career
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A Secret Pregnancy Family scandal has flipped heiress Lily Kincaids world upside down. Also shed like to avoid telling sexy larger- than-life CEO Daniel Addison that she is pregnant. Daniel knows all about boardrooms & bedrooms but will he be ready to claim whats his
- including Lily? Saving a Childs Life... Millionaire Matthew Kincaids son needs something only Flynns true biological mother can provide. Susannah immediately agrees to help but the minute she is in Charleston under Matthews roof passion consumes them. Is this relationship doomed?
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Kincaid Boardroom Battles & Illegitimate Heirs When secretary Brooke sees her formidable sexy boss RJ Kincaid behaving badly she takes him aside gives him a drink &...ends up in his arms. If only she didn't have a secret that could tear the Kincaid family apart... The Groom Wants To Change Brides! Event planner Kara Kincaid is planning her sister's wedding. But when her sister calls the whole thing off the jilted groom starts showing Kara some very personal attention... Hotel magnate Eli has finally found the right woman now he just has to convince Kara... ...

Kind Emma lives all alone in her little cottage by the wood with no one to talk to. But one snowy night Emma hears a knock at her door & a tiny voice asking for help. When she takes pity on the little thing at the door & gives it shelter & food she finds that her whole life is changed -- & she at last has a friend to talk to. / Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text & characters with action sustained over several pages. / Text type
- A traditional story. / A pictorial diary on pages 22 & 23 retells the story from Kind Emmas viewpoint & provides lots of opportunities for speaking & listening activities. / Curriculum links
- Citizenship: Taking part

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When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort she doesnt expect that anything much will change. She doesnt expect it to help with her chronic insomnia.. . She doesnt expect to hear herself under hypnosis saying words that mean nothing to her: Kind cruel kind of cruel
- words she has seen somewhere before if only she could remember where.. . She doesnt expect to be arrested two hours later as a result of having spoken those words out loud in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen a woman shes never heard of.. .
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Stan Barstow's landmark ' Brit-Lit' novel of the sixties immortalized Vic Brown the amiable working class lad from the North & led the way for author's like Nick Hornby writing similar slice-of-life drama. Still as fresh & alive today it spawned two sequels: The Watchers on the Shore (1966) & The Right True End (1976). First published in 1960 it has long been used as a set text in British schools. It has also been translated at various times into a film starring Alan Bates (1962) of the same name a television series (1973) starring Clive Wood a radio play & a stage play. A Kind of Loving was the first of a trilogy published over the course of sixteen years that followed hero Vic Brown through marriage divorce & a move from the mining town of Cressley to London. ...

A jazz-infused comic crime caper where the worlds of academia politics & amateur sleuthing collide in seemingly random acts of corruption. Kind of Misbehavin takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through the grey areas of illegal activity that affect us all. On the same night as a beastly apparition prowls the neighbourhood Dick Hall jazz fan & forty-something lecturer at the local college finds himself accosted by a disembodied voice. Warned of corruption involving the Colleges senior management politicians & a national hotel chain he becomes the unwitting recipient of politically sensitive documents. Realising that a minority of people are soon to become extremely wealthy at the expense of the majority Dick quickly becomes embroiled in an investigation dictated by instructions left for him at a local jazz record shop. Aided by his librarian partner Tracey teaching colleague Dubbya & a bulbous student nicknamed Two-Stroke Dick treads a hazardous path to uncover shady deals & unscrupulous officials. After having his body pummelled at a massage parlour & his life threatened on a golf course he discovers evidence indicating that the college is to be demolished & replaced by a leisure complex & casino. Meanwhile a loving couple at a local beauty spot & a choral society are each in turn interrupted in their endeavours by the mysterious apparition. The detecting pair with just a little help from their friends start to disentangle the various threads of deceit as they quickly begin to realise that there is no such thing as a textbook crime. ...

All the signs show that the worthy art of letter writing is in decline. One third of 16-years-old have never written a letter & in the next ten years it is predicted that first-class mail will drop by 37 per cent. Emails & texts have overtaken the humble pen & paper as the most popular method of communication. In Kind Regards" Liz Williams explores the popular history of letter writing & how it has shaped the world today
- from the early Greek philosophers to the great letter writers Byron & Walpole & famous letters that changed the world. It also covers the invention of the fountain pen & the growth of the mail delivery system. This is the fascinating story of how a simple piece of paper revolutionized global communication & how despite the ever-growing influence of technology handwritten letters are regaining their value meaning & popularity."
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