Why do some people lead happy successful lives whilst others face repeated failure & sadness? Why do some find their perfect partner whilst others stagger from one broken relationship to the next? What enables some people to have successful careers whilst apparently similar others find themselves trapped with jobs they detest? & can unlucky people do anything to improve their luck
- & lives? Ten years ago Dr. Richard Wiseman decided to search for the elusive luck factor by investigating the actual beliefs & experiences of lucky & unlucky people... Looking at the results Wiseman was able to identify four main factors which explained living a lucky & unlucky life. He was then able to show a group of people that considered themselves unlucky how to think & behave like lucky people. The results were astounding with almost all participants reporting significant life changes: including increased levels of luck self-esteem physical well-being confidence & success.
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The enchanting sequel to A Countrymans Lot which told the story of Max Hardcastles move to the Yorkshire Dales & the richness of life as an antiques dealer The Luck of a Countryman contains an array of eccentric characters & curious situations which are guaranteed to delight & amuse. Old favourites reappear in new -- & sometimes alarming -- situations. & a myriad of new personalities join in the ups & downs of life in the Dales. Life is not all plain sailing but the Hardcastles join in wholeheartedly with the trials & triumphs that beset the peaceful village of Ramsthwaite. How will they ever shift Thievin Jacks van from the pond? & will the wedding of the year go off smoothly? ...

This is a P.G. Wodehouse novel. Seize this wonderful chance to embark on a Wodehousian voyage on the luxurious liner S.S. Atlantic
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The bash at the Miller farm was the hottest party Jenny Humphrey had ever attended. Literally. But when Dean Marymount announces that someone is going to be held responsible & expelled for burning down the antique red barn the heat is really on. Tensions are rising rumours are flying & pretty soon everyone is a suspect. But was it Julian Jennys shaggy-haired new crush whose engraved Tiffany lighter was found at the scene of the crime? Or could it have been Callie & Easy who were in the barn together when the blaze began? Tinsley knows shes also in the line of fire for organising the party but luckily shes come up with a crafty way to stay out of trouble: by blaming Jenny. ...

In a memoir hailed for its searing candour & wit Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when as an eighteen-year-old college freshman she was brutally raped & beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit -- as she struggles for understanding (' After telling the hard facts to anyone from lover to friend I have changed in their eyes'); as her dazed family & friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort & support; & as ultimately she triumphs managing through grit & coincidence to help secure her attacker's arrest & conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing thrilling & inspiring Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: ' You save yourself or you remain unsaved.' 'A rueful razor-sharp memoir.. . Sebold tells what it's like to go through a particular kind of nightmare in order to tell what it's like -- slowly bumpily triumphantly -- to heal' Sarah Kerr Vogue ...

Paul Nicholls is the former jockey who began training in 1991. Gradually he built up a reputation as one of the most astute & successful trainers in the business with a special knack for getting it right on the big occasions. His depth of resources meant that on a unique occasion at Wincanton in January 2006 he became the first trainer ever to have six winners on a card. But it is for his role as the trainer of horses such as See More Business Kauto Star & Denman all of them Cheltenham Gold Cup winners that he is best known. In this revealing & honest memoir Champion Trainer Nicholls explains how he got to the top of his sport & provides a fascinating insight into his methods & to the horses jockeys & owners that have helped him achieve so much. Packed with insider stories that all race fans will love & a foreword from Sir Alex Ferguson this is without doubt the essential racing book for 2011. ...

Hot guys horses & high school hi-jinks! Ivy & Olivia are super excited
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Meet Tilly Redbrow who doesn't just love horses
- she lives breathes & dreams them too! Tilly's riding skills are improving by
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At the age of ten Thomas Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz after surviving the Ghetto of Kielce & two labour camps & was soon separated from his parents. Using his wits & some remarkable strokes of luck he managed to survive until he was liberated from Sachsenhausen in 1945. After experiencing the turmoil of Europes post-war years
- from the Battle of Berlin to a Jewish orphanage in Poland
- Buergenthal went to America in the 1950s at the age of seventeen. He eventually became one of the worlds leading experts on international law & human rights. His story of survival & his determination to use law & justice to prevent further genocide is an epic & inspirational journey through 20th Century history. His book is both a special historical document & a great literary achievement comparable only to Primo Levis masterpieces.

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Kingsley Amis' witty campus novel Lucky Jim" is a comedy that skewers the hypocrisies & vanities of 1950s academic life. This " Penguin Modern Classics" edition contains an introduction by David Lodge. Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons
- as long as Jim can stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch's deliver a lecture on ' Merrie England' & resist Christine the hopelessly desirable girlfriend of Welch's awful son Bertr&. Inspired by Amis's friend the poet Philip Larkin Jim Dixon is a timeless comic character adrift in a hopelessly gauche & pretentious world. Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) born in London wrote poetry criticism & short stories but is best remembered as the novelist whose works offered a comic deconstruction of post-war Britain. Amis explored his disillusionment with British society in novels such as " Lucky Jim" (1954) & " That Uncertain Feeling" (1955); his other works include " The Green Man" (1970) " Stanley & the Women" (1984) & " The Old Devils" (1986) which won the Booker Prize. If you enjoyed " Lucky Jim" you might like Amis's " The King's English" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". "A flawless comic novel...I loved it then as I do now. It has always made me laugh out loud." (Helen Dunmore " The Times"). "A brilliantly & preposterously funny book." (" Guardian")."
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