The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole 1999-2001" is the seventh book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny " Adrian Mole" series. Monday January 3 2000. So how do I greet the New Millennium? In despair. I'm a single parent I live with my mother...I have a bald spot the size of a jaffa cake on the back of my head...I can't go on like this drifting into early middle-age. I need a Life Plan... The 'same age as Jesus when he died' Adrian Mole has become a martyr: a single-father bringing up two young boys in an uncaring world. With the ever-unattainable Pandora pursuing her ambition to become Labour's first female PM; his over-achieving half-brother Brett sponging off him; & literary success ever-elusive Adrian tries to make ends meet & find a purpose. But little does he realise that his own modest life is about to come to the attention of those charged with policing The War Against Terror... Bestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades. " An achingly funny anti-hero". (" Daily Mail"). " One of the great comic creations of our time. Almost every page of his diaries bring a smile to the face". (" Scotsman"). Sue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight " Adrian Mole" books " The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55)" " Number Ten" " Ghost Children" " The Queen & I" " Queen Camilla" & " The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year" all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers. She has also written numerous well-received plays. She lives in Leicester where she was born & grew up." ...

Long out of print Jeff Lemires Xeric-Award-winning Lost Dogs" now returns in a newly remastered edition soaked with blood & ink. This 104-page mythic yarn follows a family man whos larger than life.. .but even he may not be powerful enough to prevent the loss of everything hes ever known. Bold brutal & emotionally raw " Lost Dogs" represents an acclaimed storytellers first professional work
- an early exhibition of the gifts that have made Lemires " Essex County" & " Sweet Tooth" so phenomenally popular."
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ROMANTIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2010. When the abandoned strays from a local dogs' home are matched with brand new owners it turns out it might not just be the dogs who need rescuing. Rachel's aunt has left her a house a Border Collie & despite knowing nothing about dogs a crowded kennels. But since her life has collapsed she's not sure she can deal with any more lost souls. Zoe's ex-husband has given their children a puppy. The kids are in love but she's the one stuck training Toffee the impossible Labrador. She's nearly at the end of her tether
- until Toffee leads her to a handsome doctor... Meanwhile Natalie & Johnny's marriage hasn't been easy since they started trying for a baby. But is a fridge-raiding sofa-stealing Basset hound like Bertie really the child substitute they're looking for? As the new owners' paths cross on the town's dog-walking circuits their lives become interwoven. & they
- & their dogs
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East Lothian a unitary authority area including the old county of Haddingtonshire is one of Scotlands most historic places
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What happened to Edinburgh's once notorious but picturesque Tolbooth Prison? Where was the Black Turnpike once a dominant building in the town? Why has one of the New Town designer's major layouts been all but obliterated? What else has been lost in Edinburgh? From Edinburgh's mean beginnings
- 'wretched accommodation no comfortable houses no soft beds' visiting French knights complained in 1341
- it went on to attract some of the world's greatest architects to design & build & shape a unique city. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. Some were destroyed by invasion & civil strife some simply collapsed with old age & neglect & others were swept away in the 'improvements' of the nineteenth century. Yet more fell to the developers' swathe of destruction in the twentieth century. Much of the medieval architecture vanished in the Old Town Georgian Squares were attacked Princes Street ruined old tenements razed in huge slum clearance drives & once familiar & much loved buildings vanished. The changing pattern of industry social habits health service housing & road systems all took their toll; not even the city wall was immune. The buildings which stood in the way of what was deemed progress are the heritage of Lost Edinburgh. In this informative & stimulating book. Hamish Coghill sets out to trace many of the lost buildings & find out why they were doomed. Lavishly illustrated Lost Edinburgh" is a fascinating insight into an ever-changing cityscape."

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After a chance conversation in Egypt in 2008 bestselling historian Gavin Menzies launched himself on a quest that would reveal the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis & her destruction. Through an examination of documentary & academic research metallurgy ancient shipbuilding & navigation techniques artefacts & DNA evidence Menzies slowly & painstakingly reveals a trading empire that spanned from the Great Lakes in North America to Kerala in India. & in doing so finally explains the incredible reality behind the legendary civilisation described by Plato & its disappearance. Reading like a real-life Indiana Jones story as ex-Royal Navy submarine captain Menzies travels round the world in pursuit of his goal this is epic iconoclastic popular history. ...

The Lost Estate" is Robin Buss translation of Henri Alain-Fourniers poignant study of lost love Le Grand Meaulnes. This " Penguin Classics" edition also contains an introduction by Adam Gopnik. When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne everyone is captivated by his good looks daring & charisma. But when Meaulnes disappears for several days & returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house
- & his love for the beautiful girl hidden within it Yvonne de Galais
- his life has been changed forever. In his restless search for his Lost Estate & the happiness he found there Meaulnes observed by his loyal friend Francois may risk losing everything he ever had. Poised between youthful admiration & adult resignation Alain-Fourniers compelling narrator carries the reader through this evocative & unbearably poignant portrayal of desperate friendship & vanished adolescence. Robin Buss translation of Le Grand Meaulnes sensitively & accurately renders Alain-Fourniers poetically charged expressive & deceptively simple style. In his introduction New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik discusses the life of Alain-Fournier who was killed in the First World War after writing this his only novel. Henri Alban-Fournier (1886-1914) better known by the pseudonym Alain-Fournier was born in La Chapelle d Angillon the son of a country school-master. He was educated at Brest & Paris where he met the original Yvonne who left a lasting impression on his life & work. Le Grand Meaulnes was published in 1912. Alan-Fournier joined the army as a Lieutenant in August 1914 & was killed in action on the Meuse less than a month later. Les Miracles a volume of poems & essays appeared posthumously in 1924. If you liked Le Grand Meaulnes you might enjoy Gustave Flauberts Sentimental Education also available in " Penguin Classics". "I read it for the first time when I was seventeen & loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time & place just as poignant now as I did then." (Nick Hornby)."

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This magical volume is a companion piece to the short film of the same name which is due to be shown at film festivals worldwide. Long awaited this is Tim Walkers first cinematic endeavor. To this fantas
- tical work Walker brings all the whimsy & elaborate scene-making so integral to his renowned fashion photography. This volume contains the original short story by Patrick Mc Grath as well as a facsimile of the annotated shooting script. Embark on a memorable journey with young Evelyn as she finds a lost explorer in her garden-- & begins a haunting tale of dark adventure. This volume truly is a fitting follow-up to 2008s bestsel ling retrospective Pictures.
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. ..scattered heaps of stone so thoroughly collapsed but still so numerous mysterious & challenging.. . This unique & engaging book takes the reader back in time on a journey into the forgotten lives of Lancashires lost hill-farming communities. In the space of little more than five square miles there used to be nearly fifty farms upon which hundreds of men women & children depended. Then almost overnight the march of progress robbed them of their homes & livelihoods leaving behind a landscape frozen in time with crumbling buildings & lonely vestiges of human habitation. Local author David Clayton has located all the remains of the old farmsteads that were the beating heart of life & work for generations of farming folk & he reveals why it all ended so suddenly. Skilfully combining his intimate knowledge of all of the farms & most of the families with testimony from surviving diaries & other documents he paints an intriguing often poignant picture of a way of life that now exists only as a memory. Presented in the form of a gentle tour that can be undertaken either from the comfort of an armchair or by wandering around the ruins Lost farms of Brinscall Moors is a journey of exploration & discovery that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of both the local area & the county of Lancashire. ...

The Lost Fleet continues its perilous journey home. Badly damaged & low on supplies the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials & Captain ' Black Jack' Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race. ...